Lists Canada: Terrorism Index

lists canada: The index is compiled by the Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace based on five years' worth of data from 163 countries representing 99.7 per cent of the world's population, according to CTV. Canada's previous peak position had been 58th, which it reached in 2009. The newest edition of the Global Terrorism Index, which was released Wednesday, lists Canada as having the 57th-highest level of terrorist activity in the world, up nine places from its position one year earlier. This year's ranking was obtained despite the country falling below the global average in each of the criteria used in the ranking number of terrorist incidents, deaths attributable to terrorism, injuries attributable to terrorism and property damage attributable to terrorism. Alexandre Bissonnette has pleaded guilty to six counts of first-degree murder and six counts of attempted murder in connection with the shooting. Canada experienced six terror-related deaths in 2017, all of which were the result of an armed assault at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City by a right-wing extremist, the report reads. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.