Voting is compulsory in Canada.

Discover Canada records this in two direct passages about voting. The guide writes: Voting in elections — The right to vote comes with a responsibility to vote in federal, provincial or territorial and local elections. And separately: "One of the privileges of Canadian citizenship is the right to vote." The status the test wants is therefore false — voting is a right and a responsibility, but it is not legally compulsory.

Three precise commitments. Discover Canada commits voting to THREE specific frames: (1) a right; (2) a responsibility; and (3) a privilege of Canadian citizenship. So the source frames voting as something Canadians have the right to do, with a paired duty to use that right — but the source never describes voting as legally compulsory or attaches any legal penalty to not voting.

The source uses "compulsory" precisely. Discover Canada uses the word compulsory in only one specific context: "There is no compulsory military service in Canada." So the guide uses the word "compulsory" only when stating that something is NOT required. Voting itself is never described with that word. The contrast is unmistakable: military service is explicitly NOT compulsory, and voting is described as a right and a responsibility — neither is described as a legal requirement.

The voter has personal choice and protection. Discover Canada commits voting to specific protections that emphasise personal choice: "You may choose to discuss how you voted with others, but no one, including family members, your employer or union representative, has the right to insist that you tell them how you voted." So the act of voting itself is protected by the secret ballot, and the choice is personal. The source also describes who is "eligible to vote" — a Canadian citizen, at least 18 years old, on the voters' list — meaning voting is a right available to those who qualify, not a duty enforced on them. The combination of right, responsibility, privilege, and eligible framings — and the deliberate non-use of the word "compulsory" for voting — together establish that voting in Canada is not legally compulsory. Citizens are strongly encouraged to vote as part of their civic responsibility, but they are not legally forced to do so. So when the test asks whether voting is compulsory, the source-precise answer is false.

The question is testing whether new citizens know whether voting is legally compulsory. Discover Canada commits voting to a right, a responsibility, and a privilege of Canadian citizenship — never to a compulsory legal duty. So the statement that voting is compulsory is false.

The wrong answer ("True") reverses the source — voting is not legally required. The source uses the word compulsory only in the specific phrase "There is no compulsory military service in Canada" — and even there, only to deny compulsion. Only the false answer matches the source.