CFC to FIDE comparison.

Sample for each province: those >2200 CFC, active in the last year (in their province, cfc rated)

Date of sample June 7, 2010

Province	Mean cfc-fide	median	sample size	st. dev.	st. dev of mean
BC	59	67	11	34	11
Ont	119	114	66	64	8
AB	98	92	21	44	10
QC	61	51	6	46	21

The mean difference between CFC and FIDE ratings varies between provinces by a statistically significant amount.

Of the 104 people in this survey, only 4 have FIDE ratings lower than their CFC ratings.

Note that the CFC page http://www.chess.ca/CFCvsFIDE.htm includes all players (i.e. even those who are inactive).