How many judges serve on the Supreme Court of Canada?

Discover Canada records this in a single, brief diagram caption inside its Government chapter. The guide writes: Supreme Court of Canada... Nine judges appointed by the Governor General. The number the test wants is therefore nine.

The named role of the Supreme Court is described in its own short passage. Discover Canada writes: The Supreme Court of Canada is our country's highest court. The Federal Court of Canada deals with matters concerning the federal government. In most provinces there is an appeal court and a trial court, sometimes called the Court of Queen's Bench or the Supreme Court. So the named Supreme Court of Canada is the apex of the country's judicial system, with nine judges sitting at the top of the federal court structure.

The judges are appointed by the Governor General. Discover Canada's diagram makes that explicit — the Supreme Court is staffed by "nine judges appointed by the Governor General." So the named appointment process keeps the same pattern as other constitutional offices: the Sovereign's representative formally appoints, with the Prime Minister advising in practice.

The named Supreme Court's place in Discover Canada's description of Canadian government is the named Judicial branch. The guide describes the three branches — "the Executive, Legislative and Judicial — which work together but also sometimes in creative tension" — and the Supreme Court is the highest body in the named Judicial branch. So the named nine judges are the small group that sits at the top of one of Canada's three branches of government.

The named Supreme Court anchors Canada's named rule-of-law tradition. Discover Canada commits Canada's named legal foundation to a four-pillar heritage: "Canada's legal system is based on a heritage that includes the rule of law, freedom under the law, democratic principles and due process." The named nine-judge Supreme Court applies these named principles in its decisions on constitutional law, criminal law, and major civil cases. The Court's decisions are final — no other Canadian court can overturn them. The named justice system is described in Discover Canada as "founded on the presumption of innocence in criminal matters, meaning everyone is innocent until proven guilty." The named nine Supreme Court judges thus play a defining role in interpreting and applying these named foundational principles. So when the test asks how many judges serve on the Supreme Court of Canada, the source-precise answer is nine.

The question is testing whether new citizens have noticed a precise number from Discover Canada's government chapter. The guide's named caption commits to nine judges, appointed by the Governor General.

The wrong answer choices each invent a different number. Discover Canada never says seven, ten, or twelve in connection with the named Supreme Court. The figure is firmly nine.