Region
North America
Global Rank
14/129
Regional Rank
2/2
Score
7.748
Canada’s IPRI score decreased by -0.298 to 7.748 placing it 2nd in the North America region and 14th in the world. Canada is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.
Canada’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.071 to 8.001 with scores of 7.742 in Judicial Independence, 8.519 in Rule of Law, 7.209 in Political Stability, and 8.533 in Control of Corruption.
Canada’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.174 to 8.037 with scores of 7.719 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 9.853 in Registering Property, and 6.016 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Canada’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.647 to 7.381 with scores of 7.45 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 8.133 in Patent Protection, 7.8 in Copyright Protection, and 6.142 in Trademark 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 Protection
- 15. Trademark Protection
Canada - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.400 | 14 | 1 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.400 | 15 | 1 | 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 |
| Overall | 8.046 | 14 | 2 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.748 | 14 | 2 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Legal and Political | 8.072 | 12 | 1 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 8.001 | 12 | 1 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Physical | 8.037 | 15 | 2 | 2020 |
| Physical | 7.863 | 20 | 2 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Intellectual | 8.028 | 15 | 2 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 7.381 | 8 | 2 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Canada - Legal and Political Environment
| 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 |
| Overall | 8.072 | 12 | 1 | 2020 |
| Overall | 8.001 | 12 | 1 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.742 | 15 | 1 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.742 | 15 | 1 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Rule of Law | 8.542 | 12 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 8.520 | 12 | 1 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Political Stability | 7.258 | 14 | 1 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 7.209 | 14 | 1 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.747 | 11 | 1 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.534 | 13 | 1 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Overall | 8.037 | 15 | 2 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.863 | 20 | 2 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.156 | 17 | 1 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.200 | 17 | 1 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.500 | 18 | 1 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.050 | 8 | 1 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.700 | 10 | 1 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.600 | 9 | 1 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.600 | 9 | 1 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.600 | 7 | 1 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.315 | 9 | 1 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.341 | 11 | 1 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.171 | 14 | 1 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.380 | 11 | 1 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.424 | 8 | 1 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.719 | 19 | 1 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.719 | 19 | 1 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Registering Property | 9.853 | 13 | 1 | 2020 |
| Registering Property | 9.853 | 13 | 1 | 2021 |
| 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 | 1 | 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 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.538 | 18 | 2 | 2020 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.016 | 26 | 2 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Overall | 8.028 | 15 | 2 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.381 | 8 | 2 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.784 | 13 | 1 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.800 | 14 | 1 | 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 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.450 | 24 | 2 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.450 | 24 | 2 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 19 | 2 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 8.133 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.389 | 2 | 1 | 2007 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.400 | 1 | 1 | 2008 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.700 | 16 | 2 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.800 | 18 | 2 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.100 | 18 | 2 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.200 | 15 | 2 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.300 | 17 | 2 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.300 | 14 | 2 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 14 | 2 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 14 | 2 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 16 | 2 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 16 | 2 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 15 | 2 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 14 | 2 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 16 | 2 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2009 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2010 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2011 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2012 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2013 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2014 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2015 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2016 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2017 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2018 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2019 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2020 | |
| Trademark Protection | 6.142 | 40 | 2 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |