Social Studies Resources

Practice Tests

Literacy Tools

Literacy Nova Scotia Resource Hub (compiled by MTML):

Helpful tools

Discover Canada

Archives of Ontario: Online primary sources and exhibits

Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada

Office of the Treaty Commissioner: Treaty Boundaries Map

Native Land Digital

Elections Canada learning resources

Canadian Museum for Human Rights teaching resources

Canadian Charter of Human Rights: Graphics and learning resources

Introduction to the Justice System in Canada

Important Notes

Learners may not use a dictionary, a thesaurus, language translator, or other reference material for this test
These specific tools will be deactivated on the online test platform

CAEC versus GED

AlphaPlus has compared the CAEC to GED:

In the CAEC, all topics, content and perspectives in the sample test are focused on Canada, a significant difference. The GED content often referenced American and global issues. In the GED Canada version, 60 percent of the concepts and issues examined global or international issues and 40 percent referenced either the United States or Canada.

When straightforward text is presented, it is much shorter than the textbook-like passages in the GED and provides less information that could be used to respond to test questions. CAEC test-takers need to rely more on background knowledge related to the main topics:

citizenship and government, which is emphasized most,
economics and economic systems,
historical and contemporary Canada, and
geography and environment

The CAEC sample assessment suggests that test-takers cannot rely solely on source materials provided to answer the related questions, as was often the case with GED. CAEC test questions also require a greater level of digital competency compared to GED tests, which were entirely multiple-choice with a single correct response.