The citizenship test
Citizenship test practice: ten questions, instant corrections
Answer a question and the correction appears straight away, with the explanation and the chapter it comes from. Pick one chapter or mix them all, then draw a new set.
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Practice questions written by Radif Partners from the facts of the official guide. Not the official test.
This practice set gives you 10 questions at a time, drawn at random from our bank of 150 questions covering the 10 chapters of Discover Canada, the only study guide IRCC names for the citizenship test. Unlike the real test, each answer is corrected as soon as you click, with a short explanation and the chapter to reread, so a mistake becomes a fact learned rather than a lost point. You can keep all chapters mixed or choose one from the list to work on a weak area, and draw a fresh set as often as you like. The real test is different in pace and pressure: 20 questions, multiple choice or true or false, 45 minutes, and 15 correct answers needed to pass, with 3 chances. Use these short sets to learn, and the full timed mock test to check that you are ready. A sensible target before the real test: several practice sets in a row with no more than one mistake.
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How the practice tool works
Each set holds 10 questions. Click an answer and the tool marks it right or wrong at once, shows the correct option and explains why, naming the chapter of the guide where the fact lives. The chapter list above the questions lets you focus on one of the 10 chapters or keep them mixed. A new draw gives a different set. Nothing is timed here, on purpose: the goal is to learn, not to race.
A routine that works
Start with one chapter at a time, in the order of the guide. After each set, reread only the parts behind your mistakes instead of the whole chapter. Once every chapter gives you nine or ten right, switch to mixed sets, which force you to jump from history to elections to geography as the real test does. Finish each study session with one mixed set, and every few days sit a full timed mock test to check your speed against the 45-minute limit.
| Chapter | Questions in our bank | Revision page |
|---|---|---|
| Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship | 15 | open |
| Who We Are | 15 | open |
| Canada's History | 15 | open |
| Modern Canada | 15 | open |
| How Canadians Govern Themselves | 15 | open |
| Federal Elections | 15 | open |
| The Justice System | 15 | open |
| Canadian Symbols | 15 | open |
| Canada's Economy | 15 | open |
| Canada's Regions | 15 | open |
Reading your results
Ten questions is a small sample, so one bad set means little. Look at patterns: if mistakes keep coming from the same chapter, open its revision page, which lists the facts the test favours and the notions that are easy to confuse. If mistakes are spread out, you probably need more mixed practice rather than more reading. Keep in mind that the real test needs 15 correct answers out of 20, which is three quarters; in a ten-question set, that would mean eight right as a bare minimum, and nine or ten as a comfortable level.
Habits that waste practice
Three habits slow people down. Guessing quickly to see the correction teaches the answer to one question, not the fact behind it: read the explanation even when you were right. Staying on a favourite chapter feels productive but leaves gaps elsewhere, and the real test draws from all of them. Finally, practising only on a phone in short bursts hides the reading load of a full test; some government and history questions are long and need a second read, so do part of your practice in longer sittings.
Where the questions come from
IRCC does not publish its question pool. It points applicants to Discover Canada as the only official study guide, and its test page describes the format: 20 multiple-choice or true-or-false questions, in English or French. Our questions follow the same format and cover the same facts, written in our own words. To read every question with its answer rather than test yourself, use the question bank; to plan your weeks of study, try the study plan; and to understand scoring and retakes, see the pass mark page.