Prepare For Your Exam

Who has to take the test?

It depends on your age, you need to take the test if you are an adult 18 to 54 years of age.

What’s on the test

The test shows what you know about Canada. It usually contains 20 questions about the rights and responsibilities of Canadians and Canada’s:
• History
• Geography
• Economy
• Government
• Laws
• Symbols

The test questions are based on the official citizenship study guide: Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship.

Study for the test

Use the official study guide, Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship, to study for your test. It’s available from Citizenship and Immigration Canada at no cost, you can read online, listen, download, or order it.

Register for our exam simulator where it has a huge question bank to train yourself about the exam questions, it’s always better to be well prepared and pass it on first place.

Get your test date

Few weeks before the test, you will get a notice with the date, time, and location of your test, look for messages from email addresses ending in “@cic.gc.ca.”

What to bring

When you come for your test, make sure to bring the below:
• The notice asking you to take the test (“Notice to Appear”)
• Your permanent resident (PR) card (if you had one)
• 2 pieces of personal identification (ID)
• 1 piece of ID with your photograph and signature, such as a driver’s licence or health card
• Foreign ID documents must be government-issued (Canadian ones don’t need to be government-issued)
• If not in English or French, provide a translation with an affidavit from the translator • All your passports and travel documents, current and expired, that you listed on the application form
• A certificate, diploma, degree or transcript that proves your English or French language skills (if you were 18 to 54 years of age when you signed your application)
• Other documents the IRCC may ask for in your “Notice to Appear” letter

Taking the test

The test is:
• English or French
• 30 minutes long
• 20 questions
• Multiple-choice and true or false questions
• You need to get 15 correct answers to pass the test

Your test is usually written but may be oral. A citizenship official may decide on test day that you will have an oral test instead of a written one.