Citizenship Test Prep for Ontario

What Discover Canada says about Ontario

Discover Canada places Ontario in Central Canada together with Quebec, the region it calls the industrial and manufacturing heartland, with cold winters and warm humid summers in the south. The guide describes Ontario as a province with a diverse population, natural resources and a strategic location, and it names Toronto as the main financial centre. It mentions service and manufacturing industries, the vineyards and fruit crops of the Niagara region, and farms raising dairy and beef cattle, poultry, vegetables and grain. The guide says Ontario was founded by United Empire Loyalists and has a French-speaking population with a long history of preserving its language and culture. In the history chapters, the Constitutional Act of 1791 creates Upper Canada, later Ontario, as a mainly Loyalist, Protestant and English-speaking colony, and the Confederation of 1867 splits the Province of Canada into Ontario and Quebec. The guide also says that Ottawa, on the Ottawa River, was chosen as the national capital in 1857.

Language proof in Ontario

IRCC accepts a certificate from the Adult Non-Credit Language Training Programs in Ontario. The certificate must be for English as a Second Language (ESL), French as a Second Language (FSL) or Citizenship and Language Training (CL). It must be dated December 2013 or later and must show CLB level 4 or higher in speaking and listening. 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 Ontario questions

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

1. Which famous waterfall is partly located on the Ontario side of the Canada-U.S. border?

   • Niagara Falls
   • Virginia Falls
   • Helmcken Falls
   • Athabasca Falls
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   Answer: Niagara Falls

2. The 1791 Constitutional Act divided the former Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and which other colony?

   • Rupert's Land
   • Acadia
   • Lower Canada
   • Vancouver Island
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   Answer: Lower Canada

3. Which UNESCO World Heritage Site is a 19th-century waterway linking Ottawa to Kingston?

   • Welland Canal
   • Trent-Severn Waterway
   • Rideau Canal
   • Erie Canal
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   Answer: Rideau Canal