North America
6/126
1/2
7.756
Canada’s IPRI score increased by 0.35 to 7.756 placing it 1st in the North America region and 6th 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 0.023 to 8.046 with scores of 9.101 in Judicial Independence, 7.946 in Rule of Law, 6.792 in Political Stability, and 8.343 in Control of Corruption.
Canada’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 1.166 to 8.357 with scores of 10 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 7.67 in Registering Property, and 7.4 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Canada’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.139 to 6.866 with scores of 7.45 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 7.583 in Patent Protection, 6.843 in Copyright Protection, and 5.587 in Trademark Protection.
Canada is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- OECD
- USMCA
- CPTPP
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 |
Overall | 7.406 | 16 | 2 | 2024 |
Overall | 7.756 | 6 | 1 | 2025 |
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 |
Legal and Political | 8.023 | 11 | 1 | 2024 |
Legal and Political | 8.046 | 10 | 1 | 2025 |
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 |
Physical | 7.191 | 17 | 2 | 2024 |
Physical | 8.357 | 5 | 1 | 2025 |
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 |
Intellectual | 7.005 | 16 | 2 | 2024 |
Intellectual | 6.866 | 20 | 2 | 2025 |
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 |
Overall | 8.023 | 11 | 1 | 2024 |
Overall | 8.046 | 10 | 1 | 2025 |
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 |
Judicial Independence | 9.096 | 5 | 1 | 2024 |
Judicial Independence | 9.101 | 5 | 1 | 2025 |
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 |
Rule of Law | 8.132 | 12 | 1 | 2024 |
Rule of Law | 7.946 | 16 | 1 | 2025 |
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 |
Political Stability | 6.546 | 21 | 1 | 2024 |
Political Stability | 6.792 | 18 | 1 | 2025 |
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 |
Control of Corruption | 8.317 | 13 | 1 | 2024 |
Control of Corruption | 8.343 | 11 | 1 | 2025 |
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 |
Overall | 7.191 | 17 | 2 | 2024 |
Overall | 8.357 | 5 | 1 | 2025 |
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 |
Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.719 | 18 | 1 | 2024 |
Perception of Physical Property Protection | 10.000 | 30 | 1 | 2025 |
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 |
Registering Process | 7.838 | 12 | 1 | 2024 |
Registering Process | 7.670 | 13 | 1 | 2025 |
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 |
Access to Financing | 6.016 | 25 | 2 | 2024 |
Access to Financing | 7.400 | 15 | 2 | 2025 |
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 |
Overall | 7.005 | 16 | 2 | 2024 |
Overall | 6.866 | 20 | 2 | 2025 |
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 |
Perception of IP Protection | 7.450 | 23 | 2 | 2024 |
Perception of IP Protection | 7.450 | 23 | 2 | 2025 |
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 |
Patent Protection | 7.583 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
Patent Protection | 7.583 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
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 |
Copyright Protection | 6.843 | 15 | 2 | 2024 |
Copyright Protection | 6.843 | 15 | 2 | 2025 |
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 |
Trademark Protection | 6.142 | 40 | 2 | 2024 |
Trademark Protection | 5.587 | 57 | 2 | 2025 |
Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |