Are your friends and family allowed to attend your citizenship ceremony?

Discover Canada records this in one direct sentence. The guide writes: You are encouraged to bring your family and friends to celebrate this occasion. So family and friends are not just permitted — they are encouraged to attend the citizenship ceremony. The answer the test wants is therefore YES — they can attend.

The wording is positive. Discover Canada commits to the verb "encouraged" — meaning the official source actively invites family and friends. So the citizenship ceremony is designed as a public, communal occasion, not a private one. Two specific groups are named: family AND friends. Both are invited.

The ceremony is a celebration. Discover Canada commits the ceremony to a celebratory framing: "to celebrate this occasion." So the gathering is not a bureaucratic formality — it is an occasion to be celebrated. The presence of family and friends turns the legal step (taking the Oath, signing the form, receiving the Citizenship Certificate) into a shared moment for the new citizen and their community.

The ceremony has three formal components. Discover Canada writes that at the citizenship ceremony, the new citizen will: "Take the Oath of Citizenship; Sign the oath form; and Receive your Canadian Citizenship Certificate." So the ceremony combines a public commitment (the Oath), an official record (signing the form), and the transfer of identity (receiving the Certificate). The presence of family and friends witnesses each of these moments — making the ceremony both a legal milestone and a personal one. The Notice to Appear sent ahead of the ceremony tells applicants the date, time, and place, allowing family and friends to plan to attend together with the new citizen. So when the test asks whether family and friends are allowed to attend the citizenship ceremony, the answer aligns with the source's positive verb: yes, they are encouraged to attend and celebrate together.

The question is testing whether new citizens know whether family and friends can attend the citizenship ceremony. Discover Canada commits to one position: YES — encouraged to attend. The right test answer matches that.

The wrong answer choices each substitute a different access rule. "No, only new citizens can attend" contradicts the source — family and friends are explicitly invited. "No, only government officials can attend" reverses the source's encouragement. "Yes, but only if they are citizens" adds a citizenship qualification the source does not require — family and friends do not need to be citizens to attend. Only the unqualified yes-they-can-attend answer matches the source.