Citizenship Questions

*** Please note:  the citizenship test is based on the information found in Discover Canada : the rights and responsibilities of citizenship : study guide / Citizenship and Immigration Canada.  A copy of this book is available at the Information Desk for use in the library (QRED323.60971Dis) and there are also several copies in our lending collection which may be borrowed for use at home.

Questions and answers for Canadian Citizenship Test

Revised: May 12, 2012

Federal Government

1. Head of State: the representative of the Queen for all of Canada is the Governor General: 

• His Excellency, The Right Honourable David Johnston

2. Head of Government: the Prime Minister is:   

• The Right Honourable Stephen Harper

3. The party in power is:

• The Conservative Party (165 seats)

4. The leader of the Opposition is:

• Theleader of the Opposition is Thomas Mulcair of the New Democratic Party. The NDP has 101 seats in the House of Commons. 

5. The other opposition parties and leaders are:

• Bob Rae, interim leader of the Liberal Park (35 seats).  A new, permanent leader of the party will be chosen at a future date.
• Daniel Paille, leader of the Bloc Quebecois (4 seats)
• Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Pary (1 seat)
• Independent: Two (2)
• Total number of seats in the House of Commons: 308
• Speaker of the House of Commons:  The Honourable Andrew Scheer

6. My representative in Ottawa (MP) is:

• for Kitchener-Waterloo riding: Peter Braid (Conservative)
• for Kitchener Centre riding: Stephen Woodworth (Conservative)
• for Cambridge riding: Gary Goodyear (Conservative)
• for Kitchener-Conestoga riding: Harold Albrecht (Conservative)
• for Guelph riding: Francis Valeriote (Liberal)

Provincial Government

7. Head of State: the representative of the Queen for my province is the Lieutenant Governor:

• The Honourable David C. Onley

8. Head of Government: The Premier is:

• The Honourable Dalton McGuinty

9. The provincial party in power is:

• Liberal (53 seats)

10. The provincial opposition parties and leaders are:

Leader of the Official Opposition is:

• Tim Hudak, Progressive Conservative party (36 seats)

Leader of the other party is:

• Valerie Horwath (NDP) (17 seats)

Total number of seats in the Provincial Legislature:  107

One vacant seat.

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly: 

The Honourable Dave Levac

11. My provincial representative is:

• for Kitchener-Waterloo riding: the seat is currently vacation and a by-election has not yet been called.
• for Kitchener Centre riding: John Milloy (Lib)
• for Kitchener-Conestoga riding: Michael Harris (PC)
• for Cambridge riding: Rob Leone (PC)
• for Guelph riding: Liz Sandals (Lib)

Municipal (Local) Government

12. The name of the municipality where I live is:

• for City of Waterloo: City of Waterloo
• for City of Kitchener: City of Kitchener
• for City of Cambridge: City of Cambridge
• for North Dumfries: Township of North Dumfries
• for Wellesley: Township of Wellesley
• for Wilmot: Township of Wilmot
• for Woolwich: Township of Woolwich
• for Guelph: City of Guelph

13. The head of the municipal government (Mayor or Reeve) is:

• for City of Waterloo: Brenda Halloran (Mayor)
• for City of Kitchener: Carl Zehr (Mayor)
• for City of Cambridge: Doug Craig (Mayor)
• for North Dumfries: Robert Deutschmann (Mayor)
• for Wellesley: Ross Kelterborn (Mayor)
• for Wilmot: Les Armstrong (Mayor)
• for Woolwich: Todd Cowan (Mayor)
• for City of Guelph: Karen Farbridge (Mayor)

14. City Councillors for the City of Waterloo:

• Ward 1 (Southwest): Scott Witmer
• Ward 2 (Northwest): Karen Scian
• Ward 3 (Lakeshore): Angela Vieth
• Ward 4 (Northeast): Diane Freeman
• Ward 5 (Southeast): Mark Whaley
• Ward 6 (Central-Columbia): Jeff Henry
• Ward 7 (Uptown): Melissa Durrell

Regional Councillors for the City of Waterloo:

• Sean Strickland
• Jane Mitchell

City Councillors for the City of Kitchener:

• Ward 1: Scott Davey
• Ward 2: Berry Vrbanovic
• Ward 3: John Gazzola
• Ward 4: Yvonne Fernandes
• Ward 5: Kelly Galloway
• Ward 6: Paul Singh
• Ward 7: Bil Ioannidis
• Ward 8: Zyg Janecki
• Ward 9: Frank Etherington
• Ward 10: Dan Glenn-Graham

Regional Councillors for the City of Kitchener:

• Tom Galloway
• Jean Haalboom
• Geoff Lorentz
• Jim Wideman

15. Chair of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo:

• Ken Seiling

1.  House of Commons: May 12, 2012.

2. Legislative Assembly of Ontario: May 12, 2012.

3. The Region of Waterloo: December 15, 2010

4. City of Kitchener: December 15, 2010

5. Waterloo Chronicle: October 27, 2010

6. Waterloo Region Record: October 7, 2011

7. CBC:  March 24, 2012