Canada Citizenship Test Practice (Discover Canada)
Timed 20-question mocks and chapter drills from Discover Canada, the official guide.
Choose how to practise
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You see whether each answer is right, with the reason and where it comes from, before you move on. Questions you missed last time and questions due for review come first, then new ones.
The format of the real test
The format of the real test
Your result
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How this tool is checked
- Based on
- the rules of Canada.
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About the Canada Citizenship Test Practice (Discover Canada)
Practise for the Canadian citizenship test. Sit timed mock tests in the official format (20 questions in 45 minutes, at least 15 right to pass), drill the ten chapters of Discover Canada one at a time, and clear the questions you keep missing, with every answer explained and its chapter named and linked.
The questions are written for MySmartCoPilot from the official study guide, Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship, in the multiple-choice and true-or-false forms the test uses. Spaced repetition brings back what you missed and what is due, and your progress stays on your device. IRCC bases every test question on the guide and says it is the only official study material, so read it as well: this is practice to use alongside it, not instead of it.
How to use it
- Start with Practise by topic: tick one or more chapters of Discover Canada (Canada’s history is the longest) and choose how many questions to answer.
- Choose an answer (or press 1–4 or A–D) and press Check answer: you see whether it is right, why, and which chapter it comes from, with a link to read that chapter on canada.ca.
- Questions you miss come back sooner, and the ones you know wait longer each time: press Topics with questions due to practise what is due today.
- When you feel ready, take a Mock test: 20 questions against a 45-minute clock, with a palette to flag questions and come back to them. You need 15 right to pass.
- Read your result: the score against the pass mark, each chapter, and every question with its explanation. Press Practise the ones I got wrong to go straight back over them.
Examples
When was the Dominion of Canada born? You choose July 4, 1776.
Not quite. The right answer is July 1, 1867, celebrated today as Canada Day. Source: Discover Canada: Canada’s History.
True or false? Military service is compulsory in Canada. You choose False.
Right. There is no compulsory military service in Canada; serving in the Canadian Forces or the reserves is a noble way to contribute.
20 questions answered in 22 minutes, 17 right
17 / 20 · 85% right · pass mark 15 of 20 · Pass, with the weakest chapter listed first
A practice pass does not predict the real test, which asks other questions.
Common uses
- Preparing for the test after submitting a citizenship application, while waiting for the invitation.
- Learning the history chapter a period at a time, with the dates and names that come up most.
- Sitting full timed mocks in the days before the online test.
- Revising the provinces, territories and their capitals until they stick.
The test, as IRCC describes it
- 20 questions, each multiple choice or true or false, in English or French, in 45 minutes.
- You need at least 15 of the 20 right to pass, and you have 3 chances to pass.
- The questions are about the rights and responsibilities of citizens and about Canada’s history, geography, economy, government, laws and symbols, and IRCC bases all of them on the study guide. The test does not assess your English or French.
- In most cases you take the test if you are between 18 and 54 on the day you sign your application. Most applicants take it online, monitored by webcam; IRCC may ask others to take it in person or by video call, for example as an accommodation.
Sources: IRCC, Study for the test and How the test works.
The chapters the questions come from
- Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship, with the Oath of Citizenship.
- Who We Are: the founding peoples, Aboriginal peoples, English and French, diversity.
- Canada’s History: from the first explorers to the Second World War, the longest chapter.
- Modern Canada: postwar Canada, Quebec, the arts, sport, science and inventions.
- How Canadians Govern Themselves: the federal state, parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy.
- Federal Elections: voting, the government and the opposition, local government.
- The Justice System: courts, police and your legal rights.
- Canadian Symbols: the flag, the maple leaf, the anthem, honours and holidays.
- Canada’s Economy: trade and the main kinds of industry.
- Canada’s Regions: the five regions, the provinces, the territories and their capitals.
Read the guide online, download it or listen to the audio version; it is also available in French as Découvrir le Canada.
How the questions are written
Each question tests one fact the guide states, and its explanation names the chapter and links to it. Facts that stay true are chosen: there are no questions about who holds an office today, and figures the guide gives that have since changed, such as population counts or the number of ridings, are left out. The wrong answers are plausible neighbours (another year, another province, another explorer), not tricks; many of the true-or-false statements are false; and the answers are shuffled each time so you learn the fact, not the position.
Your progress stays on this device
What you have seen, what you got right, your mistakes, what is due for review and your mock scores are kept in this browser only. Clearing your browser data, or using another browser, starts you again; Reset my progress deletes them on purpose. An unfinished mock test is kept too, so you can carry on with the same questions and the time you had left.
Limitations
- Not IRCC’s question bank and not the real test: the real test asks other questions, so a practice score is not a prediction.
- IRCC says the official study guide should be your primary resource and that other material is used at your own risk: where this practice and Discover Canada differ, the guide is what the test follows.
- The practice questions are in English only; the guide and the test are also available in French.
- Not legal advice about your application: IRCC decides every application.
Privacy
On this device: nothing is sent
Everything runs in this browser. The questions are part of the page; your answers, progress and mock scores are kept only in this browser’s storage and are never uploaded. Reset my progress deletes them.
Frequently asked questions
How many questions are on the Canadian citizenship test, and what is the pass mark?
20 multiple-choice or true-or-false questions in 45 minutes, and you need at least 15 right to pass. You have 3 chances to pass. Source: IRCC.
Who has to take the test?
In most cases, applicants who are between 18 and 54 years old on the day they sign their application. You do not take it if you are under 18 or over 55, or if you asked for and received a waiver. Source: IRCC.
Are these the real test questions?
No. These were written for MySmartCoPilot from Discover Canada, and each names its chapter. The guide has its own study questions, which IRCC says are similar to the questions on the test.
Which chapter should I study most?
All of them can come up, but Canada’s History is the longest chapter and has the most dates and names. Use My three weakest topics to see where you lose marks.
Can I take the test in French?
Yes: IRCC gives the test in English or French. This practice is in English; the French version of the guide is Découvrir le Canada.
Does it work on a phone and without a connection?
Yes. It works at 360 pixels wide with touch or a keyboard (1–4 or A–D to answer, Enter to check). Once the page and its questions have loaded, practice works offline.