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First, You're looking at monthly stats for currently active missions. Second, Over the past several years, Canada's peacekeeping has largely been done through UN sanctioned NATO missions rather than directly through the UN itself. Third, sadly, since the mid 1990s. Canada has been reducing its peacekeeping role - which explains why Canada's numbers are so low.

Cumulatively Canada, has committed the most troops, over 125,000 altogether.

In the developed world, we do not feel obliged to be the worlds policeman and do not fund our services according to that idea.
  Yes, they do tend to get a lot of money but it's not limitless.

Your use of the royal "we" is almost certainly mistaken. Even humble Canada is quite active in the use of its armed forces around the world.

    Canada extending anti-piracy mission near Somalia

Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Operations

Canada is active in all manner of UN peace operations. Since the first peacekeeping operation in 1956, Canada has accepted frequent requests to join UN operations around the world, whether in Cyprus, Bosnia, Haiti, or elsewhere. To date, over 125,000 Canadians have served in close to 50 UN missions

Canadian Armed Forces completes military mission in Afghanistan

It would be easy to show similar commitments by Britain, Australia, and many other countries.

You are correct that about funding in that most of Europe is not meeting its defense spending targets agreed to within the NATO alliance.

Why you think that not meeting your defense obligations and misspending what you do have constitutes being part of "the developed world" shows the pitiful state of most of Europe's militaries. Even Britain is decimating its armed forces.

For the same reason Canadians buy from Maryland.

"Maryland sells more goods to Canada than to any other country in the world"

http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/washington/commerce_canada/fact_sheets-fiches_documentaires/md.aspx?view=d

Do your research. It took all of two minutes.

Immigrating and Working in Canada (Canadian government site)

Government of Canada - Immigrating

somehow i confiused 'Submit' with 'Preview'. :(

Immigrating to Canada - proper second link. Many apologies...

I'm a candian, and i thought i'd offer up some helpful links, if anyone is seriously interested in immigrating here. Obviously i'm not familiar with the details, but the Government of Canada is.

Services for non-Canadians All kinds of info about Canada for non Canadians. And, more specifically,
Immigrating to Canada is another section of their website.

Yup - this page will tell you a lot.