Comparing Canada; by the Numbers

[Michael OLeary]

The site linked below has a wealth of information comparing Canada to many other nations in military statistics and other areas. Some of the numbers are a few years old and not every nation is represented in every area, but it‘s an interesting site to browse for comparative stats. Link leads to the start page to the Canadian military (as good a start point as any there). But be careful what you use and how, compare stats for totals angainst per capita stats and you‘ll quickly see how the numbers can fit any argument:

http://www.nationmaster.com/country/ca/Military

Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, d**ned lies and statistics."
- Autobiography of Mark Twain

 

[dano]

Nice find.

 

[mattoigta]

Is it just me or are they not including reserves?