Name: ___________________________
Date: ______________________________
Gr. 9 Chapter 3: How effectively does Canada’s Charter of Rights and
Freedoms protect your individual rights?
Multiple Choice:
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Each question is
one mark.
1. Which of the following is a set of laws that establishes a framework of governance?
a) ban
b) constitution
c) contribution
d) charter
2. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms gives every person in Canada the same rights,
whether or not they are a Canadian citizen, except for
a) the right to express your opinions
b) the right to associate with any person or group
c) the right to move anywhere in Canada
d) the right to vote
3. The right to vote for a new government at least every five years is
a) a fundamental freedom
b) a democratic right
c) a mobility right
d) a legal right
4. Under the Charter of Rights:
a) the government can never restrict the rights of citizens
b) Canadians cannot challenge laws that restrict their rights
c) the government is justified in restricting rights when necessary
d) all people, whether they are Canadian citizens or not, have the same rights
5. Canada arrested and sent some of its citizens to internment camps because of
a) World War I
b) the War Measures Act
c) World War II
d) Pearl Harbor
6. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms was incorporated into the constitution in 1982 for
which of the following reasons?
a) to please the British monarchy
b) to ensure that all Canadian citizens, regardless of where they lived in Canada, were
protected by the same law(s)
c) to make sure all Canadian citizens could challenge in court the laws that restrict their
rights
d) to help Canadians assimilate
7. Which of the following groups of people were not sent to internment camps because of
their heritage?
a) Ukrainian
b) Japanese
c) Greek
d) Italian
8. In court, failing to provide interpreters for people who rely on sign language for
communication is a violation of their
a) fundamental freedoms
b) democratic rights
c) mobility rights
d) equality rights
9. A club to promote women’s suffrage was started in 1876, as a way to campaign for
a) a woman’s right to vote
b) women’s mobility rights
c) women’s pay equity
d) women’s reproductive rights
10. In 1988 and 1990, the Canadian government formally apologized to which groups of
people because of the War Measures Act?
a) Russians and Poles
b) Chinese and Koreans
c) Italians and Japanese
d) Aboriginals and Germans
11. The Charter’s fundamental freedoms include
a) being able to vote
b) being able to move to any province or city
c) being free from discrimination
d) being able to express your opinions
12. The Indian Act
a) allowed parliament to consult the First Nations on government issues.
b) allowed First Nations to have traditional ceremonies.
c) prevented First Nations from taking political action.
d) gave First Nations the right to vote.
13. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms dates from
a) 1974
b) 1982
c) 1876
d) 2003
Read the following passage and answer the questions associated with it:
Speaker 1: We hate the Canadian government. They have taken away all our
rights. Our traditional ceremonies have been banned for numerous years. Why
have they always picked on us? We have always been accommodating and never
done anything to deserve this treatment.
Speaker 2: More than 20,000 of us were moved from the west coast. We had are
possessions and businesses taken away from us and sold to others. The
government treated us very unfairly. What gives them the power to put us in
internment camps?
Speaker 3: For 50 years we were not given the right to vote. We had to form
groups just to be given the same rights as others in Canada. When we formed
these groups, we were often arrested and put in jail. It wasn’t until 1918 until we
finally got what we wanted.
Speaker 4: During World War I, we were arrested and interned into camps. We
were forced to work as labourers and received no wages. Basically, we were
treated like slaves. We have built the beautiful parks in the Rocky Mountains of
Alberta, yet the only thing the government has done for us is apologize and
declare a Recognition Act.
14. Which group of people is Speaker 1 representing?
a) Aboriginals
b) Ukrainians
c) Italians
d) Japanese
15. What correctly answers the question that Speaker 2 asks at the end of their statement?
a) Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
b) War Measures Act
c) Canadian Constitution
d) Indian Act
16. Which group of people is Speaker 3 representing?
a) Aboriginals
b) Ukrainians
c) Italians
d) None of the above
17. Which of the two speakers have similar commentary?
a) Speaker 1 and 2
b) Speaker 2 and 3
c) Speaker 3 and 4
d) Speaker 2 and 4
18. What do all speakers have in common?
a) All speakers are foreign born
b) The Canadian Government didn’t respect their rights
c) They were all violent threats to the safety of other Canadians
d) All of the above
Analyze the political cartoon and answer the following question:
19. Which Individual Right under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is being
violated?
a) Fundamental Freedoms
b) Democratic Rights
c) Equality Rights
d) Legal Rights
Analyze the political cartoon and answer the following question:
“Hello Amnesty International? I’ve been imprisoned without a trial.”
20. Which Individual Right under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is being
violated?
a) Mobility Rights
b) Democratic Rights
c) Equality Rights
d) Legal Rights
21. Canadian citizens have the freedom to express their opinion but their responsibility
with this freedom is:
a) Not to use racial slurs
b) To vote on Election Day
c) Not to occupy someone else’s property
d) To ensure your demonstrations are peaceful
22. Canadian citizens have the right to move anywhere in Canada but their responsibility
with this right is:
a) Not to use racial slurs
b) To vote on Election Day
c) Not to occupy someone else’s property
d) To ensure your demonstrations are peaceful
23. Canadian citizens have the responsibility to attend their trial but their right with this
responsibility is:
a) The freedom to associate with any person or group
b) The right to be free of discrimination
c) The right to a fair and quick public trial
d) The right to be free of imprisonment without cause
24. Calgary’s Big M Drug Mart deliberately opened for business on Sunday to challenge
what Act?
a) Sunday Act
b) Lord’s Day Act
c) God’s Sunday Act
d) God’s Day Act
25. In Canada making a Charter challenge is quite difficult. Most regular working people
can not do this by themselves. In the workplace most employees rely on _____________
for the resources to challenge the Charter.
a) Labour Unions
b) Their Employer
c) The government
d) None of the Above
2005 Pay Equity Statistics
Earnings by occupation
Occupations
Managers and
administrators
Professionals
Associate professionals
Tradespersons and related
workers
Advanced clerical and
service
workers
Intermediate clerical, sales
and
service workers
Women
Employees:
Mean weekly earning in main job
Men
Pay Gap
$1248
$1403
11.0%
$841
$706
$445
$1182
$984
$798
28.8%
28.3%
44.2%
$591
$891
33.7%
$480
$723
33.6%
26. What is this table about?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Pay equity between men and women
Total pay of men and women per week
The occupation that men and women choose to do
Labor Unions
27. When looking at this table what can you assume?
a) That men and women are paid equally
b) That men in the same job make more than women
c) That women in the same job make more than men
d) Depending on the occupation women sometimes make more money than males.
28.) In intermediate clerical, sales and service works men make how many more dollars a
week than women?
a) $332
b) $300
c) $243
d) Trick Question (the women make more than the men)
29.) Women get paid less than men because?
a) women’s equality still has a long way to go
b) they work less hours than men
c) men have more bills to pay than women
d) they take time off for pregnancy
30.) This chapter focused on:
a) Canadian’s Individual and collective rights
b) Canadian’s Collective rights
c) International human rights
d) Canadian’s Individual rights
Long Answer
Choose one of the following options and provide a paragraph answer. Please circle the number
of your choice. The long answer question is worth 5 marks.
31. Why would the Charter of Rights and Freedoms cause the Canadian government to apologize
to certain groups of peoples for events that had occurred before 1982? List some groups of
peoples who the government did apologize to and explain why they did. Do you agree with this?
Make certain you justify your answer.
Answers will vary but should include some of the following:
The government had to apologize to certain groups because their actions went against the
Charter of rights and freedoms. The government apologized to Canada’s Italian
community, to Japanese Canadians and it passed the Internment of Persons of Ukrainian
Origin Recognition Act.
Reasons to apologize:
Canada discriminated against its own people.
People are innocent until proven guilty.
Canada broke its promise to safeguard property
Reasons not to apologize:
The incidents occurred before the Charter was formally developed.
The needs of society should outweigh the rights of individuals
The government is justified in restricting rights if the restrictions are necessary to maintain
Canada as a free and democratic society.
32. Choose one section of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and discuss how it ensures
that Canada continues to respect the diversity of its people.
Student’s answers will vary, but students should be able to identify one right or freedom
and give examples of how it allows people to be diverse and yet still have rights.
For example: mobility rights allows Canadians to decide where they would like to live in
Canada. For instance, French speaking people do not have to live in Québec. Or, the
Charter’s fundamental freedoms guarantee freedom of religion. Any person in Canada is
free to practise whatever religion he or she believes in without persecution.