Can you get accommodations for the Canadian citizenship test?
Yes. IRCC provides accommodations for the citizenship test, the oath ceremony, and language hearings when you need one for accessibility or another reason: for example, a medical, psychological, or cognitive condition, not being able to take the test online, or needing a sign language interpreter at the ceremony.
An accommodation helps you meet a requirement; it does not remove the requirement. The examples IRCC lists include medical, physiological, psychological, or cognitive conditions (including disabilities), being unable to take the test online, keeping a face covering on during the online test, and ceremony accommodations such as a sign language interpreter.
The cleanest way to request one is in your citizenship application itself: say that you need an accommodation and specify the type. If you have already applied, you can still request one afterwards for the test, the oath, or another requirement by contacting IRCC.
An accommodation changes how you meet a requirement. If your situation prevents you from meeting a requirement at all, what you need is a waiver, which is a full exemption with its own criteria; we cover who qualifies in a separate guide.
The details can change, so treat IRCC's own pages as the source of truth, linked below.
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