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19 November 2010
Canada as a Village
Statistics to shock and amaze (well, not really)
that show what Canada would look like
if it had a population of 100 people
42 of us will be functionally illiterate
Four of us will not be able to read or write at all
Two of us will have read a book of poetry in the last year
75 of us will have read a daily newspaper this week
15 of us will have a university degree
Nine of us will have less than a Grade Eight education
In 2009, Six of us will have reported being a victim of a crime
Only one of us will be a victim of a violent crime during 2009
Fewer than one (0.69) will have spent some portion of the last year in prison
35 of us want to see the death penalty brought back
26 of us will own a firearm
44 of us will have a Facebook account
16 of us will have Twitter account
72 of us will regularly use a cell phone
14 of us will use a smart phone to access the Internet
Six of us will have diabetes
Eight of us will have asthma
37 of us will be overweight
14 of us will be heavy drinkers
18 of us will smoke tobacco
An estimated 40 to 45 of us will develop cancer at some point during our lives
Cancer will kill 25 of us
On an annual basis, less than one of us (o.22%) will die from cancer
22 of us will believe that God created humans within the last 10,000 years
23 of us won’t believe in the existence of any god
17 of us will believe Jesus Christ’s death on the cross was faked and that he married and had a family as outlined in the work of fiction The Da Vinci Code
Two will follow the Muslim faith
Three of us will believe that Elvis Presley is still alive
18 will have been born outside the country
Eight of us will not actually live in Canada
22 will speak French at home
67 will speak English at home
Two of us will be over 80 years old
18 will be aged 14 or younger
Two of us will live on a farm
Three of us will work in health care
Almost nine of us will not have a job
11 of us will live below the poverty line
One of us will be a millionaire
One of us will be homosexual
57 of us will live in detached houses
None of us will live in an igloo
Sources
Statistics Canada
Health Canada
The Lung Association
“Stockwell Day Cites ‘Alarming’ Rise in Unreported Crime to Justify New Prisons.” Campbell Clark, Globe and Mail, August 4 2010.
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President of the Treasury Board and former Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day says he is concerned about the “alarming” in crease in “unreported crime” in Canada.
The Conservative Minister did not explain how he knows there’s an increase if the crimes are not reported.
According to the Quality of Life Index for 2010 published by International Living Canada is the ninth best place in the world in which to live.
The United Nations Human Development Report for 2009 ranks Canada as the fourth best country in the world