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Culture Stats: compare key data on Canada & Switzerland

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STAT Canada Switzerland HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 9.77
Ranked 48th.
11.06
Ranked 33th. 13% more than Canada
Food and drink > Beer consumption 2.31 billion L
Ranked 12th. 5 times more than Switzerland
453 million L
Ranked 27th.
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 12.3 kg
Ranked 15th.
20.8 kg
Ranked 7th. 69% more than Canada
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date June 1, 1967 October 20, 1976
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Richmond, British Columbia Geneva
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes See McDonald's Canada see McDonald's Switzerland
Happy Planet Index 39.4
Ranked 89th.
50.3
Ranked 34th. 28% more than Canada

Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws Bans all anti-gay discrimination, including hate speech Bans some anti-gay discrimination
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1969 (Age of consent discrepancy, prohibition of anal intercourse in some cases) UN decl. sign. Legal ( Geneva , Vaud , Valais and Ticino : since 1798 Nationwide since 1942) UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption / Varies by province and territory. / Biological step-child adoption only.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Legal since 2003, Mandatory legal status nationwide since 2005 (proposed)
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old boys 24.1%
Ranked 15th. The same as Switzerland
24.1%
Ranked 16th.
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old girls 23.9%
Ranked 7th. 18% more than Switzerland
20.3%
Ranked 10th.
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 809
Ranked 64th.
1,722
Ranked 20th. 2 times more than Canada
World Heritage Sites 8
Ranked 27th. The same as Switzerland
8
Ranked 23th.
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. 32% more than Switzerland
3.1
Ranked 51st.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 7.8
Ranked 40th.
10.83
Ranked 16th. 39% more than Canada
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 2
Ranked 62nd. 4 times more than Switzerland
0.5
Ranked 131st.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.1
Ranked 56th. 17% more than Switzerland
1.8
Ranked 63th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 1.5
Ranked 44th.
5.1
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Canada
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.0
Ranked 187th.
0.1
Ranked 65th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 7.77
Ranked 51st.
10.56
Ranked 22nd. 36% 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: 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: 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. 

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