https://www.humantruth.info/canada.html
By Vexen Crabtree 2013
Canada | ![]() |
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Status | Independent State |
Social and Moral Index | 16th best |
Capital | Ottawa |
Land Area | 9 093 510km21 |
Location | North America, The Americas |
Population | 37.1m2 |
Life Expectancy | 82.66yrs (2017)3 |
GNI | $46 808 (2017)4 |
ISO3166-1 Codes | CA, CAN, 1245 |
Internet Domain | .ca6 |
Currency | Dollar (CAD)7 |
Telephone | +18 |
“A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically, the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the south across the world's longest unfortified border. Canada faces the political challenges of meeting public demands for quality improvements in health care, education, social services, and economic competitiveness, as well as responding to the particular concerns of predominantly francophone Quebec. Canada also aims to develop its diverse energy resources while maintaining its commitment to the environment.”
CIA's The World Factbook (2013)9
“Canada is more than its hulking mountain, craggy-coast good looks: it also cooks extraordinary meals, rocks cool culture and unfurls wild, moosespotting road trips. The globe´s second-biggest country has an endless variety of landscapes. Sky-high mountains, glinting glaciers, spectral rainforests and remote beaches are all here, spread across six times zones. It´s the backdrop for plenty of ah-inspiring moments - and for a big provincial menagerie. That´s big as in polar bears, grizzly bears, whales and, everyone´s favorite, moose.
The arts are an integral part of Canada´s cultural landscape, from the International Fringe Theater Festival in Edmonton to mega museums such as Ottawa´s National Gallery. Montreal´s Jazz Festival and Toronto´s starstudded Film Festival draw global crowds.
Sip a café au lait and tear into a flaky croissant at a sidewalk bistro in Montréal; head to an Asian night market and slurp noodles in Vancouver; join a wild-fiddling Celtic party on Cape Breton Island; kayak between rainforest-cloaked aboriginal villages on Haida Gwaii: Canada is incredibly diverse across its breadth and within its cities. You´ll hear it in the music, see it in the arts and taste it in the cuisine.”
#economics #human_development #wealth
UN HDI (2021)11 | ||
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Pos. | Higher is better Value11 | |
1 | Switzerland | 0.962 |
2 | Norway | 0.961 |
3 | Iceland | 0.959 |
... | ||
12 | Singapore | 0.939 |
13= | Belgium | 0.937 |
13= | New Zealand | 0.937 |
15 | Canada | 0.936 |
16 | Liechtenstein | 0.935 |
17 | Luxembourg | 0.930 |
18 | UK | 0.929 |
19= | S. Korea | 0.925 |
The Americas Avg | 0.75 | |
World Avg | 0.72 | |
q=191. |
Gross National Income Per-Capita (2021)11 | ||
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Pos. | Higher is better PPP $11 | |
1 | Liechtenstein | $146 830 |
2 | Singapore | $90 919 |
3 | Qatar | $87 134 |
... | ||
21 | Andorra | $51 167 |
22 | Finland | $49 452 |
23 | Australia | $49 238 |
24 | Canada | $46 808 |
25 | Saudi Arabia | $46 112 |
26 | France | $45 937 |
27 | UK | $45 225 |
28 | S. Korea | $44 501 |
The Americas Avg | $16 628 | |
World Avg | $20 136 | |
q=193. |
Social & Moral Development Index12 | ||
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Pos. | Lower is better Avg Rank12 | |
1 | Denmark | 27.0 |
2 | Norway | 29.9 |
3 | Sweden | 31.8 |
... | ||
13 | UK | 41.4 |
14 | Luxembourg | 41.4 |
15 | Iceland | 41.4 |
16 | Canada | 41.8 |
17 | Japan | 42.5 |
18 | France | 42.9 |
19 | Spain | 44.5 |
20 | Slovenia | 45.6 |
The Americas Avg | 81.5 | |
World Avg | 88.6 | |
q=199. |
The United Nations produces an annual Human Development Report which includes the Human Development Index. The factors taken into account include life expectancy, education and schooling and Gross National Income (GNI) amongst many others..
The Social and Moral Development Index concentrates on moral issues and human rights, violence, public health, equality, tolerance, freedom and effectiveness in climate change mitigation and environmentalism, and on some technological issues. A country scores higher for achieving well in those areas, and for sustaining that achievement in the long term. Those countries towards the top of this index can truly said to be setting good examples and leading humankind onwards into a bright, humane, and free future. See: Which are the Best Countries in the World? The Social and Moral Development Index.
#birth_control #demographics #fertility #health #immigration #life_expectancy #longevity #migration #overpopulation #population #yemen
Population:
Canada's population is predicted to rise to 39.85 million by 2030. This rise is despite a low fertility rate, meaning, that this country is helping to alleviate problems with growing population in neighbouring countries by accepting immigrants, very likely as a requirement of maintaining an active workforce. This country has a fertility rate of 1.33. The fertility rate is, in simple terms, the average amount of children that each woman has. The higher the figure, the quicker the population will grow, although, to calculate the rate you also need to take into account morbidity - the rate at which people die. If people live healthy and long lives and morbidity is low, then, 2.0 approximates to the replacement rate (two new children for each set of parents who die), which would keep the population stable. If all countries had such a fertility rate, population growth would end. The actual replacement rate in most developed countries is around 2.1. The highest fertility rate ever detected in a single year was in Yemen in 1985, at 8.86.13Population2 | ||
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Pos. | 2018 Population2 | |
1 | China | 1.4b |
2 | India | 1.4b |
3 | USA | 327.1m |
... | ||
36 | Iraq | 38.4m |
37 | Poland | 37.9m |
38 | Afghanistan | 37.2m |
39 | Canada | 37.1m |
40 | Morocco | 36.0m |
41 | Saudi Arabia | 33.7m |
42 | Uzbekistan | 32.5m |
43 | Peru | 32.0m |
World Avg | 39.0m | |
q=195. |
Life Expectancy Higher is better11 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 2021 Years11 | |
1 | Monaco | 85.9 |
2 | Hong Kong | 85.5 |
3 | Japan | 84.8 |
... | ||
12 | Italy | 82.9 |
13 | Singapore | 82.8 |
14 | Iceland | 82.7 |
15 | Canada | 82.7 |
16 | Luxembourg | 82.6 |
17 | France | 82.5 |
18 | New Zealand | 82.5 |
19 | Israel | 82.3 |
World Avg | 71.28 | |
q=195. |
Fertility Rate 2.0 is best14 | ||
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Pos. | 202214 | |
1 | US Virgin Islands | 2.00 |
2 | Ecuador | 2.00 |
3 | Nepal | 2.01 |
... | ||
113 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1.35 |
114 | Jamaica | 1.34 |
115 | Micronesia | 2.67 |
116 | Canada | 1.33 |
117 | Marshall Islands | 2.67 |
118= | Mauritius | 1.32 |
118= | Finland | 1.32 |
120 | Thailand | 1.32 |
World Avg | 2.47 | |
q=208. |
Old-Age Dependency Ratio Lower is better15 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 2016 Per 10015 | |
1 | Uganda | 04.3 |
2 | Mali | 04.5 |
3= | Chad | 04.7 |
... | ||
168 | Estonia | 37.9 |
169 | Belgium | 38.1 |
170 | Switzerland | 38.3 |
171 | Canada | 38.5 |
172 | Croatia | 39.7 |
173 | Malta | 39.9 |
174= | France | 40.5 |
174= | Austria | 40.5 |
World Avg | 18.3 | |
q=185. |
Migration:
Immigrants16 | ||
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Pos. | 2017 %16 | |
1 | UAE | 88.4% |
2 | Kuwait | 75.5% |
3 | Qatar | 65.2% |
... | ||
20 | Israel | 23.6% |
21 | Palau | 23.0% |
22 | New Zealand | 22.7% |
23 | Canada | 21.5% |
24 | Kazakhstan | 20.0% |
25 | Austria | 19.0% |
26 | Sweden | 17.6% |
27 | Equatorial Guinea | 17.5% |
World Avg | 9.4% | |
q=195. |
Emigrants17 | ||
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Pos. | 2010 %17 | |
1 | Dominica | 104.8% |
2 | Palestine | 68.4% |
3 | Samoa | 67.3% |
... | ||
131 | Peru | 3.7% |
132 | Czechia | 3.6% |
133 | Mauritania | 3.5% |
134 | Canada | 3.5% |
135 | Algeria | 3.4% |
136 | Sweden | 3.4% |
137 | Ghana | 3.4% |
138 | Nepal | 3.3% |
World Avg | 11.5% | |
q=192. |
#canada #canada_freedom #equality #freedom #gender_equality #human_rights #morals #politics #prejudice #tolerance
Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance (2025)18 | ||
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Pos. | Lower is better Avg Rank18 | |
1 | Sweden | 6.1 |
2 | Denmark | 8.6 |
3 | Norway | 9.0 |
4 | Netherlands | 9.8 |
5 | Iceland | 12.9 |
6 | New Zealand | 13.3 |
7 | Canada | 14.7 |
8 | Austria | 14.9 |
9 | Australia | 16.0 |
10 | Luxembourg | 16.2 |
The Americas Avg | 71.80 | |
World Avg | 86.55 | |
q=199. |
For tables, charts and commentary, see:
#alcohol #birth_control #canada #demographics #health #life_expectancy #longevity #mental_health #obesity #overpopulation #parenting #population #smoking #suicide #vaccines
Compared to The Americas (2025)30 | ||
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Pos. | Lower is better Avg Rank30 | |
1 | Greenland | 34.3 |
2 | Curaço | 49.7 |
3 | Aruba | 49.9 |
4 | US Virgin Islands | 51.9 |
5 | Bermuda | 55.9 |
6 | Canada | 58.3 |
7 | USA | 58.5 |
8= | Antigua & Barbuda | 63.2 |
9 | St Martin | 66.7 |
10= | Puerto Rico | 70.9 |
11 | Barbados | 71.0 |
12 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 74.3 |
13 | Cuba | 75.7 |
The Americas Avg | 92.66 | |
q=44. |
Health (2025)30 | ||
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Pos. | Lower is better Avg Rank30 | |
1 | Monaco | 14.3 |
2 | Liechtenstein | 30.1 |
3 | Isle of Man | 32.1 |
... | ||
31 | Andorra | 55.9 |
32 | Italy | 56.2 |
33 | New Caledonia | 57.9 |
34 | Canada | 58.3 |
35 | Faroe Islands | 58.3 |
36 | Channel Islands | 58.4 |
37 | USA | 58.5 |
38 | Malaysia | 58.6 |
World Avg | 96.74 | |
q=212. |
The countries with the best overall approach to public health, in terms of both public policy and individual lifestyle choices, are Monaco, Liechtenstein and The Isle of Man31. These countries are worth emulating. And, although often through no fault of the average citizen, the worst countries are S. Sudan, Angola and Nigeria31.
21 datasets are used to calculate points for each country, including multiple decades of data on its average life expectancy, its alcohol consumption rate, its fertility rate, its smoking rate, its suicide rate, its food aid and health contributions and WHO compliance, the prevalence of overweight adults, its adolescent birth rate and its immunizations take-up. The regions with the best average results per country are Scandinavia, Europe and The Balkans31, whereas the worst are Africa, Micronesia and Melanesia31.
For more, see:
Health:
Canada does relatively well in encouraging good health, compared to many other countries. Canada comes in the best 20 when it comes to its food aid and health contributions and WHO compliance32 (the lowest in The Americas) and in its average life expectancy11 (the highest in The Americas). It does better than average in terms of its adolescent birth rate33 (the lowest in The Americas). Canada does not succeed in everything, however. Canada does worse than average for its suicide rate34, its fertility rate14, its smoking rate35 (amongst the highest in The Americas), its alcohol consumption rate36 and in its immunizations take-up37 (one of the worst in The Americas). The number of overweight adults has increased by 14% during the last 40 years. Life expectancy in Canada in 1990 was the seventh highest in the world, at 77.4yrs. It improved this by another +4.9yrs in the 30 years from 1990, although less than the global average of +7.9yrs. Canada's peak fertility rate was 3.81 in 1960.Life Expectancy Higher is better11 | ||
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Pos. | 2021 Years11 | |
1 | Monaco | 85.9 |
2 | Hong Kong | 85.5 |
3 | Japan | 84.8 |
... | ||
12 | Italy | 82.9 |
13 | Singapore | 82.8 |
14 | Iceland | 82.7 |
15 | Canada | 82.7 |
16 | Luxembourg | 82.6 |
17 | France | 82.5 |
18 | New Zealand | 82.5 |
19 | Israel | 82.3 |
The Americas Avg | 72.58 | |
World Avg | 71.28 | |
q=195. |
Alcohol Consumption Lower is better36 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 2016 Per Capita36 | |
1 | Bangladesh | 0.0 |
2 | Kuwait | 0.0 |
3 | Libya | 0.0 |
... | ||
131 | Netherlands | 8.7 |
132= | Croatia | 8.9 |
132= | Cameroon | 8.9 |
132= | Canada | 8.9 |
135 | Rwanda | 9.0 |
136 | Iceland | 9.1 |
137 | Sweden | 9.2 |
138= | Chile | 9.3 |
The Americas Avg | 6.9 | |
World Avg | 6.2 | |
q=189. |
Fertility Rate 2.0 is best14 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 202214 | |
1 | US Virgin Islands | 2.00 |
2 | Ecuador | 2.00 |
3 | Nepal | 2.01 |
... | ||
113 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1.35 |
114 | Jamaica | 1.34 |
115 | Micronesia | 2.67 |
116 | Canada | 1.33 |
117 | Marshall Islands | 2.67 |
118= | Mauritius | 1.32 |
118= | Finland | 1.32 |
120 | Thailand | 1.32 |
The Americas Avg | 1.80 | |
World Avg | 2.47 | |
q=208. |
Smoking Rates Lower is better35 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 201435 | |
1 | Guinea | 15 |
2 | Solomon Islands | 26 |
3 | Kiribati | 28 |
... | ||
128 | Moldova | 1 114 |
129 | Lithuania | 1 124 |
130 | Uruguay | 1 135 |
131 | Canada | 1 154 |
132 | Albania | 1 177 |
133 | Egypt | 1 188 |
134 | Vietnam | 1 215 |
135 | Iraq | 1 227 |
The Americas Avg | 457 | |
World Avg | 819 | |
q=182. |
Suicide Rate34 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 2013 Per 100k34 | |
1 | Haiti | 0 |
2 | Grenada | 0 |
3 | Egypt | 0.1 |
... | ||
52 | Trinidad & Tobago | 21.7 |
53 | USA | 22.2 |
54 | Chile | 22.4 |
55 | Canada | 22.7 |
56 | Iceland | 23.5 |
57 | New Zealand | 23.6 |
58 | Ireland | 23.7 |
59 | Norway | 23.8 |
The Americas Avg | 13.57 | |
World Avg | 20.93 | |
q=91. |
Food Aid, Health Contributions & WHO Compliance Lower is better32 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 2017 Rank32 | |
1 | Sweden | 1 |
2 | Ireland | 2 |
3 | Denmark | 3 |
4 | UK | 4 |
5 | Norway | 5 |
6 | Switzerland | 6 |
7 | Germany | 7 |
8 | Canada | 8 |
9 | Netherlands | 9 |
10 | USA | 10 |
11 | Luxembourg | 11 |
12 | Finland | 12 |
The Americas Avg | 94.3 | |
World Avg | 82.0 | |
q=163. |
Overweight Adults Lower is better38 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 2016 %38 | |
1 | Vietnam | 18.3 |
2 | India | 19.7 |
3 | Bangladesh | 20.0 |
... | ||
161= | Andorra | 63.7 |
161= | UK | 63.7 |
163 | Fiji | 63.8 |
164 | Canada | 64.1 |
165 | Israel | 64.3 |
166 | Bahamas | 64.4 |
167 | Australia | 64.5 |
168 | Iraq | 64.6 |
The Americas Avg | 57.4 | |
World Avg | 49.0 | |
q=191. |
Children's Health:
Adolescent Birth Rate Lower is better33 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 2022 Per 100033 | |
1 | Hong Kong | 1.6 |
2 | Denmark | 1.8 |
3 | S. Korea | 2.1 |
... | ||
22 | Ireland | 5.9 |
23 | Andorra | 5.9 |
24 | Spain | 6.3 |
25 | Canada | 6.6 |
26 | Tunisia | 6.6 |
27 | Maldives | 6.8 |
28 | Cyprus | 6.8 |
29 | Qatar | 6.9 |
The Americas Avg | 48.1 | |
World Avg | 43.8 | |
q=195. |
Infant Immunizations 2011-2015 Higher is better37 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 2015 Avg %37 | |
1= | Hungary | 99.0 |
1= | China | 99.0 |
3 | Uzbekistan | 98.9 |
... | ||
139 | Dominican Rep. | 86.3 |
140 | Panama | 86.1 |
141 | Belarus | 85.3 |
142= | Canada | 85.2 |
142= | Guatemala | 85.2 |
144 | Togo | 84.3 |
145 | Zambia | 84.2 |
146 | Congo, (Brazzaville) | 83.6 |
The Americas Avg | 91.3 | |
World Avg | 88.3 | |
q=194. |
#canada #canada_environment #canada_environmentalism #climate_change #environmentalism #internationalism #the_environment
Responsibility Towards The Environment (2025)39 | ||
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Pos. | Lower is better Avg Rank39 | |
1 | Sri Lanka | 34.9 |
2 | Uruguay | 43.2 |
3 | Switzerland | 45.0 |
... | ||
110 | Venezuela | 86.1 |
111 | Taiwan | 86.1 |
112 | Macedonia | 86.9 |
113 | Canada | 87.2 |
114 | Guyana | 87.4 |
115 | Gabon | 87.9 |
The Americas Avg | 92.66 | |
World Avg | 84.93 | |
q=199. |
For tables, charts and commentary, see:
#australia #canada #capitalism #charity #corruption #economics #education #english #extremism #happiness #health #human_development #inequality #intelligence #it_security #life_expectancy #maths #modernity #morals #peace #politics #religion #religiosity #religious_violence #research #science #secularisation #social_development #technology #terrorism #the_internet
Compared to The Americas (2020)49 | ||
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Pos. | Lower is better Avg Rank49 | |
1= | Canada | 21.8 |
2 | USA | 26.4 |
3 | Argentina | 38.2 |
4 | Grenada | 43.4 |
5 | Barbados | 47.4 |
6 | St Kitts & Nevis | 48.8 |
7 | Chile | 48.8 |
8 | Brazil | 52.8 |
9 | Uruguay | 57.6 |
10 | Mexico | 64.5 |
11 | Peru | 68.2 |
12 | Costa Rica | 69.8 |
13 | Cuba | 72.8 |
The Americas Avg | 81.34 | |
q=35. |
Modernity & Learning (2020)49 | ||
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Pos. | Lower is better Avg Rank49 | |
1 | Finland | 7.1 |
2 | Belgium | 12.9 |
3 | Denmark | 13.6 |
... | ||
14 | Ireland | 19.8 |
15 | Austria | 19.9 |
16= | Czechia | 21.8 |
16= | Canada | 21.8 |
18 | S. Korea | 22.2 |
19 | Slovenia | 22.5 |
20 | Japan | 24.7 |
21 | USA | 26.4 |
World Avg | 86.31 | |
q=190. |
The most modern countries, with the best results from education, the highest levels of research, and with the easiest access to information on the Internet, are Finland, Belgium and Denmark50. The worst countries are Eritrea, S. Sudan and Sierra Leone50. Despite improves in global education, access to tertiary (adult) education is becoming increasingly unequal between the rich haves and the poor have-nots51.
“Education, at all levels and ages, is the single most vital support for equality as well as being a country's most vital economic and social resource. [...] Every successful aspirant to modernisation and economic development, from Japan to South Korea, China to Chile, has got there with a big emphasis on education.”
Bill Emmott (2017)52
15 datasets are used to calculate points for each country, including multiple decades of data on Research and Development, Secondary Education, Length of Schooling, Intellectual Endeavours, Maths, Science & Reading, Religiosity, IQ, the percent of citizens with access to the internet, Freedom On The Internet, IT Security, IPv6 Uptake and digital quality of life. The regions with the best average results per country are Scandinavia, Baltic States and Europe50, whereas the worst are Melanesia, Africa and Micronesia50.
For more, see:
Modernity and Education:
In 1990-1993, education in Canada was the 2nd-longest in the world, peaking at 17.2 years, beaten only by Australia. Throughout the 1990s, it did reduce this by almost a year, and likewise in the 2000s it was also one of only twelve countries to see a reduction.53
Research & Development Higher is better | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 2016 % RDP PPP | |
1 | S. Korea | 4.2954 |
2 | Israel | 4.1154 |
3 | Japan | 3.5854 |
... | ||
19 | Iceland | 1.8954 |
20= | Norway | 1.7054 |
20= | UK | 1.7054 |
22 | Canada | 1.6154 |
23 | Ireland | 1.5254 |
24 | Estonia | 1.4354 |
25 | Hungary | 1.3754 |
26 | Italy | 1.2954 |
The Americas Avg | 0.47 | |
World Avg | 0.84 | |
q=126. |
Secondary Education Higher is better55 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 201855 | |
1= | Luxembourg | 100.0% |
1= | Estonia | 100.0% |
1= | Austria | 100.0% |
1= | Canada | 100.0% |
1= | Finland | 100.0% |
1= | Iceland | 100.0% |
7 | Uzbekistan | 99.9% |
8 | Czechia | 99.8% |
9 | Slovakia | 99.3% |
10 | Latvia | 99.2% |
11 | Kazakhstan | 98.6% |
12 | Kyrgyzstan | 98.4% |
The Americas Avg | 63.0% | |
World Avg | 63.0% | |
q=169. |
Length of Schooling Higher is better56 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 2021 Years56 | |
1 | Australia | 21.1 |
2 | New Zealand | 20.3 |
3 | Greece | 20.0 |
... | ||
25 | Singapore | 16.5 |
26 | S. Korea | 16.5 |
27 | Switzerland | 16.5 |
28 | Canada | 16.4 |
29 | Bahrain | 16.3 |
30 | Lithuania | 16.3 |
31 | USA | 16.3 |
32 | Italy | 16.2 |
The Americas Avg | 14.2 | |
World Avg | 13.5 | |
q=193. |
Intellectual Endeavours Lower is better32 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 2017 Rank32 | |
1 | Ukraine | 1 |
2 | Czechia | 2 |
3 | Hungary | 3 |
... | ||
26 | Singapore | 26 |
27 | Greece | 27 |
28 | Serbia | 28 |
29 | Canada | 29 |
30 | Romania | 30 |
31 | Cyprus | 31 |
32 | Ireland | 32 |
33 | Croatia | 33 |
The Americas Avg | 99.8 | |
World Avg | 82.0 | |
q=163. |
Maths, Science & Reading Higher is better57 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 2015 Score57 | |
1 | Singapore | 1655 |
2 | Hong Kong | 1598 |
3 | Japan | 1586 |
4 | Macau | 1582 |
5 | Estonia | 1573 |
6= | Taiwan | 1571 |
6= | Canada | 1571 |
8 | Finland | 1568 |
9 | S. Korea | 1557 |
10 | China | 154358 |
11= | Ireland | 1528 |
11= | Slovenia | 1528 |
The Americas Avg | 1287 | |
World Avg | 1389 | |
q=70. |
Religiosity Lower is better59 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 2018 %59 | |
1 | China | 3 |
2 | Estonia | 6 |
3 | Czechia | 7 |
... | ||
29= | Spain | 22 |
30 | Slovakia | 23 |
31= | Ukraine | 23 |
32 | Canada | 27 |
33= | Uzbekistan | 29 |
33= | Uruguay | 29 |
35 | Poland | 30 |
36 | Serbia | 34 |
The Americas Avg | 65.4 | |
World Avg | 54.3 | |
q=106. |
IQ Higher is better60 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 200660 | |
1= | Hong Kong | 108 |
1= | Singapore | 108 |
3 | S. Korea | 106 |
... | ||
19= | Estonia | 99 |
19= | Sweden | 99 |
19= | Belgium | 99 |
19= | Canada | 99 |
23 | Andorra | 98 |
24= | Czechia | 98 |
24= | Spain | 98 |
24= | France | 98 |
The Americas Avg | 85.3 | |
World Avg | 85.6 | |
q=138. |
Technology and Information:
Internet Users Higher is better61 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 201661 | |
1 | Iceland | 100% |
2 | Faroe Islands | 99% |
3 | Norway | 98% |
... | ||
18 | Japan | 91% |
19 | New Zealand | 89% |
20= | USA | 89% |
20= | Canada | 89% |
20= | Belgium | 89% |
23 | Czechia | 88% |
24 | Germany | 88% |
25 | Aruba | 88% |
The Americas Avg | 56.4% | |
World Avg | 48.1% | |
q=201. |
IT Security Lower is better62 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 201362 | |
1= | Ireland | 0.11 |
1= | Luxembourg | 0.11 |
1= | Belize | 0.11 |
... | ||
40 | Kuwait | 0.93 |
41 | Saudi Arabia | 0.93 |
42 | Malaysia | 0.96 |
43 | Canada | 0.96 |
44 | Tajikistan | 1.01 |
45 | Brazil | 1.02 |
46 | Indonesia | 1.05 |
47 | British Virgin Islands | 1.08 |
The Americas Avg | 0.84 | |
World Avg | 0.98 | |
IPv6 Uptake Higher is better63 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 2017 Ratio63 | |
1 | Belgium | 55.4 |
2 | Germany | 41.8 |
3 | Switzerland | 35.1 |
... | ||
10 | UK | 24.7 |
11 | Japan | 22.1 |
12 | France | 18.8 |
13 | Canada | 18.3 |
14 | Peru | 18.3 |
15 | Ecuador | 18.2 |
16 | Estonia | 17.6 |
17 | Malaysia | 16.5 |
The Americas Avg | 3.36 | |
World Avg | 3.82 | |
q=176. |
Digital Quality of Life Higher is better64 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 202464 | |
1 | Germany | 77.9% |
2 | Finland | 76.9% |
3 | France | 73.9% |
... | ||
22 | Ireland | 65.9% |
23 | Israel | 65.4% |
24 | Norway | 64.5% |
25 | Canada | 63.4% |
26 | Italy | 63.3% |
27 | Czechia | 63.2% |
28 | Latvia | 63.2% |
29 | Portugal | 62.8% |
The Americas Avg | 44.7% | |
World Avg | 48.4% | |
q=121. |
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Compared to The Americas (2020)65 | ||
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Pos. | Lower is better Avg Rank65 | |
1 | Canada | 23.1 |
2 | Barbados | 46.9 |
3 | Costa Rica | 47.3 |
4 | Uruguay | 52.6 |
5 | USA | 54.1 |
6 | Chile | 57.4 |
7 | Trinidad & Tobago | 62.1 |
8 | Jamaica | 69.5 |
9 | Argentina | 73.6 |
10 | Cuba | 73.8 |
11 | Panama | 78.4 |
12 | Belize | 78.8 |
13 | Dominica | 79.6 |
The Americas Avg | 79.19 | |
q=33. |
Culture, Peace & Inequality (2020)65 | ||
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Pos. | Lower is better Avg Rank65 | |
1 | Denmark | 11.2 |
2 | Norway | 13.9 |
3 | Netherlands | 14.4 |
... | ||
9 | Switzerland | 21.2 |
10 | Iceland | 22.3 |
11 | Ireland | 22.8 |
12 | Canada | 23.1 |
13 | Germany | 24.4 |
14 | Luxembourg | 25.7 |
15 | Australia | 29.4 |
16 | Belgium | 31.3 |
World Avg | 78.12 | |
q=180. |
This is the final pillar of the Social and Moral Development Index; it has 22 datasets, including multiple decades of data on World Giving Index, resisting corruption, overall happiness, Creativity and Culture, Open Trading, Aid and Development, its Global Peace Index rating, Peacekeeping and Security, Refugees and UN Treaties, the impact of terrorism, Inequality in Life Expectancy, Income Inequality (Gini Coefficient) and Multidimensional Poverty.
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National Culture:
World Giving Index Higher is better66 | ||
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Pos. | 2022 %66 | |
1 | Indonesia | 68.0 |
2 | Kenya | 61.0 |
3 | USA | 59.0 |
4 | Australia | 55.0 |
5 | New Zealand | 54.0 |
6 | Myanmar (Burma) | 52.0 |
7= | Sierra Leone | 51.0 |
7= | Canada | 51.0 |
9 | Zambia | 50.0 |
10= | Ukraine | 49.0 |
10= | Ireland | 49.0 |
12 | Czechia | 48.0 |
The Americas Avg | 43.7 | |
World Avg | 39.6 | |
q=125. |
Corruption Higher is better67 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 2022 Points67 | |
1 | Denmark | 90.0 |
2= | Finland | 87.0 |
2= | New Zealand | 87.0 |
... | ||
14 | Estonia | 74.0 |
15= | Uruguay | 74.0 |
15= | Iceland | 74.0 |
15= | Canada | 74.0 |
18 | UK | 73.0 |
19= | Japan | 73.0 |
19= | Belgium | 73.0 |
21 | France | 72.0 |
The Americas Avg | 42.97 | |
World Avg | 42.98 | |
q=180. |
In 1996-1997, Canada scored the 5th-best for the second iteration of the Corruption Perception Index, out of the 54 countries for which they gathered data, and throughout the 2010s it had the 9th-best position, on average.
Happiness Higher is better68 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 2024 Score68 | |
1 | Finland | 7.7 |
2 | Denmark | 7.5 |
3 | Iceland | 7.5 |
... | ||
15 | Ireland | 6.9 |
16 | Lithuania | 6.8 |
17 | Austria | 6.8 |
18 | Canada | 6.8 |
19 | Slovenia | 6.8 |
20 | Czechia | 6.8 |
21 | UAE | 6.8 |
22 | Germany | 6.8 |
The Americas Avg | 6.31 | |
World Avg | 5.58 | |
q=147. |
Creativity & Culture Lower is better32 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 2017 Rank32 | |
1 | Belgium | 1 |
2 | Netherlands | 2 |
3 | Estonia | 3 |
... | ||
22 | Norway | 22 |
23 | Lithuania | 23 |
24 | St Lucia | 24 |
25 | Canada | 25 |
26 | Italy | 26 |
27 | Mauritius | 27 |
28 | Malta | 28 |
29 | Singapore | 29 |
The Americas Avg | 80.2 | |
World Avg | 82.0 | |
q=163. |
Open Trading, Aid & Development Lower is better32 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 2017 Rank32 | |
1 | Ireland | 1 |
2 | Denmark | 2 |
3 | Sweden | 3 |
... | ||
24 | Jordan | 24 |
25 | Mauritius | 25 |
26 | Zimbabwe | 26 |
27 | Canada | 27 |
28 | Trinidad & Tobago | 28 |
29 | Timor-Leste (E. Timor) | 29 |
30 | Burkina Faso | 30 |
31 | Lebanon | 31 |
The Americas Avg | 100.5 | |
World Avg | 82.0 | |
q=163. |
Peace Versus Instability:
Global Peace Index Lower is better69 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 2023 Score69 | |
1 | Iceland | 1.12 |
2 | Denmark | 1.31 |
3 | Ireland | 1.31 |
... | ||
8 | Slovenia | 1.33 |
9 | Japan | 1.34 |
10 | Switzerland | 1.34 |
11 | Canada | 1.35 |
12 | Czechia | 1.38 |
13 | Finland | 1.40 |
14 | Croatia | 1.45 |
15 | Germany | 1.46 |
The Americas Avg | 2.13 | |
World Avg | 2.07 | |
q=163. |
Peacekeeping & Security Lower is better32 | ||
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Pos. | 2017 Rank32 | |
1 | Samoa | 1 |
2 | S. Africa | 2 |
3 | Tunisia | 3 |
... | ||
38 | Togo | 38 |
39 | Argentina | 39 |
40 | China | 40 |
41 | Canada | 41 |
42 | Azerbaijan | 42 |
43 | Senegal | 43 |
44 | Switzerland | 44 |
45 | Bolivia | 45 |
The Americas Avg | 82.3 | |
World Avg | 82.0 | |
q=163. |
Refugees & UN Treaties Lower is better32 | ||
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Pos. | 2017 Rank32 | |
1 | Austria | 1 |
2 | Germany | 2 |
3 | Netherlands | 3 |
... | ||
8 | Finland | 8 |
9 | Denmark | 9 |
10 | Switzerland | 10 |
11 | Canada | 11 |
12 | UK | 12 |
13 | Belgium | 13 |
14 | Italy | 14 |
15 | Spain | 15 |
The Americas Avg | 91.5 | |
World Avg | 82.0 | |
q=163. |
Impact of Terrorism Lower is better70 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 2019 Score70 | |
1 | Togo | 0.00 |
2 | Mongolia | 0.00 |
3 | Swaziland | 0.00 |
... | ||
94 | Algeria | 3.41 |
95 | Sweden | 3.45 |
96 | Sri Lanka | 3.57 |
97 | Canada | 3.59 |
98 | Belgium | 3.64 |
99 | Angola | 3.78 |
100 | Tunisia | 3.94 |
101 | Tajikistan | 3.95 |
The Americas Avg | 2.16 | |
World Avg | 2.78 | |
q=150. |
Economic Inequality and Poverty:
Inequality in Life Expectancy Lower is better71 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 201971 | |
1 | Iceland | 2.40 |
2= | Singapore | 2.50 |
2= | Hong Kong | 2.50 |
... | ||
32 | Poland | 4.30 |
33= | New Zealand | 4.30 |
34 | Belarus | 4.40 |
35= | Canada | 4.60 |
35= | Malta | 4.60 |
37 | Serbia | 4.90 |
38 | Slovakia | 5.00 |
39 | Cuba | 5.10 |
The Americas Avg | 12.03 | |
World Avg | 14.59 | |
q=184. |
Income Inequality (Gini Coefficient) Lower is better72 | ||
---|---|---|
Pos. | 2023 %72 | |
1 | Slovakia | 24.1%73 |
2 | Slovenia | 24.3%73 |
3 | Belarus | 24.4%74 |
... | ||
42= | Malta | 31.4%74 |
43 | France | 31.5%73 |
44 | Taiwan | 31.6%73 |
45 | Canada | 31.7%75 |
46= | Lebanon | 31.8%76 |
46= | Estonia | 31.8%73 |
48 | Egypt | 31.9%75 |
49 | Mauritania | 32.0%75 |
The Americas Avg | 44.0% | |
World Avg | 36.5% | |
q=167. |
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Religiosity (2018)59 | ||
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Pos. | Lower is better %59 | |
1 | China | 3 |
2 | Estonia | 6 |
3 | Czechia | 7 |
... | ||
29= | Spain | 22 |
30 | Slovakia | 23 |
31= | Ukraine | 23 |
32 | Canada | 27 |
33= | Uzbekistan | 29 |
33= | Uruguay | 29 |
35 | Poland | 30 |
36 | Serbia | 34 |
37= | Israel | 36 |
37= | Portugal | 36 |
39 | Azerbaijan | 38 |
40 | Chile | 41 |
41= | Croatia | 42 |
41= | Moldova | 42 |
43 | Argentina | 43 |
44 | Mexico | 45 |
World Avg | 54.3 | |
q=106. |
Disbelief In God (2007)77 | ||
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Pos. | Higher is better %77 | |
1 | Vietnam | 81 |
2 | Japan | 65 |
3 | Sweden | 64 |
... | ||
20 | Australia | 25 |
21 | Taiwan | 24 |
22= | New Zealand | 22 |
22= | Canada | 22 |
24 | Latvia | 20 |
25= | Ukraine | 20 |
25= | Mongolia | 20 |
27 | Austria | 18 |
28= | Slovakia | 17 |
28= | Switzerland | 17 |
28= | Belarus | 17 |
31 | Greece | 16 |
32= | Iceland | 16 |
33 | Spain | 15 |
34= | Israel | 15 |
35 | Armenia | 14 |
World Avg | 9.9 | |
q=137. |
Data from the Pew Forum, a professional polling outfit, states that in 2010 the religious makeup of this country was as follows in the table below78:
Christian | 69% |
Muslim | 2.1% |
Hindu | 1.4% |
Buddhist | 0.8% |
Folk Religion | 1.2% |
Jewish | 1% |
Unaffiliated | 23.7% |
It appears that when asked "What religion are you" many give pollsters the 'correct' answer despite how they actually feel, and despite what they actually believe. Although 75.5% of the populace say they belong to a religion, only 27% say that they are religious when the question is phrased as "Is religion an important part of your daily life?".
For more on this phenomenon, see:
"Institutionalized Religions Have Their Numbers Inflated by National Polls" by Vexen Crabtree (2009)
The CIA World Factbook has slightly different data, and states: Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none 16% (2001 census)79.
The Afterlife: Ipsos-NA in 2011 gathered some statistics on Canada80. Despite the large numbers of Christians, not many have traditional beliefs in the afterlife - just 18%. More people don't know what to believe (25%). Some believe that upon death, you simply cease to exist (18%). Also, 3% specifically believe in heaven but not in hell (which is nice - making them possible "universalists"). 8% believe in reincarnation.
Freedom of Thought: The International Humanist and Ethical Union produced a report in 2012 entitled "Freedom of Thought" (2012)81, in which they document bias and prejudice at the national level that is based on religion, belief and/or lack of belief. Their entry for Canada states:
“The constitution and other laws and policies protect freedom of religion or belief. However six of the ten provinces provide partial or full funding to religious schools. Most of these publicly funded religious schools are Roman Catholic. Although five provinces allow other denominations to run publicly funded schools. Publicly funded religious schools can discriminate on religious grounds in hiring and in accepting students. Around 16 percent of the Canadian population claims no religious affiliation, yet in the vast low-population expanses of Canada, the religious school may well be the only public school within a reasonable distance for many non-religious students.
Ontario is the only province that funds Catholic religious education while providing no funding for other religious schools. One third of Ontario's public schools (around 1,400) are Catholic schools, and they receive 100% of their funding from the government. Catholic schools discriminate against non-Catholics in hiring staff. Catholic schools can also exclude non-Catholic children.”
"Freedom of Thought" by IHEU (2012)82
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First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) was a historical voting system84 devised in the Middle Ages. It is very simple - the local candidate with the highest number of votes wins, and, government is formed from all the winners84. But FPTP didn't survive the era of Political Parties, where its simplicity results in skewed elected bodies that don't represent the overall wishes of the country85,86,87,88 as in the 2015 General Election, where the Liberal Party formed a majority government with just 39.5% of the vote89, and the opposite in 2011, when the Conservative Party done the same with just 39.6% popular support89.
FPTP causes:
(1) A great deal of votes to be 'lost' because there's no mechanism to count party votes overall and assign a correct number of seats at the national level.
(2) 'Gerrymandering' by which constituency sizes and shapes are manipulated in order to get local victories, because total votes-by-party are disregarded.
(3) Votes in populous constituencies to be worth less; it was this that meant that "in 1996, when the BC Liberals received more votes than the BC NDP, but the BC NDP won a majority government. It's hard to say this outcome is what voters wanted"89 - PR would fix this by assigning a correct number of seats according to the overall total vote within all constituencies, without discarding votes en masse.
(4) The need for tactical voting rather than true voting.
(5) Undue support for popular (but small) local parties, unfairly boosting their influence at the national levelas seen in the 2019 elections: the Green Party received 1.8 million votes but only got 3 of 338 seats in government because their voters were spread all over the country and didn't outright win many individual ridings; whereas the Bloc Quebecois party received 2.1 million votes (not much more) and yet got an astounding 32 seats - because their supported was geographically concentrated.
(6) Almost permanently squeezes-out most parties from government except the largest ones and therefore leads to two-party systems that have been so deleterious for political quality-control.
The overall effect is a democratic loss; a loss of representation, and a failure for democratic representation to extend to government, giving those-in-power FPTP is responsible for the diminishing of democracy, "can enflame underlying tensions, competitions, domination, clan politics, exclusion, hence conflicts"90.“Provincially, in 1987, 60% of New Brunswick voters voted Liberal [and they] won [...] all 58/58 seats. There was no other party in the New Brunswick legislature [and] nobody to even ask questions of the governing party on behalf of the 40% of voters who hadn´t voted for them.”
Fair Vote Canada (n.d.)89
These problems are mitigated by Proportional Representation (PR) voting systems, where total votes for each party are used to assign an appropriate number of national seats, eliminating the 'lost votes' and most of the skew problems. PR has been adopted by all developed democracies except the UK and the USA85, who both suffer from two-party political divisions that diminish their democratic legitimacy and effectiveness. About a fifth of Africa still uses FPTP, and some other developed countries such as Canada, India and Poland still use it for some elements of government. It is maintained mostly by archaic top-tier parties who have a vested interest in keeping FPTP84 in order to continue long-term informal power-swapping practices with minimum competition.
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