Region
North America
Global Rank
11/129
Regional Rank
1/2
CANADA
Region: North America
Global Rank: 11 of 129
Region Rank: 1 of 2
Canada’s IPRI score decreased by -0.029 to 8.264 placing it 1st in the North America region and 11th in the world. Canada is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as a High income country.
Canada’s Legal and Political Subindex score decreased by -0.074 to 8.402 with scores of 8.704 in Judicial Independence, 8.602 in Rule of Law, 8.848 in Control of Corruption, and 7.455 in Political Stability.
Canada’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.014 to 8.270 with scores of 8.424 in Perception of Property Rights Protection, 9.849 in Registering Property, and 6.538 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Canada’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex score decreased by -0.028 to 8.121 with scores of 7.731 in Perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 8.83 in Patent Protection, and 7.8 in Copyright Protection.
Canada is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- OECD
- NAFTA
- TPP-11
Canada - IPRI Overall Score
Canada - IPRI Overall Score
- 1: IPRI
- 2: Legal and Political Subindex
- 3. Judicial Independence
- 4. Rule of Law
- 5. Control of Corruption
- 6. Political Stability
- 7. Physical Property Rights Subindex
- 8. Property Rights Protection
- 9. Registering Property
- 10. Ease of Access to Loans
- 11. Intellectual Property Rights Subindex
- 12. Intellectual Property Rights
- 13. Patent Protection
- 14. Copyright Piracy
Canada - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.400 | 14 | 1 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.400 | 15 | 2 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.908 | 14 | 1 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.013 | 13 | 1 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 9 | 1 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 9 | 1 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 9 | 1 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 9 | 1 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.929 | 9 | 1 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.015 | 10 | 1 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.179 | 11 | 1 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.294 | 10 | 1 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.264 | 11 | 1 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 7.711 | 12 | 1 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 7.700 | 13 | 1 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 8.287 | 12 | 1 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 8.380 | 13 | 1 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 8.400 | 9 | 1 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 8.400 | 8 | 1 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 8.400 | 9 | 1 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 8.475 | 8 | 1 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 8.219 | 10 | 1 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 8.360 | 9 | 1 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 8.368 | 9 | 1 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 8.477 | 7 | 1 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 8.402 | 8 | 1 | 2019 |
| Physical | 6.963 | 17 | 2 | 2007 |
| Physical | 7.000 | 16 | 2 | 2008 |
| Physical | 7.478 | 17 | 2 | 2009 |
| Physical | 7.754 | 16 | 2 | 2010 |
| Physical | 7.500 | 18 | 1 | 2011 |
| Physical | 7.500 | 18 | 1 | 2012 |
| Physical | 7.600 | 15 | 1 | 2013 |
| Physical | 7.533 | 13 | 2 | 2014 |
| Physical | 7.457 | 12 | 1 | 2015 |
| Physical | 7.465 | 13 | 1 | 2016 |
| Physical | 7.906 | 17 | 2 | 2017 |
| Physical | 8.256 | 11 | 2 | 2018 |
| Physical | 8.270 | 8 | 2 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 7.527 | 17 | 2 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 7.500 | 18 | 2 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 7.958 | 13 | 2 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 7.906 | 14 | 2 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 8.100 | 11 | 2 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 8.100 | 10 | 2 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 8.100 | 11 | 2 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 8.500 | 5 | 1 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 8.111 | 8 | 2 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 8.219 | 12 | 2 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 8.262 | 13 | 2 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 8.150 | 14 | 2 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 8.121 | 15 | 2 | 2019 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Canada - Legal and Political Environmental
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.711 | 12 | 1 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 13 | 1 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.287 | 12 | 1 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.380 | 13 | 1 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.400 | 9 | 1 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.400 | 8 | 1 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.400 | 9 | 1 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.475 | 8 | 1 | 2014 |
| Overall | 8.219 | 10 | 1 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.360 | 9 | 1 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.368 | 9 | 1 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.477 | 7 | 1 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.402 | 8 | 1 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.912 | 16 | 1 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.900 | 16 | 1 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.333 | 12 | 1 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.783 | 9 | 1 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.900 | 12 | 1 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.000 | 8 | 1 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.000 | 6 | 1 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.800 | 10 | 1 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.588 | 9 | 1 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.669 | 11 | 1 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.544 | 13 | 1 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.648 | 9 | 1 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.704 | 6 | 1 | 2019 |
| Rule Of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule Of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule Of Law | 8.720 | 9 | 1 | 2009 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.612 | 10 | 1 | 2010 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.600 | 7 | 1 | 2011 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.600 | 8 | 1 | 2012 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.500 | 11 | 1 | 2013 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.500 | 13 | 1 | 2014 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.480 | 12 | 1 | 2015 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.785 | 12 | 1 | 2016 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.671 | 11 | 1 | 2017 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.670 | 8 | 1 | 2018 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.602 | 10 | 1 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 6.820 | 11 | 1 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 6.800 | 14 | 1 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 7.040 | 13 | 1 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 7.068 | 18 | 1 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 7.000 | 13 | 1 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 6.800 | 21 | 1 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 7.100 | 17 | 1 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 7.200 | 11 | 1 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 7.062 | 15 | 1 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 7.352 | 8 | 1 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 7.549 | 5 | 1 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 7.625 | 7 | 1 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 7.455 | 10 | 1 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.400 | 12 | 1 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.400 | 12 | 1 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.053 | 10 | 1 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.055 | 10 | 1 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.100 | 9 | 1 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.100 | 8 | 1 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.000 | 11 | 1 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.800 | 11 | 1 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.749 | 11 | 1 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.636 | 13 | 1 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.709 | 13 | 1 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.965 | 10 | 1 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.848 | 9 | 1 | 2019 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Canada - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.963 | 17 | 2 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 16 | 2 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.478 | 17 | 2 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.754 | 16 | 2 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.500 | 18 | 1 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.500 | 18 | 1 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.600 | 15 | 1 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.533 | 13 | 2 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.457 | 12 | 1 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.465 | 13 | 1 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.906 | 17 | 2 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.256 | 11 | 2 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.270 | 8 | 2 | 2019 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.156 | 17 | 1 | 2007 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.200 | 17 | 1 | 2008 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.500 | 18 | 1 | 2009 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 9.050 | 8 | 1 | 2010 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.700 | 10 | 1 | 2011 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.600 | 9 | 1 | 2012 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.600 | 9 | 1 | 2013 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.600 | 7 | 1 | 2014 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.315 | 9 | 1 | 2015 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.341 | 11 | 1 | 2016 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.171 | 14 | 1 | 2017 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.380 | 11 | 1 | 2018 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.424 | 8 | 1 | 2019 |
| Registering Property | 7.588 | 16 | 2 | 2007 |
| Registering Property | 7.600 | 16 | 2 | 2008 |
| Registering Property | 8.434 | 30 | 2 | 2009 |
| Registering Property | 8.595 | 34 | 2 | 2010 |
| Registering Property | 8.600 | 47 | 2 | 2011 |
| Registering Property | 8.700 | 49 | 2 | 2012 |
| Registering Property | 8.700 | 47 | 2 | 2013 |
| Registering Property | 8.600 | 42 | 2 | 2014 |
| Registering Property | 9.436 | 41 | 2 | 2015 |
| Registering Property | 9.434 | 44 | 2 | 2016 |
| Registering Property | 9.410 | 33 | 2 | 2017 |
| Registering Property | 9.849 | 13 | 1 | 2018 |
| Registering Property | 9.849 | 12 | 1 | 2019 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.145 | 25 | 2 | 2007 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.100 | 25 | 2 | 2008 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.500 | 32 | 2 | 2009 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.617 | 25 | 2 | 2010 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.200 | 22 | 1 | 2011 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.300 | 22 | 1 | 2012 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.400 | 21 | 2 | 2013 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.100 | 20 | 2 | 2014 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.620 | 18 | 2 | 2015 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.620 | 18 | 2 | 2016 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.136 | 24 | 2 | 2017 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.538 | 18 | 2 | 2018 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.538 | 18 | 2 | 2019 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Canada - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.527 | 17 | 2 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.500 | 18 | 2 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.958 | 13 | 2 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.906 | 14 | 2 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 11 | 2 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 10 | 2 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 11 | 2 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.500 | 5 | 1 | 2014 |
| Overall | 8.111 | 8 | 2 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.219 | 12 | 2 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.262 | 13 | 2 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.150 | 14 | 2 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.121 | 15 | 2 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.784 | 13 | 1 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.800 | 14 | 2 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.833 | 15 | 1 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.583 | 18 | 2 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.000 | 14 | 1 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.800 | 17 | 1 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.800 | 16 | 1 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.000 | 11 | 1 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.750 | 11 | 1 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.072 | 12 | 1 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.104 | 15 | 1 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.018 | 17 | 2 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.731 | 18 | 2 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 8.095 | 18 | 2 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 8.100 | 18 | 2 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 9.340 | 11 | 2 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 7 | 2 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 7 | 2 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 10 | 2 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 7 | 2 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 9.100 | 12 | 2 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 9.083 | 12 | 2 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 9.083 | 12 | 2 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 9.083 | 12 | 2 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 19 | 2 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 12 | 2 | 2019 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.389 | 2 | 1 | 2007 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.400 | 1 | 1 | 2008 |
| Copyright Piracy | 6.700 | 16 | 2 | 2009 |
| Copyright Piracy | 6.800 | 18 | 2 | 2010 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.100 | 18 | 2 | 2011 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.200 | 15 | 2 | 2012 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.300 | 17 | 2 | 2013 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.300 | 14 | 2 | 2014 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.500 | 14 | 2 | 2015 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.500 | 14 | 2 | 2016 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.600 | 16 | 2 | 2017 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.600 | 16 | 2 | 2018 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.800 | 15 | 2 | 2019 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |