Today I learned that Canada has about the population of California, USA (much much lower than I would have guessed looking at the land area on the map).
I also was shocked to learn that Canada’ homeless population in a given year is about 3x the percentage of their population compared to the US’ homeless population percentage.
I thought Canada had a better social safety net than the US and looked down on us as a result. Clearly I have a few/many misconceptions about Canada.
Dad
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