Why People are Leaving Canada, Top 5 Reasons Why People Leave
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I left Canada about 1.5 years ago to travel the world and here are some of the top reasons why I left. I give a lot of my own personal anecdotes as someone who has lived in canada for over 20 years.
This video represents my personal opinion about living in canada and why I prefer to live in Asia or other countries.
The main reasons. why people are leaving
1. High living costs creates a low standard of living, especially in Vancouver and Toronto.
2. Lack of infrustructure for transportation which means you need to have a car in order to get around
3. Brain drain and lack of opportunities because most talent go to the states
4. Lack of medical healthcare because most people can’t find a family doctor or are finding it difficult to find one
5. Not much social life /activities for young people, most stores close at 6pm
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00:00 Introduction
00:37 Rent
01:51 Cost of Living
02:33 Lack of infrustructure
03:42 Homelessness
04:37 Healthcare
05:40 Brain drain
06:47 Weather
07:40 Why it's worse for single people
08:42 Nightlife
09:10 Who i would recommend canada for
10:05 Transportation
10:41 Conclusion
I am from Toronto, Canada and fully endorse whatever she is saying on this video. Everything she’s saying is 100% true. Canada is not the same as it used to be.
Tax 29 percent is not high if you can earn 10 time your net earning 29 percent will become 2.9 percent that is simple mathematic
If you can earn quadruple 29 percent tax will become approx.8 percent you won't feel it at all amazing
If all you canadian are moving out I think it is impossible searching green pasture is not an easy way ofcourse you can travel if you have money but it does not have assurance you can get rich in foreign land be contented for what canada have to offer it is your land and your people if they are not friendly even a wild dog can be make tame,so unfriendly is not an issue
I don't know she will see this or not but I wish she will, here in Egypt on average young man gets 3500 egyptian pound while renting a room costs 600 egyptian pounds in students share flat. Besides transportation maybe up to 500 pounds. One kilo meat costs 400 pounds so you will never eat meat and just lokal worst cheapest food which most here eat. Then till now accordingly 600 P rent, 500 transportation besides at minimum cost at least 1000 P on cheapest food according to this you pay 2100 for rent and going to work and foos. Now still 1400 P Let alone if your trousers are cut or your shoes and if you need medicament and mobile internet or see your friend on a coffee shop. Now it has become a dream to marry haha lol fuck Egypt and fuck the day I born Egyptian so I consider she a person who has first world countries's problems and all that even if she thinks disadvangeous we still dream about that and if she shared a room in any city in Canada all their problems will vanish. By the way we here have homeless people and drugs all around as well. I think she is only spoiled baby who is touched by the lightest breeze.
@@fab1817It’s not true. The more money you make, the higher your tax bracket. If you are making $500k, your tax bracket will be around 50%. How would you feel if on paper your salary says $500k and in reality, you only make $250k? So the lady is right because there’s no incentive for people to work harder knowing you would be taxed to death.
I'm leaving this hellhole as soon as I can. The Canadian health system murdered my partner of a decade with the 18 month wait. He was a young, healthy man with a chance of survival from his surgery that had a fatality rate of 1.2 percent. There's zero opportunities because all the decent jobs are impossible to get your foot in. The government lies to educated immigrants who find themselves working minimum wage jobs because of all the hoops you have to jump through just to get recertified. I worked in a Safeway deli next to an Indian immigrant who was a pharmacist in India. We worked together for months! There's no worker shortage. It's a shortage of desperate people working minimum jobs that can't pay the rent. Landleaches bought up everything, so there's no way to even survive. If I have to get on a migrant raft for freedom, I will. That's how garbage this country is.
Agreed! My close friend died recently after waiting for life-saving surgery for 3 years.
Born and raised in BC, Got my medical degree at UBC, living and practicing as a surgical specialist in California, the type that people wait a year or so to see in Canada. I can tell you why it's so hard to get a doctor in Canada, it's because I can and do make much more here in the US and practice outside of a repressive punitive (for providers) health care system that treated me like I was part of the problem, and enjoy just an overall higher quality of life. Vancouver isn't a real city, it's propped up by foreign investment in real estate, the actual business and industry there is more like what you would find in a much smaller US city. I love Canada, breaks my heart to see what has happened to it.
Thanks for your input! That’s sad to hear but gives me some insight into why there’s a shortage of doctors here. Hope you’re enjoying California!
Well thats why you live in CA. Got into the medicine BECAUSE you want Money lots of it. So live in filthy overpopulated crime ridden dirt. enjoy
Hello from Vancouver, Canada. I was born and raised in Vancouver. Everything this young lady is saying about the cost of housing is 1000% correct. Regarding the drug problem , it's everywhere and becoming worse every year. The transit shortcomings she talks about are absolutely true. Sadly, everything she points out about things such as culture, making friends, etc, is also 1000% true. If it wasn't for the ocean, mountains, parks, etc, it would be a total write-off as a city. So, if you like the outdoors, Vancouver is probably the city for you. However, if you're looking for a place to live well and advance in life, STAY AWAY FROM VANCOUVER, CANADA.
everything she said relates more to Vancouver than all of canada. The not making friends things is Vancouver issue. Ontario and the maritimes dont have that issue and drugs is more of a Van issue. Born and raised in Toronto and drugs are night and day compared to Van. Its not discussed in workplaces the way in Van lawyers take drugs on the regular and jk about it in offices.
@daniellamarinucci5475 ... I also lived in Toronto. To say that drugs are night and day when comparing Vancouver to Toronto isn't really all that accurate. Regarding your drugs and lawyers part of your comment, you lost me there ;) ;)
Right on brother.
Hi, so where do you advise us to live? Many have said the best is Calgary. Is this true?
@naraseefuji5290 Calgary has been experiencing rent increases. Food is expensive EVERYWHERE in Canada. If possible , even with the problems in the US, there's much more opportunity and lower cost of living in the US. CANADA HAS EXTREME TAXES !
I’m from Vancouver and literally every time I drive to the US, people are dramatically nicer and more friendly. Vancouver definitely does not meet the criteria for friendly Canadian stereotypes. It’s basically like high school shoved into a metropolis.
Drive further west in Canada and people are very friendly and nice. Vancouver is known to be very cliquey. I lived there for a year for work and it was very hard to get into said groups. Coming from Toronto it was very strange to me.
Haha good way to put it ! 😂
@@luv.3398 you mean east? Lol….west of Van is China. Though they’re probably friendlier there too 😂
@@nbarealtalker 😂😂😂😂thank you, yes that is what I meant!!!
USA would be the least friendlier place I can describe. Do a 3 point turn on someone’s driveway or knock on a wrong house and u get shot and killed 🥹
I am an immigrant in Canada, and Toronto's living cost has been inflating so much. I am originally from Japan, and When I landed in Canada in 2006, the cost of living in Toronto was way cheaper than in Tokyo. But now, the situation is flipped over.
Even the " Canadian free medical system," my Canadian friends told me that their system is already collapsed .
find work in Saskatchewan, our housing is much more reasonably affordable. (especially Regina which currently has the national lowest housing market) Or Alberta, which has some higher rent and housing prices, by comparison to Saskatchewan,but outside of Calgary and Edmonton, in moderately populated cities such as Red Deer, Medicine Hat and Lethbridge, housing is far more affordable. condos still sell for under 200k. smaller 900-1000 sq/ft homes around 275-325k.
Let me give you one name: *Trudeau*
Is Japan not good?
And Tokyo is a notoriously high cost of living area, especially housing costs...but much of Canada now has higher costs than Tokyo?! 😮
@@EyeSeeThruYou Canada has no excuse. Tokyo has almost 4x Canada's population, and significantly less space for housing development. its pathetic
This is the most concise summary of my issues with Canada I've seen so far. Ive lived in Toronto for 12 years and am actively looking to just move back to Perú. Even 12 years ago Toronto was still expensive but it was manageable and you could plan for a future; that dream is dead. Bad healthcare, drug addiction, closed-off social groups, bad transportation...I'm sick of it all. 1st world price tags for near 3rd world standards of living.
Go Go Go!
Thank you for the truth! I was living in Canada during almost 9 years, and I can confirm everything what you have said. I have left Canada for Russia a year ago, and I am very glad!
Правильно сделал!
@@manashapost1218 Не пожалел ни разу, что из Канады уехал. Как говорят все знакомые из Канады, жизнь там за последний год только хуже стала.
Great ! You have a Ruler that wants a WAR so great !
Yes I voted with my feet 40 years ago and moved to Australia. Last year the wife and my 2 adult children visited Canada for the first time in 26 years. Both of our kids have Canadian citizenship and they had both considered living in Canada for a number of years to broaden their professional work experience. Both were shocked with the poor wages, cost of living, taxes, and the huge drug street problems. I am self employed in the medical field. I was stunned at how poorly the Canadian medical system operates compared to when I was a boy. The sad part about all of this is I think all western democracies are on a backslide to hell. Here in Australia we are on the same path not as bad as Canada Yet
Hello, I’m a Canadian here who live almost 40 years here. Pretty much all my life. Sorry, but Canada is great and for me, still the best country in the world (I visited many places). That being said, Toronto and Vancouver are not Canada for me and most people in this country (we are 40 Millions). This 2 cities are an exception, where everything is crazy expensive and where there’s big social problems. Btw, our medical system is not as bad really, yes there’s long waiting list sometimes, but most people who are Middle Class or obviously Upper Class can pay to go on the private sector where there is no waiting time. Have a nice day !
Paying taxes to fund the health system then having to pay to go private is like a double tax for health care !
@@alinorooziNYC Australia's not as bad as Canada but is heading down the same path.
I’ve lost so much in the past 8 months from failed economy and banks,Real estate crash,depressions,stocks,dividend,you name it
What a terrible year it is...
Thank you for sharing your experience. Your coach was simple to discover online. I did my research on him before I wrote to him. He appears knowledgeable based on his online resume.
I am a born and raised Canadian and to be honest with you. It has gone ridiculous completely ridiculous.
@@GimlinPatter And don't get long term or serious illnesses unless you are super rich.
I totally agree with here in every single thing she said, the same thing in Montreal, already 4 of my friends already left.
@@bevaltihani3269 They left to go live where it's two time worst so who care...like SF where my friend live or Toronto or Calgary or Vancouver...what a joke!
@@joannewilson6577 2 times worst, who told you that?
@@bevaltihani3269 You are right it's three time worst at least! Experience! I have friends all over the world and very few country have it better than were i live!
Canada is by far in the top 10 best country in the world and were i live is the best social net in Canada and always been lower cost for buying a house or renting and Toronto and Vancouver the worst.
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I have a sister who was nurse in Vancouver, she lived there for two years hated the place, the hospital she worked in was begging her to stay on, and offering her a contract. She said most foreign nurses couldn’t wait to leave, Canada, British Columbia needs nurses advising in Ireland and UK that how she applied, it was her biggest mistake, most go to USA or Australia. Weather plays a huge factor. Wages wasn’t much different in Canada to UK or Ireland. Tax very high, she said Canadians are a bit reserved.
Life long 12 hours night shift. I had been in Down town Vancouver. The night couldn't,sleep because too much siren, Ambulance,
@@matthachireth4976 A strong civilization grow where the weather is good. Only dumb people tries to create empire in icy cold place. Sooner or later all those empires fall miserably.
Why Rome Ottoman Greek Egyptian Islamic Empire Able to Survive for 100 of thousand of years it's because weather plays an important role.
All the Nomad Eskimos couldn't survive cause half of their life they had to battle winter
@@matthachireth4976 Come and visit New Zealand you will be amazed.
My wife and I are very old Canadians and often wonder how the youth of today can survive here. We talk about it a lot. Housing , transportation and food are out of reach to most young people. You seem like a wonderful young lady and Canada would be sad to see people like yourself leave. All the best to you and people like yourself in the same predicament.
Yes my feeling exactly.But where can run to?
Thank you so much! It is sad to be leaving a place I spent my childhood and teenage years. I wish you the best as well ❤
@@johnboy8211, try Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, etc. Philippines is an English speaking country.
All true, it's worse than some third-world countries. It's time for a revolution if it's to get better, and that will never happen. Canadians get mad about the state of the country but never band together to fight to make it change. When they have the government steps in to crush the will of the people. Canada's my home, but Canada I grew up in is long gone. Canada is now just a name on the map to describe a land mass. Should be renamed liberal land of the lost!
@@johnboy8211 I subscribe to "The Nomad Capitalist". He has a channel on CZcams where he lists all kinds of countries with much less restrictions and a better quality of life. I'm 58. Been saving and investing for retirement for 40 years. Trudeau is pushing people like me who want a decent retirement out of the country. Sad part is anyone who takes their wealth out of Canada will be spending that money elsewhere which will lead to Canada becoming a 2nd or 3rd world country.
I'm 60. Born and raised in Canada. Lived here my entire life. And there's not much I can add. You've mostly covered everything. My city of Halifax is trying so hard to play with the big boys, to be something it's not, that we too now have loads of locals living in tents on public land while our government happily provides immigrants with subsidized housing. Whatever happened to, "Charity begins at home?"
A couple of issues with your xenophobia-colored statements, but I'm not here to try to (re)educate a first world citizen, I'm just gonna say that the vast majority of Canadians living in tents on public land are drug addicts and/or people in need of mental health treatment (which can be offered but not forced), while immigrants are nothing but students and hardworkers arriving to inject money into the Canadian economy and to pay (lots of) taxes so these people in need can have access to the services they need and 60 yo gentlemen can enjoy a peaceful retirement without relying on those who can't/won't work to do so.
Why the fuck do you all keep voting for Trudeau then?
@@duantunes9871
Thank you for suggesting I'm a gentleman. I'm not. Thank you for the fond retirement wishes of which I won't experience. I fully expect to perish at my desk.
I see no xenophobia in my statements. And to what mental health-care services are you referring? It can take 12-18 months to see a mental health provider in this messed up country.
What patient wants to spill their guts to a newly landed doctor that speaks English as a third or fourth language, and then judges you based on their cultural upbringing? (There's the xenophobia. And the judging happened to a female friend of mine.)
As for those in tents: some can be youth that fled an abusive environment and have zero ID to either prove they are who they say they are or to land any kind of employment. I know the 20 or so tents I walk by every morning are not the same folks because the tents change, the count changes, and the locations of the tents change. Not all drug addicts, some got reno-victed by money-hungry landlords and can't find affordable housing in this maniacal little city. Our mayor, in an interview, had the gall to say that we need to find more green space for tents. Newly landed immigrants aren't living in tents, guaranteed.
Again, "Charity begins at home."
Immigrants, mainly East Indian, are working, studying and thriving in Halifax and outlying areas. They're bringing their cultural attitudes with them, which includes, but not limited to, a lack of respect for the rules of the road and a lack of respect for the values of others, which includes property.
Halifax is fast becoming New New Delhi. I'll go out on a limb to suggest that our population is now pushing 20-25% East Indian. Please don't call me a xenophobe for noting the obvious. I got on a bus one day a few months ago and, of the dozen or so passengers on board, I was the only white among East Indians. The face of my city has changed drastically in the last two years and it can't keep up.
I pay taxes for services that are now extremely difficult to utilize. If I visit a walk-in clinic, there may be upwards of 50 people ahead of me, with 95% being immigrants. Hallelujah! Don't even bother visiting a clinic after noon because they'll be full and you'll be refused. But hey, willing to bet neither Turdeau nor my mayor have long wait times, and their doctors likely also speak their language of choice.
But hey, I'm a xenophobe for noting the obvious, being pissed off by it and wanting better. How dare I.
I guess this is a global thing
J Trudeau happened
Thank you so much for saying this, especially as a young working adult. As a person in their 40s who grew up in Vancouver, you are 100% right on every single point. I am saddened at this new reality but I am encouraged that more intelligent, young working adults like you are seeing what life is like outside Canada and discovering this for themselves. Young professionals leaving Canada may be the only thing that wakes ppl the f*ck up and force the gov't to change its course. Because the Canada I grew up in and went to University in 20 years ago is completely different today, and for the worse. To add to the point about healthcare, all my friend's in the healthcare field in BC say a lot of the new grad nurses and MDs are actually leaving immediately after graduating to work in the US or UK, as the pay, benefits, and work environment are much better. I don't see the healthcare system getting better anytime soon, and they are even talking about importing and fast-tracking MDs and Nurses from other countries that may not have the same standard of training (Scary!) As I'm close to retirement myself, and have lived in Asia (Japan) for 2 years, there is zero chance of me wanting to retire in Canada the way it is today. The benefits, quality of life, healthcare, food, cost of living, public transit, etc. is 50% or less in Asia, and you get so much more benefit from your $. Ex. if i went to see a doctor about an issue today, I would get to see a specialist in 1 day with a scan and results in 24 hours. I'd have to wait more than 1 year for that in Canada. Just crazy!
I think most of the points made are valid…the only issue not brought up was that these problems exist in/because of the huge population concentrations in Canada’s 3 main cities. For whatever reasons you have to/like to live in huge cities, you will be plagued by lifestyle deficiencies. I have never lived in a city larger than 10K and have found Canada to be a great place to live
As an Iranian who has lived in Vancouver for nearly two years, everything she said is true. I consider the people there to be the most stuck up I’ve ever came across (I don’t blame them, it really sucks to be there…) on top of that, the place absurdly expensive and without culture and identity…
It's a bunch of random people from around the world, of course it has no specific culture or identity.
I spent six years in Vancouver and immigrated as a skilled IT worker. When I arrived in summer of 2009, everything was very appealing, particularly the natural environment. But over the years, you get to learn the massive downsides of living in Vancouver. And it's not just the crazy high rental and food prices, but also the fact that the local culture operates in a "if I don't need you, I just drop you" way. It was mentioned in the video how people stick around in their own little groups of childhood and college friends, and I found that to be true. Canadians are nice people, no doubt, but I always found it hard to develop true friendships and also struggled with relationship partners. Maybe that is a West Coast thing with the superficiality and hustling that you can find in places in America even more. I lived in the downtown West End because more modern places like Yaletown were just not affordable; at the same time, I did not want to live in the East, Burnaby, New West etc. because it would have been a struggle with transportation. The Skytrain is jam packed during peak hours and crime is a thing the more you travel east of downtown. It is often played down as "gang crime" that would not affect everyday people but that is a blunt lie, the money has to come from somewhere, right? Drug involvement in the general population is as much of a problem as a very limited job market (there are hardly any mid-size companies in the Vancouver area). And the weather (9 months of rain and cloudy skies) will wear you out if you struggle with mental issues. If you want to travel somewhere, you always find yourself at YVR airport, most likely flying somewhere in America on the West Coast or maybe Hawaii. And that all costs money which you might not be able to make enough of. I had an adventurous time in Vancouver, in my early 30s, but I would not recommend anyone to start building a life there as a young person. You are most likely to live in poverty and shared accommodation forever, unless you bring an amazing skill set. Also, be prepared that the Canadian government is sloooow in processing immigration papers, as is the CRA (tax agency), and most banks. It was also correctly mentioned in the video that getting specialized healthcare is a big issue, I can attest to that. I once phoned a dental office which came recommended and I wanted to become a new patient. Talking on the phone with the receptionist was like conducting a job interview... she literally asked me how I heard about the doctor and what I liked about him. WTF?
The medical here is nuts. I went to the doctor in March, the doc said he would refer me to 2 specialists. In September I still hadn't heard anything and I'd been away for a few weeks so I called the doc office to see it I'd maybe missed a call from the specialists. The receptionist checked and told me that one of the specialists didn't reply to their request at all and the other one had replied in July ( 5 moths later) to say it would be at least another 5 months! WTF and I'm in my 60's. I dread to think what it will be like when I'm old as to be easily confused. Canada is a mess.
So true
the fact that the local culture operates in a "if I don't need you, I just drop you" way.
lmao the medical care system is nuts if you have anything major or surgery requirements, lmao my foot healed itself before the surgery date of March 19 2024, why t.f. would i want it cut into now for no reason.....coughs or colds or if you have young kids that need medication its fine going to the local clinic but anything that requires a specialist you're fucked
"but I would not recommend anyone to start building a life there as a young person. You are most likely to live in poverty and shared accommodation forever, unless you bring an amazing skill set"....very true statement, this is also true for Toronto, and even with an amazing skill set you're so much better off making and saving more in some low tax state in the U.S., now if you have young kids this is where the benefits out weigh the cons of living in Canada, families with kids are still benefitting and retired folks, everyone else is getting screwed hard. There is absolutely no point of wasting your earning prime, that is around 25-55 years of age living in Canada unless you have kids or fall into a special sector that is highly sought after and paid well here such as doctors, lawyers, nurses, personal care workers, upper management a service business owner etc. or you are a new immigrant trying to get a citizenship otherwise it makes no sense at all, Canada will give you the illusion of a good life but keep you uncomfortably lower middle class forever, perhaps if you make it to 100 years of age you would have availed the retirement benefits you contributed for during your earning years, otherwise you're getting ripped off
As a 27 year old Canadian who has lived in Quebec all my life I have to agree with what she says. Life was way less stressful back then. Now pay way too much for food, taxes and other things like electricity and permits. It is becoming ridiculous.
Happens when it comes leftish to the power, subsidyizing crazy things out of taxpayers
The people in power in Quebec aren't exactly leftish though, rather the opposite.
And increased prices are not the result of politics but of oil prices and those won't be going down anytime soon
@@nekononiaow exactly. The person who's in power now in Quebec is FAR from the left lol
Gun shooting
Drugged Homeless people
Free drugs from government
Inflation
Unaffordable housing
Coercive vaccination
No body autonomy
Your body is someone's property
Sexualization of children in schools
20 percent below poverty level
No medical privacy
No rule of law
Corrupt court system
Unemployment
No money in pocket
Crimes
No safety for wealth and life from police
Khalistan
Gang leaders
High petrol price
Poor government
Less infrastructure development
Poor health care system
HST and other taxes
High rent
Canadian dollar value is nothing to the US
No freedom and liberty
Frozen bank accounts
@@nekononiaow Now only if we had our own oil refineries and pipe lines out there.. Hmm wonder why
So well said. Thank you!
As a Jamaican who immigrated here in 2010. People in Canada were more social in the early 2010s. People were still using Blackberrys, and it was normal to have a genuine conversation with a complete stranger back then. The country was more vibrant and friendly. I think the smart phone and cost of living has ruined this country that I onced loved as much as how I loved my home country. Now i am planning on moving back to Caribbean or Africa in the near future.
As a 21 years old Canadian from Montreal who recently relocated to Ottawa I completely agree with everything that was said & I started realizing that right after college. As I was applying for university & looking for a place to stay, I couldn’t find anything under 1,2k for rent. I then decided to stay with family where I would give 500 a month cause it would be cheaper than getting a place by myself. Then I also realized how expensive was everything else is general like gas & groceries. I had to get a second job & take a break off school, cause there’s no way I could’ve afford living expenses while being a full time student. Now working two jobs, I seriously started thinking about moving to another country after I graduate university & save enough money by then.
Hello, I live and grow up in Mtl, sorry but you can find way cheaper then 1200 in the city. Come in the East and you'll find $700- $800$ close to a metro station.
@@olyl3859sérieusement?! 😅
One can go and live in the cave and pay zero. Would you go there?! 🤔
@@olyl3859bro i can barley find a single bedroom for rent less then 1k a month unless you rly want to slum it
College money that can help ?! 🙂
Montreal has always been the best city to live in Canada unless you are xenophobic and speak only english with no Canadian values and culture
I am glad that I am not alone in my feelings about living in Canada. My daughter decided to leave Canada for the same reasons you have mentioned. People seem to live in their own bubbles in Vancouver.
Not just in Vancouver. It's like that in every big city in Canada.
I wonder if it's the weather somehow? Both Portland and Seattle are the same way. People are nice but reserved and stand offish.
I could add that it's hard and expensive to travel withing Canada. It's a huge contry, distances are long and on top of that, domestic flughts are super expensive. It is better to go to the Caribbean all inclusive than traveling within the country. Insane!
The incompetence and corruption that runs through this administration are getting more ridiculous. I feel for people with disabilities not getting the help they deserved. Thank you Beatriz, imagine investing $1000 and receiving $4,300 in a few days🇬🇧
SHE MOSTLY INTERACT ON TELEGRAM!
Ms_Beatriz
Investing is more better than saving, when you invest rightly, it helps you bring more money in the nearest future.
She is exactly correct. Canada was a great place to live 30 years ago but something went terribly wrong. I moved to South Korea 20 years ago and love it. My rent in Seoul is about 400 % less than it would be in Toronto. I'm not exaggerating. In Seoul I can see a doctor, dentist, or optometrist within minutes of having a problem.....not a month later like in Canada. Koreans funny enough think Canada is great place to live and don't understand why I left. Oh....by the way, she failed to mention that Canada has the worst and most expensive cellphone service in the world. Oh Canada.....what the hell happened to you??
Koreans think Toronto is a great place to live in Because they think Canada is less dangerous than America, and has easier living but they fail to realize that Canada is just as depressing as Seoul. we just have a housing crisis, korea has a baby crisis and housing crisis and a number of other things that isn’t as prominent in Canada but are still issues
Telecom services are crazy expensive in Canada and not even that good.
Immigration cause by politicians thinking multi culture is a good thing seen this coming 35 years ago complete disaster mostly the last 8 yrs.
Korea has the highest suicide rate of all so called first world countries.
Young people see very little hope of a good life there and for good reasons.
Lots of issues in Korea. Let's be real.
VS Canada, Canada is better for just about anyone.
I moved to Vancouver 🇨🇦 two years ago with my family, and I agree with all that she has said. 😢 The cost of living and housing crisis are out of control. On top of that, there is a lack of job opportunities, even in the IT field which is where I work. I’m planning on moving back to my home country already. It’s a shame. 😔
Where are you from?
Work remotely especially if you work in IT.
Where are u from?
@@user-rd3rn5hg7k Calcutta i believe .
@@ZZ-ou7gp Not all companies allow remote work, especially from another country.
Nailed it! Nothing to add, it is great to see honest and experienced opinions. This one totally matches mine.
I am from Vietnam and currently in Singapore. What u say in the video is exactly my impression about Canada. I lived in the US for about 6-7 yrs before also.
Excellent analysis. Im a life long Canadian at 61 years of age. Living week to week takes everything i make.
It is the same around much of the world, it is all relative.
I was born and raised in (yes, in the City) of San Francisco. It is unrecognizable do to the incredible costs of and for everything.
The natives of 45 years ago are gone and replaced by materialistic empty souls.
Crime, inequality and homelessness abounds.
Sadly, it is the same throughout all major cities in America such as Seattle, Los Angeles, San Jose, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta, New York City, Dallas Denver, Washington DC.
Everything you have said about Canada can apply to all these cities as well. This includes most of the 30 counties I have visited or lived in.
Thailand is inexpensive but for the majority of Thais your complaints about Canada are theirs complaints about Thailand; Again it is all relative.
Life was never meant to be easy for anyone and it is your mindset that can and will make your life a little of Heaven or a little of Hell on this earth.
To everyone, I wish you all to create your own little Heaven wherever you live, it is all up to you.
I'm a Canadian who TOTALY agree with you. Merci!
Video gets to the points quickly. Thanks!
I’ve lived in Canada most of my life and still find it hard to make friends. Lived in Europe for 10 years and probably because of proximity and better weather it’s much easier to meet people.
Even in university most of the "friends" only lasted the semester. Others completely alienated me after graduation. And finally the last couple drifted away after i left town. I literally have no friends except my wife and her siblings. Im now considering sponsoring her family which we were gonna do anyways and call them all here so we have a social group.
Yes, Canada is really hard to make friends.
@erichorrobin431 agreed and the immigrants in canada are the most isolating. Here in usa, everyone in general is much friendlier. especially the locals in phoenix.
@@asadb1990I had that exact same experience. Back when Canada was still a middle-class country, it was really different. Now everyone is just stressed out, and working their hearts out just to barely make ends meat.
@DoBap_ yeah i don't get the work at 100% mentality. Because at the end of the day that becomes the employers standard. And when an emergency comes (which will) the employer is gonna expect you to work even harder. The ideal is to work at 15-20% while making employer happy. And then ramp up slowly for next few years until you decide to leave.
I live in Greater Vancouver and this lady is very accurate. Canada is a very hard place to live due to the very high cost of living, medical, transportation etc. It is brutal....
Yup, not to mention the bureaucratic tape they’re adding every year to the housing market. Gas is $2.15 a litre and food prices be damned.
When i hear it's negative degree in winter, i know this is not the right place for me as i experienced such weather for 6 years in russia.
Vancouver does not represent the whole Canada, just so you know. You are living in the most expensive area in Canada and then complain.
@@lanlanny3602 suggest living in a small town in Ontario west of Toronto
I totally agree with here in every single thing she said, the same thing in Montreal, already 4 of my friends already left.
OH MY GOD
FINALLY SOMEONE TO VOICE MY THOUGHTS!
I came here in mid August and it has been hell for me ever since! I cannot wait to get out of here.
I lived in Seoul for 3 years and it was heaven compared to Canada. I 100% agree with all your points 🙌🏻
I’m from Vancouver and you’re spot on with everything. I moved to Europe in 2021 and haven’t returned since, not even for a visit.
Where are you now? Dont you miss Vancouver? I guess the grass is always greener on the other side.
As a Canadian from the west coast myself, she is spot on with all of this.
People in Vancouver are not very nice, they're scared of new comers
The other coast has a similar story. Nova Scotia had a Governmental report on its population being so hostile to "Come From Aways" that it was effecting economic growth.
To be honest, I thought many Vancouverites are new comers. The last time I was in Vancouver, a good portion of the people spoke with accents.
How can people in Vancouver be scared of new comers? Half of the city is pretty much that! As per StatCan: "Vancouver had the second-largest proportion of immigrants, at 41.8%. Within the large urban centre of Vancouver, immigrants accounted for three-fifths (60.3%) of the population of Richmond and half (50.4%) of Burnaby's population."
Its inferiority complex for vancouverites that causes insularity. They wanna think their city is all that, but theyre living cheque to cheque knowing the city they think is "it" is bleeding em dry.
@@jperez007 Because everyone is new and trying to build a life, there is an environment of competition. The people that have made it into Canada want their road to be closed behind them. The truth is that Canada took too many immigrants in too fast. There is a large infrastructure over a huge land mass and the existing population was small. Growth needed to be small and incremental. Now we are taxed to death trying to play catch up and areas like our medical system are crumbling under the added weight.
I have cried more than once over the state of my homeland. I cannot recognize this country which used to be so amazing. I spent most of last year in fear for my family going outside. The homelessness and crime has become so high that many people don't like going downtown anymore. The cost of living is so high, I have no idea what to do for my children. I'd like to consider moving somewhere else, but have no idea how to do so at my age. I urge young people to think long term about every decision they make.
Crying? Is that the best you got? Not oh, voting out politicians who are indifferent to your needs? Or maybe instead of clinging to the past, find out what future possibilities exist for your children, (instead of factory labour). The 60's are gone.
Come to south africa.
@@warrentilley1210
Why? You can't keep the lights on FFS.
I'm an immigrant who came to Canada 10 years ago.. This country has gone down the drain.. If you are from a middle income country, stay where you are.. My family back home have more money left in their pockets after expenses each money than I do. I make more money but still have nothing left.. Canada is good for people leaving war torn countries and those very poor slum like countries like Africa and India..
The weather alone will drive you crazy (5 to 6 months of cold weather) let alone the cost of living. I totally agree with this video. Best of luck from Calgary.
I was born in Toronto but first came to Japan in 1981 and have lived here full time since 1992. During that time I've seen Tokyo go from being one of the most expensive and difficult places to live to being one of the cheapest and most interesting. How times change. Thanks for the great video!
I agree. Living in Tokyo since 1990 and it is super reasonable now, safe, my healthcare is basically free because I retired.
is it possible to work there if you only speak english though?
@@BenWeeks-cayes, all the foreign companies are also there
How many immigrants a year does Japan allow 7?
8.5 actually@@jeffgifkins7684
people becoming less friendly is one of the consequence when they are financially strained so much just to survive that it takes a toll on their energy and mental health to stay positive
Well said
I strongly disagree. People have been unfriendly for a long time. I'd say from 2000s
Thank You for report... it is first voice in my experience that touches some of the realities of life in this region ..and it's well articulated..Thanks..
Thankyou for the info 👍
100% agree, it's sad that Canada is this way, it's forcing it's younger generations out & in my opinion, no country should ever do this.
Well said 😢it really force young people to live
They'll just import young people from the 3rd world with the false hope of a new life outside poverty
That's why young Europeans want to take job opportunities in the US but can't get visas because of "demographics."
Shocking to hear that Canada is going down the drain! I worked for 35 years in Dubai and am now happily retired in the Philippines! I was planning to send my son to Canada after he finished college here but now am having serious second thoughts! I appreciate your video and wish you all the very best living down in SE Asia!
Don’t do it. I left that cess pit 30 years ago.
Don't send him, it is a major rip off! Think any other country besides Canada, our colleges and universities are 75-95% Punjabi Indians and they have absolutely ruined everything for young people. 99% of immigration to Canada is Kalistani-Punjabi indians and they are according to the news reports all incredibly poor and steal from food banks. This just happened to my great country since Trudeau obliterated it forever. What country takes 1.6 million poor, uneducated immigrants from one region a year? Canada is now India, it makes me want to cry.😢
If your family doctor retires in Canada, you will have a hard time finding a new family doctor since there is a major doctor's shortage in all of Canada. This means that if you get sick, you are almost shut out of the medical system to see a specialist for your ailment. If your son is a new resident of Canada, it will be very hard for him to find a regular family doctor. This situation, plus paying almost half your salary for shelter, and high government taxes makes Canada a harder place to live in sadly for new immigrants or poor or even middle income class Canadians.
Hello kuya! Turning 7 years na dito sa Montréal from Pasig and I'm telling you, don't send your kids here. We are actually working our way out na dito to US or Australia. No work-life balance at baka ika-depress lang ng mga anak mo. Insanely cold weather it's almost impossible to live here during the winter. God bless!
What did you do in Dubai ? What did you have job?
Yup, you hit the nail on the head, especially for Vancouver. I grew up in Vancouver but moved 26 years ago. I came back for 3 months last year and it was exactly as you described it, the image, the problems and all. Canada is definitely between a rock and a hard place when it comes to living. Canada suffers greatly from revenue that it needs to generate in relation to the amount of land (country size) it needs to maintain. It simply just doesn't have the population or investments to generate that. One of the ugliest solution to this problem was and still is deregulating a lot of things, but also not "managing" the deregulations. On top of that, the obligations it has to the international community AND to England adds to it's demise. It's so hard I almost feel sorry for the Canadian Government. One comparison in this video that I found unfair is to compare Canada to Asian countries (and cities) or any other country, the Grab thing was really off. Geography, culture, government, laws and regulations are very different from country to country, so I thought it was a very unfair comparison. Aside from that, everything else is spot on.
Thank you for the information I learn something.
You are so right. I grew up in Canada, have lived in all the provinces, but when it came time to retire I left...went to Spain, and will never be back because of all the reasons you mentioned. Life here for me, on the Canadian dollar, is so affordable, the weather hot but always sunny, people from all over the world, great healthcare, I could go on, but just to say that when I left Canada, people thought I was crazy, that Canada was the best place to live in the world, that was all you ever hear on the news, but definitely not true....!!!
It is cheap for you not for the Spanish. In fact, because of people like you, Spain, Mexico, Portugal, etc. are being gentrified. And the people who live in that country will soon no longer be able to live the way they used to. So what is very good for some is not very good for others.
Of course you should move where your dollar stretches further, and enjoy some warmer weather, when you no longer need to work.
I was born and raised in Quebec and left for Brazil many years ago, in most part because of the unbearably cold and depressing weather, and the distance from the beach/ocean. Many things that Ms. Nomad said are true, in regards to inaccessible healthcare and the difficulty of making friends. However, here are some important considerations:
- Insane rent prices and cost of living is not a Canadian issue, but a global one. Everything is much more expensive than it was a couple of years ago, no matter where you go.
- The comparison with South Asia about eating out/hobbies is questionable, for one simple reason: she is likely a digital nomad. It’s very easy to eat out and have hobbies when you earn in dollars and live in third world countries like Thailand or Brazil. To be valid, the comparison must be made with the purchasing power of locals earning in the local currency. The minimum wage in third world countries is miserable, and most people can’t afford to live on their own.
- If work/studies opportunities are low in Canada, they are abysmal in third world countries, where infrastructure is inefficient or non existent, and good education is only found in private schools that only the wealthy can afford.
That being said, I still enjoy visiting Canada, but I don’t think I would live there again. I still think there is something for everyone. I know Brazilians who have been happy Canadian residents for years and have no intention of moving back.
I can't agree more with your comment, I'm from DR if we compare with the locall power acquisition is non-existent. You can barely make a living in a third world country
I would not compare Brazil and Asian countries. So many of my American and Canadian friends have moved to Asian countries for short term and long term. They are so happy they found better places in Asia than their own home countries. They enjoy the advanced transportation infrastructure and friendly people in Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, South Korea, and Japan.
@@peterwilliams7335Any of these countries provide permanent residency for digital nomads?
Do you recommend moving to Brazil? If yes please state your point of view in details
As a Brazilian I can tell Simon is right. I never visited Asian countries, but I thing they are great places. Here we have small towns were is good and safe for living, but bigger places are dangerous. I like were I am from, the south part of the country. The latin america is in general violent, Asian looks better
thanks for your honest insights
That’s why I am so greatful and feeling blessed to my employer here in NL providing me a place to live and working place is just 4-5 minutes of walk and my boss as well provide me some groceries and foodstuffed at home. It saves me so much money right now. That’s WHY I STILL PREFER TO LIVE FOR A LIFETIME HERE IN CANADA AND NO PLAN TO MOVED FROM OTHER EMPLOYER. Stick to one❤❤❤
are you a migrant worker?
I immigrated to Canada in 2002. Back then the prices were low and there was no competition to buy houses. Things have changed gradually, specially since the pandemic. There were more job opportunities and you probably had to pay 20-30% of your salary to mortgate. Nowadays, you usually have to pay 60-70% of it. If you already have a house (or better, multiple properties), Canada is heaven. By renting out only two of your properties, you don't have to work. If you don't have a house and you are a skilled professional, Canada is not for you. Basically you will be slave for banks and have to work even after retirement to pay off your mortgage. That said, Canada is appealing for many others. If your country is war thorn, deep in poverty and or you are not able to work, here you can have a minimum life by goverment subsidies. I know a family of 4 who recently escaped from a war in europe and came to Toronto, is getting $8,000 in total in govertment grants. Food, school and housing are all covered. None of the members of the family have been working since they are here. They actually don't need. In contrast, me, an IT professional, is getting $6,000 a month by working hard everyday. And when I loose my job I have to live with EI's $650 per week! So basically, nowadays, Canada is not good for working people. You have to be so rich or so poor to come here. In both cases, you don't have to work here, if you know what I mean!
So which countries would you suggest young (me 19) working class people work elsewhere?
@@owenready7043 same
Canada is luring EUROPEANS.
@@owenready7043 Well, anywhere in Europe. Not in France or Sweden because I doubt about those countries being safe by European standards. Sweden is still okay, but has had downhill trend for quite a while. Sorry Sweden :)
If you like cold, then consider Denmark. Netherlands has also always been popular. I wouldn't recommend South due to higher unemployment, but otherwise Spain/Portugal/Italy would be great countries to live. I'd go Central - Vienna. It has been the best city in the world for quite a while. Or Prague which is suffering from huge housing crisis, but if you are smart and already speak English, then you can negotiate nice salary due to lowest unemployment in Europe. Then I guess Poland or Germany would be good choices. Or French speaking part of Switzerland if you speak French. There are also other good choices like Ireland or Finland, but the weather is not great. Or go Asia - Japan/Taiwan. Don't be afraid to leave your home country, you can always return.
@@danielhagara1442 Do you recommend other continents outside Europe like South America etc. You mentioned Japan/Taiwan, do you also recommend Hong Kong or China? I can only speak English, I prefer warm but not too hot climates like UAE for example. I don’t really like the cold. I don’t have much in my education outside of just secondary school. If I were to do education I would do it outside Canada somewhere where it’s really cheap. I do have an EU passport but I am also considering non European countries.
I agree with you on most of the points 100%. I moved to Canada from the US due to the notorious H1b visa. I had to say the life quality decreased dramatically. Not only we make much less in Canada doing the same job but also we pay more for almost everything: housing, transportation, phone, internet, clothing and the list goes on. The obsession of this country on real estate and immigration is unbelievable. Now I’m considering to leave and researching my options even though I’m making around 140k a year here in Toronto. Like you mentioned, I do not want to pay half of my after tax salary for rent or buy some ridiculously overpriced home here.
Where you would go besides US though ?
@@awesomekj5812Europe or Asia
then why don't you move back to your home country if Toronto is that bad? I think you're lucky to have relocated to Canada and many people don't so please don't whine like this. Leave Canada if you hate it so much
@@TheJlee28Congrats ! Very smart. Sadly even this route is disappearing fast as new wealthy immigrants have been buying up rural around me in BC.
Same here, but came from France, same conclusions, looking to go somewhere else now.
I'm born in Canada and I am actually 25. I feel the same about making new friends.. it has been a big struggle for me since I stropped studying, even tho I speak French and English. The social life mostly turns around "small talk" discussions and there is a big "stay at home" lifestyle -which is not mine and probably unhealthy when we are young. Plus, I feel as an artist, that we are not a society which possesses a rich general culture about the World and it's boring artistically...
Seriously, 95% of people living in Canada are suffering. Most of them end up with serious health crisis and mental health issues. The work life balance is very bad due to high cost of living. People are overworked, mistreated by bosses....... etc Canada is ideal for tourism and vacations...... but not a place to settle down at and live......
why 95%? do they talk about it?
As I watch videos like this and read comments from Canadians, it's hitting me hard. I've been considering a move to Canada for quite some time for a better quality of life through one of its provincial immigration paths. But seeing this, I'm truly amazed and it's making me ponder deeply. Starting from scratch in a new country isn't a decision one can take lightly.
I've lived here all my life and I can say that there is nothing you can do that isn't regulated to death. I always challenge my fellow Canadians to list 10 things they can do without government regulating it at some level.
Canada is a country for rich people only now.
@@ickster23it’s called tyranny
It’s all true. I was born and grew up in British Columbia. Left Canada in 1990 and have watched it deteriorate for ove years. It’s nothing like the country I once lived in.
@@elizabethrosemary8238 I call it "soft Totaltarianism", although they have been imprisoning more people recently.
Really interesting to know about this
You do have many valid points but I can't imagine living anywhere else. I have traveled and lived in many other countries and in spite of these problems, the downsides of living in most Asian, European, South American, African countries and the US are much worse. And as someone else pointed out, these issues are happening in most Western countries. You mentioned brain drain to San Francisco and New York but housing prices there are ust as bad if not worse than here!
EVERYONE should watch this video before moving here. Well done girl - really well done. This is so honest and so concise and sadly so TRUE. I live in Toronto and we are trying to get out.
Is it that bad in Canada make you want to leave?
the freedom of speech and democratic governmetn of canada will soon remove it in the name of free speech and canadian values and other crap lies.
@@anthonyburrell8524let them leave we don't need their kind😮
Yes ... we Canadians who actually like it here don't want you to be unhappy - so move, leave, immigrate post-haste somewhere else PLEASE ... because if you do, you will be freeing up housing, resources and space on here (because you won
't ? be complaining about the 'new' place you don't like,while we who stay will try (as usual) to make things better for those remaining here.
@@ShadoHHRyeah, get ready to work an extra job per person too when all the immigrant tax dollars that are cushioning your entitled backsides are gone.
I moved here 15 years ago (6 years in Calgary and 10 in Toronto), the situation back then was a lot more conducive. In the last five years I already started realizing that Canada has changed in many ways (politically and socially). Then the pademic happened which made the situation much worst. Rent and living cost skyrocketed while lacking of decent paying job opportunities. I know a lot of people that are living on the edge. Public safety in Toronto now is a major concern. I've encoutered discriminations in the last 3 years than the last 13 years combined. I am now at point re-evaluating my situation if it's still worth living. I difinitely don't see myself retiring here. It's really sad to see how quality of life in Canada dwindled in just a matter of years.
That is all because of falling crude/gas prices during 2020-22. Canada will have super economy, if Crude stays consistently above 80 USD/ barrel. During COVID pandemic, travelling down, crude crashed and Canada suffered. Sooner or later situation will improve. Canada is a socialistic economy and hence u will spend more for the welfare measures of the Govt.
@@Nanw23 I wonder how the electric wave in Asia gonna play out for Canada or even the middle east. Economies highly dependent upon oil may have to make a beverage out of it
@@Nanw23Kinda tragic for Canadians then on frail balance of just how much Crude sells. What a fundamental that takes up the major portion of that decision to abode there!
That is exactly what we found after moving to Northeast Asia we found that when we visited Canada we could see it going down with every visit and then Trudeau hit and it bottomed out. Because I speak up and voice my opinion and truths.. and saying something that is true was bad these days.. my niece told me not to come back to Canada because I would be in jail within 6 months. Freedom of speech is not something Canadians enjoy anymore not even freedom of access to news reports that aren't government sanctioned. And with the new bill coming into effect you've lost more freedom in Canada and bit by bit you are becoming nothing more then a third world dictatorship. But people had it good in Canada for so long that they are blinded and refused to see the truth.
@@ay14286 Saudi Arabia is fine, they have been moving away from oil dependency towards creating infrastructure that doesn't depend on oil, everything is booming there, the IT industry, finance industry, construction industry etc., their government is not lack luster like ours, unlike our government that will tax us to the gills for everything, they dont have any income tax, I was there for a month in 2018 and everyone is way better off there, the cost of living is so much cheaper than here its insane, families are happy and its safer than major cities in Canada, I can guarantee you they've already prepared for oil production to drop. The same can't be said for all oil producing countries but KSA is one forward thinking country that is labeled as being backwards by the media, people are free to believe what they want but I'm seriously considering moving there for a few years to earn and save as much as possible even over a place like the U.S. or UAE for that matter since Dubai has also gotten super expensive and its not the hidden gem it once was.
In Montreal, I could survive pretty comfortably with 14-15$ an hour. I could go out, get grocery and even use Uber Eats. 50$ of groceries could last me 2 weeks. I wasn't rich, but I could get by. Rent with roommates was between 200 to 450 per month and alone was between 685 and 850$ for decent sized apartments. I came to Vancouver in 2021 and with a job at 24$ per hour, it become hell to make ends meet. Food price is through the roof. 50$ of groceries can last me a few days. I have a small room now in the basement of a house for 800$. It was one of the cheapest and reasonable places. I see shared rooms, two strangers sleeping in the same room, for 500-600$. I see a walking closet for 700$. I see staying in a living room for 900-1000$ downtown. It's absolutely insane and I 100% want to leave. Don't get me started on how distant people are and how difficult it is to make friends in Vancouver. Everything is calm and tidy in Vancouver, but there is no warmth, no culture, no vibrancy. It's just cold, even in the summer.
Just another smart person leaving canada best of luck 👍
I agree Canada has changed from when my parents first immigrated here. I grew up in Montreal and the nightlife was amazing and I had so many friends. I did move to Calgary for better job opportunities. It was a very hostile environment for people from central Canada. I eventually moved from Calgary to the outskirts of Edmonton, people here are so much friendlier but Alberta is not a place either for single people I would say. I visited Vancouver in June and I also could not believe what I saw in the downtown core., I spent a lot of time in NorthVan. I have never understood why people move to Vancouver or Toronto when everyone knows it is so expensive to live there.
Thank you for your video, well done. I'm a Canadian expat living in the US now for 23 years. I was hired as a software engineer on a temporary basis and eventually my wife and I decided to stay here. I recall that things were not so good in Canada back then either. My effective income tax went from 40% down to less than 10%, while my salary increased by over 50%. Not to mention the much lower sales tax in the US. In the US we are able to deduct mortgage interests from our income taxes. Our house is paid off now, but for us this was a big deal at the time. I could go on and on. Sadly, from what you describe it seems that things have degraded even more. Keep in mind that the US isn't all rainbows and sunshine either. Particularly San Fransisco, where the drug, housing, cost of living and homelessness are also pretty bad. Good luck!
You're an immigrant in the US, not an expat. And good for you to have left that shithole and those nasty cold people up there and moved to a better place.
Hello dear Canadian expat, sorry but Canada is by far the best country is the world (I travel in many countries btw and speak 3 languages). I’ve been living here for almost 40 years and I visit US many times. Actually, as a teen, I wanted to move there. Now the reality hit me in the face when I finally travel there by my own (I was always visiting nice places with my parents as a kid) in 2008. Do you remember the crash? I saw a lot of people sleeping in there cars in public parking in New England, New York and Detroit (not a poor a area), people loosing there jobs, the violence also and the drug crisis… Unfortunately, it’s still the case. America is a horrible countries in many ways, but more on the human side where the country spend so much money on is army and so little on is poor people. I like the US, but I totally dislike the huge inequalities.
Did you know that the Canadian Middle Class is now richer then the American Middle Class ?
I want to cut all your story in a country there is good and bad side everyone is free to leave if you think you cannot cope up with the condition
@@olyl3859 Reality is talent, skills, entrepreneurship isn't valued in Canada; mediocrity is. The educated, creative, those expecting only the best do much, much better and feel much more at home in the US, or some other countries in Europe and East Asia. Canada simply can not satisfy but either those who've never seen better, or are coming from most undeveloped countries and never experienced life comforts and really seen the best of the world. Tells you all you need to know that Ukrainian middle and upper class who came as refugees recently are packing up and going back to a country at war because Canada is subpar to quality of life and lifestyle they had back home. And there's a reason Canada's best and brightest flock to US and elsewhere. Canada is just a closed-minded, irrelevant, backwater and also it's getting even worse by the day. Other than a huge ego, bragging how they're so nice, amazing (100% bs) and better than everyone else, they got nothing in reality to back it up.
@@olyl3859 who’s protecting this massive North Atlantic border if we didn’t spend that much in our military
I do feel all these points you talked about, I have been living in Canada since 2017 and I notice a huge difference in a economic, social, and mental way, sadly! I hope this can change.
Great video!
agreed with lots of points, but just a few things I see differently. I am from Toronto, and lately we don't get that much snow, maybe 3 big snowstorms a year. It's also not that cold here, not like Calgary for sure. We get -10 for a few days, but that's about it for lows usually. There is lots to do in Canada if you like outdoor activities: hiking, mountain biking, skiing, fishing, boating, camping, but you should really love these things to come here. If you are good with building and or maintaining homes, I think Canada is a great place, because people are obsessed with real estate, and there are not enough handy people around, and they make probably better money here than in other places. I have a family so I'm stuck here. Not too bad, but life quality is going down. I can't really go out much because I refuse to pay the ridiculous prices for what is being offered...2 beers and a few strips of chicken 50$ (after tax and tip). Also, if we talk about the US and the homeless apocalypse, I think San Francisco or Seatle or many other 'liberal' cities, especially west coast are way worse. People come in bands to shoplift there, and they have guns too, so I would not want to move to US if I think about safety.
Not so many snow storms but we have a hell lot if Chem Trails., every day., just look at a sky and try to see something aside of your cell phone!! And then try to understand the effect on climate, food, water, air...,
@@TheJlee28 Do some research and you will find out.,
@@TheJlee28 just bcs you have lazy brain?? things around you do exist and the entire world is aware of them., except for you!!
@@TheJlee28 😆🤣
The "liberal" cities are the rich ones that have stuff to steal. No one steals in conservative cities in America.
Because they are all dirt poor! No Rolex or Mercedes in West Virginia or Mississppi!!!
All i can say is that it is not easy in any country, you are bound to come across struggles, that's because no where is perfect. The same home crisis you mentioned exists in lots other countries and not Just Canada. USA for instance, places like san Fransisco, you'd see people sleeping in there cars and on the Street because they can't afford rent or buy a house.
Cost of living also varies depending on the country you are in, though I feel inflation is something that is rampant across most countries these days if not all. Not even the UK is exempted from high cost of living, people work 2-3 jobs over there just to keep up.
Heck Australia which we termed as one of the most safest countries, we had experienced a car theft with stolen debit cards.
Not tryna tell y'all to remain in Canada or anything, all am saying is that just because you come across struggles in Canada dosen't mean you wont come across it in other countries, the perfect country dosen't exist, everyone of those countries has there own flaws. That's Just how the world works.
Cool video btw 👌❤
With opening flood gates to international students, Canada is heading for a one heck of a nightmare in its efforts to outsource the population boosting venture, no other country is same, come on please. BTW people in the USA do not cross the border to Canada to pump in gas , take it , if you really wanna compare Canada with USA ( > 10 times population with almost the same land area you are guaranteed find a affordable place to live - unless you suffer from craving for upstate NEW YORK )
@@gauthapandith “You are guaranteed to find an affordable place to live except you suffer for cravings from upstate New York” on what basis did you generalize such conclusions?? Just because USA has a larger mass area dosen't guarantee shit. Not just newyork but I've been places like Texas, the minimum wage falling under $7/hr makes it difficult for a family as low as 4 to keep up with the living expenses, you think housing is the only thing that makes up your cost of living, taxes, groceries, utilities, phone bill etc it's not a matter of being affordable here, when they can no longer keep up with the living expenses they decide to cut some things short, that why you see people living on the street or in there cars. you think cravings for New York is what makes people homeless in USA?? Dude pls don't be biased, I have actually lost count on how thr several amount people that live on the street and in there cars in San Francisco, Texas, Virginia, if houses were affordable or living expenses were cheap, why were they homeless, this is why you gotta think before leaping into a random reply and you think you justified. You can choose to be biased towards USA and I don't mean to defend Canada but as one who has experienced bothh countries, I can indeed day the struggles in Canada also happens in the USA. Common now Just because USA has a large land mass that limits home crisis, you think that Justifies for other expenses people experience in there daily lifes?? Let's not be dense pls
@@gauthapandith I don't know if you biased but I really don't care. “with opening flood gates to international students” but dude Canada isn't the only one that opens it gates to international students, that's Just cap. A lot of countries with lower land mass opens there borders to int'l students every season and you think international student are the cause for population increment and housing crisis, did you do the calcs on those with work Visa, torist visa. Dude international students in Australia even pay as high as $50-$60k for tuition fees that is to show how much struggle they go through than intl in Canada, the only school in Canada that would request to pay as high as that is the University of Toronto, most schools in Canada usually perked at $20k on average for international students and worse Australia request you even pay half of the tuition deposit, meanwhile Canada schools offer way better funding, schools in Australia for instance provide most of there funding services to Australian students, for Canada you'd pay as low $2k for tuition deposit, Trust me I schooled in both so I know, people choose what they can afford for schooling in such countries with the characteristics they seek so I don't get what you salty about, Canada isn't the first one to open borders worldwide for into students and it isn't the last. The only way it gets tricky for intl students in Canada is the cost of living and it in the same in Australia except you have a well paying Job, well Canada prefers to employer there own with Canadian work experience but you'd find it almost the same any other place.
“No other country is the same, come on please” excuse me have you been to every single country out there in the world that you are saying this authoritatively and confidently because I don't understand.
Canada only has a population boosting venture because it has one of the easiest part to citizenship, for US it takes triple the time get a green card than you would have gotten PR in Canada, that's why most people are Immigrating there due to the easy part to citizenship. Peeps have there reasons for coming, some just wanna have the benefit of the passport seeing it a real strong one.
For New Zealand I experienced difficulties as a foreigner, Jobs are freaking hard to find here if you are foreigner but not impossible opening a bank account as a foreigner is almost like saying you wanna punch the shadow of the moon and on top of that you still have the high cost of living to meet up with. Canada may not be perfect but it still excels in some specific areas in comparison to other countries, the same way those countries also Excel in there own known areas way more than other countries. I still find it funny that you think International students are the reason for population increment, maybe other countries that does it are Shadow of Canada, LMAO(Joke of the year) for Ireland you need to have paid tuition from your home country before you even enter the country on a study Visa and did I mention how much you need to show for proof of funds on Ireland, let's not even go down that road??, for Canada you'd only pay for an academic year with POF way lesser than Ireland and lots other countries and you have the benefit to work 20hrs/week.
I don't think you guys have been outside north America before so you Just experience difficulty in Canada and are quick to assume it the worst place to live in 😂😂 maybe when you try European and Oceania countries you would finally know it isn't easy or perfect in anyplace you choose to live in, I rest my case, if you know you know and if you don't, tough nuggies.
@@mercurius6352 You never think about the mushrooming boutique schools in Canada that exploit international students ( hence the flood gates), issuing crappy certificates not even worth a penny !
Move to Iceland or Finland perfect countries.. Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Currently, I live in Vietnam, I went to the hospital last week, and I booked an appointment with a doctor at 9:30 AM, left work and went to the hospital at 11:00 AM got everything done at 1:30pm (including symptoms diagnosis, ultras sound diagnosis, waiting to buy medicines), and went back to work. It took me about 2+ hours in an afternoon and around 64 USD. It is still expensive for some Vietnamese because it is a private hospital and without insurance.
I'm from Brazil and Canada right now makes me feel like living in Brazil at the time I left it because of corruption, violence and economic issues...
I tried to emigrate from Germany to Canada in late 2022 and already left again after 3 weeks when I experienced the mentioned reasons. Yes we have higher taxes in Germany but the inflation with groceries and rental is less high and I also appreciate the social security system in Germany more again. Videos like yours help me to confirm my decision and close that chapter. I prefer to visit friends in Oregon/USA during vacation as North America experience.
Left in 2014 for an amazing job in China. Life for the last decade has been amazing traveling the world, publishing books and living well. Just miss my Canadian family.
I can't agree more with you. I almost emigrated to Vancouver. However, two weeks in November made me realize the weather is totally different from summer! At the same time, at twilight, I see so many young homeless camping outside of the stores... So, I remained in Southern California. Your video made me realize that I didn't make the wrong decision and that was a time you weren't even born yet.
As long as you don't move to a places like lima Perú (most of its districts are not as safe as they should like Miraflores. We have el tren de Aragua living here XP)
Sounds like you'd just be trading one apocalyptic area for another. Wow. 😮
Southern Cali and Northern Cali are also in the proverbial toilet as far as drugs and homelessness are concerned.
@@jasminealixandranorth i agree but la is still more livable than sf
I totally agree with here in every single thing she said, the same thing in Montreal, already 4 of my friends already left.
Very informative and helpful video.
I immigrated as a student in 1998 and I completely agree with your points. I came to Toronto where friendship circles do tend to be hard to break into. Yes, I am single, but I expected to be paid a decent wage and also to be able to afford a home. After all, I have multiple degrees. I wasn’t able to achieve this. The healthcare system right now is very tragic. The lack of family doctors has such a negative ripple effect on individual health and emergency room departments being inundated. And yes some waiting times can be quite long. There is even a shortage of veterinarians, so good luck if you want to have a pet for companionship.
there's no shortage of veterinarians. you can call up 100 within a 50 mile radius, probably 20% of them will take you as a client. the problem is the costs are absolutely retarded. dog has a minor ligament tear? oh that's anywhere from 6-15k depending which scammer you want to pay. dog swallowed a toy? oh we can fix that 5-6k. dog has cancer? lets just not mention they have 0.0001% chance to live another year and offer a 15k surgery with $300/month of drugs to follow up.
Unbelievable! We always think Canada is a big ,rich, friendly and beautiful country! Thanks for sharing your experience!
@ calvinchung2036 she is exaggerating as rents in New York or London England or Tokyo are higher. Come see how many wealthy people there are here, funny how she never mentions any of that
It is. It all depends on you.
@@bizzman4u There are wealthy people here but the middle class is disappearing. The gap between the rich and poor has grown much larger. If you are just starting out, don't expect to break into a richer part of society. Everything runs on nepotism. The rich give the good employment positions to the children of their cronies.
Definitely a poor country. Healthcare is inacessible and it's overwhelmed with mass immigration. Third world.
the way it was.
Many of my friends are telling me Canada isn’t perfect but it’s better than being in a struggling third world country. I asked them how lonely it could get in there. They said they never felt lonely at all. However when I contemplated, I realised they’re all married; hence their lives are concluded and they’re settled. Therefore they will never understand the point of view of a single person as regards to feeling lonely in such a cold not so much populated place.
In the 1980s=90s I struggled with loneliness for almost 20 years in Toronto before I finally got lucky and got married. The social life sucks.
There are no third world countries any more.
In Thailand,Cambodia people don’t sleep o the streets like in some parts of US.
it depends of average income of of the third world country.
"Third world" is so condescending. I know for a fact that many infrastructures in those countries are better than those in Canada.
Your friends claimn it's "better" in Canada because they have no other option given that they are already chained to Canada, by being married and settled.
Well it depends on the corruption level and crime level of the country. In some counties like the Philippines the poverty is way worse than anything in Canada but tourists and foreigners just turn a blind eye to it.
I left Canada over 30 years ago. I feel a little strange going back now. It's clean, pretty. My family are all still there, but this video locks in the reality that I'll never return to live there. My life is a peach here in Mexico!
Very educating 😊
When I was young, I always dream of living in Canada one day. I tried to apply for visa to migrate in Canada but the process is so slow that it took ages before being approved. So I tried other options, like New Zealand. I was lucky that I was approved, and now a New Zealand citizen. I did realized that New Zealand is so beautiful, and the people are so amazing, kind and and friendly. I think Kiwis are the most amazing people in the world. So friendly, so inclusive, so considerate, not so racist. The culture is so friendly and laid back. The government is so kind, they are the least corrupt in the world. The climate is temperate, not too cold and not to hot, it was the best. The nature is so beautiful and there's no dangerous animals like snakes, bears, tigers, wolves, etc. It's a paradise in short. I was so fortunate that I moved here, and I'm a New Zealander now. It was the best decision in my life to move here. New Zealand is so underrated. Not much people in the world know much about New Zealand, because Kiwis are so humble. I can say NZ is the best country in the world.
its all wonderful if you don't mind the fascist forced toxic vakxine on the people
It'll be ruined in less than 20 years too as people with money to burn look for places to dump money into real estate
Most migrants and many Canadians dream of the USA, Canada is just a very poor compromise.
I agree 100%. Please parents not to send your children to Canada to study, unless you can afford a bachelor apartment for $1,700 monthly + food is very expensive. I'm 63th. No choice of my own came to Canada 1975 with my parents. Canada is work, work, work, pay bills and very cold. House prices ridiculous, wages not going up and we are tax to death.
Agreed with you
A health Care tied to a budget (as long as it's what everybody else has you're OK) and any deviation, you're on your own.
Don't move to Vancouver or Toronto. That's the moral of the story.
Yes I immigrated to Canada when I was 13 with my father, now I'm 31 and I've been thinking of leaving the country for a few years now. Even though I currently have a rather comfy and stable job I still constantly worry about my future and the rising cost of living, not to mention the other pts you talked about (lack of infrastructure, less opportunities, drug crisis, the weather, high taxes, etc.). Another point that I wanna mention is Canadians aren't that friendly to immigrants at all, especially not where I live (Quebec). Of course it's rare for someone to tell me straight in my face "Go back to where you come from!", but I can definitely sense it from their looks and expressions when I talk to them. And not to mention the Loi 96 that has recently passed, stripping Quebec even more of its diversity. And yes it's hard to make friends here too, people tend to stick within their own group.
I have lived in Canada for 55 years my entire life. I feel Canada is the best country in the world to live. It seems so many people think Canada is only Vancouver or Toronto as this young lady has been talking about. There is so much more to Canada so much space and many other amazing places to live and visit. I'm not here to criticize her comments I'm only talking with my experience in living and going to different places. I never had much money in my life and I have always been happy it's all about what you make in life that unlocks that key to life's adventure 😊
Can you recommend another province to live in Canada, i'm planning to study abroad in Canada but confused where to live
@@manhcuongnguyen365 I can't really recommend a place to go... to be honest it depends on where you would like to settle. I have only lived in two provinces in my life Saskatchewan and Alberta. I hope you can find what you want to do and can be fulfilled in your adventures.
Thanks for answering, can you give me some thoughts between 2 provinces, i'm also considered Edmonton in my list but don't know much about this city @@dwaynedeck5408
@@dwaynedeck5408I am from Saskatchewan and so far so good!
I totally agree with here in every single thing she said, the same thing in Montreal, already 4 of my friends already left.
I totally agree with you. I faced exactly the same issues. I left Canada for good in 2010. The high prices and the weather were the top reasons to leave Canada.
Excellent video! New Subscriber and my first 👍 of many.
What that lady said it’s totally true, tax are crazy, healthcare collapsed, lack of infrastructure, everything expensive, I am from BC and moved to South East Asia for good, Thank God
It was hard to find a family doctor or a GP in Canada 30 years ago. I lived in Montreal from 1993 to 2000. I finally found a young GP who was terrible and couldn't diagnose anything. I moved back to the US and they diagnosed me correctly within a few minutes. Of course this was just my personal experience; others may have had a better experience with Canadian healthcare.
Actually there is nothing called free health-care in Canada, migrants with no jobs end up in hospitals after years of depressed lives - so health-care is heavily taxed to the point of no return.
I left Vancouver (lived there for 10 years) and can resonate with a lot of what she's saying, especially about making friends. I moved to Toronto 5 years ago and I definitely prefer it here. Rent is insane too, but you have higher wages, more opportunities, more stuff to do and to try all year round. Parades, parties, theaters, film festival, sports teams, diversity in food, etc. Toronto is a really diverse city so you get to meet so many different people. I made a lot more friends after moving here. Weather wise, it is colder, but it's more sunny. I didn't like Vancouver weather because it was gloomy a lot of the times even though it was warmer. But I would take sunny cold days over gloomy days every time.
I totally relate to you and 100% agree with what you said. I am in the process of leaving Canada for good too!
Hi, this is a great video!
I live in Ontario Canada and I’ve word in the forestry industry my whole life with long days and a lot of weekends just to get ready for retirement. The cost of living is outrageous here. I don’t know how the younger generation is going to do it.
Thank you for the video
Excellent vid. As a middle aged Canadian I definitely have witnessed the points you've brought up. I'm very saddened that our incompetent government(s) have created such a mess for the younger generations. If I was 20 .. I would focus on getting out. The fix for Canada will take decades.
There is no fix to be made. It is beyond repair
Govt is not incompetent it is the weather which cause incompetent
@@y.cschmidlin8172 it is beyond repair so but new one
As a canadian accept everything good or bad in canada
It really Canadians and their leaders don't know what Canada should be.... America-lite or Texas-lite as Alberta wants, France-lite as Quebec wants...the entire Canadian identity sits in a void between The US and Europe. They want to be a G7 power but might be better off thinking more like a Nordic country or NZ and Australia....it can't play like US, Russia, China and India.
Watching this from my cubicle is making me cry. 😥 It's a painful reality I've come to suffer. Many of us young, vibrant and brilliant are silently suffering in Canada. It's hard to get ahead.
Then why don’t u guys leave? Are u bonded labourer there?
Try to get out of the big cities into a rural area, quality of life in Canada can be amazing. You're just not going to find it in the big cities.
@@FreedomFighter485 you don't understand that going in a rural area will be even harder for entertainment and finding friends... It may be cheaper but it will cost more for your mental health.
I moved out to a rural area about 5 years ago and found the exact opposite of what you've stated. It has done absolute wonders for my mental health. I'm way more active in the outdoors and have found plenty of like minded people. @@ericdams
Hopefully you can move somewhere else where life is better
Totally agree! I came to Vancouver in 2009, and now 14 years later I am asking my self a question why the heck I always wanted to come in here. I've been financially struggling since day one, but back then when I came the rent was a little bit easier. I've been renting extremely small studio (300sqf) for $1200 a month and that is because I never moved out. I was already several times thinking about going back to Europe, but Europe has it's own problems now too. I'll stay here a little longer, I guess I believe things are gonna get better.
Rents ridiculous now $1200 for studio back in 08 I had a place was paying $1300 for a 700sqf condo was nice and spacious and now I bet that place would be going for $2k easily
Take it easy move out of big City.. We found the best location at Niagara region St. Catharines. Happy to live here. Close to US border big lakes and even great skiing in Holiday Valley, pass Buffalo. Living partially in Europe, we realized that Canada still one of the best country in the World....😀❤
I remember older people from Yugoslavia back in 70 ties and 80 ties that used to say that Canada was extremely cheap at that time and very affordable for living although weather is bad, humid, cold etc but you could earn a lot of money during lifetime. Now only bad weather remains.
As a financial planner who has clients across Canada I agree that cost of living has gotten out of control. If you prefer to live in a major city expect costs of living to be exorbitant. However, if you are open to living in a smaller city more rural type city the costs of living are quite manageable. If you have the ability to work remotely or have a job that can be done from anywhere you can build a wonderful situation. I see both sides of the Canadian experience every day. Great video, thanks for sharing your experience.
If I have a remote job that I can do from anywhere and I already have a citizenship to avail all the benefits of a citizen, why would I live in some remote town in Canada when I can live in South America for much cheaper and take a 4-5 hour flight back whenever needed, I can still avail all the benefits of being a Canadian citizen whenever needed without getting ripped off by the Canadian government.
i came to Canada 30yrs ago from South East Asia even though cost of living is somewhat cheaper but vast experience skills was not appreciated , if you're Not "established" in certain age you're screwed ! shun by employers even family members!
Move forward 30 yrs later after working from scratch; fruit picker, window cleaner, production assembler , concession stand attendant barely making ends met but at each job i learn skills, communicate and interact with people who generously guided me due to my enthusiasm.
Now i own couple of properties and even one in Asia sitting on a massive lot! Bottom line is live within your means, constantly willing to adapt to circumstances and most important of all have a partner share the same idea .... period :)
This lady speaks the truth. Been living here since 2002...
I like this way to be honest about what is realy happening with us and our friends from overseas.
Agreed. I just moved back to Europe. Sold everything I had in Vancouver. I am very lucky to have my EU passport. Also spend winters in Asia. I am never going back to live in Canada. I love being back in Europe.
We escaped 2021 ✌️
True. There's a lot of issues in Canada " high rent, housing unaffordable, traffic, not enough family doctor, long wait at emergency " but I still love this country and love the weather and the nature that it has in here.