National Child Day Online Quiz for Adults

Question 1: The goal of Canada’s National Child Day is to:

1. help ensure children know their rights
2. help ensure Canadians are aware of children’s rights
3. all of the above

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Question 2: Which human rights treaty sets out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of people less than 18 years of age?

1. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
2. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
3. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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Question 3: What did Canada commit to by ratifying the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 1991?

1. Realizing the rights of people under 18 years of age to be treated with dignity and respect
2. Ensuring that Canadian legislation, policies, and programs are consistent with the obligations under the UNCRC
3. Both a and b

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Question 4: How many countries have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child?

1. 193
2. 10
3. 77
4. All countries

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Question 5: Child rights apply to anyone who is:

1. 12 years and under
2. 16 years and under
3. Below the age of 18 years
4. 21 years and under

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Question 6: Children who are capable of forming their own views have the right to express those views in all matters that affect them.

1. True
2. False

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Question 7: When a child spreads a rumour about a classmate through Facebook, they may be violating their classmate’s basic rights.

1. True
2. False

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Question 8: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child makes specific references to Aboriginal children.

1. True
2. False

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Question 9: A young person who applies and gets accepted into a university should have access to scholarships or loans so they can attend.

1. True
2. False

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Question 10: When parents separate or divorce and there is a need to determine the parenting arrangements for the child, the courts must consider what is in the best interests of the child’s parents.

1. True
2. False

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Question 11: A child 16 years of age can join the Canadian Armed Forces.

1. True
2. False

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