What percentage of working Canadians are employed in service industries?

Discover Canada records this in one direct sentence. The guide writes: Service industries provide thousands of different jobs in areas like transportation, education, health care, construction, banking, communications, retail services, tourism and government. More than 75% of working Canadians now have jobs in service industries. The percentage the test wants is therefore more than 75%.

The figure shows how dominant services are. Discover Canada places service industries at the centre of the modern Canadian economy — three out of every four working Canadians are employed in services. The guide names a wide range of sub-categories: "transportation, education, health care, construction, banking, communications, retail services, tourism and government." Most are recognisable as everyday occupations across the country.

Services are one of three main industry types in the guide. Discover Canada writes: "Canada's economy includes three main types of industries" — services, manufacturing, and natural resources. The other two account for far fewer workers. Manufacturing makes the goods Canada exports — "paper, high technology equipment, aerospace technology, automobiles, machinery, food, clothing" — and natural resources industries are still important to the economy of "many areas of the country." But the labour force is overwhelmingly concentrated in services.

The 75% figure also reflects Canada's modern economy. Discover Canada notes that "natural resources industries" shaped the country's history and remain export-significant — "a large percentage of Canada's exports are natural resources commodities." But the service sector has grown to dominate jobs, even as natural resources still drive a significant share of exports. "Over three-quarters of Canadian exports are destined for the U.S.A.", the guide adds — and "we have the biggest bilateral trading relationship in the world." Trade and services together define modern Canada's working life.

Service-industry jobs are spread across the country. Discover Canada's list — "transportation, education, health care, construction, banking, communications, retail services, tourism and government" — covers occupations in every province and territory. From a teacher in Toronto to a banker in Calgary, from a tour guide in P.E.I. to a transit driver in Montreal, the service sector includes most of the everyday work Canadians do — and the 75%-plus figure reflects that breadth.

The question is testing whether new citizens know what share of Canadians work in service industries. Discover Canada commits to one figure: more than 75%. The right test answer matches that.

The wrong answer choices each give a lower percentage. The guide is explicit — more than 75%, not 40%, 50%, or 60%. Anything below 75% understates the share named in the source.