CANADALUIS PASTRANA

GENERAL DATA

• CAPITAL CITY: TORONTO. • IMPORTANT CITIES: BESIDE TORONTO, CANADA HAS 3 OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE

MORE THAN A MILLION CITIZENS, THIS ARE MONTREAL, VANCOUVER AND CALGARY. • GEOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS: IT SHARE BORDERS WITH USA IN THE SOUTH

AND THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA AT THE WEST. IN THE EAST THERE’S THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, AT THE WEST THEY HAVE THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND AT THE NORTH THE NORTH POLE.

• WEATHER: THE WEATHER IN CANADA IS MOSTLY COLD, RAINY AND SNOWY BUT IN SOME PARTS YOU CAN APPRECIATE THE 4 STATIONS.

• CURRENCY: $CANADIAN DOLLAR (12.68 PESOS MEXICANOS).

DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS

• TOTAL POPULATION: 35.540.419 IN 2014• AGE: 40.6.• RACE: IN CANADA THERE ARE SEVERAL RACES IN THE COUNTRY. THE AMERICAN-

TYPE IS THE MOST COMMON (TALL, WHITE SKIN, BLOND, ETC) BUT THERE’RE A LOT OF RACES BECAUSE CANADA IS A VERY MULTICULTURAL COUNTRY.

• GENDER: 51% ARE WOMEN AND 49% ARE MEN. • ETHNICITY: CANADIANS (39,42%)ANGLO-CANADIANS (20,17%)FRANCO-

CANADIANS (15,75%) ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT IN THE COUNTRY. • RELIGION: 77% OF THE POPULATION ARE CRISTIAN.

DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS

• INCOME: THE MINIMUM WAGE IN CANADA IS AT $10.25 PER HOUR AND THERE’RE 40 HOURS PER WEEK.

• FAMILY SIZE: THE FAMILIES IN CANADA ARE VERY HOMELIKE AND OPEN TO THE DIALOGUE, CONSERVATIVE TO THEIR COSTUMES, VERY SERIOUS WITH THE SCHEDULES AND RULES AND LIKE TO SPEND TIME WITH THE NATURE. IN AVERAGE THE CANADIAN FAMILIES HAVE 2.6 SONS.

• EDUCATION LEVEL: ONLY 3% OF THE POPULATION CAN’T READ AND WRITE. • MORTALITY RATE: 252,242 PEOPLE, THIS MEANS 7.20% IN 2013. • MINORITY GROUPS: THERE ARE OVER 600 MINORITY GROUPS REGISTERED IN

CANADA, THE MOST FAMOUS ONES ARE THE INUIT.

MARRIAGE IN CANADA

• SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS APPROVED IN ALL THE COUNTRY SINCE 2005.• THE MINIMUM AGE TO MARRY AND DIVORCE IS 18.• THE 76% OF THE MARRIAGES IN CANADA ARE RELIGIOUS.• POLYGAMY IN CANADA IS CONSIDERED A CRIME.• THE DIVORCE RATE IS AT 210 PER 100,000 RESIDENTS.

CULTURAL ANALYSIS

• CULTURAL IDENTITY: THE CANADIAN CULTURE IS STRONGLY INFLUENCE BY THE EUROPEAN CULTURE AND TRADITIONS, MAINLY THE BRITISH AND FRENCH BUT ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN INDIGENOUS CULTURES.

• VALUES: “PROGRESSIVE, DIVERSE AND MULTICULTURAL” THAT’S HOW THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT DESCRIBES ITSELF.

• POWER DISTANCE: CANADA IS ONE OF THE COUNTRIES WITH LESS POWER DISTANCE, WITH A INDEX OF 39 (WORLD AVERAGE IS 55).

• INDIVIDUALISM: CANADA HAS A CULTURE OF INDIVIDUALISM PEOPLE AND NOT TO DEPEND ON ANYONE ELSE, THE INDEX IS OF 80.

CULTURAL ANALYSIS

• UNCERTAINLY AVOIDANCE: THE CANADIAN SCORE IN THIS DIMENSION IS 48 WHICH MEANS MEANS THAT CANADA HAS A CULTURE OF UNCERTAINLY ACCEPTANCE.

• MASCULINITY: CANADA IS IN PLACE NUMBER 3 OF THE TOP 10 COUNTRIES WHERE IS BETTER TO BE WOMEN BECAUSE THE MASCULINITY IS SUPER LOW.

• LONG-TERM ORIENTATION: CANADA HAS A SCORE IN THIS TEST OF 36, THAT IS THE AVERAGE SCORE.

POLITICAL ANALYSIS

• FORM OF GOVERNMENT: CANADA HAS A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY AND A A FEDERAL SYSTEM OF PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT WITH STRONG DEMOCRATIC TRADITIONS.

• GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE: THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND ISABEL II IS ALSO THE QUEEN OF CANADA, WHICH NAMES A GENERAL GOVERNOR EVERY 5 YEARS TO REPRESENT HER. THE PRIME MINISTER IS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE.

• POLITICAL TRENDS: THE CANADIAN PEOPLE AS A FORM OF PROTEST TO THEIR GOVERNMENT, BEGAN A TREND OF NON-VOTING AND IS QUITE FAMOUS IN THE COUNTRY.

POLITICAL PARTIESPARTIES IN CANADA ARE DIVIDED AT FEDERAL LEVEL, PROVINCIAL LEVEL AND TERRITORIAL LEVELMOST IMPORTANT PARTIES:1. LIBERAL PARTY OF CANADA (LIBERAL, FEDERAL LEVEL).2. NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY (SOCIAL DEMOCRAT, FEDERAL LEVEL).3. GREEN PARTY OF CANADA (ENVIRONMENTALISM, FEDERAL LEVEL).4. BLOC QUÉBÉCOIS (SOCIAL DEMOCRAT AND NATIONALISM, FEDERAL

LEVEL).5. CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF CANADA (CONSERVATIVE, FEDERAL LEVEL.)

POLITICAL ANALYSIS

• MIGRATION TRENDS: MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT MIGRATE TO CANADA ARE FROM CHINA, INDIA AND USA.

• CORRUPTION: CANADA HAS 81 IN THE CORRUPTION INDEX THAT THE TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL DELIVERS WORLDWIDE, THIS MEANS THAT CANADA GOT WORST HIS POSITION FROM LAST YEAR. CANADA IS ALSO RANKED AT 10/175.

• INSECURITY: THE INDEX IN INSECURITY IN CANADA HAS DROPPED AT THE LOWEST POINT OF THE LAST 40 YEARS. THE CRIME RATE STOOD AT 5.589 CRIMES PER 100,000 HABITANTS.

• RULE OF LAW: CANADA RULE OF LAW HAS A SCORE OF 1.379

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

• GDP: 1,334 MILLIONS €. • GDP GROWTH RATE: 2.5%• GDP GROWTH RATE PER CAPITA: -4.1% • TRADE AS PERCENTAGE OF GDP: 61.8%• UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 7.3%• INFLATION RATE: 1%• INTEREST RATE: 5.98%

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

• STOCK MARKET PERFORMANCE: AS THE SAME OF THE REST OF THE WORLD, THE STOCK MARKET IN CANADA HAS BEEN DECREASING IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, ON LAST MONTH THEY REGISTERED LOSSES IN 420.93 UNITS.

• EXCHANGE RATE PERFORMANCE: AS WELL AS THE STOCK MARKET, THE CANADIAN DOLLAR IS PASSING A ROUGH TIME, ON LAST MONTH IT REGISTERED THEIR WORST FALL IN 11 YEARS.

• POVERTY MEASURES: OFFICIALLY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT DON’T HAVE POVERTY MEASURES, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL FOUNDATIONS TO TRY TO ERADICATE IT.

• INEQUALITY MEASURES: CANADA IS RATED AS NUMBER 12 OUT OF 17 COUNTRIES, BELOW DENMARK, NORWAY, BELGIUM, FINLAND, SWEDEN, AUSTRIA, FRANCE, IRELAND, NETHERLANDS, GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND, BUT ABOVE JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, ITALY, UNITED KINGDOM AND USA.