February 23, 2026
Canada: Where the Poor People Live
Timothy Birdnow
Canada is poorer than Alabama and generally poorer than most of the states in the U.S.
From the article:
To measure this, they calculated gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. In simple terms, it’s the size of the Canadian economy in a given year divided by the population. The same was done for Alabama. After adjusting for foreign exchange and some cost differences in both countries, the average for Canada’s 10 provinces was estimated at at US$55,000 in 2022, the same as Alabama. Shortly after, the IMF found Canada had actually fallen behind the southern state. (Canada has since edged ever-so-slightly higher than Alabama; the numbers are volatile from year to year.)
So why are the Canadians so resistant to becoming the 51st state? Seems to me that would be a great deal for them.
This is what years of quasi-socialism gets you.
Here are the states/provinces in order:
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Careful, Tim, you're gonna get the Canucks pissed off at you. Especially now that their Olympic hockey team has been losing!
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at February 24, 2026 12:54 AM (dmr2P)
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Yeah; they're already annoyed and this will make it worse. They'll be so mad they'll ask me nicely to stop.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at February 24, 2026 11:18 AM (oflqW)
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