re: From here
According to Statistics Canada (a government agency), most violent crime rates are considerably higher in the US than in Canada - in 2000 homicides/100,000 were 1.8 in Canada vs 5.5 in the US (ie. triple), aggravated assault 88 vs 143. Property crimes were similar and even higher in some measures in Canada - eg. B&E 954 vs 728.
Canada is probably more similar to the US than any other country in many ways.
