Canada
IndiaCompare countries · Canada vs India
Canada vs India
CanadaNorth America
IndiaSouthern Asia
The FCDO advises against all travel to parts of India and all but essential travel to other areas.India is cheaper (cost of living 18.9 vs 63.0).Canada is more peaceful (Global Peace Index 1.525 vs 2.409), scores higher on human development (0.939 vs 0.685) and has the higher income per person ($56,420 vs $2,760).It also has the longer life expectancy (82.1 vs 72.2 years).
Safety
Canada is the more peaceful
- Global Peace Indexlower is more peaceful
- Canada1.525Very high safety#14 of 161IEP GPI · 2026
- India2.409Medium safety#126 of 161IEP GPI · 2026
- Homicidesper 100,000 people a year
- Canada2.0ModerateUNODC / World Bank · 2023
- India2.8ModerateUNODC / World Bank · 2022
- Safety indexNumbeo's safety index, higher is safer
- Canada54.4ModerateNumbeo · 2026
- India55.8ModerateNumbeo · 2026
- UK travel adviceFCDO, for British travellers
- CanadaNo advice against travelFCDO foreign travel advice, GOV.UK · read 2026-10-29
- IndiaAgainst all travel to parts, all but essential to other areasFCDO foreign travel advice, GOV.UK · read 2026-10-29
Money
Income per person is higher in Canada
- GNI per personnational income per person, US dollars
- Canada$56,420Very highWorld Bank · 2025
- India$2,760LowWorld Bank · 2025
Health
People live longer in Canada
- Life expectancyyears, at birth
- Canada82.1Very high#28 of 195World Bank · 2024
- India72.2Moderate#117 of 195World Bank · 2024
Work and internet
Broadband is faster in Canada
- Home internetmedian download speed
- Canada278 MbpsVery fast#11 of 149Ookla Speedtest · 2025
- India62 MbpsFast#96 of 149Ookla Speedtest · 2025
How it changed
Human development: Canada 0.939, India 0.685
CanadaIndia
UNDP Human Development Report, 1990–2023.
Practical facts
- Capital
- Ottawa
- New Delhi
- Population
- 41.7M (2025)
- 1.46B (2025)
- Languages
- English, French
- English, Hindi, Tamil
- Currency
- Canadian dollar (CAD)
- Indian rupee (INR)
- Area
- 8,788,700 km²
- 2,973,190 km²
- Plug type
- Type A/B
- Type D/M
- Drives on the
- right
- left
- Short visit
- Visa-free for UK, EU and US passports
- Visa needed for UK, EU and US passports
Short visits: passport-index-dataset, 2024, for UK, EU (German) and US passports. Population and area: World Bank. Languages, currency and driving side: restcountries.com. Plug types: worldstandards.eu.
Every figure
Canada and India, side by side
Canada leads on 44 India on 21110 figures. 13 are held for only one country; the other shows a dash. Rows such as population, religion and tax levels have no better or worse end, so they show both values and no verdict. Level means under 2% apart.
Money and cost23
- PPP / Cap aheadWorld Bank · 2025
- $66,746High
- $11,748Low
- GDP / Cap aheadWorld Bank · 2025
- $55,698Very high
- $2,702Low
- GNI / Cap aheadWorld Bank · 2025
- $56,420Very high
- $2,760Low
- Local purchasing power aheadNumbeo · 2026
- 119.4Very high
- 76.4High
- Cost of Living aheadNumbeo · 2026
- 63.0Moderate
- 18.9Very affordable
- Cost of living with rent aheadNumbeo · 2026
- 48.9Very high
- 12.4Very low
- Rent index aheadNumbeo · 2026
- 31.5Very expensive
- 4.3Very affordable
- Groceries index aheadNumbeo · 2026
- 69.6Very high
- 21.6Very low
- Restaurant prices index aheadNumbeo · 2026
- 64.1Very high
- 15.6Very low
- Property Price-to-Income aheadNumbeo Property Investment · 2026
- 7.5Very affordable
- 11.0Affordable
- Price level ratio aheadWorld Bank ICP
- 1.534Very high
- 0.387Very low
- Inflation aheadWorld Bank · 2025
- 2.1%Low
- 2.4%Moderate
- Pension Replacement aheadOECD Pensions at a Glance · 2024
- 37.1%Very low
- 39.2%Low
- Bank Account aheadWorld Bank Global Findex · 2024
- 98.4%Very high
- 89%High
- Send Remittance aheadWorld Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide · 2023
- 3%Moderate
- 0.5%Very low
- Tax WedgeOECD Taxing Wages · 2025
- 32.1%
- —
- Top Income TaxWikipedia · 2024
- 54.8%
- 39%
- Corporate TaxWikipedia · 2024
- 31%
- 22%
- VAT / GSTWikipedia · 2024
- 5%
- 18%
- Tax RevenueWorld Bank · 2022–2024
- 13.7%
- 6.9%
- GDP (total)World Bank · 2025
- $2,320 bn
- $3,956 bn
- FDI InflowsWorld Bank · 2025
- 3%
- 1%
- Innovation aheadWIPO Global Innovation Index · 2025
- 51.1Very high
- 38.2High
Work3
- UnemploymentWorld Bank · 2025
- 6.9%
- 4.2%
- Long Work HoursOECD Better Life Index · 2020
- 3.3%Low
- —
- Public Holidaysdate.nager.at · 2025
- 13
- —
Equality6
- Income Inequality aheadWorld Bank · 2022
- 31.5Low
- 25.5Very low
- Income Share Bot. 20% aheadWorld Bank · 2022
- 7.7High
- 10.4Very high
- Income Share Top 10% aheadWorld Bank · 2022
- 24.6Low
- 22.1Very low
- Poverty Rate aheadWorld Bank · 2022
- 0.6%Very low
- 82.1%Very high
- Gender Inequality aheadUNDP Human Development Report · 2023
- 0.052Very low
- 0.403Moderate
- Inequality-Adj. HDI aheadUNDP HDR
- 0.867Very high
- 0.475Low
Safety9
- Peace Index aheadIEP Global Peace Index · 2026
- 1.525Very high safety
- 2.409Medium safety
- Safety aheadNumbeo · 2026
- 54.4Moderate
- 55.8Moderate
- Homicides / 100k aheadUNODC / World Bank · 2022–2023
- 2.0Moderate
- 2.8Moderate
- Assault Rate aheadUNODC CTS · 2013–2023
- 226.9Very high
- 25.8Moderate
- Robbery Rate aheadUNODC CTS · 2013–2024
- 60.4High
- 2.8Very low
- Sexual Violence Rate aheadUNODC CTS · 2013–2023
- 106.1Very high
- 9Low
- Kidnapping Rate aheadUNODC CTS · 2013–2023
- 10.1Very high
- 5.1Very high
- Road Deaths / 100k aheadWHO GHO · 2021
- 4.7Very low
- 14.6Moderate
- Disaster Risk aheadWorld Risk Index · 2022
- 19Very high
- 42.3Very high
Health16
- Life Expectancy aheadWorld Bank · 2024
- 82.1Very high
- 72.2Moderate
- Infant Mortality aheadWorld Bank · 2024
- 4.7Low
- 23.3High
- Healthcare Quality aheadNumbeo · 2026
- 68.6Good
- 65.5Good
- UHC Service Coverage aheadWHO GHO · 2023
- 92Very high
- 69Low
- Physicians / 1k aheadWorld Bank · 2020–2023
- 2.8High
- 0.720Low
- Hospital Beds aheadWorld Bank · 2021–2022
- 2.5Moderate
- 1.600Low
- Out-of-Pocket Health % aheadWorld Bank · 2023–2024
- 15.3%Low
- 43.9%High
- Healthcare SpendWorld Bank · 2023–2024
- $6,378
- $85
- Clean Water aheadWorld Bank · 2024
- 98.3%High
- 95.7%Moderate
- PM2.5 concentration aheadWHO GHO · 2023
- 8.8Low
- 42.5Very high
- Air-pollution Deaths / 100k aheadWHO GHO · 2021
- 8.5Very low
- 131.3High
- Obesity aheadWHO GHO · 2024
- 26%High
- 8%Very low
- Tobacco Use aheadWHO GHO · 2020–2023
- 11%Low
- 25.4%High
- Raised Blood Glucose aheadWHO GHO · 2014
- 5.5%Very low
- 8.7%Moderate
- Suicide Rate / 100k aheadWHO GHO · 2021
- 9.4High
- 12.6High
- Alcohol L / capitaWHO GHO · 2024
- 9.2
- 5.2
Education and getting online8
- PISA MathOECD PISA Results · 2022
- 497Very high
- —
- PISA ReadingOECD PISA Results · 2022
- 507Very high
- —
- PISA ScienceOECD PISA Results · 2022
- 515Very high
- —
- Education SpendWorld Bank · 2022
- 4.8%
- 4.1%
- English Proficiency aheadEF English Proficiency Index · 2025
- 700Native
- 484Low
- Internet aheadWorld Bank · 2024–2025
- 94.4%Very high
- 70%Low
- Home internet speed aheadOokla Speedtest Global Index · 2025
- 278 MbpsVery fast
- 62 MbpsFast
- Mobile internet speed aheadOokla Speedtest Global Index · 2025
- 113 MbpsModerate
- 129 MbpsHigh
Governance and freedom8
- Rule of Law aheadWorld Bank WGI · 2025
- 1.48Very high
- -0.13Moderate
- Corruption aheadWorld Bank WGI · 2025
- 1.59Very high
- -0.28Moderate
- Political Stability aheadWorld Bank WGI · 2025
- 0.81High
- -0.61Low
- Government Effectiveness aheadWorld Bank WGI · 2025
- 1.76Very high
- 0.50High
- Regulatory Quality aheadWorld Bank WGI · 2025
- 1.44Very high
- -0.17Moderate
- Democracy aheadEIU Democracy Index · 2025
- 9.1Very high
- 7High
- Freedom House aheadFreedom House · 2025
- 97Very high
- 62Moderate
- Press Freedom aheadRSF World Press Freedom Index · 2026
- 78.8Good
- 32Difficult
Quality of life10
- Human Development aheadUNDP Human Development Report · 2023
- 0.939Very high
- 0.685Medium
- Happiness aheadWorld Happiness Report · 2026
- 6.74Moderate
- 4.54Very low
- Quality of life index aheadNumbeo · 2026
- 172High
- 122.3Low
- Climate index aheadNumbeo · 2026
- 54.9Fair
- 65.2Good
- WHR: GDPWorld Happiness Report · 2026
- 1.917
- 1.397
- WHR: Social SupportWorld Happiness Report · 2026
- 1.525
- 0.732
- WHR: Healthy Life Exp.World Happiness Report · 2026
- 0.955
- 0.298
- WHR: FreedomWorld Happiness Report · 2026
- 0.948
- 1.015
- WHR: GenerosityWorld Happiness Report · 2026
- 0.153
- 0.121
- WHR: Corruption TrustWorld Happiness Report · 2026
- 0.321
- 0.124
People and planet23
- PopulationWorld Bank · 2025
- 41,651,653
- 1,463,865,525
- AreaWorld Bank
- 8,788,700 km²
- 2,973,190 km²
- Median AgeWorld Bank age-group shares
- 42
- 33.9
- Population GrowthWorld Bank · 2025
- 0.94%
- 0.89%
- Urban PopulationWorld Bank · 2025
- 82.9%
- 35.7%
- Net MigrationWorld Bank · 2025
- 326,204
- -495,753
- Foreign-Born %UN DESA International Migrant Stock · 2024
- 22.2%
- 0.3%
- Fertility RateWorld Bank · 2024
- 1.25
- 1.96
- Avg Household SizeOECD Family Database · 2024
- 2.4
- —
- Single-Person HouseholdsOECD Family Database · 2021
- 29.3%
- —
- Lone-Parent HouseholdsOECD Family Database · 2021
- 8.7%
- —
- ChristianPew Research · 2020
- 53.3%
- 2.2%
- MuslimPew Research · 2020
- 4.9%
- 15.2%
- HinduPew Research · 2020
- 1.5%
- 79.4%
- BuddhistPew Research · 2020
- 1.7%
- 0.7%
- JewishPew Research · 2020
- 0.9%
- 0%
- UnaffiliatedPew Research · 2020
- 34.6%
- 0%
- Other religionsPew Research · 2020
- 3%
- 2.5%
- CO₂ / Capita aheadWorld Bank · 2024
- 14Very high
- 2.2Moderate
- Renewables aheadWorld Bank · 2021
- 23.8%Moderate
- 34.9%High
- Forest CoverWorld Bank · 2023
- 39.5%
- 24.5%
- Climate Vulnerability aheadND-GAIN Country Index · 2023
- 0.282Very low
- 0.485High
- Climate Readiness aheadND-GAIN Country Index · 2023
- 0.645Very high
- 0.394Moderate
Other4
- LiteracyWorld Bank · 2024
- —
- 78.2%
- Mobile MoneyWorld Bank Global Findex · 2024
- —
- 23.1%
- Receive RemittanceWorld Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide · 2023
- —
- 1.8%
- Leisure TimeOECD Better Life Index · 2020
- 14.6
- —
Quick answers
Is Canada cheaper than India?
Numbeo's 2026 cost-of-living index (NYC = 100) puts Canada at 63.0 and India at 18.9. India is about 70% cheaper overall.
Is Canada or India safer?
On the Global Peace Index (lower = more peaceful), Canada scores 1.52 and India scores 2.41. Canada ranks as the more peaceful of the two.
Which has the higher quality of life, Canada or India?
On the UN Human Development Index, Canada scores 0.939 and India scores 0.685. Canada scores higher on this composite of income, health and education. Single indexes hide trade-offs; the full comparison above shows where each country wins.
What is life like in Canada compared to India?
GNI per capita runs $56,420 in Canada against $2,760 in India; people live 82.1 years on average against 72.2; Numbeo users rate healthcare 69 against 66. Those are national averages and they hide the thing you actually feel: capital-city costs run well ahead of the national figure in most countries, and rural provision of healthcare and internet often lags the number shown here. The table below splits it indicator by indicator.