Canada ranks ninth in world sports.
 Canada's economy ranks above the US and most western European nations on The Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom and experiences a relatively low level of income disparity
 Canada is part of several major international and intergovernmental institutions or groupings including the United Nations, NATO, G7, Group of Ten, G20, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), World Trade Organization (WTO), Commonwealth of Nations, Arctic Council, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, and Organization of American States

