Gay and lesbian Canadians are protected under law and have access to civil marriage.

Discover Canada records this in one direct sentence. The guide writes: Canada's diversity includes gay and lesbian Canadians, who enjoy the full protection of and equal treatment under the law, including access to civil marriage. The statement the test asks about is therefore TRUE.

Two distinct guarantees in one sentence. Discover Canada commits gay and lesbian Canadians to TWO specific guarantees: full protection and equal treatment under the law AND access to civil marriage. So the source commits BOTH that gay and lesbian Canadians have legal protection generally, and that they have access to civil marriage specifically. Drop either guarantee and the source statement is incomplete.

The wording is precise. Discover Canada uses three specific words: "full protection," "equal treatment," and "access." So the protection is not partial, the treatment is not different, and the marriage right is genuine access. The phrasing is the strongest legal-rights phrasing applied in the source — making the protection comprehensive rather than limited.

The statement sits within Canada's diversity framework. Discover Canada writes that "Canada's diversity includes gay and lesbian Canadians" — placing them as one of the named groups within the country's diversity. The guide also writes that "together, these diverse groups, sharing a common Canadian identity, make up today's multicultural society." So gay and lesbian Canadians are part of the broader multicultural society the guide describes, alongside Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Sikh, and other religious and cultural groups. The protection-and-civil-marriage commitment is part of Canada's overall framework of treating all members of its diverse society as equal under the law. When the test asks whether gay and lesbian Canadians are protected under law and have access to civil marriage, the answer is the same TRUE that the source commits to: full protection, equal treatment, and access to civil marriage — without qualification.

The question is testing whether new citizens know that gay and lesbian Canadians are protected under law and have access to civil marriage. Discover Canada commits to one direct phrasing: gay and lesbian Canadians "enjoy the full protection of and equal treatment under the law, including access to civil marriage." The right test answer is therefore TRUE.

FALSE would contradict the guide's explicit statement. The guide directly commits to BOTH the legal protection AND the access to civil marriage. So TRUE is the answer.