# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/121 "2011-04-18T19:17:38Z")
Native born US Citizen - 17 out of 20, that’s an 85. I’ve been to Canada. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/122 "2011-04-18T20:00:33Z")
80%; missed 1, 11, 18 & 19. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/123 "2011-04-18T20:40:46Z")
80%. Missed 3, 5, 11, 18. I really should learn more about the country’s history, though. It would make everything so much clearer. ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/124 "2011-04-18T21:22:26Z")
95%. Some were guesses (first PM, number of ridings), some were half-remembered gut instincts (Peace Tower, year of confederation (I knew it was in the 1800s)) . Others were pretty easy. I missed Question 2. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/125 "2011-04-19T00:39:30Z")
100%. Guess I can stay. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/126 "2011-04-19T00:42:15Z")
95%. Missed the first PM, though I should have known. Canadian born and raised abroad (and/or American immigrant to Canada). I don’t know what I’d get on the US test: does anyone have a current link? I couldn’t get to the 2008 one. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/127 "2011-04-19T00:47:13Z")
I got 18/20, American with no particular knowledge of Canada. I missed 2 and 7. 5, 11, 16, 17, and 18, 19 were guesses but some of them informed guesses. For example I was _pretty sure_ Queen Elizabeth II was the Canadian Head of State, but in the back of my head I wasn’t really sure how the Governor-General factored in. I know the GG is the “representative” of the monarch, and that Queen Elizabeth is styled Queen of Canada, but I wasn’t really sure how it all worked on an official level. I guessed 308 electoral districts because I’ve seen Canadian election night on C-SPAN and while I didn’t remember the number, I knew 308 sounded about right. With 19 I guessed 5 years because that seemed the most logical, I didn’t think any major democracies had 10 year periods in between major elections, “no time limit” or “every two years.” ---
**Author:** ![Kiwi\_Fruit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiwi_fruit/32/12_2.png) [@Kiwi\_Fruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiwi_Fruit)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/128 "2011-04-19T01:54:46Z")
19/20 - I missed question 4. Oh, and braaaains. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/129 "2011-04-19T12:18:09Z")
I got number 2 wrong. I thought the government gave people land… ---
**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:** [April 19, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/130 "2011-04-19T16:34:00Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I would pull out my birth certificate that says born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan - PWNED, BITCHES! I mean, who would lie about something like that? I missed my first year of school because I did not have a birth certificate (just a baptismal certificate from Montreal). I guess I was hatched or something. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/131 "2011-04-19T17:35:39Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > I don’t know what I’d get on the US test: does anyone have a current link? I couldn’t get to the 2008 one. [Here ya go.](http://www.800citizen.org/us_citizenship_test/) Select a state to be from, and how many questions you want (5 to 50). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/132 "2011-04-19T17:41:08Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > [Here ya go.](http://www.800citizen.org/us_citizenship_test/) Select a state to be from, and how many questions you want (5 to 50). Thanks. 100% on the American one, though I did have to guess. I liked question 13: [QUOTE=US Citizenship Practice Test] 13) Name the U.S. war between the North and the South. A. the War of the middle states B. the North-South War C. War of the states - D. the War between the States Your answer was correct. [/QUOTE] I guess we’re not calling it the “Civil War” any longer. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/133 "2011-04-19T17:48:23Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I got number 2 wrong. I thought the government gave people land… You weren’t _that_ wrong. If I remember right it was like $10 for 160 acres but, no, not strictly free. **mihonik** , study hard. The test has been revised and isn`t as easy as it was when this thread started. Generally, I`m heartened by how well the Americans did on the test considering the stereotype that ya`ll are knowledgeable up to your borders and then suddenly turn ignorant. That`s clearly not true about American dopers. My uncle told a story about working as a border guard near [Blaine, Washington](http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=blaine+B.C&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Blaine,+Whatcom,+Washington,+United+States&ll=48.993735,-122.746124&spn=0.580292,1.170044&z=10). He said an American couple pulled up in a motorhome and said, [QUOTE=dumb American] We hear that Montreal is nice. How do you get there from here? [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=uncle Jim] Keep going until you come to highway 1, [then turn right](http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Blaine,+WA,+USA&daddr=51.03757,-113.53997+to:49.81506,-93.0486+to:Montreal,+Quebec&geocode=FbuV6wIdEQev-CnnhLmfNcGFVDHM2HcvUX_cbQ%3BFYLFCgMdfoQ7-Snl9nJos9NzUzFRY2e3hJt-Dg%3BFRQe-AId6DB0-il_I_CFKlC9UjFOzkFnEkZ4_A%3BFRlptgIdCaed-ykNt2QcVBrJTDHv7x8hODFOZQ&hl=en&mra=dvme&mrsp=1&sz=6&via=1,2&sll=49.267805,-107.841797&sspn=9.2369,18.720703&ie=UTF8&ll=48.224673,-100.458984&spn=37.824441,74.882813&z=4). [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/134 "2011-04-19T17:53:16Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > Thanks. 100% on the American one, though I did have to guess. I liked question 13: > > I guess we’re not calling it the “Civil War” any longer. Funny thing is that I took it twice, and one time the answer _was_ “The Civil War.” ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292/135 "2011-04-19T18:19:08Z")
18 of 20 just by guessing on most of them. I guess I am a better Canadian then I thought. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-canadian-citizenship-test/455292.md?page=6)