# 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:** 4
**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 5, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/61 "2008-07-05T00:39:41Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] We’re using a new numbering system, didn’t you hear? By the way, happy July the Grotneth. [/QUOTE] Yes, it’s metric. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/62 "2008-07-05T00:43:10Z")
Wow - 70% for me, never even been there. Lots of educated guesses. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/63 "2008-07-05T00:45:53Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Yes, it’s metric. [/QUOTE] Well, the U.S. will never use metric numbers! Just 'cause it’s based on tens, you think it’s so cool. We down here will stick with one, a few, some, a bunch, lots, a metric shitload… Umm, wait… ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/64 "2008-07-05T01:30:53Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] Well, the U.S. will never use metric numbers! Just 'cause it’s based on tens, you think it’s so cool. We down here will stick with one, a few, some, a bunch, lots, a metric shitload… Umm, wait… [/QUOTE] No, no. Shitloads only exist in the standard/imperial system. The term “metric shitload” is, despite its name, actually just an intensifier: 20 pounds = Crapload 40 pounds = Shitload 60 pounds = Fuckload 80 pounds = Metric Shitload 120 pounds = Metric Fuckload 240 pounds = Goddamn Shitload 480 pounds = Fucking Shitload I don’t know why there isn’t a “metric crapload,” but that’s the system. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/65 "2008-07-05T01:34:34Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] 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] I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to offend! I wasn’t saying people from Ontario weren’t real Canadians… just those from Toronto 😉 Seriously, though, there are a lot of jokes about Toronto being the most American city in Canada… in some ways it’s true, but in many more ways it isn’t. It was a cheap joke, and humourous in my head, but I guess it didn’t come across that way. Again, sorry ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/66 "2008-07-05T01:39:43Z")
85%, missing 7, 10, and 11. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/67 "2008-07-05T01:42:22Z")
100% ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/68 "2008-07-05T01:55:51Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] Hmm… I got 100% on the Canadian one, and 90% on the American one. Interesting little exercise! [/QUOTE] That’s also exactly what I had! (I hesitated some time in front of question 9, “Which province has the most bilingual Canadians?” Quebec would seem to be the most obvious answer – and it is the correct one – but I wondered whether Ontario, being the most populous province by a significant margin, could have more bilingual citizens. I ultimately chose right. 🙂 ) [QUOTE=clairobscur] It seems to me this Canadian test isn’t well done. Half of the questions seem to be more trivia than things that an immigrant would have to know in order to integrate well. [/QUOTE] I would tend to agree. I’d rather see immigrants learn about important parts of Canada’s history (although what is “important” is of course a subjective question) than know that the beaver is an official symbol of Canada. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/69 "2008-07-05T02:00:10Z")
[QUOTE=Hypnagogic Jerk] That’s also exactly what I had! (I hesitated some time in front of question 9, “Which province has the most bilingual Canadians?” Quebec would seem to be the most obvious answer – and it is the correct one – but I wondered whether Ontario, being the most populous province by a significant margin, could have more bilingual citizens. I ultimately chose right. 🙂 ) [/QUOTE] Actually, this is another question that was problematic. When they say “Bilingual” what do they mean? If they mean “Able to speak English and French” then I have no doubt at all that it’s Quebec. But “bilingual” simply means two languages - and if you don’t limit them to English and French, it could very well be Ontario, where there are an immense number of immigrants and children of immigrants who speak both English and another language. I doubt anyone knows for sure how many there are, so really, “Ontario” may well be the correct answer, or it may be Quebec. It’s not a good test that allows such ambiguity. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/70 "2008-07-05T02:03:56Z")
16 out of 20 (80%), missing questions 2, 3, 17 and 18. Missing #3 and #18 is no surprise, those were total WAGs. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/71 "2008-07-05T02:21:06Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] **to suggest the Canadian Pacific railway was built primarily to make immigration easier is ludicrous**. Don’t deny me the only thing I figured out on my own! From now on… It’s it’s only purpose 😛 ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/72 "2008-07-05T02:22:30Z")
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**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 5, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/73 "2008-07-05T02:24:49Z")
[QUOTE=mnemosyne] I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to offend! I wasn’t saying people from Ontario weren’t real Canadians… just those from Toronto 😉 [/QUOTE] Hey! I live in Toronto. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/74 "2008-07-05T02:37:47Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Hey! I live in Toronto. [/QUOTE] I know. I’m sorry. 😉 Three "sorry"s on one page… see, I _am_ Canadian! ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/75 "2008-07-05T02:44:13Z")
[QUOTE=Leaffan] 100%. (Whew!) 70% on the American one. [/QUOTE] Other way round for me ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/76 "2008-07-05T04:01:36Z")
I got 18, but I go curling in winter, so I’m practically an Honorary Canadian anyway. Some people are referring to questions that I didn’t see, so there must be some element of a random draw. ---
**Author:** ![chicken\_wire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@chicken\_wire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicken_wire)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/77 "2008-07-05T04:17:01Z")
75% (versus 70% for the US version) I was expecting to score lower than the US one. There goes my theory about the pervasiveness of US cultural imperialism, damn it! Turns out it’s the Canadians who are going to homogenise the globe! It’s the quiet ones you have to watch. :smack: ---
**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 5, 2008, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/78 "2008-07-05T04:21:30Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Hey! I live in Toronto. [/QUOTE] So when are you going to visit Canada? ::d&r:: FWIW, **Sunspace** , since I know you in real life, I am confident that you are one of the “most” Canadians I know. I just wish you could visit us here in the West more often. > [@Frank](#): > > Well, the U.S. will never use metric numbers! Just 'cause it’s based on tens, you think it’s so cool. We down here will stick with one, a few, some, a bunch, lots, a metric shitload… Umm, wait… Hey, some of us Canucks still remember those units: Yo-so-many, and 'Bout-that-much and Like-this … yeah, they’re still understood at Home Depot and similar. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/79 "2008-07-05T09:41:01Z")
65% (55% on the American one). ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/80 "2008-07-05T13:54:50Z")
[QUOTE=chicken wire?] It’s the quiet ones you have to watch. :smack: [/QUOTE] Canadians are quiet?? :dubious: 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292.md?page=5)