CAEC Social Studies Preparation Course: final exam 2026
A new random set of 40 questions from the course every time. Score 80% or more to download your certificate. You see your answers at the end.
- 40 questions
- Pass mark: 55% on each CAEC test
- Score 80% or more to download your certificate.
- 90 minutes
How this mock exam works
Each attempt draws 40 questions at random from all 94 questions for this test, so no two attempts are the same.
The official test has these parts:
- Citizenship and government (30–40%)
- Economics and economic systems (15–25%)
- Historical and contemporary Canada (15–25%)
- Geography and the environment (15–25%)
At the end you see your score, every answer and its explanation. Your best score is saved in this browser, so you can try again until you pass comfortably.
What you will learn
- Describe the format, strands, pass mark and retake rules of the CAEC Social Studies test
- Tell primary from secondary sources and read maps, tables, cartoons and timelines for their main idea
- Explain how Canada's constitutional monarchy, Parliament, elections and courts work
- Compare federal, provincial, municipal and Indigenous governments and interpret Charter and section 35 rights
- Use supply and demand, inflation and trade ideas to explain economic changes
- Place key events in Canadian history in order and explain their causes and results
- Describe Canada's regions and how land, resources and migration shape the way people live
Score 80% or more to download your certificate.