/46 0 votes, 0 avg 124 Canada Citizenship Practice Test - 10 1 / 46 When did Upper and Lower Canada unite as the Province of Canada? 1840 1849 1864 1867 2 / 46 Who became a world record sprinter and double Olympic gold Medallist in 1996 at the Olympic Summer Games? Wayne Gretzky Chantal Petitclerc Donovan Bailey Mark Tewksbury 3 / 46 Who was the first black man to be awarded the V.C.? Captain Paul Triquet Able Seaman William Hall Lieutenant Alexander Roberts Dunn Corporal Filip Konowal 4 / 46 Who was the first Canadian to be awarded the Victoria Cross? Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray Captain Paul Triquet Captain Billy Bishop Lieutenant Alexander Roberts Dunn 5 / 46 Wayne Gretzky played for the _____ from 1979 to 1988 in hockey? Montreal Canadians Toronto Maple Leafs Ottawa Senators Edmonton Oilers 6 / 46 The descendants of French colonists are called _____. Quebecers Acadians Europeans Aboriginals 7 / 46 Today, July 1 is celebrated as _____. Dominion Day Canada Day Confederation Day Remembrance day 8 / 46 Where are the world’s richest deposits of uranium and potash found? Quebec Saskatchewan New Brunswick Nunavut 9 / 46 Which province has the largest Aboriginal population? Alberta Yellowknife Prince Edward Island Manitoba 10 / 46 Who became a world champion wheelchair racer and Paralympic gold medalist? Wayne Gretzky Chantal Petitclerc Donovan Bailey Mark Tewksbury 11 / 46 How much is the Francophone population in Manitoba? 30,000 40,000 45,000 50,000 12 / 46 The British Parliament passed the British North America Act in ____. 1864 1867 1982 1786 13 / 46 Who chooses the ministers of the Crown in Canada? Cabinet Prime Minister Sovereign Governor General 14 / 46 Which game was invented by Canadian James Naismith in 1891? Basketball Ice hockey Football Lacrosse 15 / 46 Which province is the country’s largest producer of grains and oilseeds? Quebec Alberta Saskatchewan New Brunswick 16 / 46 Which is the largest city in Saskatchewan? Saskatoon Regina Prince Albert Fredericton 17 / 46 Manitoba has __% Ukrainian origins and over __% of the Aboriginal population. 14,15 15,14 13,14 14,13 18 / 46 Who introduced responsible government in Canada in 1848-49? Sir John A. Macdonald Sir George-Étienne Cartier Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontain Lord Elgin 19 / 46 Who does the Governor General represent in Canada? The Premier The Sovereign The Senator The Prime Minister 20 / 46 What plays an essential role in punishing criminals and deterring crime? Police Court Prison Judge 21 / 46 Which provinces formed the new country called the Dominion of Canada? Ontario and Quebec New Brunswick Nova Scotia All of these these 22 / 46 Which city is the training academy of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police? Regina Edmonton Victoria Halifax 23 / 46 Who created two levels of government: federal and provincial in the 1860s? The Fathers of Confederation Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontain Sir John A. Macdonald Sir George-Étienne Cartier 24 / 46 An appeal court and a trial court in the province are called? Federal Court The Court of Queen’s Bench The Court of Queen Queen’s Court 25 / 46 Which court is the highest court in Canada? Federal Court Claims Court Supreme Court Queen’s Court 26 / 46 Who is responsible for running the federal government departments? Cabinet Ministers Prime Minister Sovereign Governor General 27 / 46 The first British North American colony to attain full responsible government in 1847–48 was? Ontario Quebec Nova Scotia Prince Edward 28 / 46 Who was the last Canadian to receive the V.C. to date? Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray Captain Paul Triquet Captain Billy Bishop Lieutenant Alexander Roberts Dunn 29 / 46 Who served in the British Army in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava (1854) in the Crimean War? Captain Paul Triquet Able Seaman William Hall Lieutenant Alexander Roberts Dunn Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray 30 / 46 The system we have today is that if the government loses a confidence vote in the assembly it must resign. True False 31 / 46 Who is the officially bilingual province? Ontario Quebec New Brunswick Manitoba 32 / 46 Which industry has played an important part in the country’s history and development? Natural resources Forestry Fishing Agriculture 33 / 46 Manitoba is an important centre of _____ culture. Ukrainian Chinese French Italian 35 / 46 The Governor General is appointed by the Sovereign on the advice of the Prime Minister after how many years? 4 5 2 10 36 / 46 What is awarded to the people for their extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy? The Victoria Crown The Victoria Cross The Coat of arms The Order of Canada 37 / 46 If a majority of the members of the House of Commons vote against a major government decision, the party in power is ____. Re-elected Defeated Rejected Dissolved 38 / 46 As long as the Prime Minister and the party in power have _____, they can run the government. faith in the majority of the MPs confidence of the majority of the MPs belief in the majority of the MPs trust in the majority of the MPs 39 / 46 Saskatchewan has ___% of the arable land in Canada. 35 40 45 50 40 / 46 Which of the following is considered a Matter of Confidence? Elections Education Budget Highways 41 / 46 The majority of Francophones live in the province of Ontario Quebec New Brunswick Manitoba 42 / 46 Which province is referred to as the “breadbasket of the world”? Newfoundland and Labrador Saskatchewan British Columbia Yukon Territory 43 / 46 Which province is known as the “wheat province”? Newfoundland and Labrador Nunavut Yukon Territory Saskatchewan 44 / 46 Which is Canada’s national sport? Basketball Ice hockey Football Lacrosse 45 / 46 July 1 is celebrated to commemorate the day that Canada became a self-governing Country. True False 46 / 46 Until 1982, July 1 was celebrated as _____. 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