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Canadian Citizenship Test topics, explained

The topics people most often look up, explained in plain English from Discover Canada. Each guide ends with real practice questions on the same topic.

• Canadian symbols, explained for the citizenship testThe Canadian flag, maple leaf, beaver, fleur-de-lys, coat of arms, anthem and national holidays: what each means and what the citizenship test asks.Read the guide
• Canadian inventions and achievementsInsulin, the snowmobile, standard time, the pacemaker, the Canadarm and basketball: the Canadian inventions the citizenship test expects you to know.Read the guide
• The five regions of CanadaCanada’s five regions, the provinces and territories in each, every capital city and the facts about each region that the citizenship test asks.Read the guide
• How a bill becomes law in CanadaThe stages a bill goes through in Canada’s Parliament, from first reading to royal assent, and the parts of Parliament the citizenship test asks about.Read the guide
• When each province and territory joined CanadaThe year every province and territory joined Canada, from Confederation in 1867 to Nunavut in 1999, plus the Confederation facts the citizenship test asks.Read the guide
• Is the Canadian citizenship test hard?How hard the Canadian citizenship test is, what it covers, which chapter most questions come from, and how to know you are ready.Read the guide
• How to prepare for the Canadian citizenship testA five-step plan for the Canadian citizenship test: what to read, which lists to memorise, how to use practice tests, and how to know you are ready.Read the guide

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