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The country that received in first place was Norway with 9% of the vote. Only a handful of votes behind - close enough to also come in at 9% was Germany. Not a single Canadian voted for Canada in first place.
Francis Craddock, pollster for Zeuters was not surprised. "Canadians clearly love their country. Out of the over 200 recognized countries in the world, second place is still pretty high." He then went on to apologize for their extremely confident ranking of second place, adamant that they don't deserve it.
"It's rare for us to find this many Canadians who think so highly of themselves. They generally put the entire world before them, and even then they make apologies for being too humble." Craddock continued.
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Calgary Moose asked a few passerbys about what they thought regarding this.
Q: According to an overwhelming majority of Canadians, Canada is the second greatest country in the world. How does that make you feel?
Vincent Zousef, 25, Student: "I was born here, and I'm quite surprised that we scored so high. I mean, sure, we're a good country, but there's a lot of great countries countries out there."
Ashleigh Leighton (she insisted it's pronounced "Left-Ton" but we all know better), 32, Engineer: "It's shocking! I love my country, but I also love countries like Italy and England. How did we score so high? You're gonna make sure people can read my name properly, right?"
Micheal Buble, 40, Entertainer, but not the same person as Micheal Bublé: "Our entire identity is tied to Great Big Sea, Not being Americans, and Tim Horton's. That's really all we are. I don't see what's so exciting about that."
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