Free Canadian Citizenship Test Practice 2026
200 questions from Discover Canada on rights, history, government, elections, symbols and every capital, in 20-question tests scored like the real one. Tuned for mobile. No account needed.
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The Citizenship (Canada) exam at a glance
The Canadian citizenship test has 20 multiple-choice or true-or-false questions, and you have 45 minutes to answer them. You need 15 correct (75 percent) to pass. Every question comes from IRCC's study guide, Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship. Applicants aged 18 to 54 take it, usually online, and get up to three chances to pass before a hearing with a citizenship official.
Tigertest has 160 Citizenship (Canada) practice questions with explanations, all free with no account required.
- Questions
- 20, multiple choice or true/false
- Time
- 45 minutes
- Pass mark
- 15 of 20 (75%)
- Who takes it
- Applicants aged 18 to 54
- Attempts
- Up to 3, then a hearing
- Study guide
- Discover Canada (IRCC)
- Given by
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Updated by the Tigertest team. Practice questions follow IRCC's citizenship test pages and the Discover Canada study guide, checked October 2026. Exam rules change, so confirm current details with IRCC: Study for the citizenship test.
How It Works
Train by Chapter
Four training sets follow the study guide: rights and who we are, history, government and elections, then symbols, the economy and the regions. Together they hold all 200 questions, and the ones you miss come back until you have mastered them.
Real-Length Tests
Eight practice tests of 20 questions each, the same length as the real test, with the same pass mark of 15 out of 20 and an explanation of the right answer on every question.
Built on Discover Canada
IRCC takes every test question from its study guide, Discover Canada, but does not publish how many come from each chapter. Each practice test here spreads its 20 questions across the guide's chapters, with the most from history and government, where the guide spends the most pages. Settlement agencies and newcomer classes can set Tigertest as practice at tigertest.io/teach and see which chapters the group misses most.
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1. Read Discover Canada once, all the way through
It is about 60 pages and every test question comes from it. A first read gives you the story: the First Nations, Inuit and Métis, New France, the Loyalists, Confederation in 1867, the World Wars and modern Canada. Then use practice questions to find what did not stick.
2. Learn the dates and names that come up again and again
1215 Magna Carta, 1759 Plains of Abraham, 1774 Quebec Act, 1791 Upper and Lower Canada, 1812 war with the United States, 1867 Confederation, 1885 the railway and the North-West Rebellion, 1917 Vimy Ridge, 1944 Juno Beach, 1965 the maple leaf flag, 1980 O Canada, 1982 the Charter. Put a person to each: Cartier, Champlain, Brock, Laura Secord, Macdonald, Riel, Currie.
3. Know who does what in government
The Sovereign is head of state, represented by the Governor General and, in each province, a Lieutenant Governor. The Prime Minister heads the federal government and a premier each province. Parliament is the Sovereign, the Senate and the House of Commons. Know which level handles defence, education and snow removal, and how a bill becomes law.
4. Take full tests until 15 is easy
Each practice test here is 20 questions, like the real one. Aim for 18 or more on all eight before your test date, then drill the questions you missed. The real test gives you 45 minutes, which is plenty, so read every option before you answer.
Canadian Citizenship Test Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Canadian citizenship test like?
It has 20 questions, either multiple choice or true or false, and you have 45 minutes. You need at least 15 correct, 75 percent, to pass. Applicants aged 18 to 54 must take it, usually online. The questions cover rights and responsibilities, history, geography, the economy, government, laws and symbols.
Which study guide is the citizenship test based on?
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) bases every test question on its official study guide, Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship. As of October 2026 it is still the current guide. You can read it free on canada.ca or download it as a PDF, ebook or audio file.
Do I need to know the provincial and territorial capitals?
Yes. Questions can come from any part of the guide, including its chapter on Canada's five regions, which names every province and territory and its capital. Learn all 13 capitals plus Ottawa, starting with your own. Tigertest asks about every capital but not about current premiers, who change.
What happens if I fail the citizenship test?
You get up to three chances to pass within your test period. If you do not pass by the third try, IRCC invites you to a hearing with a citizenship official, who can check your knowledge by asking questions in person. Follow the instructions in your own invitation, since the process can change.
Are these the official citizenship test questions?
No. IRCC does not publish its test questions. Every question here is written by Tigertest from Discover Canada and checked against canada.ca, so it covers the same knowledge without copying any official test. It is free practice, not an IRCC service. Where a fact changed after the guide was printed, such as the number of federal ridings or NAFTA becoming CUSMA, the explanation says so.
I teach citizenship classes for newcomers. Can my students use Tigertest?
Yes, for free. Make a class at tigertest.io/teach, post one link, and students join with just their name. You see who practiced, their test scores and the topics your class misses most.
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