Preparing for Your Citizenship Test
Citizenship and Immigration Canada offers a comprehensive study guide to help newcomers prepare for the citizenship test. You can read or listen to the study guide online, order your own copy, or borrow the book or audiobook from the library.
Practice for the citizenship test
Local information
The Canadian citizenship test includes a section about your local municipal, provincial and federal electoral districts and representatives. A citizenship judge may ask you about this information at a citizenship interview.
Halton Region is made up of 4 municipalities: Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton, and Oakville.
Federal Government
Q: What is Canada’s form of government?
A: Canada is governed by the Federal Government, also known as the Government of Canada.
Q: Who is Canada’s Head of State?
A: The representative of the King in Canada is the Governor General, Mary Simon.
Q: Who is Canada’s Head of Government?
A: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Q: Which party is currently in power?
A: Liberal Party of Canada
Q: Who is the Leader of the Official Opposition?
A: Pierre Poilievre
Q: Which party is the Official Opposition?
A: Conservative Party of Canada
Q: What are the other opposition parties and their leaders?
A: Please visit Political Parties and Leaders to learn more
Q: Who is my representative (Member of Parliament) in Ottawa?
- Search for your Federal Government Member of Parliament (MP).
- Search for maps of the Federal Electoral Districts in Ontario.
Oakville
Anita Anand (MP) – Oakville
Pam Damoff (MP) – Oakville North-Burlington
Provincial Government
Q: Who is Head of State of the Province of Ontario?
A: The representative of the Queen for the province of Ontario is the Lieutenant-Governor, Elizabeth Dowdeswell.
Q: Who is Ontario’s Head of Government?
A: Premier Doug Ford
Q: Which provincial party is in power?
A: Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Q: Which party is the Official Opposition in Ontario and who is its leader?
A: Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) – Interim Leader is Peter Tabuns
Q: Who is my Provincial Member of Parliament (MPP)? You can also search for your MPP.
Oakville
Stephen Crawford – Oakville
Effie Triantafilopoulos – Oakville North-Burlington
Municipal Government
Q: Who are the Mayors and Councillors in each of the Municipalities within Halton?
Oakville – Town of Oakville 905-845-6601 or Contact the Town of Oakville
See links for maps of ward boundaries and Members of Council.
Mayor – Rob Burton
Town Councillor; Regional Councillor
Ward 1 – Jonathan McNeice; Sean O’Meara
Ward 2 – Ray Chisholm; Cathy Duddeck
Ward 3 – Dave Gittings ; Janet Haslett-Theall
Ward 4 – Peter Longo; Allan Elgar
Ward 5 – Marc Grant; Jeff Knoll
Ward 6 – Natalia Lishchyna; Tom Adams
Ward 7 – Scott Xie; Nav Nanda
