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Culture Stats: compare key data on Canada & Sweden

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STAT Canada Sweden HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 9.77
Ranked 48th.
10.3
Ranked 41st. 5% more than Canada
Food and drink > Beer consumption 2.31 billion L
Ranked 12th. 5 times more than Sweden
472 million L
Ranked 26th.
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date June 1, 1967 October 27, 1973
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Richmond, British Columbia Kungsgatan 4, Stockholm
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes See McDonald's Canada First outlet in Scandinavia . See McDonald's Sweden
Happy Planet Index 39.4
Ranked 89th.
48
Ranked 53th. 22% 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 All
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 1944 UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption / Varies by province and territory. Yes (since 2003)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Legal since 2003, Mandatory legal status nationwide since 2005 Yes (since 2009)
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old boys 24.1%
Ranked 15th.
24.6%
Ranked 13th. 2% more than Canada
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old girls 23.9%
Ranked 7th.
29.9%
Ranked 5th. 25% more than Canada
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 809
Ranked 64th. 13% more than Sweden
715
Ranked 74th.
World Heritage Sites 8
Ranked 27th.
13
Ranked 15th. 63% more than Canada
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 12.3 kg
Ranked 15th.
19.1 kg
Ranked 10th. 55% more than Canada
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 206.83 kg
Ranked 30th.
355.86 kg
Ranked 2nd. 72% more than Canada
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. 58% more than Sweden
2.6
Ranked 59th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 7.8
Ranked 40th. 31% more than Sweden
5.96
Ranked 63th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 2
Ranked 62nd.
3.6
Ranked 13th. 80% more than Canada
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.1
Ranked 56th. 91% more than Sweden
1.1
Ranked 95th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 1.5
Ranked 44th.
2.9
Ranked 27th. 93% more than Canada
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.0
Ranked 187th.
0.0
Ranked 127th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 7.77
Ranked 51st. 16% more than Sweden
6.7
Ranked 62nd.

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: 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: 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 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; 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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