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Question 1: Which party becomes the Official Opposition?

  • The party with the second most MPs.
  • The party receiving the least votes.
  • Any independent candidate.
  • The party the Prime Minister selects.

Question 2: Where do most French-speaking Canadians live?

  • Quebec.
  • Ontario.
  • Nova Scotia.
  • Prince Edward Island.

Question 3: In which region do more than half the people in Canada live?

  • Central Canada.
  • Prairies.
  • Atlantic Canada.
  • Northern Canada.

Question 4: What does the “right to a secret ballot” mean?

  • No one can watch your vote and no one should look at how you voted
  • No one should tell you where to vote
  • A secret vote used by politicians when they are voting on sensitive topics
  • Your right to vote in secret on who to appoint to the Senate

Question 5: What is the name of the leader of the Opposition in Ontario?

  • Marit Stiles
  • Andrea Horwath
  • Peter Tabuns
  • Dalton McGuinty

Question 6: In Canada’s justice system what does “presumption of innocence” mean?

  • Everyone is innocent until proven guilty
  • Everyone is guilty until proven innocent
  • Guilt is decided by public opinion
  • Innocence is decided by public opinion

Question 7: What is the highest court in Canada?

  • The Supreme Court of Canada
  • The King's Bench
  • The Senate Court of Canada
  • The Crown Court of Canada

Question 8: Where are the Parliament Buildings located?

  • Ottawa.
  • Quebec City.
  • Hull.
  • Toronto.

Question 9: What three industries are important to Ontario’s economy today?

  • Mining, tourism, automobile manufacturing
  • Mining, fishing, automobile manufacturing
  • Farming, tourism, fishing
  • Automobile manufacturing, tourism, fishing

Question 10: What is a Francophone?

  • A person who speaks French as their first language
  • A person who speaks English as their first language
  • A smartphone designed by the Canadian company RIM
  • The first phone in Canada, invented by Alexander Graham Bell

Question 11: What are the three parts of Parliament?

  • The Sovereign, the House of Commons and the Senate.
  • The Sovereign, Governor General and Prime Minister.
  • The House of Commons, the Legislative Assembly and the Senate.
  • The King, the Legislative Assembly and the Senate.

Question 12: Give the first line of Canada’s national anthem?

  • O Canada! Our home and native land!
  • O Canada! Our province and native land!
  • O Canada! From far and wide, O Canada,
  • O Canada! We stand on guard for thee.

Question 13: What are the provinces of Central Canada and their capital cities?

  • Ontario (Toronto) and Quebec (Quebec City).
  • Manitoba (Winnipeg) and Ontario (Toronto).
  • Quebec (Quebec City) and Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown).
  • Saskatchewan (Regina) and Manitoba Winnipeg).

Question 14: What is the “head tax”?

  • Race-based entry fee charged for Chinese entering Canada.
  • Fee charged for anyone entering Canada after 1900.
  • A tax imposed on beer beginning in 1867.
  • Fee charged for moving westward in the early 1900s.

Question 15: What three oceans border Canada?

  • Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific.
  • Atlantic, Arctic and Bering.
  • Pacific, Indian and Atlantic.
  • Hudson, Pacific and Atlantic.

Question 16: What do you mark on a federal election ballot?

  • An x
  • The candidate's name.
  • The number for the candidate.
  • The voter's name.

Question 17: What part of the Constitution legally protects the basic rights and freedoms of all Canadians?

  • The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
  • The British Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
  • The Canadian Charter of Rights.
  • The Canadian Charter of Freedoms.

Question 18: What is the name of the leader of the Opposition in Prince Edward Island?

  • Hal Perry
  • Jamie Fox
  • Steven Meyers
  • Peter Bevan-Baker

Question 19: Which of the following is NOT a feature of Canada’s system of government?

  • Dictatorship.
  • A federal state.
  • Parliamentary democracy.
  • Constitutional Monarchy.

Question 20: What is the name of the Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan?

  • Honourable M. Bernadette McIntyre
  • Honourable Dr. Gordon L. Barnhart
  • Honourable Vaughn Solomon Schofield
  • Honourable Lynda Maureen Haverstock