The format
The format is fixed:
- 20 multiple-choice questions
- 15 correct answers to pass, which is 75%
- 45 minutes for the online test
What makes it hard
History is the biggest chapter: 130 of the 410 questions in our bank come from it. How Canadians govern themselves comes next, with 97.
The regions chapter adds a list to learn outright: Canada has ten provinces and three territories, and each has its own capital. Then there are the dates — when each province joined, and the national holidays.
What makes it manageable
It is multiple choice, so you recognise the answer rather than recall it cold. The questions are based on one study guide, so the material is finite. And much of it is lists — capitals, dates, symbols, inventors — which reward plain memorising more than understanding.
How to know you are ready
Sit full-length practice tests at the real format and judge yourself on the last few, not the best one. Our readiness score calls you ready when your last five mock exams average at least 12 percentage points above the pass mark.