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Culture Stats: compare key data on Canada & United States

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STAT Canada United States HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 9.77
Ranked 48th. 3% more than United States
9.44
Ranked 57th.
Food and drink > Beer consumption 2.31 billion L
Ranked 12th.
24.14 billion L
Ranked 2nd. 10 times more than Canada
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 12.3 kg
Ranked 15th.
15.1 kg
Ranked 14th. 23% more than Canada
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date June 1, 1967 May 15, 1940
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Richmond, British Columbia San Bernardino , California
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes See McDonald's Canada See McDonalds Annual Report
Happy Planet Index 39.4
Ranked 89th. 28% more than United States
30.7
Ranked 114th.

Hobbies > Homebrewing legality Legal in most Canadian provinces. Liquor laws are regulated provincially, while the federal government has laws about taxation and importation of beer, wine and other liquors. Legal in all states. Individual states remain free to restrict or prohibit the manufacture of beer, mead, hard cider, wine and other fermented alcoholic beverages at home. Until 2013, Alabama and Mississippi were the only states with laws prohibiting the homebrewing of beer. Alabama and Mississippi both legalized home brewing in their respective 2013 legislative sessions. Although all state governments have legalized homebrewing, some states retain local options that permit local governments to make homebrewing illegal under municipal law. Alaska in one such state where the local option is currently exercised.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Allows gays to serve openly in military Since 1992 Since 2011
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws Bans all anti-gay discrimination, including hate speech / No federal protections. Varying protections in 21 states. Included in the federal hate crimes law since 2009. See Matthew Shepard Act
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1969 (Age of consent discrepancy, prohibition of anal intercourse in some cases) UN decl. sign. Legal nationwide since 2003. UN decl. sign. See Lawrence v. Texas
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption / Varies by province and territory. / Single gay persons may adopt, laws on couples vary by state
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Legal since 2003, Mandatory legal status nationwide since 2005 / Varies by state, recognized by federal gov't . (Legal in California , Connecticut , Delaware , Hawaii , Illinois , Iowa , Maine , Maryland , Massachusetts , Minnesota , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New Mexico , New York , Rhode Island , Vermont , Washington , Eight Native American Tribal Jurisdictions and the District of Columbia ; recognized in Oregon and Kentucky )
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 809
Ranked 64th.
1,028
Ranked 51st. 27% more than Canada
World Heritage Sites 8
Ranked 27th. The same as United States
8
Ranked 24th.
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Negative view of China 59%
Ranked 7th.
67%
Ranked 4th. 14% more than Canada
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Positive view of China 29%
Ranked 18th. 26% more than United States
23%
Ranked 22nd.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 1,953
Ranked 12th. The same as United States
1,952
Ranked 13th.
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 206.83 kg
Ranked 30th.
253.8 kg
Ranked 16th. 23% more than Canada
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes First restaurant in Calgary . First franchise in Salt Lake City , Utah in 1952
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned in Manitoba (1), Newfoundland and Labrador (2), New Brunswick (3), Nova Scotia (4), and Prince Edward Island. Unrestricted (some states, including New York and Vermont, have considered bills to make the practice illegal)
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 4.1
Ranked 28th.
4.47
Ranked 23th. 9% more than Canada
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Neutral view of China 12%
Ranked 19th. 20% more than United States
10%
Ranked 22nd.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 7.8
Ranked 40th.
8.61
Ranked 33th. 10% more than Canada
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Net sentiment towards China -30%
Ranked 19th.
-43%
Ranked 22nd. 43% more than Canada
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 2
Ranked 62nd. Twice as much as United States
1
Ranked 100th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.1
Ranked 56th.
2.65
Ranked 42nd. 26% more than Canada
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 1.5
Ranked 44th. 10% more than United States
1.36
Ranked 48th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.0
Ranked 187th.
0.0
Ranked 128th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 7.77
Ranked 51st.
8.44
Ranked 43th. 9% more than Canada
Food and drink > Alcohol > Standard drink size 13.6 g
Ranked 5th.
14 g
Ranked 3rd. 3% more than Canada

SOURCES: Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Per Capita Beer Consumption by Country in 2012, Kirin Holdings Company. Table 3.; Wikipedia: Cheese (Total cheese consumption per capita per year) ("Total and Retail Cheese Consumption – Kilograms per Capita" . Canadian Dairy Information Centre . Retrieved 2013-05-20 ., , Cidilait, ''Le fromage'', Cheese Consumption Continues to Rise); Wikipedia: List of countries with McDonald's restaurants (Countries and territories with a McDonald's outlet); http://www.happyplanetindex.org/data/; Wikipedia: Homebrewing (Legality); Wikipedia: LGBT rights in Asia (Central Asia); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Australasia); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Central Asia); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Central Europe); Wikipedia: List of countries by cigarette consumption per capita (List); Wikipedia: Table of World Heritage Sites by country (Table of World Heritage Sites); Wikipedia: Sinophobia (Region-based Sinophobia); http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/country-rating-poll.pdf, June 2014. p. 37.; Wikipedia: List of countries with KFC franchises (Africa); Wikipedia: List of countries by milk consumption per capita ("Countries by milk consumption per capita" . "Countries by consumptions per capita" .); Wikipedia: Cropping (animal) (Status by country); World Health Organization. Source tables; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation. p. 273 ff. ; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff. ; Wikipedia: Standard drink (Standard drinks as defined by various countries) (ICAP Report 5 - "What is a 'standard drink'". URL: [1] . Accessed on June 19, 2008.)

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