Canada is a federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy of ten provinces and three territories. It combines a market economy with public healthcare, official bilingualism and a long-standing state policy of multiculturalism.
In the 12 Axes register, Canada leans hardest on Assimilationist – Multiculturalist: Multiculturalist 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.
Take the test and this line shows how close your twelve scores are to Canada, and the axis where you differ most.
Where Canada sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Federal
Provinces hold broad powers
Representative Democracy
Elected Commons, appointed Senate
Liberal
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Cooperation
Active in multilateral bodies
Neutral
Modest forces, NATO member
Multiculturalist
Multiculturalism Act since 1988
Mixed Economic
Public healthcare, private economy
Balanced
Regulated market economy
Free Trade
Trade-dependent, many free trade deals
Moderate
Secular state, religious freedom
Progressive
Liberal social legislation
Neutral
No distinct state stance
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Canada is at Federal 68%. The register median is Unitary 68%.
Militarist – Pacifist
On Militarist – Pacifist, Canada is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.britannica.com
Map: Addicted04, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
