US-Canada Relationship!
By: Karli Sublett
GDP Growth Rate
Canada's GDP is growing 0.2%more over a 1 year period, and USA GDP is growing 0.7% more over a 10 year period.
More Murder?
The US, no doubt, has a higher crime rate. This map shows the murder rate between the US and Canada. The Northern Territories, Alaska, Southern/Western States were found to have the highest murder rate.
Bilingual
The US has 13.8% more English speakers than Canada and 17.4 times more Spanish speakers while Canada has 31.3 times more French speakers and 0.3% more Chinese speakers, all per capita.
Connections Between the US and Canada
Economic
Having one of the world's largest investment relationships, Canada and the US are each others top 5 largest foreign investors, the US being Canada's 1st and Canada being the US's 3rd. The US's investment is usually in Canada's mining and smelting industries, petroleum, and chemicals. The manufacture of machinery and transportation equipment, and finance also play a major role in the US's investment. Canadian investment in the United States is generally in finance and insurance, manufacturing, banking, retail trade, and other services.
Social
After the war of 1812 where America had invaded parts of then British North-America, the border between the countries were demilitarized (remove all military forces) and remained peaceful. Because of this border being demilitarized, lots of trade and migration has gone through the borders allowing for closer social interactions between the countries which came closer after the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement.
Political
Brian Mulroney and Ronald Reagan were historically close, so close to the point where negotiations on a potentially free trade agreement were made to be finalized under the president of that time, George H. W. Bush. The US and Canadian government have had some pretty good friendships/tolerances such as Chretien and and Clinton who were golfing partners to Harper and Obama who settled winnings with beer. The politics between these two countries are nothing more than a friendship.