Could you pass the Canadian Citizenship test?

I got 70% on the Canadian one and 75% on the American one. I don’t know what this says about me…

You would be best adapted to living in the United States of Canada? :slight_smile:

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.

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.

65%, 13/20. Not too terrible.

Missed 1, 2, 5, 7, 11, 17, 18. Any kind Canadian want to correct me?

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?” :wink:

  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.

  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]

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. :slight_smile: "

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.

I did the reverse. I missed 10 and 17 (picking the loon, and “Act”, respectively.)

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.

Yay! I got 100%!

However, I did miserably on the American Citizenship test…

Best brush up before naturalising, huh? :smack:

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%. :wink:

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. <sigh>. 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.

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, 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.

I got 90%- 11 and 18 wrong. 'course I grew up in the U.P. which makes me practically Canadian anyway :wink:

I got an 85% and I’m not even Canadian :stuck_out_tongue: !

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.

95% on US, 70% on Canada… I am American, living overseas for 6 years.

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. :slight_smile:

Um, apparently counting in Canada works differently from the U.S. :dubious:

(Hint: the post from mnemosyne is on page 2)

We’re using a new numbering system, didn’t you hear?

By the way, happy July the Grotneth.