🇨🇦Average height in Canada

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Canada among its neighbours

What counts as tall in Canada

Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Canada is taller than 83% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.

In plain language

The standard deviation for men in Canada is 7.3 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 170.8 and 185.4 cm, and roughly 95% between 163.5 and 192.7 cm. A man of 185 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 193 cm is taller than about 98%.

Men in Canada are on average 14.2 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 7.1 cm taller and women 4.9 cm taller. These are means for people born in 1996, measured at 18. Older generations in most countries are shorter, by several centimetres where heights rose fast.

Questions

Is 180 cm tall in Canada?

A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 60% of men in Canada. Taller than most, but ordinary. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 99% of women in Canada.

What is the average height of women in Canada?

Women in Canada average 163.9 cm (5 ft 5 in), with a standard deviation of 6.8 cm. About two thirds of women are between 157.1 and 170.7 cm. That ranks 37th of 186 countries for women.

How does Canada compare to Bulgaria?

Men in Bulgaria average 178.2 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Canada. Women average 164.8 cm against 163.9 cm. Bulgaria ranks 26th, Canada 27th.

How does Canada compare to the world average?

The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Canada are 7.1 cm taller than that, women 4.9 cm taller.