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Discover Canada

The official study guide for the Canadian Citizenship Test, free to read online. Every real exam question comes from this book, 6 chapters, 538 testable facts, with practice questions after each chapter.

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1. 1
   Chapter 1

   Rights and responsibilities of citizenship

   Where Canadian rights come from, the freedoms in the Charter, and the six responsibilities that come with citizenship.

   5 sections · 31 key facts

2. 2
   Chapter 2

   Who we are

   Canada's three founding peoples, First Nations, Inuit and Métis, the two official language communities and the Acadians.

   5 sections · 43 key facts

3. 3
   Chapter 332% of questions

   Canada's history

   From the first Europeans and New France through the War of 1812, responsible government and Confederation to the World Wars and modern Canada.

   16 sections · 173 key facts

4. 4
   Chapter 4

   How Canadians govern themselves

   The federal state, the Crown and the Governor General, Parliament and how a bill becomes law, federal elections and voting, and the justice system.

   14 sections · 120 key facts

5. 5
   Chapter 5

   Canadian symbols

   The flag and the maple leaf, the Crown, the beaver and the fleur-de-lys, the anthems, the honours system and the national holidays.

   5 sections · 63 key facts

6. 6
   Chapter 6

   Canada's regions

   The five regions, every province and territory with its capital, and the three main types of industry in the economy.

   7 sections · 108 key facts

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