Why Are People Leaving Canada? 🇨🇦

Why Are People Leaving Canada? 🇨🇦

I'm here in the Capital City of Canada - Toronto, because something crazy has been happening the last couple of years, seems a lot of people are moving out of the country. In this video I'm going to be sharing some of my thoughts, some of the reasons I think people are moving out of Canada and moving somewhere else and there's at least one point that I really want you to hear, so be sure to keep watching until the end of the video.

Over the past couple years more Canadians are leaving the country to live somewhere else. In this video I talk a little about what I think some of the reasons people are leaving and why I'm leaving.

It's important that you watch to the end of the video, but if you don't, here's why.

I made this video to talk about some of the issues that concern me about Canada and the direction the country is going but within this video I wanted to also do something else.

I also made this video because as a video content creator I get a lot of silly comments left on my videos. Sometimes I wonder if people even watch the video at all. Some comments seem to misinterpret what I've said, some argue what I say, some are just plain and simple nasty.

I decided that I would make this video and talk about something that I feel is a real issue - the emigration of people out of Canada and I knew a video like this would spark the attention of people, so I decided to have a little fun with it and see how many people would follow the directions I gave at the very start of the video.

At the start of the video I say I'm in Toronto, the Capital of Canada, but then proceed to film the rest of the video in Ottawa (the real capital of Canada). At 00:10 I tell everyone to watch to the end of the video. Then at 14:02 I tell everyone that I was just joking, that I know the capital is Ottawa but was more or less having a bit of fun.

Remember when you were a kid at school and given a test, and the teacher said "make sure you read the entire test before beginning", and at the end of the test it said that you didn't need to do the test?

So, I gave instructions at the start of the video. I explained what I had done at the end of the video. I've also written this explanation to help viewers out. Now, let's see how many people leave a comment, correcting me or worse.

Oh, one last thing, Youtube is a great platform that allows everyone to be able to leave a comment. Comments can be turned off of videos but I like to give people the ability to use their freedom of communication, expecting that people will use common sense and use that freedom responsibly. I think it's fair that video content creators challenge their audience a little, like I have here. If people are going to voice their opinion and leave a comment with their name or at least username attached to it, then they should at the least be responsible enough to watch the full video that they're commenting on.

Let's think about that.

Thanks for watching 🙂

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Disclaimer: The opinions shared in this video are mine as a form of entertainment and to document what I'm doing in my life. You really shouldn't take the advice from some guy on Youtube, including me. If I create content and you find it when doing some sort of research, always do back up research and go to a more reliable source. I'm just a guy with a camera making videos.

[lizziecuevas]

I left Canada (Toronto) December 2022. I had a dream job, I could pay my crazy high rent, car loan and stupid high car insurance, but that was it, nothing left. I felt like I could never accomplish anything or take a break. 1 mistake in life and I could end homeless, even though I felt I was doing things right. My friends were living the same struggle even though we were educated and had good jobs. I packed my bags and moved with my cat to Latin America and I am happy with my decision.

[flabbergasted]

I have been working as a Settlement Worker with newcomers to Canada for the last 20 years. Recently arrived newcomers (last 10 years and more recent doing worse) are not integrating well. For all of the factors this video mentions. I also see newcomer families returning to their countries in increasing numbers. The Canada brand is not what it used to be. I am an immigrant and my uncle came here in 1969. Back then you could save and buy a house and progress if you worked hard. People braved the inclement weather and sacrificed for a few years but it was worth it in the end. Not any more. Canada is losing its attraction in competing for immigrants with other countries around the world. Also, other negative factors in Canada are that 40 % of Canadians will get cancer, we are the highest country int he world for MS, one out of 5 Canadians have a mental issue. We have the lowest doctors per population ratios in the G7 countries. We have one of the highest internet prices in the world. Now the newcomers i try to help pay 2000 a month for a 1 bedroom apt. They have to work two jobs and see their family very little. i have written an article in the Star about how i feel about increased immigration and newcomers being exploited by corporate Canada and international students as cash cows by private colleges and universities. the article i wrote is called "our system is setting immigrants and canadians up for failure". google it if interested. thanks once again for this video, i wish you all the best.

[CameronFussner]

My greatest concern is how to recover from all these economic and global troubles and stay afloat especially with the political power tussle going on in Canada.

[memochok]

I arrived to Canada in 2020, to work as a sr engineer, had at that time 10 years of work experience and i can communicate fairly well in english, now I’m back in Mexico with a job that has a higher benefits and payment.

these were the reasons that i moved out of the country:

When i arrived i couldn’t buy a car, getting a driving licence was a nightmare and i felt that lack of freedom about buying a car, i had good driving experience here in Mexico but that wasn’t enough, my money was thrown to cab drivers.

Very bad health care attention, me and my wife lost a baby due lack of gynaecologist at ER, i was pissed off like hell, because my dad is a gynaecologist back in Mexico, however he couldn’t help, also my wife endured discriminating treatment in hospital.

Low wages, i started earning 68, 500 annual CAD, that didn’t cover my needs the same as when i was living back in Mexico.

Bad treatment in company:

While my wife was pregnant was too hard to move around the city, not a single support from the company on this matter, which put me in an stressful situation.

The employer never recognized the job of doing overtime, I’ve worked as an slave for year and a half, sometimes not having rest a single day during the week, and working 80 hour per week. Doing every duty in the factory.

Lack of freedom, during COVID: no need to say much about this.

Here in Mexico I’m doing the equivalent of 82.6k CAD which gives me and my family a very good quality life, my parents are close to us and assist on any need we have on medical matter, also health care is covered with no limit.

The only thing i can think is a good thing about Canada is their maple syrup, i will miss it

Thanks Mexico

[zblip]

I'm 60, I worked hard all my life. I never had enough money to invest and my job doesn't have a pension plan. I had children to raise and didn't have the money to buy a house when they were cheap. I finally bought a condo 3 months before the interest rate went up and the banker suggested I took a variable rate loan. We sold our Condo because our payments only covered the intersts. I have no pension and no investments, no house, I asked the government how much I would get each year when I reach 65, they said 20k per year. My wife is a new Canadian citizen so she will not get anything. We will be living two, in a 1500$ rent appartement on 20k per year. We will starve. We are leaving Canada. Canada has become a country where if you do not have a union job or a government job, you will waist your life away, paying for the privileged group who live plush lives with deluxe pension plans.

[lisacostantini]

Born Canadian, lived there all my life, and left the country 2 years ago now. My husband and our 2 toddlers, sold everything and have zero regrets. We’ll never return, not even to visit. I’m disgusted with the government and the people. Not all but most.

[freedomfighter]

I'm a 53-year-old man, born and raised in British Columbia. The public health care system here on Vancouver Island, (V.I.H.A) drugged my ex-wife for years with anti-depressants which have destroyed her. The same doctor on this island called MCFD on false report when I was asking what was happening to my wife, and they took my then 11-year-old honor roll student, top athlete, loved by all, happy, and said I had abused my wife which was never true, nor ever police called. I lost everything and ended up in a homeless shelter for 3 years with nobody and nothing, and severe depression over my daughter who was my soul... Making people sick is the big business here on the island..., they give addicts places to use, pipes to smoke it with, programs which don't help them to be put in etc.... that was 2017, then just before I finally got out of the shelter came COVID. THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS DESTROYED EVERYTHING I EVER HAD OR CARED ABOUT. BECAUSE OF DRUGS AND MONEY. NO LAWYER WOULD HELP ME.

[MN-lxry]

My wife and I left Canada in 2017 and started a family in Costa Rica. We have zero regrets about our decision. Everything we care about (healthcare, child care, education, affordability) is better for us here. I honestly can't think of a single thing we miss about our former home. To anyone who feels stuck: do whatever you have to (sell everything, beg, borrow, steal), and travel for 1 year. See what the rest of the world is like. Your perspective will never be the same, and you will find a better way of living.

[katarzynafolgier]

I am Polish and I know many Polish family selling everything and moving back to Poland. Most of us run away from communism when eastern European countries where under control of ZSRR. Now most of us see how Canada is changing into same system. Constant new restriction no freedom of speech. Cost of living is going up. Trudeau is turning this country into communism and there is a lot of more freedom back in Poland then here. People are going back to Poland in large numbers. Personally know few families who went back. Canada is not like used to be. It is sad. I am also thinking about it. Came here for good future and better future is now back there in Europe.

[VeganGirl.]

I am Canadian and I love Canada. I can deal with the high cost of living. I live in New Brunswick and the cost of housing here is still fairly affordable. We have 4 very distinct seasons which I actually love. However, what I can no longer live with is the erosion of my freedom. Medical tyranny and forced vaccination is where I draw the line.

[anthonymanderson]

It's so depressing to see what Canada has become right now. I thought it was a perfect country and i wanted to move there now i have changed my mind.

[standTrueNorthStrongandFree]

no question.. "Canada isn't what it used to be", and the reason is Justin Trudeau

[philg]

I was born and raised in Canada 🇨🇦, I’m also First Nations and I left Canada in 2012 at 34, and moved to the US, as my biggest issue was also affordability, I couldn’t qualify for a mortgage because I didn’t make enough (literally $600 short per year) and by then houses were already starting to go up to the point where I was just no longer affordable to buy one in the GTA (greater toronto area). When I lost my job, I would apply for other jobs and I was overqualified for them and no one would hire me. I was searching for over a year before I finally landed a job in New York State. I haven’t looked back since, and I have been actively encouraging my friends and family members to move to the US to actually be able to buy their first home.

[AK-xcqd]

I’m an immigrant (legal) of 19 years from India. I love Canada for all it represents. But the Canada we have now isn’t the Canada I fell in love with all those years ago. What we desperately need is a change of government and getting our rights and freedoms back. Canada has become a laughing stock on the world stage. We have money to be given away to people who otherwise wouldn’t care about Canada but don’t have money to take care of our veterans and destitute citizens. What BS!

[jamesdingwell]

The state of Canada is SAD. This is what happens when people dont take a stand or do anything.

[sarwan-hflt]

Well I already left the Canada last year after having lived for 5 years. I am in my early 30s, south asian immigrant. I had a good paying job. I left because more so because of the social isolation and the pandemic measures. Plus I feel most Canadians may seem polite, but not friendly as in - extremely hard to make friends. Ethnic groups stick to themselves and don't mix. I found dating to be extremely hard and toxic. People have high individualistic mentality and don't open up.

I am now in working in Mexico / Latin America and my mental health has greatly improved. I am able to socialize and women here aren't as stuck up as in Canada. Real world interactions are valued here unlike in Canada where it's all about the apps and social media. Also who doesn't like some good consistent sunshine. Overall, I am happy to have left Canada and am not coming back.

[CanadaMath]

In 2004 I wrote a somewhat famous article called 'Top 8 reasons not to immigrate to Canada'. In short, the Canadian authorities tried to destroy my life. They made it so that I could not be employable in Canada. So I moved to the U.S. in 2005 and then some years later I moved permanently to the Philippines. I am happy that so many years later videos like yours are saying essentially the same things that I did. I was ahead of my time. I will never go back to Canada. Not to live, not to visit, not even a connecting flight. Too cold, too expensive, taxes are astronomical, no freedom, no jobs, no opportunities, xenophobic people, too depressing. It has become the North Korea of the western world.

[robertklowe]

I moved to Canada (Ottawa) in 2010 from Australia for love. Firstly after I arrived, I tried to transfer my drivers license over to an Ontario one. I had already been driving for 10 years (and had an open license) they didn't know how to proceed with someone from my backwoods country. I had a digital copy of my driving record (they wanted paper) and they wanted me to repeat a driving test. I refused to do that and eventually spoke to someone higher up who would transfer it for me. They didn't recognize my trade (and wanted me to repeat that) I refused and so I then performed a series of minimum wage jobs until I felt so bad about myself that I became very depressed and suicidal. I tried to get help for my mental health issues from the supposed great health care system that lead me nowhere and now I'm back in Australia where I got the help I needed within one visit to the doctor and have already found better paying work by the beach.

[dionisiodussart]

There's not a single day without a new video like this popping up.

[Farasthya]

Im canadian from Quebec and I agree with you. Living cost is high and still increasing, same for food. Health care is a disaster here. And damn I hate winters.