Chapter summaries

The biggest chapter and the biggest share of the test. Learn it as a spine of dates and names.

Guide pages 14–23 · 90 facts · 48 cards

Eight pages, and the capitals table alone is worth several questions. Learn the table first, the details second.

Guide pages 44–51 · 33 facts · 32 cards

Voting eligibility, the ballot procedure, and majority vs. minority government.

Guide pages 30–35 · 35 facts · 17 cards

Two pages that generate a large share of the test. Know the three key facts and the three branches cold.

Guide pages 28–29 · 36 facts · 18 cards

Pure memorization and therefore free points. Dates, sports, anthem, honours, holidays.

Guide pages 38–41 · 51 facts · 26 cards

Two pages, but heavily tested. The lists here are memorized wholesale — freedoms, rights, responsibilities.

Guide pages 8–9 · 22 facts · 11 cards

The three founding peoples, the Aboriginal groups, and the language/diversity numbers.

Guide pages 10–13 · 25 facts · 13 cards

Short chapter. Know the presumption of innocence, the courts, and who polices where.

Guide pages 36–37 · 14 facts · 8 cards

Postwar prosperity, Quebec, arts, sports, and the inventions list — which does get asked.

Guide pages 24–27 · 41 facts · 15 cards

Two pages, lightly tested. Three industry types and the U.S. trading relationship.

Guide pages 42–43 · 9 facts · 6 cards

Process, not content. Skim once — it is essentially never on the test.

Guide pages 6–7 · 9 facts · 0 cards