Key facts to know for the test
These are the testable points from this chapter, tagged by how often they appear on the citizenship test:
Post-WWII: Canada experienced a major economic boom; by 1951, a majority of Canadians could afford adequate food, shelter, and clothing for the first timemedium frequency
Oil discovered in Alberta in 1947, beginning Canada's modern energy industryhigh frequency
Canada is a member of the G8 (Group of Eight) industrialized nationsmedium frequency
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA): The trade agreement between Canada, USA, and Mexico that replaced NAFTA in 2020high frequency
Social programs: Unemployment Insurance (1940, now called Employment Insurance), Old Age Security (1927), Canada/Quebec Pension Plan (1965)high frequency
Canada is a founding member of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) for collective defencehigh frequency
NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command): Joint Canada-US defence agreementmedium frequency
Canada is a founding member of the United Nations (UN), established in 1945high frequency
Peacekeeping: Canada has participated in missions in Egypt (Suez Crisis), Cyprus, Haiti, and many other countriesmedium frequency
Quiet Revolution (1960s): Period of rapid social, political, and cultural change in Quebec that modernized the provincehigh frequency
Quebec sovereignty referendums: Defeated in 1980 and again narrowly in 1995high frequency
Group of Seven: Canadian artists who developed a distinctive national style of painting to capture Canada's rugged wildernessmedium frequency
Basketball invented by Canadian James Naismith in 1891medium frequency
Ice hockey is Canada's most popular sport; lacrosse is Canada's official summer sporthigh frequency
Terry Fox: Began the Marathon of Hope in 1980 to raise money for cancer research; a national herohigh frequency
Constitution patriated in 1982: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was entrenched in the Constitutionhigh frequency
Official Languages Act (1969): Guarantees French and English services in the federal governmentmedium frequency
Aboriginal peoples gained the right to vote in federal elections in 1960medium frequency
Japanese Canadians gained the right to vote in 1948low frequency
Order of Canada (1967): Canada's own honours system, one of the highest civilian honoursmedium frequency
How to study this chapter
- Read the chapter in the official Discover Canada guide.
- Review the key facts above — prioritize the high-frequency ones.
- Test yourself with chapter practice questions until you consistently score 80%+.
- Add tricky facts to flashcards and re-review before test day.
The real test has 20 questions from all chapters combined; you need 15 correct to pass. Chapter weightings above reflect the distribution in our 514-question bank, modelled on the official guide's emphasis.
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