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Culture Stats: compare key data on Canada & France

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STAT Canada France HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 9.77
Ranked 48th.
13.66
Ranked 15th. 40% more than Canada
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 12.3 kg
Ranked 15th.
26.3 kg
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Canada
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date June 1, 1967 June 30, 1972
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Richmond, British Columbia Creteil
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes See McDonald's Canada First outlet in Creteil in 1972 even though McDonald's officially recognizes the first outlet in Strasbourg in 1979. See McDonald's France .
Happy Planet Index 39.4
Ranked 89th.
46.5
Ranked 50th. 18% more than Canada

Sentiments towards other countries > China > Negative view of China 59%
Ranked 7th.
68%
Ranked 1st. 15% more than Canada
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws Bans all anti-gay discrimination, including hate speech Some
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1969 (Age of consent discrepancy, prohibition of anal intercourse in some cases) UN decl. sign. Legal since 1791 UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption / Varies by province and territory. Yes (since 2013)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Legal since 2003, Mandatory legal status nationwide since 2005 Yes (since 2013)
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old boys 24.1%
Ranked 15th.
25.1%
Ranked 10th. 4% more than Canada
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old girls 23.9%
Ranked 7th. 35% more than France
17.7%
Ranked 14th.
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 809
Ranked 64th.
854
Ranked 59th. 6% more than Canada
World Heritage Sites 8
Ranked 27th.
34
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Canada
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Positive view of China 29%
Ranked 18th. 16% more than France
25%
Ranked 20th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 1,953
Ranked 12th.
2,001
Ranked 9th. 2% more than Canada
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 206.83 kg
Ranked 30th.
260.48 kg
Ranked 14th. 26% more than Canada
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes First restaurant in Calgary . Opened in 1991, but all seven stores were closed by 1992. Returned in 2001, with 156 stores by 2013.
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned in Manitoba (1), Newfoundland and Labrador (2), New Brunswick (3), Nova Scotia (4), and Prince Edward Island. Banned, except tail-docking
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 4.1
Ranked 28th. 77% more than France
2.31
Ranked 63th.
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Neutral view of China 12%
Ranked 19th. 71% more than France
7%
Ranked 24th.
Food and drink > Honey consumption 29,000 metric tons
Ranked 11th.
30,000 metric tons
Ranked 10th. 3% more than Canada
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 7.8
Ranked 40th.
11.43
Ranked 14th. 47% more than Canada
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Net sentiment towards China -30%
Ranked 19th.
-43%
Ranked 21st. 43% more than Canada
Food and drink > Horse meat production 18,000 tonnes
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than France
7,500 tonnes
Ranked 14th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 2
Ranked 62nd. 6 times more than France
0.36
Ranked 157th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.1
Ranked 56th.
2.62
Ranked 43th. 25% more than Canada
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 1.5
Ranked 44th.
8.14
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Canada
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.0
Ranked 187th.
0.17
Ranked 55th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 7.77
Ranked 51st.
13.3
Ranked 5th. 71% more than Canada
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Owner or major operator Yum Restaurants International (Canada) KFC France
Food and drink > Alcohol > Standard drink size 13.6 g
Ranked 5th. 13% more than France
12 g
Ranked 6th.

SOURCES: Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; 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: Sinophobia (Region-based Sinophobia); 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: Virginity (Prevalence of sexually experienced 15-year-olds based on self-reports) (Godeau, Emmanuelle; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Vignes, Ce´line; Ross, Jim; Boyce, Will; Todd, Joanna. "Contraceptive Use by 15-Year-Old Students at Their Last Sexual Intercourse Results From 24 Countries" . Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 162 (1) . Retrieved 14 January 2012 ., See here and pages 47-49 for views on what constitutes virginity loss and therefore sexual intercourse or other sexual activity; source discusses how gay and lesbian individuals define virginity loss, and how the majority of researchers and heterosexuals define virginity loss/"technical virginity" by whether or not a person has engaged in penile-vaginal sex. Laura M. Carpenter (2005). Virginity Lost: An Intimate Portrait of First Sexual Experiences . NYU Press . pp. 295 pages. ISBN 0-8147-1652-0 . Retrieved October 9, 2011 . A. Leigh, Jennifer (June 27, 2009). "Male Virginity Myths" . Psychology Today . Retrieved October 9, 2011 ., Bozon, Michael. 'At what age do women and men have their first sexual intercourse? World comparisons and recent trends'. Population and Societies 391 (2003) 1–4.); http://www.nuigalway.ie/hbsc/documents/godeau_2008_contraceptive_use_apam_1621_6673.pdf, Emmanuelle Godeau, Saoirse Nic Gabhainn, Celine Vignes, Jim Ross, Will Boyce, Joanna Todd, ARCH PEDIATR ADOLESC MED/VOL 162 (NO. 1), JAN 2008. p 2.; Wikipedia: List of countries by cigarette consumption per capita (List); Wikipedia: Table of World Heritage Sites by country (Table of World Heritage Sites); 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); Wikipedia: Beekeeping (World honey production and consumption); World Health Organization. Source tables; http://www.farminguk.com/news/Argentina-Horse-Meat-world-production-figures._10249.html; 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: List of countries with KFC franchises (Asia); 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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