Citizenship Test Prep for Manitoba

What Discover Canada says about Manitoba

In Discover Canada, Manitoba is one of the three Prairie Provinces. The guide says its economy rests on agriculture, mining and hydro-electric power generation. It points to the Exchange District in Winnipeg for the well-known intersection of Portage and Main, and to St. Boniface, the French Quarter of Winnipeg. It also describes Manitoba as an important centre of Ukrainian culture with a large Indigenous population, but its percentages come from an older census and should not be read as current. The history chapter explains how the province began: when Canada took over the northwest from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1869, the Métis of the Red River were not consulted, and Louis Riel led an armed uprising and seized Fort Garry. Canada then created Manitoba as a new province, and many people see Riel as the father of Manitoba. The guide lists 1870 as the year Manitoba joined Canada and notes that in 1916 Manitoba became the first province to grant voting rights to women.

Language proof in Manitoba

IRCC accepts two Manitoba documents: the Manitoba Canadian Language Benchmark Report, or an Adult English as an Additional Language (EAL) student progress report from the Manitoba government. The document must show that your speaking and listening skills are at CLB/NCLC level 4 or higher. The national options also remain open: education in English or French, an accepted language test, or LINC or CLIC training at CLB level 4 or higher in speaking and listening (certificate for training from November 1, 2012; for training from January 2008 to October 2012, you mark the box on the application).

Sample Manitoba questions

Three questions from the app’s question bank for this province or territory.

1. In what year did Manitoba join Confederation?

   • 1867
   • 1905
   • 1871
   • 1870
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   Answer: 1870

2. Which 1870 law granted Manitoba provincial status and protected Métis land rights?

   • The Constitution Act
   • The Manitoba Act
   • The Indian Act
   • The British North America Act
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   Answer: The Manitoba Act

3. Which Manitoba town on the shore of Hudson Bay is widely known as the 'Polar Bear Capital of the World'?

   • Norway House
   • Flin Flon
   • The Pas
   • Churchill
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   Answer: Churchill