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Discover Canada
Discover Canada is the official study guide for the Canadian Citizenship Test, and every real exam question is drawn from it. It runs to 6 chapters and about 538 testable facts. Every one of them is summarised here, free to read with no account and no download.
Reading front to back is the slowest way to prepare. Sit one mock first . It takes 45 minutes and tells you which chapters you can skim.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Common questions
- What book do you need for the Canadian Citizenship Test?
- Discover Canada is the only official source. Every question in the real test is drawn from it, across 6 chapters and roughly 538 testable facts. You do not have to buy it to prepare: the facts themselves are not copyrightable and every one is summarised here, free.
- Do I have to read the whole guide?
- No, and reading it front to back is the slowest way to prepare. Sit one timed mock first. It takes 45 minutes and tells you which chapters you are already fine on, so you can spend your time on the two or three that are costing you marks.
- Is the Canadian Citizenship Test study guide free to read online?
- The chapter summaries on this site are free and need no account. The official book itself is sold by its publisher and is not reproduced here, because it is under Crown copyright. What you get here is every testable fact in our own words, plus practice questions on each chapter.
- How many questions come from each chapter?
- Not evenly. Chapters differ in weight, and the chapter list below shows how many testable facts each one contains, largest first in practice. A chapter with four hundred facts will cost you far more marks than one with fifteen if you skip it.
Questions and study summaries are original works testing facts published in Discover Canada (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada). Not affiliated with or endorsed by IRCC or the Government of Canada.