Approximately what percentage of the Allied troops who landed in Normandy on D-Day were Canadian?

Discover Canada records this in one direct sentence about D-Day. The guide writes: Approximately one in ten Allied soldiers on D-Day was Canadian. The proportion the test wants is therefore approximately 10% — one in ten.

The wording is precise. Discover Canada uses the phrase "approximately one in ten" — meaning the source carefully signals that the figure is approximate, not exact, but the ratio one-in-ten is the canonical proportion. Translated to a percentage, one in ten equals approximately 10%. So the test answer corresponds directly to the source's named ratio.

The numerical commitment goes further. Discover Canada commits the number of Canadian troops to 15,000 on D-Day: "15,000 Canadian troops stormed and captured Juno Beach from the German Army, a great national achievement." So the source records both the absolute number (15,000 Canadian troops) AND the relative proportion (approximately one in ten Allied soldiers) — making Canada's contribution to D-Day among the largest national contributions.

The Canadian beach was named Juno. Discover Canada commits the Canadian D-Day landing zone to one named beach: Juno Beach. Canadian troops "stormed and captured" Juno Beach from the German Army. The achievement was painted by Orville Fisher and described as "a great national achievement." The wider context: "In order to defeat Nazism and Fascism, the Allies invaded Nazi-occupied Europe. Canadians took part in the liberation of Italy in 1943–44. In the epic invasion of Normandy in northern France on June 6, 1944, known as D-Day, 15,000 Canadian troops stormed and captured Juno Beach..." So D-Day fits within a sequence of Canadian wartime contributions: Italy 1943–44, Juno Beach on June 6, 1944, the liberation of the Netherlands in 1944–45, and helping force the German surrender of May 8, 1945. The D-Day proportion — one in ten Allied soldiers being Canadian — is one of the most striking single statistics of Canada's wartime contribution. So when the test asks the percentage of Allied troops on D-Day who were Canadian, the source-precise answer is approximately 10% — one in ten.

The question is testing whether new citizens know the proportion of Allied troops on D-Day who were Canadian. Discover Canada commits to one ratio: approximately one in ten. The right test answer matches that — about 10%.

The wrong answer choices each substitute a different proportion. The first choice halves the source figure — under-counting Canada's contribution. The third choice exceeds the source figure. The fourth choice exceeds the source figure even further. Only approximately 10% — the source's exact named ratio of one in ten — matches.