What proportion of Allied soldiers on D-Day were Canadian?

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

The figure sits inside Discover Canada's description of D-Day itself: "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 from the German Army, a great national achievement." So the one-in-ten share refers specifically to the Allied force that landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944.

The proportion matters because of who Canada was at the time. Discover Canada notes that "more than one million Canadians and Newfoundlanders... served in the Second World War, out of a population of 11.5 million." A relatively small country contributing roughly 10% of the soldiers in the largest seaborne invasion in history is exactly why the guide treats Juno Beach as "a great national achievement."

The follow-on Canadian role is in the same passage. "The Canadian Army liberated the Netherlands in 1944–45 and helped force the German surrender of May 8, 1945, bringing to an end six years of war in Europe." The one-in-ten ratio at D-Day is the most-quoted snapshot of Canada's contribution; the liberation of the Netherlands and the German surrender on May 8, 1945 are the longer arc that followed.

The question is testing whether new citizens have remembered Discover Canada's exact ratio. The guide commits to one in ten — and uses the word "approximately" only once, leaving the share unambiguous in the rest of the passage.

The other answer choices each test the reader. One in five would overstate the Canadian proportion; one in fifteen and one in twenty would understate it. Discover Canada's figure is the middle option of the four — and it is the only one the guide actually uses.