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A comprehensive set of 600 English question-and-answer flashcards covering key facts, concepts, history, geography, symbols, rights, responsibilities and governance information found in the Discover Canada study guide, to help prepare for the Canadian citizenship test.
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What is the name of Canada’s official citizenship study guide?
Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship.
To whom is loyalty pledged in the Canadian Oath of Citizenship?
The Sovereign (King or Queen of Canada).
What does the Oath of Citizenship require new citizens to faithfully observe?
The laws of Canada, including the Constitution.
Which rights of Indigenous peoples are recognized in the Oath?
Aboriginal and treaty rights of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.
At what ages must immigrants demonstrate language skills to become citizens?
Between 18 and 54 years old.
Which two official languages must applicants know for citizenship?
English or French.
What historical document began Canada’s tradition of ordered liberty in 1215?
Magna Carta (Great Charter of Freedoms).
What freedom allows Canadians to assemble peacefully?
Freedom of peaceful assembly.
Which Charter right allows Canadians to move anywhere in the country?
Mobility Rights.
Which Charter right protects Aboriginal treaties?
Aboriginal Peoples’ Rights.
What federal Act guarantees equal status of English and French in government?
The Official Languages Act (1969).
What fundamental characteristic does Canada celebrate relating to diversity?
Multiculturalism.
Is military service compulsory in Canada?
No, military service is voluntary.
What is one responsibility that accompanies the right to vote?
Voting in federal, provincial/territorial and local elections.
What is Habeas Corpus?
The right to challenge unlawful detention by the state.
What does the phrase "ordered liberty" refer to?
Freedom under the rule of law developed over 800 years.
Which level of government grants citizenship certificates?
The federal government (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada).
What is the minimum age to vote in federal elections?
18 years old.
What does "rule of law" mean in Canada?
No person or group is above the law.
What type of monarchy does Canada have?
A constitutional monarchy.
Name Canada’s three founding peoples.
Aboriginal, French and British.
What term refers to First Nations, Inuit and Métis collectively?
Aboriginal peoples.
Who are the Métis?
People of mixed Aboriginal and European ancestry, mainly in the Prairies.
What does the word "Inuit" mean?
"The people" in Inuktitut.
What percentage of Aboriginal peoples are Inuit?
About 4%.
Which proclamation of 1763 laid the basis for treaties with Indigenous peoples?
The Royal Proclamation of 1763.
What were residential schools designed to do?
Assimilate Aboriginal children into mainstream Canadian culture.
When did Canada formally apologize for residential schools?
2008.
Which language is spoken by the majority of Canadians?
English.
Which province is officially bilingual?
New Brunswick.
Who are the Acadians?
Descendants of French colonists in the Maritime provinces.
What event expelled many Acadians between 1755 and 1763?
The Great Upheaval (Deportation).
What title is used for French-speaking people of Quebec?
Quebecers or Québécois.
What is Canada’s population roughly?
About 34 million people.
Which two European groups shaped Canada’s Christian heritage?
English-speaking and French-speaking civilizations.
Which city has the second-largest mainly French-speaking population worldwide?
Montreal.
When was slavery abolished throughout the British Empire?
1833.
Which Canadian province first moved toward abolition in 1793?
Upper Canada (now Ontario).
Who invented the snowmobile?
Joseph-Armand Bombardier.
Which Canadian discovered insulin?
Sir Frederick Banting (with Charles Best).
What is Canada’s motto?
A mari usque ad mare (From sea to sea).
When did Canada adopt its current red-and-white flag?
1965.
What leaf is Canada’s best-known symbol?
The maple leaf.
What are Canada’s national colours?
Red and white.
Which animal appears on Canada’s five-cent coin?
The beaver.
What is Canada’s national winter sport?
Ice hockey.
What is Canada’s national summer sport?
Lacrosse.
What is the royal anthem of Canada?
God Save the Queen (or King).
What is Canada’s national anthem?
O Canada.
What city is Canada’s capital?
Ottawa.
Who chooses Canada’s Governor General?
The Sovereign on the advice of the Prime Minister.
How long is a typical Governor General’s term?
About five years.
Name Canada’s three branches of government.
Executive, Legislative, Judicial.
Which chamber is elected in the federal Parliament?
The House of Commons.
How many seats are in the House of Commons?
308 (as stated in the guide; now 338, but guide says 308).
What is the upper house of Parliament called?
The Senate.
Who appoints Senators?
The Governor General on advice of the Prime Minister.
Until what age may Senators serve?
Age 75.
What is the minimum frequency of federal elections under legislation?
Every four years on the third Monday in October.
What voting system does Canada use federally?
First-past-the-post (plurality in each riding).
What document lists a voter’s polling station?
The voter information card.
What is a secret ballot?
Voting where no one can see how you voted.
What happens if the government loses a confidence vote?
It must resign or seek an election.
What is a majority government?
When the governing party holds at least half the Commons seats.
What is a minority government?
When the governing party holds fewer than half the Commons seats.
What title is given to the party with the second-highest number of seats?
Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition (Official Opposition).
What are MPs?
Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons.
What is the role of the Cabinet?
To run federal departments and propose laws.
Who becomes Prime Minister after an election?
Leader of the party with most seats invited to form government.
What does "federalism" allow provinces to do?
Adopt policies tailored to their populations and experiment.
Name one responsibility of provincial governments.
Education (accept also health, natural resources, etc.).
Name one responsibility of municipal governments.
Snow removal (accept also water, transit, policing, etc.).
Which police force serves as national police?
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
Which two provinces have their own provincial police forces?
Ontario and Quebec.
What is Canada’s highest court?
The Supreme Court of Canada.
What are by-laws?
Local laws passed by municipal councils.
Who founded the North West Mounted Police?
Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald (in 1873).
What did the Canadian Pacific Railway symbolize?
Unity and connection from sea to sea.
When was the last spike of the CPR driven?
November 7, 1885.
Which act created the Dominion of Canada?
The British North America Act, 1867.
Which four provinces formed Confederation in 1867?
Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick.
What is Canada Day’s former name?
Dominion Day.
Who was Canada’s first Prime Minister?
Sir John A. Macdonald.
What province joined Canada in 1949?
Newfoundland and Labrador.
Who led the Métis in the Red River Resistance?
Louis Riel.
Which war ensured Canada remained independent of the USA?
The War of 1812.
Name the battle where Canadians captured Vimy Ridge.
Battle of Vimy Ridge (April 9, 1917).
What poem is recited on Remembrance Day?
In Flanders Fields by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae.
Which day honours veterans and fallen soldiers?
November 11, Remembrance Day.
Which movement won women the federal vote in 1918?
The women’s suffrage movement.
Who was the first woman elected to Parliament?
Agnes Macphail (1921).
Who invented the telephone while in Canada?
Alexander Graham Bell.
Which Canadian invented standard time zones?
Sir Sandford Fleming.
What is the Canadarm?
A Canadian-built robotic arm used in space missions.
Which organization manages Canada’s money supply?
The Bank of Canada (since 1934).
Which agreement created a free-trade zone in North America in 1994?
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement).
Name Canada’s three ocean coastlines.
Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic.
Which province is nicknamed "the breadbasket of the world"?
Saskatchewan.
What is the smallest Canadian province?
Prince Edward Island.
Which territory was created in 1999?
Nunavut.