Published by IRCC
Questions published by IRCC
IRCC publishes a few sample questions with an answer key. These are reproduced in the government’s own wording.
A question keyed to the guide’s text would teach you something false. One keyed to today’s reality would contradict the guide the test is drawn from. And a question about your own riding has no single answer. So these are facts to check, not questions to score. Facts that change
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1.
What are three responsibilities of citizenship?
- ABeing loyal to Canada, recycling newspapers, serving in the navy, army or air force.
- BObeying the law, taking responsibility for oneself and one’s family, serving on a jury.Answer
- CLearning both official languages, voting in elections, belonging to a union.
- DBuying Canadian products, owning your own business, using less water.
Why: The guide lists obeying the law, taking responsibility for oneself and one’s family, and serving on a jury among the responsibilities of citizenship. The other options mix in things that may be worth doing but that the guide never asks of a citizen.
2.
What is the meaning of the Remembrance Day poppy?
- ATo remember our Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II.
- BTo celebrate Confederation.
- CTo honour prime ministers who have died.
- DTo remember the sacrifice of Canadians who have served or died in wars up to the present day.Answer
Why: Each year on November 11, Canadians wear the red poppy and observe a moment of silence to honour those who have served and those who gave their lives, in all wars up to the present day.
3.
How are Members of Parliament chosen?
- AThey are appointed by the United Nations.
- BThey are chosen by the provincial premiers.
- CThey are elected by voters in their local constituency (riding).Answer
- DThey are elected by landowners and police chiefs.
Why: The voters in each electoral district elect the member of Parliament who sits in the House of Commons to represent them. The candidate who receives the most votes in that district becomes its MP.