How much of Canada's exports go to the United States?

Discover Canada records this in one direct sentence about Canada-U.S. trade. The guide writes: Canada enjoys close relations with the United States and each is the other's largest trading partner. Over three-quarters of Canadian exports are destined for the U.S.A. In fact we have the biggest bilateral trading relationship in the world. The proportion the test wants is therefore over three-quarters.

Three precise commitments. Discover Canada commits Canada-U.S. trade to THREE specific facts: (1) Canada and the U.S.A. are each other's largest trading partner; (2) over three-quarters of Canadian exports go to the U.S.A.; (3) Canada and the U.S.A. have the biggest bilateral trading relationship in the world. So the source is unambiguous on the proportion (>75%), the destination (the United States), and the global ranking of the relationship.

The integration runs deep. Discover Canada commits the trade integration to a specific named structure: "Integrated Canada-U.S.A. supply chains compete with the rest of the world." So Canadian and U.S. industries are not just trading partners but operate as integrated supply chains — with components and products crossing the border multiple times before reaching final consumers. The trade includes a wide range of named goods: "Canada exports billions of dollars worth of energy products, industrial goods, machinery, equipment, automotive, agricultural, fishing and forestry products."

Natural resources play a major role. Discover Canada commits a large share of Canada's exports to natural resources: "a large percentage of Canada's exports are natural resources commodities." So the over-three-quarters U.S. share covers both finished manufactured goods and resource commodities like energy, forest products, and agricultural goods. Canada's named major sectors include forestry, fishing, agriculture, mining, and energy. The wider context includes a separate named service-industry sector with jobs in transportation, education, health care, construction, and other areas. The Canada-U.S. trading relationship also reflects deep historical ties: the Canada-United States boundary is the world's longest unfortified border, and the two countries share an integrated economic geography across the continent. So when the test asks how much of Canada's exports go to the United States, the source-precise answer is over three-quarters.

The question is testing whether new citizens know the proportion of Canadian exports going to the United States. Discover Canada commits to one figure: over three-quarters. The right test answer matches that.

The wrong answer choices each substitute a different proportion. The first choice — about one-quarter — is far below the source's named figure. The second choice — about one-half — is also below the named figure. The fourth choice — "nearly all" — overstates the source's named figure (over three-quarters but not nearly all). Only over three-quarters — the source's exact named proportion — matches.