2016 really sucked, you say.

“Worst year ever,” is how pollster Angus Reid puts it.

A cynic might remark on how soon we forget the Second World War, Noah’s flood, Black Death and the Lanny McDonald trade.

But, statistically, the year that mercifully ends at midnight Saturday has left Canadians glumly gazing into their eggnog.

“For many, this year seemed marked by more sadness and more uncertainty than previous ones,” the polling company reports.

2016 was ’orrible for Ontario, crappy for Canada, awful for America and woeful for the world, according to a survey of 5,128 Canadians. On the plus side, our countrymen say they had a magnificently mediocre year personally. Hallelujah.

A few survey highlights:

The world has gone to seed — 63% of us say it was a bad year globally, to a measly 5% who saw it as good, (The rest gave it a mixed review.)

No wonder, really. Syria and its terror spinoffs have cast a shadow upon the earth. Plus there’s always Kim Jong-un to add a maniacal touch to the gloom.

God help America, too. Angus Reid found 65% of Canadians think 2016 was hell on our neighbours, while 12% say it was heavenly, Trump supporters presumably.

The Great White North had a black year, say 38% of Canadians, with 25% — Justin Trudeau fans? — reporting it was just dandy. That’s a gap of 13 points. Not the Apocalypse.

But get a load of Kathleen Wynne’s Ontario, where only 12% of us said this was a good year for the province, while 58% called it a bummer, a gap of 46 points. We bettered only the battered oil producing Alberta (a gap of 71 points) and Newfoundland and Labrador (72.)

Man, oh, man, Ms. Wynne couldn’t win a pillow fight if she filled hers with bricks. Her approval rating has sunk lower than a snake’s belly. Clearly this rubbed off on how dimly Ontarians viewed 2016.

By contrast, Manitobans are happiest about their province’s past year. New Premier Brian Pallister has halted silly government projects, stared down Ottawa on climate change and health care, and challenged civil service union bosses.

Perhaps Ms. Wynne will take the hint. Perhaps hell will freeze over.

Yes, 2016 brought an ill Wynne for our premier. But what about you?

Were the gods kind? Did your resolutions of last January pan out? Did you win the lottery? Did you find your true love? Did McHappy Mayor John Tory skip down your street, tossing pixie dust on your house? Did you take Columbus Blue Jackets in the fantasy draft?

Whatever turned their crank, as many Canadians had a good year as had a bad one — 31% each. Meanwhile, 37% of us said 2016 was a wash.

As for celebrities, some had better years than others. Kim Kardashian was tied up and robbed at gunpoint. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie split.

But at least they got out alive. David Bowie, Prince, Castro, Carrie Fisher, George Michael and many others did not. For them and other celebs, from Ali to Zsa Zsa, it was indeed a very bad year.

Or not. After a year like that, maybe they got off easy.

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You can end 2016 with a flourish by donating to my Christmas Fund for Variety Village at sunchristmasfund.ca. It will spell a very good year for the kids with disabilities at that remarkable sports centre in Scarborough.

Strobel’s column usually runs Monday to Friday. mstrobel@postmedia.com