Who appoints the Lieutenant Governor?

Discover Canada records this in one direct sentence. The guide writes: In each of the ten provinces, the Sovereign is represented by the Lieutenant Governor, who is appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister, also normally for five years. The appointer the test wants is therefore the Governor General, on the advice of the Prime Minister.

The chain has two parts. Discover Canada commits Lieutenant-Governor appointments to a TWO-step chain: appointed by the Governor General, AND on the advice of the Prime Minister. So neither the Governor General nor the PM acts alone — the GG is the formal appointer, but acts on the PM's advice. This is the standard pattern of constitutional advice-and-action in Canadian government.

The pattern mirrors the Governor General's own appointment. Discover Canada writes: "The Sovereign is represented in Canada by the Governor General, who is appointed by the Sovereign on the advice of the Prime Minister, usually for five years." So the Sovereign appoints the Governor General on the PM's advice — and the Governor General then appoints the the Lieutenant Governor on the PM's advice. The same advice-and-action principle runs at both federal and provincial Crown-representative levels.

The Lieutenant Governor's role is provincial. Discover Canada writes: "In each province, the Premier has a role similar to that of the Prime Minister in the federal government, just as the Lieutenant Governor has a role similar to that of the Governor General." So the Lieutenant Governor performs at the provincial level what the Governor General performs at the federal level. The federal-appointment chain (Governor General + PM advice) is what places these provincial Crown representatives in office. The territories use a different model: "In the three territories, the Commissioner represents the federal government and plays a ceremonial role." So Commissioners are not Crown representatives like the Lieutenant Governor — they represent the federal government in territorial ceremonial roles. When the test asks who appoints the Lieutenant Governor, the source-precise answer is the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister — the standard advice-and-action chain that mirrors how the Governor General is appointed by the Sovereign.

The question is testing whether new citizens know who appoints the Lieutenant Governor. Discover Canada commits to one chain: the Governor General, on the advice of the Prime Minister. The right test answer matches that.

The wrong answer choices each substitute a different appointer. "The Prime Minister alone" understates the chain — the PM advises but does not personally appoint. "The Provincial Premier" reverses the structure — Premiers run their provincial governments but do not appoint the Lieutenant Governor (they advise on provincial matters, not on Crown appointments). "The Sovereign directly" misframes the chain — the Sovereign appoints the Governor General, who in turn appoints the Lieutenant Governor. Only the Governor-General-on-PM-advice answer matches.