Can you Pass the Canadian Citizenship Test?

[Trebuchet]

This seems to explain the options:

Here Are 13 Ways You Can Immigrate To Canada In 2023

You can start here:

Immigrate to Canada

Let me know when you're accepted and I'll pick you up at the airport (as long as it's YYZ).

Wow! As retired Americans, it doesn't appear we'd qualify for any of those! And I only want to move 30 miles, to Victoria.

 

[malbui]

We had serious discussions about relocating to Toronto around 15 years ago. Mme Malbui had a firm job offer and I could have transferred with my then employer. We were both top of the scale on the immigration points scoring thing. In the end we didn’t go for a variety of reasons but I often wonder how our lives would have played out.

 

[arthwollipot]

9/10 on the British one. And I'd probably have got the tenth if I'd thought for a moment before answering.

 

[arthwollipot]

Here's the current Australian practice test, if you'd like to have a go:

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/citizenship/test-and-interview/prepare-for-test/practice-test-new

(ETA: And yes, I got 100%, in case you were wondering. )

 

[malbui]

Here's the current Australian practice test, if you'd like to have a go:

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/citizenship/test-and-interview/prepare-for-test/practice-test-new

(ETA: And yes, I got 100%, in case you were wondering. )

I got 100% too. Not bad for someone who has only ever spent a few weeks in the country.

I did hesitate over the Vegemite question, though. And the one about the national hat.

 

[Gord_in_Toronto]

Here's the current Australian practice test, if you'd like to have a go:

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/citizenship/test-and-interview/prepare-for-test/practice-test-new

(ETA: And yes, I got 100%, in case you were wondering. )

95% for me because I miss-klicked on one answer.

 

[gypsyjackson]

I got 100%, but thought this question odd.

13. What is a referendum?
a. A vote to change the government
b. A vote to change the Australian Constitution
c. A vote to change the Prime Minister

None of these is how I would define it, though you have to play the ball where it lies.

 

[theprestige]

Resolved: People who are good at useless national trivia make good citizens.

 

[arthwollipot]

I got 100%, but thought this question odd.

13. What is a referendum?
a. A vote to change the government
b. A vote to change the Australian Constitution
c. A vote to change the Prime Minister

None of these is how I would define it, though you have to play the ball where it lies.

It's literally defined as one of those three things.

 

[arthwollipot]

Resolved: People who are good at useless national trivia make good citizens.

Depends on your definition of "useless". You don't even believe that citizens have a civic duty to vote in elections, so I'm not sure that what you consider "useless trivia" is all that relevant.

 

[gypsyjackson]

It's literally defined as one of those three things.

Maybe in Australia. In other countries, it might be defined as “a direct and universal vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal”. Far less specific.

Are referenda in Australia only on

the Constitution

?

 

[Wildy]

16/20 for Canada. I was really confused by the Senate one. You guys don't vote for Senators? What sort of madness is that?

32/36 for the US one. Mostly historical ones, but I forgot how you guys vote for Senators so got the term length wrong.

9/10 for the UK one. Mumble grumble stupid anniversaries...

20/20 for the Australian one.

 

[Wildy]

Maybe in Australia. In other countries, it might be defined as “a direct and universal vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal”. Far less specific.

Are referenda in Australia only on

the Constitution

?

Pretty much. There have been some instances where the term has been used in the way you've defined but that hasn't been the case Federally since 1917. We usually use the word "plebiscite" for non-Constitutional changing votes.

States on the other hand...

 

[Puppycow]

Could You Pass the U.S. Citizenship Test?

Ten out of ten for me. But I'm too old to make the move.

This one's a little bit tougher:
Can You Answer These Questions from the United States Citizenship Test?

30 out of 36. But I''m still not moving.

And the word of the day is "jejune".

10/10 and 35/36.

Didn't know this one:

The first Postmaster General. Probably should have guessed, but I overthought it.

 

[Puppycow]

You made me look!

The all-new British citizenship test – take the quiz (It's 0ver ten years old but what the heck.)



Enjoy!

10/10. I'm not British so I'm allowed to boast. I did sort of guess on the jury question, but my intuition proved correct. Same as in the US.

 

[Puppycow]

Here's the current Australian practice test, if you'd like to have a go:

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/citizenship/test-and-interview/prepare-for-test/practice-test-new

(ETA: And yes, I got 100%, in case you were wondering. )

I got 95% but failed!

Your mark was 95%
You did not answer all of the Australian Values questions correctly.

This means you have failed the Australian citizenship practice test. Please try again.

One wrong answer:

Question 17: Should people in Australia make an effort to learn English?
In the USA, there is no official language, which is why I got this one wrong.
It certainly helps to learn English, but it isn't an official policy of the government.

 

[Lplus]

I got 95% but failed!


One wrong answer:

Question 17: Should people in Australia make an effort to learn English?
In the USA, there is no official language, which is why I got this one wrong.
It certainly helps to learn English, but it isn't an official policy of the government.

I got that question wrong too. Suggesting a specific language might be sensible, useful as well, but I would have thought it likely to be the recipient of accusations of racism, at least in the UK.

Also got the aboriginal flag colours wrong.....

 

[Puppycow]

I wanted to see if there is a Japanese citizenship practice test. There is is not.

I did find this weird test written by some blogger. It is neither official nor very good.

https://www.turning-japanese.info/2012/12/could-you-pass-japanese-citizenship-test.html

Each question has 10 multiple-choice answers which makes guessing difficult. I got only 3/10. Probably should have gotten 4 if I had followed my instinct on one, but even that had a weird "correct" answer which threw me off.

 

[jt512]

In addition to that, what the hell is wrong with the Canadian education system? If this is what it means to be Canadian, how hard can it be to teach a semester course in Canadian Trivia, and ensure that all the students pass with a C grade or better?

You seem to think that the results would be different in the US. I doubt that many graduates of the public school systems in the US could pass the US citizenship test.

 

[Darat]

I got that question wrong too. Suggesting a specific language might be sensible, useful as well, but I would have thought it likely to be the recipient of accusations of racism, at least in the UK.

Also got the aboriginal flag colours wrong.....

It wouldn't be called racism - no idea where that idea even comes from but if it was decided that our official language was to once again become English I suspect that might cause some upset to those speakers of our other "native" languages. For example despite English attempts to end the Welsh language over many centuries it did hang on, I suspect there would be loud - if incomprehensible - protests if we again tried to uproot the Welsh language and the same for the Scots language. The evidence is that "we've" always been a multilingual country, certainly been a multilingual one longer than we've been the UK. Can't see what advantage we'd gain today from adopting a single official language.