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| CANADIAN DEMOCRACY STATS: |
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Civil and political liberties
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6 |
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[4th of 140]
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Electoral system
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first-past-the-post |
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Electoral system type
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plurality |
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Female candidacy
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1,920 |
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[135th of 161]
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Female ministers
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6.1% |
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[98th of 125]
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Female parliamentarians
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23.6% |
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[22nd of 157]
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Female suffrage
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"1917, 1950" |
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First female parliamentarian
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1921 (elected) |
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Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment
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0.995666446236779 |
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[42nd of 183]
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Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against discrimination
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Yes |
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Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against homosexuality
No, the age of consent (The "age of protection" as it is called in Canada) 18 for anal sex, 14 for all non-anal sex, regardless of sexuality of the participants, from 1988 |
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Same-sex Unions
Same-sex marriage |
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Jew > Legal equality granted > Year
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1832 |
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Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes
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1.1% |
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[85th of 110]
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Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout
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61.2% |
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[110th of 152]
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Parliamentary elections > Total vote
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12,997,200 |
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[25th of 154]
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Parliamentary elections > Turnout
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54.6 |
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[80th of 117]
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Parliamentary elections > Voter registration
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21,243,500 |
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[25th of 152]
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Parliamentary elections > Voting age population
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23,786,200 |
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[27th of 163]
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Vote counting technology
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manual |
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SOURCES: Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2000-2001, New York: Freedom House, 2001; No comment is being made on the state of democracy. Categorizations are based on the electoral law, or the last competitive election held; IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 1995. Women in Parliaments 1945-1995: A World Statistical Survey. Geneva and IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on year women received the right to vote and to stand for election and year first woman was elected or appointed to parliament. March. Geneva; IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on women in government at the ministerial level. March. Geneva; calculated on the basis of data on parliamentary seats from IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2002. Parline Database. March 2002; IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 1995. Women in Parliaments 1945-1995: A World Statistical Survey. Geneva and IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on year women received the right to vote and to stand for election and year first woman was elected or appointed to parliament. March. Geneva.; Source: Millennium Development Goals Database | United Nations Statistics Division; Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world
; Wikipedia: Jewish Emancipation
; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
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