Canada started its own honours system with the Order of Canada in:

Discover Canada records this in one direct sentence about Canadian honours. The guide writes: After using British honours for many years, Canada started its own honours system with the Order of Canada in 1967, the centennial of Confederation. The year the test wants is therefore 1967.

Two precise commitments. Discover Canada commits the Order of Canada's founding to TWO specific facts: (1) the year was 1967; (2) that year was deliberately chosen because it was the centennial of Confederation. So the founding year aligns with Canada's 100th birthday — making the Order of Canada itself a centennial achievement.

Canada had used British honours before. Discover Canada commits the pre-1967 era to a specific arrangement: "After using British honours for many years, Canada started its own honours system." So before 1967, Canadians who deserved formal recognition received British awards (knighthoods, the Order of the British Empire, and so on). The Order of Canada in 1967 marked a significant national-sovereignty step — Canada beginning its own independent tradition of recognising outstanding citizens, parallel to the new Canadian flag (1965), the broader 1960s nationalist sentiment, and the centenary of Canada itself.

Canadian honours come in three named types. Discover Canada commits Canadian honours to a specific framework: "All countries have ways to recognize outstanding citizens. Official awards are called honours, consisting of orders, decorations and medals." So Canadian honours include three named categories: orders (like the Order of Canada itself), decorations, and medals. The Order of Canada is the flagship of this broader honours framework. The Victoria Cross — "the highest honour available to Canadians" — is a separate decoration awarded for the most conspicuous bravery, valour, or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy. Canadians can nominate fellow Canadians for these honours through the Governor General's office. So when the test asks the year Canada started its own honours system with the Order of Canada, the source-precise answer is 1967 — the centennial of Confederation.

The question is testing whether new citizens know the year Canada started its own honours system. Discover Canada commits to one year: 1967. The right test answer matches that.

The wrong answer choices each pick a different year. The first choice — 1919 — is far too early; Canada was still using British honours then. The second choice — 1945 — is the year of the German surrender at the end of the Second World War, not the Order of Canada's founding. The fourth choice — 1982 — is the year the Constitution was patriated and the Charter was entrenched, not the founding of the Order of Canada. Only 1967 — the source's exact named year — matches.