Basketball was invented by a Canadian.

Discover Canada records this in one direct sentence about Canadian sports inventions. The guide writes: Basketball was invented by Canadian James Naismith in 1891. The status the test wants is therefore true — basketball was indeed invented by a Canadian, James Naismith, in 1891.

Three precise commitments. Discover Canada commits the basketball invention to THREE specific facts: (1) the inventor was James Naismith; (2) he was Canadian; (3) the year was 1891. So the source pinpoints the named inventor, the named nationality, and the named year.

Basketball joins a list of Canadian sporting achievements. Discover Canada commits Canadian sports to a wider context: "Sports have flourished as all provinces and territories have produced amateur and professional star athletes and Olympic medal winners." The named Canadian sporting achievements include: hockey developed in Canada in the 1800s; lacrosse, the official summer sport, with Aboriginal origins; basketball invented by Canadian James Naismith in 1891; many major-league sports with Canadian talent; and Canadian dominance in ice hockey.

The wider Canadian sports tradition is rich. Discover Canada commits Canadian Olympic and athletic achievements to several named figures. "In 1996 at the Olympic Summer Games, Donovan Bailey became a world record sprinter and double Olympic gold medallist." "Chantal Petitclerc became a world champion wheelchair racer and Paralympic gold medalist." "One of the greatest hockey players of all time, Wayne Gretzky, played for the Edmonton Oilers from 1979 to 1988." So basketball — invented by Canadian James Naismith in 1891 — sits within a much broader Canadian sporting heritage that includes both indigenous inventions and world-class athletes. Other named Canadian discoveries and inventions include the telephone (Alexander Graham Bell hit on the idea at his summer house in Canada), wireless radio (Reginald Fessenden), and brain surgery innovations (Dr. Wilder Penfield at McGill University in Montreal). So when the test asks whether basketball was invented by a Canadian, the source-precise answer is true.

The question is testing whether new citizens know that basketball was invented by a Canadian. Discover Canada commits to one direct named fact: basketball was invented by Canadian James Naismith in 1891. The right test answer matches that — true.

The wrong answer ("False") reverses the source — basketball WAS invented by a Canadian. The named inventor (James Naismith), the named nationality (Canadian), and the named year (1891) all confirm the test statement. Only the true answer matches the source.