# Could you pass the Canadian Citizenship test? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 4, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292 "2008-07-04T13:34:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/41 "2008-07-04T18:51:12Z")
I got 70% on the Canadian one and 75% on the American one. I don’t know what this says about me… ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/42 "2008-07-04T19:00:19Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] I got 70% on the Canadian one and 75% on the American one. I don’t know what this says about me… [/QUOTE] You would be best adapted to living in the United States of Canada? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/43 "2008-07-04T19:10:31Z")
I did better on the Canadian test than on the American test. Ha! my gradual canuckization continues apace. And since I’ve already taken and passed the real Canadian citizenship test, got my passport and naturalization card, I’m just damn glad to be here. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/44 "2008-07-04T19:11:19Z")
One hundred percent. I only got 60% on the US one. They won’t take away my Green Card though, so I’m cool. I’m sure I did better than many American citizens would. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/45 "2008-07-04T19:12:56Z")
65%, 13/20. Not too terrible. Missed 1, 2, 5, 7, 11, 17, 18. Any kind Canadian want to correct me? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/46 "2008-07-04T19:39:41Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] Missed 1, 2, 5, 7, 11, 17, 18. Any kind Canadian want to correct me? [/QUOTE] Sure–here you go: [spoiler]1. All of the above. 1. Built the railway, though as RickJay notes, this isn’t entirely accurate. 2. John A. Macdonald. Or, as Canadians often call him because he was knighted and they are (after all) Canadian, “Sir John, Eh?” 😉 3. Freedom of association; freedom of conscience and religion. Again, as RickJay notes, this is a bit messy–while all choices could be said to exist somewhere in the Charter, of the possible answers, only the two parts of this answer both come from section 2, which is the “Fundamental Freedoms” part of the Charter. FTR, “life, liberty, and security of the person” is section 7 (the “Legal Rights” part), “livelihood” and “residence” are both in section 6 (the “Mobility Rights” part). You can view the Charter, neatly divided into its parts and sections, [at this link](http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/charter/). 4. Peace Tower. 5. Bill. Same as in the US–remember “I’m Just a Bill” from “Schoolhouse Rock”? It works for Canada, too. 6. 308.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/47 "2008-07-04T19:52:47Z")
I got 80%, not bad at all. I totally guessed on 18-the number of ridings- "Hmm, how the hell would I know? Well, it’s a big country, I’ll pick the largest number. 🙂 " ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/48 "2008-07-04T20:18:45Z")
After wildly guessing on 11 and 18, I only missed 2 and 5 for 90%. I am by no means an average representation because we did civics for Canada and the US in my advanced government class. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/49 "2008-07-04T20:20:53Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] Hmm… I got 100% on the Canadian one, and 90% on the American one. Interesting little exercise! [/QUOTE] I did the reverse. I missed 10 and 17 (picking the loon, and “Act”, respectively.) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/50 "2008-07-04T21:00:47Z")
I got 90%, missing only #7 and #11. I got the desired answer for #2 due to my familiarity with Gordon Lightfoot’s [_Canadian Railroad Trilogy_.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zjoO170XFI) ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/51 "2008-07-04T21:07:36Z")
Yay! I got 100%! However, I did _miserably_ on the American Citizenship test… Best brush up before naturalising, huh? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/52 "2008-07-04T21:41:46Z")
I scored 80%, having missed questions 5, 7, 10 & 16. I’ve never studied a single bit of Canadian history, so #5 was a complete guess for me, but at least I knew enough to eliminate Trudeau from consideration right off the bat. Since **RickJay** says it could be quite reasonably argued to have two correct answers to #10, I’m just going to assume I got the other correct one, and bump my score up to 85%. 😉 [QUOTE=RickJay] This was a stupidly written test. . . Question 7 tells you the answer to Question 6. [/QUOTE] I noticed that, too, but only after I had correctly answered #6, then moved on to read #7, which I then proceeded to get wrong. \. I also felt more confident that I’d answered question 3 correctly, “What year was Confederation?”, when I read amongst the answers to #6, “The Constitution Act, 1867,” so that seemed like another give-away to me, too. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/53 "2008-07-04T22:16:21Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] I got 70% on the Canadian one and 75% on the American one. I don’t know what this says about me… [/QUOTE] That you’d make a decent Torontonian? I got 100%. Not a very tough test. I’m also a 97% on the immigration self-assessment test [here](http://www.cic.gc.ca/EnGLIsh/immigrate/skilled/assess/index.asp), though for that I have to make some assumptions given as both my husband and I are already Canadians, and employed. I think I lose 3 points for not having a PhD. ---
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/54 "2008-07-04T22:18:25Z")
I got 90%- 11 and 18 wrong. 'course I grew up in the U.P. which makes me practically Canadian anyway 😉 ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/55 "2008-07-04T22:25:21Z")
I got an 85% and I’m not even Canadian 😛 ! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/56 "2008-07-04T22:35:44Z")
[QUOTE=Shayna] “What year was Confederation?”, when I read amongst the answers to #6, “The Constitution Act, 1867,” so that seemed like another give-away to me, too. [/QUOTE] Even that’s a bit of a statecraft retcon, if I may borrow a term. The act that was passed in 1867 was called the British North America Act. It was repatriated, and substantially amended, by the Constitution Act in 1982. The new Act renamed it, but it wasn’t called that in 1867 and so even that’s a bit of a confusing wording. I also note we couldn’t even get halfway through the first page of this thread without someone making the usual job about people from Ontario not being real Canadians. Thanks, mnemosyne. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/57 "2008-07-04T22:38:39Z")
95% on US, 70% on Canada… I am American, living overseas for 6 years. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/58 "2008-07-04T22:42:21Z")
Well I’ll be damned. 95% (missed the one about the animal that is an official symbol of Canada). No real guesses involved, either. Maybe I know more about Canada than I thought. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/59 "2008-07-04T22:47:29Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] Even that’s a bit of a statecraft retcon, if I may borrow a term. The act that was passed in 1867 was called the British North America Act. It was repatriated, and substantially amended, by the Constitution Act in 1982. The new Act renamed it, but it wasn’t called that in 1867 and so even that’s a bit of a confusing wording. I also note we couldn’t even get halfway through the first page of this thread without someone making the usual job about people from Ontario not being real Canadians. Thanks, mnemosyne. [/QUOTE] Um, apparently counting in Canada works differently from the U.S. :dubious: (Hint: the post from **mnemosyne** is on page 2) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/60 "2008-07-04T23:58:24Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] Um, apparently counting in Canada works differently from the U.S. :dubious: (Hint: the post from **mnemosyne** is on page 2) [/QUOTE] We’re using a new numbering system, didn’t you hear? By the way, happy July the Grotneth. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292.md?page=4)