Frequently asked questions

No — and be wary of any site that says otherwise. IRCC does not publish its question bank. All 623 of ours are written from Discover Canada, the official guide the real test is drawn from, to match its style, difficulty and phrasing. Each one carries the wording from the guide its answer rests on, and a plain-language explanation of why the right answer is right and the others are not.

Applicants for a citizenship grant who are 18 to 54 years old on the date they sign their application. Under 18, or 55 and over, there is no knowledge or language requirement. Applicants for proof of citizenship — a certificate rather than a grant — do not take the test at all.

The real test is 20 questions in 30 minutes, and 15 correct to pass. Our mock tests are 20 questions with the same 15-out-of-20 pass mark and a 45-minute limit. Every question is multiple choice or true/false, written in plain language, and you sit it in English or French.

Everything in Discover Canada: the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, Canada's history, geography, economy, government and legal system, and the national symbols. Our 12 chapters follow the guide's own, and each question also records the Citizenship Regulations subject it tests — so a wrong answer points at something to re-read rather than only at a score.

IRCC generally offers a second written test, and if that is also unsuccessful, a hearing with a citizenship officer who asks the questions in person. Failing once is not the end of an application.

623 questions across the 12 chapters of Discover Canada, arranged into 31 mock tests of 20 questions each. Test 12 is always the same 20 questions — but their order, and the order of the options under each one, is redrawn for every attempt, so retaking a test rehearses the material rather than your memory of the sequence.

The facts that move — office-holders, seat counts, population figures — are marked as such, carry the source they were last verified against and the date it was checked, and are re-checked when that source changes. Everything else comes from the current edition of the guide.

Answer a question and it shows you the wording from Discover Canada the answer rests on, alongside a link to the chapter it came from. The quoted wording is the guide's; the explanation beside it is ours. Nothing here is copied from another practice site.

No, and nobody can. We do not have IRCC's question bank and we have no data on who passed, so any percentage we put on your chances would be invented. What the app will tell you is how your practice is going: your recent scores, the chapters you are losing marks in, and whether you have covered enough of the material.

Yes, and without an account. 3 of the 31 mock tests are free to take, timed and scored exactly like the paid ones. On top of that, all of the study material is free: the 12 chapters of notes, the five key-facts cheatsheets, and the flashcard decks built from them.

The free tests show you the question quality. A paid plan opens the rest of the catalogue — all 31 mock tests — plus readiness, chapter strength worked out from your own answers, and Review, where every question you flagged during a test is put to you again.

Not to practise. The first time you start a test or save a question we create a guest identity that holds your work, and you can turn it into a real account later without losing any of it. An account is needed only to pay, so that a purchase has somewhere to belong.

It can be either. There is a one-time price that never expires and has nothing to cancel, and there are weekly and monthly plans that renew until you cancel them. All three unlock the same thing. The prices themselves live on the pricing page rather than in this answer, because they are held as data and can change without a release.

If your test date is not set or is months away, the one-time price is the safer buy: it never expires, so a delayed invitation costs you nothing. If the date is close, a week or a month is cheaper for a short run. Every plan unlocks all 31 mock tests either way.

The amount shown on the pricing page is the amount charged, in Canadian dollars. Nothing is added at checkout.

As soon as Stripe confirms the payment. A one-time purchase never ends. A subscription runs to the end of each period you have paid for, so cancelling stops the next charge and leaves the rest of the period you already bought.

Cancel from Plan or Pricing inside the app — both open Stripe's billing portal, where it takes one click, and your access runs to the end of the period you have paid for. For a refund, write to [email protected] within 14 days of a payment and we will refund it in full.

Yes. It runs in a browser on any phone, tablet or laptop, with nothing to install. Practice, the study notes, the key facts and the flashcards all work the same on a small screen.

All of the reading. The 12 chapters of study notes, all five key-facts cheatsheets and the flashcard decks built from them are public, need no account, and are there in English and in French. The paywall is on practice, not on the material.

It is the only source the test is drawn from, so in principle yes. In practice, reading it is not the same as answering 20 timed questions about it, which is what mock tests are for. A guide that adds material beyond it is adding work rather than accuracy.

There is no fixed interval — it depends on your office and its queue, and IRCC's published processing times are the only figure worth planning against. The useful move is to start at AOR rather than waiting for the invitation, which often arrives only a few weeks before the date.

Sign in with the account you paid with: access belongs to that account, and a purchase made in one browser does not follow a guest identity in another. If it is still locked after that, write to [email protected] from the address you paid with and we will find the payment.

An independent practice site, not IRCC. It is not affiliated with IRCC or the Government of Canada, and it cannot tell you anything about your own application — for eligibility, processing times and the status of your file, IRCC is the only authority.