Voting Rights in Canada Quiz

When did many (but not all) women in Canada gain the right to vote in federal elections? (This excludes women from Quebec and from identifiable groups.)

• 1918

• 1950

• 1867

• 1925

Which group of people were not allowed to vote in Canada until 1960? (Without any conditions.)

• French Canadians

• Women

• Indigenous people

• Immigrants

In what year did the voting age in Canada change from 21 to 18?

• 2000

• 1970

• 1985

• 1960

Who was the first woman elected to Canadian Parliament?

• Hillary Clinton

• Margaret Thatcher

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Agnes Macphail

Which province in Canada was the first to grant women the right to vote in provincial elections?

• Quebec

• Ontario

• Alberta

• Manitoba

What was the name of the law that disenfranchised many Chinese-Canadians from voting in 1885?

• Immigration Restriction Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Asian Exclusion Act

• Chinese Immigration Act

In what year did the Canadian government grant the right to vote to Indigenous people without requiring them to give up their treaty rights?

• 2005

• 1901

• 1960

• 1776

Which political party in Canada introduced the Voting Rights Act in 1960?

• Bloc Québécois

• New Democratic Party

• Liberal Party of Canada

• Conservative Party of Canada

In what year does Canadian Parliament give all Japanese Canadians the right to vote in federal elections?

• 1940

• 2002

• 1899

• 1948

In what year did the last province in Canada grant women the right to vote in provincial elections?

• 1955

• 1925

• 1930

• 1940