Canada v. US

The differences between us and the US are not always what we think -

Our gun control laws are not as stringent or pervasive as theirs, which include Federal and municipal checks;

Our Federal Government is not as powerful and involved in local matters as much as theirs is - in fact, there is no comparison - their Federal Govt. for example has Energy, Education and Health Departments that simply would not be tolerated here; this despite the fact that our Constitution is supposed to make the Central Govt all powerful and theirs is supposed to do the opposite.

Our social entitlements are generally not as generous as theirs;

We are generally more fiscally responsible federally, less so provincially; while they tend to be fiscally irresponsible federally and are required by law not to be so at the state level;

Their Public Health Insurance programs take up as much fiscal space at the state level as ours do at the provincial level and far more at the federal level;

We are less legally and politically corrupt than they are (although, especially in Quebec and Federally, we are catching up);

We are more regionally divided than they are although the "FLyover Country" and "Red State v. Blue State" concepts are seeing the US catch up there as well;

An African American now makes at least 10% more per capita than a Canadian and an Hispanic American is now likely tied with us. We make about 33% less than Americans overall;

We have far less democracy than they do (OK, maybe that's not counter intuitive but worth noting anyway OVER AND OVER AGAIN!); and,

The US Bill of Rights is supposed to be more protective of the individual against state intrusion than our Charter but, especially during CoVID, does not seem to have done a much better job in that department (reference re also their loose "public domain" concept, and the Federal presence in the US West).

The US is more economically homogonous and does not have as much regional economic disparity: there is no Atlantic Region in the US. Every region of the US has perennially poor states that are balanced off with rich citadel states.