I'd be surprised if you didn't already know this iago, but most stastics from Canada are skewed compared to those from the US simply because of a much less rigid reporting system (for government statistics, that is). I first found out about it when I did some research on countries with the best healthcare. Canada's looks a lot better than the US's on paper, but a lot of hospital deaths in Canada are not required to be reported whereas the same kinds of things would be required in the US.