Practice: Canadian 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.
Q: Who is Canada’s Head of State?
A: The representative of the Queen for all Canada is the Governor General.
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 Opposition?
A: Erin O’Toole
Q: Which party is the Official Opposition?
A: Conservative Party of Canada
Q: What are the other opposition parties and their leaders?
A: New Democratic Party of Canada – Jagmeet Singh
Bloc Québécois – Yves-Francois Blanchet
Green Party of Canada – Annamie Paul
Q: Who is my representative (Member of Parliament) in Ottawa?
Search here for your Federal Government Member of Parliament (MP).
Search here for maps of the Federal Electoral Districts in Ontario.
Oakville
- Anita Anand (MP) – Oakville
- Pam Damoff (MP) – Oakville North-Burlington
Burlington
- Karina Gould (MP) – Burlington
- Pam Damoff (MP) – Oakville North-Burlington
Halton Hills
- Michael Chong (MP) – Wellington-Halton Hills
Milton
- Adam van Koeverdon (MP)
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: Ontario Progressive Conservative Party (PC)
Q: What are the provincial opposition parties and who are their leaders?
A: Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) – Andrea Horwath. (NDP is Ontario’s Official Opposition party)
Ontario Liberal Party – Steven Del Duca
Green Party of Ontario – Mike Schreiner
Q: Who is my Provincial Member of Parliament (MPP)?
Oakville
- Stephen Crawford – (Oakville)
- Effie Triantafilopoulos – (Oakville North-Burlington)
Burlington
- Jane McKenna – (Burlington)
- 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
See links for maps of ward boundaries and Members of Council.
Mayor – Rob Burton
Ward 1 – Beth Robertson; Sean O’Meara
Ward 2 – Ray Chisholm; Cathy Duddeck
Ward 3 – Janet Haslett-Theall; Dave Gittings
Ward 4 – Peter Longo; Allan Elgar
Ward 5 – Marc Grant; Jeff Knoll
Ward 6 – Natalia Lishchyna; Tom Adams
Ward 7 – Jasvinder Sandhu; Pavan Parmar
Burlington – City of Burlington
See links for maps of ward boundaries and Members of Council.
Mayor – Marianne Meed Ward
Ward 1 – Kelvin Galbraith
Ward 2 – Lisa Kearns
Ward 3 – Rory Nisan
Ward 4 – Shawna Stolte
Ward 5 – Paul Sharman
Ward 6 – Angelo Bentivegna
Halton Hills – Town of Halton Hills
Mayor – Rick Bonnette
Ward 1 – Jon Hurst; Michael Albano; Clark Somerville
Ward 2 – Ted Brown; Bryan Lewis; Clark Somerville
Ward 3 – Moya Johnson; Wendy Farrow-Reed; Jane Fogal
Ward 4 – Bob Inglis; Ann Lawlor; Wendy Farrow-Reed; Jane Fogal
Milton – Town of Milton
Mayor – Gordon Krantz
Ward 1 – Colin Best; Kristina Tesser Derksen
Ward 2 – Rick Malboeuf; John Challinor II
Ward 3 – Mike Cluett; Rick Di Lorenzo
Ward 4 – Zeeshan Hamid; Sameera Ali
Q: Who are the Councillors for Halton Region?
A: There are 20 members; the Chair is Gary Carr
Revised March 31 2021