2020
| International Property Rights Index

Canada

Region

North America

Global Rank

14/129

Regional Rank

2/2

Score

8.046

CANADA

Region:  North America

Global Rank: 14 of 129

Regional Rank: 2 of 2

 

Canada’s IPRI score decreased by -0.219 to 8.046 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 -0.33 to 8.072 with scores of 7.742 in Judicial Independence, 8.542 in Rule of Law, 7.258 in Political Stability, and 8.747 in Control of Corruption.

 

Canada’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.234 to 8.037 with scores of 7.719 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 9.853 in Registering Property, and 6.538 in Ease of Access to Loans.

 

Canada’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.094 to 8.028 with scores of 7.45 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 8.833 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 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
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
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
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
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
Overall 8.072 12 1 2020
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
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
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
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
Statistic Score Global Region Year

Canada - Physical Property Rights

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
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
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
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
Copyright Piracy 7.800 14 2 2020
Statistic Score Global Region Year