  The Cherenkov Telescope Array is expected to lead to the detection of many
new supernova remnants in the TeV and multi-TeV range. In addition to the
individual study of each SNR, the study of these objects as a population can
help constraining the parameters describing the acceleration of particles and
increasing our understanding of the mechanisms involved. We present Monte Carlo
simulations of the population of Galactic SNRs emitting TeV gamma rays. We also
discuss how the simulated population can be confronted with future observations
to provide a novel test for the SNR hypothesis of cosmic ray origins.
