Citizenship test
 

I imagine that some of you have done this in the fairly recent past. I've just been informed that mine is next week. I was told some time ago that the written test is p**s easy. Is that true? How many questions are there and how long does it take?

I note from the paperwork that the ceremony takes place right after the test and guests are permitted. It doesn't look as if the chances of failing are very high.

I was surprised to get the letter yesterday. I applied last October and received an acknowledgement in March. I wasn't expecting to hear from them again this year.

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Yes its piss easy, read the look at canada booklet they sent and remember the bits on voting.

There is a practice test on the richmond library site, and others around too. IIRC its about 20 questions, and took me less than 10 minutes, including triple checking the answers.

Its no biggie. The ceremony timing can vary, its usually a few weeks to a month or two later on.

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Cool. The book does seem to put a lot of emphasis on the voting stuff. Just as well, I tried out the sample questions on my family (both real Canadians). I got a lot of blank looks.

The singing the national anthem bit appeals to my sense of irony. A room full of immigrants singing about "our home and native land". Er, not quite.

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Fortunately they hand out a card at the ceremony with the words in both official languages. We were encouraged to try both! Good point though, Canada does feel like home now...but its never going to be my native land.

The voting stuff is important as they are the two questions you MUST get right. Really its your only chance to fail as the other questions can be answered by elimination the obviously wrong and taking a 50/50 chance on the remainders.

Probably worth finding out who the Governor and lieutenant generals and you MP are just in case.

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Not wanting to bang about this too much but I need your help again Ian, or anyone else who has done the test recently.

I have been working through the sample questions in the back of the book. Most are a doddle but one is giving me a hard time. Knowing my luck it will come up.

The question is: "Which group of aboriginal peoples make up more than half the population of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut?"

The answer is meant to be found elsewhere in the book. I haven't found it after several readings. My wife can't find it either. The only reference we have seen says that aboriginal peoples make up over half the population of the North (which also includes the Yukon).

Further research has led me to believe that the correct answer is the First Nations. Gut feeling tells me that the answer they're looking for is Inuit.

It is also possible that the word "aboriginal" shouldn't be in the question at all, because it's the answer.

Help!!!!!!!

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Tried asking google: The Inuit, who make up 83% of Nunavut's 24,730 residents.

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Ah....so you finally learned how to use the google search option then? ;)

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Just in case its still driving you nuts
Page 15...

Inuit are Aboriginal people who live in
Canada’s North, which includes
Nunavut, the Northwest Territories,
Northern Quebec and Labrador.

Dont worry about it...the voting questions are the only ones you have to get right. And remember, its mostly multiple choice:)

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I'm studying for an exam - I need something to keep my nuerons firing ... incidently, the richmond test exam is here:
http://www.yourlibrary.ca/citizenship/index.asp

Here's a free trial, don't know how good it is:
http://www.v-soul.com/vsoul/freesw.html?citizenship

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No, I'm not going to say anything about you know.......! ;)

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Two wrong.....until I got bored....is it my imagination or are some of those questions repeated?

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Ta. But was driving me nuts is that page 15 doesn't answer the question.

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Thanks. I just did the test on the first link (20 questions). Took me less than a minute and I got them all right except for the last one and that doesn't bother me much. I don't need to know who MPs are in BC, so I just clicked anywhere.

I'm worrying about nothing, aren't I?

PS: I liked the suggestion that mowing your lawn was a citizen's duty.

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LOL....you did better than I did and I was born and raised in canada.....!

Good luck to you!

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Just did the whole test.

116 questions, of which six were about BC politics again, so we'll ignore them.

Did pretty well though. I didn't know that the Queen's representative in a Territory is a Commissioner. I also made a boo-boo on the three rights (two answers looked good to me).

My gut feeling regarding the Inuit was correct though. It might not be the right answer but it's the one they're looking for. Glad I brought this up.

Thanks chaps. :)

PS: What do we do until the next season of Canadian Idol starts? I miss it already.