Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Minnesota instead of Canada, you would:
Health
be 30.5% more likely to be obese
In Canada, 26.0% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Minnesota, that number is 33.9% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 37.8% less likely to be unemployed
In Canada, 6.9% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Minnesota, that number is 4.3% as of 2025.
make 22.9% more money
Canada has a GDP per capita of $55,698 as of 2025, while in Minnesota, the GDP per capita is $68,478 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
