What is the difference in years a country was a european overseas colony between Canada and Saint Lucia?

18 years, with Saint Lucia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Saint Lucia?

561 years are reported by both, from 1462 to 2022.

Where does this data come from?

Bastian Becker (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Years a country was a European overseas colony. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Canada vs Saint Lucia: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Canada

312 years

in 2022

Saint Lucia

330 years

in 2022

Canada rank

19th

Saint Lucia rank

17th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

Canada
Saint Lucia

How they compare

Saint Lucia currently reports 330 years against 312 years in Canada, a difference of 18 years.

That makes Saint Lucia's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 561 shared years of data; in 1462 it was Saint Lucia ahead.

Canada ranks 19th and Saint Lucia ranks 17th of 159 countries.

Across the 57 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 36 and Saint Lucia in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Canada	Saint Lucia	Difference	Ahead
1460s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1470s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1480s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1490s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1500s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1510s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1520s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1530s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1540s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1550s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1560s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1570s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1580s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1590s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1600s	0.3 years	0 years	0.3 years	Canada
1610s	7.5 years	0 years	7.5 years	Canada
1620s	17.5 years	0 years	17.5 years	Canada
1630s	27.5 years	0 years	27.5 years	Canada
1640s	37.5 years	0 years	37.5 years	Canada
1650s	47.5 years	5.5 years	42 years	Canada
1660s	57.5 years	15.5 years	42 years	Canada
1670s	67.5 years	25.5 years	42 years	Canada
1680s	77.5 years	35.5 years	42 years	Canada
1690s	87.5 years	45.5 years	42 years	Canada
1700s	97.5 years	55.5 years	42 years	Canada
1710s	107.5 years	65.5 years	42 years	Canada
1720s	117.5 years	75.5 years	42 years	Canada
1730s	127.5 years	85.5 years	42 years	Canada
1740s	137.5 years	95.5 years	42 years	Canada
1750s	147.5 years	105.5 years	42 years	Canada
1760s	157.5 years	115.5 years	42 years	Canada
1770s	167.5 years	125.5 years	42 years	Canada
1780s	177.5 years	135.5 years	42 years	Canada
1790s	187.5 years	145.5 years	42 years	Canada
1800s	197.5 years	155.5 years	42 years	Canada
1810s	207.5 years	165.5 years	42 years	Canada
1820s	217.5 years	175.5 years	42 years	Canada
1830s	227.5 years	185.5 years	42 years	Canada
1840s	237.5 years	195.5 years	42 years	Canada
1850s	247.5 years	205.5 years	42 years	Canada
1860s	257.5 years	215.5 years	42 years	Canada
1870s	267.5 years	225.5 years	42 years	Canada
1880s	277.5 years	235.5 years	42 years	Canada
1890s	287.5 years	245.5 years	42 years	Canada
1900s	297.5 years	255.5 years	42 years	Canada
1910s	307.5 years	265.5 years	42 years	Canada
1920s	312 years	275.5 years	36.5 years	Canada
1930s	312 years	285.5 years	26.5 years	Canada
1940s	312 years	295.5 years	16.5 years	Canada
1950s	312 years	305.5 years	6.5 years	Canada
1960s	312 years	315.5 years	3.5 years	Saint Lucia
1970s	312 years	325.5 years	13.5 years	Saint Lucia
1980s	312 years	330 years	18 years	Saint Lucia
1990s	312 years	330 years	18 years	Saint Lucia
2000s	312 years	330 years	18 years	Saint Lucia
2010s	312 years	330 years	18 years	Saint Lucia
2020s	312 years	330 years	18 years	Saint Lucia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher years a country was a european overseas colony, Canada or Saint Lucia?: Saint Lucia, at 330 years against 312 years in Canada as of 2022.
What is the difference in years a country was a european overseas colony between Canada and Saint Lucia?: 18 years, with Saint Lucia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Saint Lucia?: 561 years are reported by both, from 1462 to 2022.
How do Canada and Saint Lucia rank globally for years a country was a european overseas colony?: Canada ranks 19th and Saint Lucia ranks 17th of 159 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Bastian Becker (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Years a country was a European overseas colony. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Canada vs Saint Lucia: Years a country was a European overseas colony. Statizoid, drawing on Bastian Becker (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/years-colonized/canada/st-lucia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/years-colonized/canada/st-lucia/">Canada vs Saint Lucia: Years a country was a European overseas colony</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Years a country was a European overseas colony
Unit: years
Source: Bastian Becker (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 159 places, 88,747 data points, 1462–2022
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Number of years the country has been colonized from overseas by the European colonial power(s) in a specific year, between Belgium, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Italy, or a combination of them.