About the Test
What is the format of the Canadian Citizenship test questions? The Canadian Citizenship Test consists of 20 questions, asked in your choice of English or French. You have 30 minutes to complete the test. All questions are multiple choice.
How many questions do I have to get right? To pass the Canadian Citizenship Test, you need to get 75% or higher, which means you must get at least 15 questions correct.
Are there mandatory questions on the real test? There used to be, but this was changed in February of 2011. Anybody who tells you that there are mandatory questions either doesn’t know what they are talking about, or is just trying to scare you.
How long do I have to wait to get my results? The old system, which made people wait anxiously for weeks or months is gone. You will be given your test results the day you write your test.
What happens if I fail the test? If you fail the citizenship test, you will be given a second chance to write it at a later date. If you fail that test, you will have a meeting with a citizenship judge who will ask you questions about your knowledge of Canada. If the judge decides that you have enough knowledge about Canada, you will be given citizenship. In 2008, 20% of people who met with citizenship judges were NOT given Canadian citizenship. These meetings are also sometimes used to evaluate a candidate’s language ability.
About Canadian Citizenship Test Kit
How do I register for Canadian Citizenship Test Kit? That’s easy! Just click the Register Now button!
Do you have any free material? I’m glad you asked! We have a free complete Practice Exam Individual chapter quizzes are also available for members.
You can also check out our Historical Timeline
Do I have to pay you (or anybody else) to get the Discover Canada Study Guide? No. The Discover Canada Study Guide is available for free online. You can access a PDF version, an HTML version, an ebook version, an audio version, or a mobile app. You can even order a paper copy, and have it sent to you. All of these options are free. Nobody should ever charge you money for this information.
If the Discover Canada Study Guide is free, why are you charging money for it? We are not charging money for the Discover Canada Study Guide, which is free. We are charging for the study support, the review activities, the timeline, and the unit quizzes and the complete practice exams.
Is this a complete version of Canadian history? No, it is not. As a Social Studies teacher, I wanted to add a lot more detail, but I kept in mind that the purpose of this site, and of the Discover Canada guide, is not to make you an expert on Canada. The purpose of this website is to prepare you for your citizenship test. The material here is focused only on that goal.
How much detail and extra explanation is given? Where is it helpful, I have added some extra background, but I worked very hard to only add information that would help you understand the content in Discover Canada. For example, in the Discover Canada guide, the tenth province to join Canada is sometimes referred to as “Newfoundland” and sometimes “Newfoundland and Labrador”. This might be confusing: What is the name of the province? Hover over the underlined name of the province for the answer. See how it works? The original text is there, but so is some helpful extra information.
What kind of information have you added to the original text? Some of the extra notes are for ESL learners who might not know certain words, and some of the extra notes are for everybody. The information in the previous question is a good example of extra information for everybody.
Why does the level of English get more difficult from the Learn to the Study sections, and more difficult again from the Study to the Practice sections? The reason that difficult words or new ideas are explained in the Learn section is so that you can be sure that you understand. Once you understand the ideas, it is easier to discuss them at a more advanced level. The real citizenship test uses language that is as advanced as the language in the Discover Canada guide. If everything on this website was written in “easy English” you would not be fully prepared for the real test.
I am not an ESL student, so how will this website benefit me? Even if English is your first language, there are passages in the Discover Canada guide that benefit from a bit of extra explanation. Even after you understand all of the information, our Study and Practice sections will help you make sure that you are completely ready for the real citizenship test.
If you recommend that I do not use Google Translate, why is it on your website? There are two reasons that we recommend that you do not use Google Translate. These are: 1) Automatic translations are a lot better than they used to be, but there are still a lot of problems with them. They simply don’t work very well. 2) Your test will be in English (or French), so you need to study in English (or “real” French). We have included Google Translate as way to make looking up words or phrases more convenient, but you must remember that automatic translation programs make mistakes, so you may end up “understanding” the wrong thing! Google Translation is provided as an optional service, but if you use it, you do so at your own risk!
Are you able to give advice on my citizenship application? Our advice is: Don’t take advice from friends or other people who are not immigration experts. Get your information from the professionals! The best thing to do is to contact either the government or a qualified professional directly. We have been through the Citizenship process, so we know how long, slow, frustrating, and confusing it can be. Taking advice from people other than the government or reputable immigration consultants is a bad idea. Don’t make things worse by getting information from non-experts! This is a long way of saying, No, we are not able to offer advice of this kind.