Region
North America
Global Rank
16/125
Regional Rank
2/2
Score
7.420
Canada’s IPRI score decreased by -0.053 to 7.42 placing it 2nd in the North America region and 16th 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 increased by 0.271 to 8.161 with scores of 9.17 in Judicial Independence, 8.254 in Rule of Law, 6.928 in Political Stability, and 8.292 in Control of Corruption.
Canada’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.036 to 7.184 with scores of 7.719 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 7.816 in Registering Process, and 6.016 in Access to Financing.
Canada’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.466 to 6.915 with scores of 7.45 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 7.583 in Patent Protection, 6.486 in Copyright Protection, and 6.142 in Trademark Protection.
Canada is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- OECD
- USMCA
- 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 | 14 | 1 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.908 | 14 | 1 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.013 | 13 | 1 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 10 | 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 |
| Overall | 7.473 | 14 | 2 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.420 | 16 | 2 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 7.711 | 12 | 1 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 7.700 | 12 | 1 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 8.287 | 12 | 1 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 8.380 | 13 | 1 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 8.400 | 8 | 1 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 8.400 | 8 | 1 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 8.400 | 9 | 1 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 8.475 | 7 | 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 |
| Legal and Political | 7.890 | 13 | 1 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 8.161 | 10 | 1 | 2023 |
| 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 | 16 | 1 | 2011 |
| Physical | 7.500 | 17 | 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 |
| Physical | 7.148 | 19 | 2 | 2022 |
| Physical | 7.184 | 17 | 2 | 2023 |
| 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 | 9 | 2 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 8.100 | 12 | 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 |
| Intellectual | 7.381 | 8 | 2 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 6.915 | 19 | 2 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Canada - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.711 | 12 | 1 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 12 | 1 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.287 | 12 | 1 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.380 | 13 | 1 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.400 | 8 | 1 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.400 | 8 | 1 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.400 | 9 | 1 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.475 | 7 | 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 |
| Overall | 7.890 | 13 | 1 | 2022 |
| Overall | 8.161 | 10 | 1 | 2023 |
| 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 | 10 | 1 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.000 | 7 | 1 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.000 | 4 | 1 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.800 | 7 | 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.742 | 15 | 1 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.170 | 5 | 1 | 2023 |
| 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 | 7 | 1 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 8.500 | 10 | 1 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 8.500 | 10 | 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 |
| Rule of Law | 8.310 | 12 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 8.254 | 13 | 1 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 6.820 | 11 | 1 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 6.800 | 12 | 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 | 20 | 1 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 7.100 | 17 | 1 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 7.200 | 12 | 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 |
| Political Stability | 7.311 | 8 | 1 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 6.928 | 18 | 1 | 2023 |
| 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 | 8 | 1 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.100 | 8 | 1 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.000 | 10 | 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 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.195 | 16 | 1 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.292 | 15 | 1 | 2023 |
| 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 | 16 | 1 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.500 | 17 | 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 |
| Overall | 7.148 | 19 | 2 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.184 | 17 | 2 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.156 | 17 | 1 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.200 | 18 | 1 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.500 | 16 | 1 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.050 | 8 | 1 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.700 | 8 | 1 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.600 | 7 | 1 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.600 | 8 | 1 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.600 | 6 | 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 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.719 | 19 | 1 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.719 | 18 | 1 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 7.588 | 16 | 2 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 7.600 | 16 | 2 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 8.434 | 29 | 2 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 8.595 | 34 | 2 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 44 | 2 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 8.700 | 47 | 2 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 8.700 | 47 | 2 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 37 | 2 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.436 | 41 | 2 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.434 | 44 | 2 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.410 | 33 | 2 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.849 | 13 | 1 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.849 | 12 | 1 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.853 | 13 | 1 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.853 | 13 | 1 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 7.709 | 12 | 1 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 7.816 | 11 | 1 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 5.145 | 25 | 2 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 5.100 | 25 | 2 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 5.500 | 29 | 2 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 5.617 | 25 | 2 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 5.200 | 21 | 1 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 5.300 | 22 | 1 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 5.400 | 20 | 1 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 5.100 | 20 | 2 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 4.620 | 18 | 2 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 4.620 | 18 | 2 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 6.136 | 24 | 2 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 6.538 | 18 | 2 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 6.538 | 18 | 2 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 6.538 | 18 | 2 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 6.016 | 26 | 2 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 6.016 | 26 | 2 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 6.016 | 25 | 2 | 2023 |
| 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 | 9 | 2 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 12 | 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 |
| Overall | 7.381 | 8 | 2 | 2022 |
| Overall | 6.915 | 19 | 2 | 2023 |
| 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 | 13 | 1 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.800 | 16 | 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 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.450 | 24 | 2 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.450 | 23 | 2 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 8.095 | 14 | 2 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 8.100 | 15 | 2 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 9.340 | 6 | 2 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 3 | 2 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 3 | 2 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 3 | 2 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 3 | 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 | 13 | 2 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 16 | 2 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 16 | 2 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 8.133 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 8.133 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 7.583 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| 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 | 17 | 2 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.200 | 14 | 2 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.300 | 15 | 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 | 14 | 2 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 14 | 2 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 16 | 2 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 16 | 2 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 14 | 2 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 16 | 2 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.486 | 16 | 2 | 2023 |
| 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 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.142 | 40 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.142 | 40 | 2 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |