Canada as a Village
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Posted by Rupert Taylor Oct 13, 2009 |
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42 of us will be functionally illiterate
Four of us will not be able to read or write at all
Fewer than one (0.69) will have spent some portion of the last year in prison
35 of us want to see the death penalty brought back
25 of us will have a Facebook account
72 of us will regularly use a cell phone
Six of us will have diabetes
Eight of us will have asthma
22 of us will believe that God created humans within the last 10,000 years
23 of us won’t believe in the existence of any god
17 of us will believe Jesus Christ’s death on the cross was faked and that he married and had a family as outlined in the work of fiction The Da Vinci Code
Two will follow the Muslim faith
18 will have been born outside the country
Eight of us will be ex-pats and will not actually live in
22 will speak French at home
67 will speak English at home
Four of us will be Aboriginal
Three will be Chinese
13 of us will be members of a visible minority
Two of us will be over 80 years old
18 will be aged 14 or younger
Five will be pre-schoolers
Three of us will believe that Elvis Presley is still alive
26 of us will own a firearm
Two of us will have read a book of poetry in the last year
75 of us will have read a daily newspaper this week
15 of us will have a university degree
Nine of us will have less than a Grade Eight education
Two of us will live on a farm
Three of us will work in health care
Almost nine of us will not have a job
11 of us will live below the poverty line
One of us will be a millionaire
One of us will be homosexual
57 of us will live in detached houses
None of us will live in an igloo