Should you move to Canada in 2024? 🇨🇦 8 things to consider

Considering a move to Canada in 2024? Or, are you pondering whether or not to continue staying in Canada? Let’s talk about some key factors to consider! The cost of living crisis in Canada is something most people are aware about, but there are plenty more other things to think about, including job opportunities for your skill and niche. Immigrating to Canada is a huge decision, so I put together this checklist that can hopefully help you make the right decision! Don't miss out on these 8 crucial considerations that could shape your decision! As mentioned in the video, check out @nomadcapitalist, they have great resources to determine which countries are great to immigrate to, work and live in! Also, @JJMcCullough has insightful videos about the cultural landscape in Canada! #MoveToCanada #2024Immigration #LivinginCanada 🇨🇦

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[Otherwise-the-same]

As an Immigrant-Canadian living in Toronto, all the information shared in the video is 100% accurate!

[Monsieur-Alex]

Excellent video! It's clear that you've put a lot of effort in searching for facts and presenting the figures, as accurately as possible. I would have to add a few points on living expenses and the healthcare. Here comes a very long two cents given by someone who's lived in 5 different countries:

Re living expenses, first point, the $1, 542 is for someone who has to lead an extremely frugal lifestyle and keep any soul replenishing activity (sports, gym, entertainment, social life, etc.) at zero or minimum. You literally have to spend money when you step outside your door (walk or drive), at least in major cities like Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary (steeply increasing), etc. Unless you are simply going for a walk, window shop, and enjoy watching icicles and the slushy snow, or watch people wine and dine at restaurants/bars. Second point, 2:12 most of these prices are for the lowest quality fruits and food products (high in preservatives, antibiotics, hormones, etc.), and only available in large discount stores, where you often need to drive to or have someone give you a lift (so add in your transportation cost). But if you want to maintain a relatively healthy diet and avoid preservatives and unhealthy food (something that you can do at no extra cost in East and West Asia, Europe, and South America), these types of expenses will be dramatically higher. Third point, it becomes super annoying to cough up such high prices, particularly for local products, when you know the same products on the south side of the border is at least 3 times cheaper (for instance, Ontario produced carrots cost you $3 in Ontario, whereas the same package costs you $0.80 in New York). It feels like you are folding your hard-earned cash and sliding it into the pockets of the CEOs of the retail oligopolies in Canada. To me, nothing justifies such steep price manipulations. But again, to each their own, you might enjoy doing that 🙂

Re healthcare, first point, as she correctly informs you at 12:24, you pay for it through your taxes. The second point is that, you pay for something that you rarely get to use. An example: my friend, who earns a very good income (which means she has to generously contribute to the healthcare via her taxes), and lives in Vancouver, faced a health issue 2.5 years ago. After hopping through several hoops for three months, she was informed that she had to see a specialist, so she was placed on a waiting list, while her condition was worsening. So she ended up travelling to her home country in West Asia to see a specialist, and get a surgery to prevent further damage to her health. The surgery could have been avoided if she was attended to within the first 5 months. You wanna know the punchline? She's still on that waiting list (as of last week) 😄

Last point, because of the crazy economy, most businesses constantly try to rip you off. Ranging from grocery stores to service sector businesses. If you're lucky, it would mostly cost you a chunk of time that could be otherwise dedicated to learning or earning. If it's something more serious, like identity theft, banking product scams, real estate related scams (both sales and rentals) etc., it would cost you legal fees in addition to time and a ton of mental energy. Sometimes, it feels like you're operating in an economy, filled with white-collar pickpockets.

IMHO, if you have tons of capital and wanna start a business, and have sufficient funds to take care of your health and wellbeing, yes, the Great White North could be a reasonable option. As you can test your business ideas by paying far less wages for skilled labor (compared with the US). But if you are a skilled labor, looking for a better lifestyle, I wouldn't necessarily recommend Canada.

[tsybze]

Solid video, quite accurate and fair points. Very similar to my own experiences as a recent immigrant to Toronto.

[fernandochang]

To be honest, this is one of the best videos I have ever seen related to moving to Canada. Cheers from Guatemala.

[JayB-JayB]

Wow😍...I was distracted this week!..i have to watch again to hear the details of the great advice you're giving.😊

[JayB-JayB]

I work with Citizenship Immigration Canada amd can tell you most Immigration to Canada is from the country of India under the Study Permit Visa...BUT.... the vast majority are not studying... instead they are working for CASH under the table and paying very little into the Canadian tax and social system... however they get to utilize the Healthcare and Social System that they do not pay in to.

[IAMDEH]

If you're coming here for "living the life" then don't. If you're here to funnel your money into your home (assuming it's low cost living compared to Canada) then do.

[mateofernando]

Once again, you make great and very thorough videos.

[RockySamuelStorm]

Thanks for the video haha I remember commenting on one of your video for this type of videos 😅

[daniellefrechette]

I was born in Quebec. I'm 60 now and listening to your perspective, I'm impressed by your review. It' s fair and quite accurate. Ontario is brutal to live in. I would suggest to your followers to do like my kids and find a job in Ontario that lets you work from home and move to the smaller cities or better even to the province of Quebec. Some cities there are English or at least bilingual. Good luck all!

[debasishraychawdhuri]

Don't move to a different country without a good job offer already in hand. Don't daydream about what carrier you can have there and then leave what you are doing in your own country.

[AussieBakester]

I live in Australia, it’s the same issues here, just replace cold with heat! Cost of living is ramping up and the biggest issue is the price of houses. At the current rate, my kids will never be able to own a home. I’m a teacher and my wife is a registered nurse, I’m keen to move to Canada just for the weather change. I’m from the UK originally, been in Australia since 1998. It’s hard to know what to do, thanks for your insight from a migrants perspective.

[xanadurecord]

I have visited Jakarta several times on business. For me, Jakarta is still a third world city. A chaotic electricity pole. Narrow streets and alleys. Garbage in many places. The stench of the river for kilometers. In fact, 50% of Jakarta's residents are proud and comfortable breathing their own urine and faeces in the garbage dump because there is no organized cesspool system. Causes of chronic food poisoning.

[TheMichaelkim]

I wish I had a Chinese wife too. Canada 🍁 is a great place to raise a family. Canada 🇨🇦 is the most friendliest/humane country on earth 🌎!

[Agius_Jozef]

Good job.What app do you use for editing your videos!

[anastasiatereschenko]

I spent 2 years studying french from 0 just to be able to get enough points to pass via express entry. Still need to re-take the french exam as the requirements for the language are high and I lack 1 point in TCF certificate to show the good command in french (that would give me a lot of extra points in EE system). And that's after spending 5-6 hours studying daily.
The decision to study french to move to Canada was taken 3, 5 years ago. Now I see a lot of changes in Canada that I do not like at all and I realize that at this specific moment in my life I would get a lower pay after taxes (if find any job at all) with x2-3 higher prices. And it makes me regret a bit that I wasted so much time preparing for moving to Canada instead of enjoying my life. I just feel like that Canada is not worth it anymore (passing the exams in both english and french, evaluating all the diplomas, preparing letters from previous employers), so I gave up on that idea for a while and just living the moment in another country that I actually got to love. But I still keep an eye on the situation in Canada as it's always good to have a plan b in case if anything goes wrong where I live now.

[ooousuario]

you were really vague on the cultural aspect so I´m just wondering what exactly did you mean?

[Robck]

Finally writing a comment on your videos here in Canada (Vancouver). I had zero trouble finding a place, opening a bank account, getting a SIN and now I'm in the job part. There are A LOT of resources both public and private to find job but I'm still struggling in finding the one that works for me(open to anyhting honestly) hope to manage to find one soon. And I'm glad I came no (zero regrets honestly), plus seems the upcoming changes to migration will make it harder in the future.

[rr]

The problem with Canada is that it taxes its residents like a European country with none of the public infrastructure or quality of healthcare, schooling and socioeconomic equality that Europeans cherish. For educated professionals, the salaries are laughable in Canada compared to the US, Switzerland and most major developed OECD economies.

[saltyandsweett]

off topic but you look like Kim Jaekyung a lot!