| Topics | Results |
|---|---|
| World Democracy Audit overall ranking | 9 / 150 |
| Political Rights | 1 / 7 |
| Civil Liberties | 1 / 7 |
| Press Freedom | 13 / 100 |
| Corruption | 11 / 100 |
(Source: 2005 World Audit)
Canada didn’t become a safe, free country because people sat around and said “ya know, this is a pretty darn good place to live”. If that was the attitude, we’d live in a country stuck with the elitism and lack of freedom of the 1800s. The attitude of the people who strived for a better Canada was the attitude people should have know: “you know, there some room for improvement here”. See “Press Fredom” and “Corruption” on the above table.
Below are our rankings for the UN Human Development Index:
| UN Human Development Index | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Ranking | Value |
| 4 | ||
| 2002 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 3 | 0.940 |
| 1999 | 4 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0.960 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0.932 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0.926 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0.906 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0.883 |
| 1975 | 3 | 0.868 |
I couldn’t find some of the more recent data, including when Canada fell to, I think, a ranking of #7. Canada is a great country. I want one a little bit better.
One response to "Boring Statistics on Canada"
11:27 on February 22nd, 2006
The information you’ve got on page http://www.indefual.ca/?p=66 is very interesting, butg I’m afraid all the links (e.g., under the Topics column of the first page) are all broken. A pity, because it would be very interesting to see more details about how each of these figures is measured.