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STAT Canada Poland HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 9.77
Ranked 48th.
13.25
Ranked 20th. 36% more than Canada
Food and drink > Beer consumption 2.31 billion L
Ranked 12th.
3.21 billion L
Ranked 10th. 39% more than Canada
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 12.3 kg
Ranked 15th. 8% more than Poland
11.4 kg
Ranked 18th.
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date June 1, 1967 June 17, 1992
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Richmond, British Columbia Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw
Happy Planet Index 39.4
Ranked 89th.
42.8
Ranked 77th. 9% more than Canada

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 for personal use only, not for sale.
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 Never punished (Legal until 18th century, criminalized in 19th by laws of Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary, legal again since 1932) UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption / Varies by province and territory. Single gay persons may adopt
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Legal since 2003, Mandatory legal status nationwide since 2005 No, constitutional ban
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old boys 24.1%
Ranked 15th. 18% more than Poland
20.5%
Ranked 21st.
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old girls 23.9%
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Poland
9.3%
Ranked 20th.
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 809
Ranked 64th.
1,586
Ranked 27th. 96% more than Canada
World Heritage Sites 8
Ranked 27th.
14
Ranked 13th. 75% more than Canada
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Negative view of China 59%
Ranked 7th. 55% more than Poland
38%
Ranked 13th.
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Positive view of China 29%
Ranked 18th. 4% more than Poland
28%
Ranked 19th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 1,953
Ranked 12th.
1,993
Ranked 16th. 2% more than Canada
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 206.83 kg
Ranked 30th. 4% more than Poland
198.51 kg
Ranked 31st.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes First restaurant in Calgary . 160 outlets.
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned in Manitoba (1), Newfoundland and Labrador (2), New Brunswick (3), Nova Scotia (4), and Prince Edward Island. Banned
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 4.1
Ranked 28th.
5.27
Ranked 12th. 29% more than Canada
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Neutral view of China 12%
Ranked 19th.
34%
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Canada
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 7.8
Ranked 40th.
8.09
Ranked 36th. 4% more than Canada
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Net sentiment towards China -30%
Ranked 19th. 3 times more than Poland
-10%
Ranked 14th.
Food and drink > Horse meat production 18,000 tonnes
Ranked 8th. The same as Poland
18,000 tonnes
Ranked 9th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 2
Ranked 62nd.
3.7
Ranked 11th. 85% more than Canada
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.1
Ranked 56th.
2.97
Ranked 34th. 41% more than Canada
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 1.5
Ranked 44th. 22% more than Poland
1.23
Ranked 50th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.0
Ranked 187th.
0.0
Ranked 111th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 7.77
Ranked 51st.
9.55
Ranked 35th. 23% more than Canada
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Owner or major operator Yum Restaurants International (Canada) AmRest
Food and drink > Alcohol > Standard drink size 13.6 g
Ranked 5th. 36% more than Poland
10 g
Ranked 14th.

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 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); 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; 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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