Justice R. answered • 04/22/20
Child Development Student & Writer Teaching to Multiple Intelligences
I can't answer the question for you, because this is asking for you to form an opinion—and is, in my opinion, a very strangely formatted question (few things are only "utopian" or "dystopian" with no grey area in between), but we'll work within it.
Step 1, research, and step 2, decide which of those words feels most true.
A utopia is "a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions" (Merriam-Webster). A dystopia is defined by the same source as "an imagined world or society in which people lead wretched, dehumanized, fearful lives," but here, we're using the word to discuss a real place, not fiction.
The way to answer this question is to look up Canada's laws, policies, and standards of living, and decide if those things make up a country that is largely built for everyone in it, or largely hurting and exploiting people in it.
Some things I've heard a lot about regarding Canada are "Indigenous rights in Canada," "LGBTQ rights in Canada," and "healthcare in Canada," which would be good search terms. Other items to search might be various other civil rights movements, economics, taxes, and anything that you personally think contributes to how good or bad a country is. What do you believe makes a country good or bad?
Once you have that answered, we can turn those ideas into search engine questions or Dewey Decimal System numbers, and begin research.
In a question about whether something is "utopian" or "dystopian," it's important to think about a diverse set of human experiences. This means you'll want to draw from sources written by people of different ethnicities, genders, orientations, and political beliefs.
