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American Reacts to the Best Reasons NOT to Move to Canada
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2022
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Almost all of the videos I have watched about Canada have been very positive, but in theory we all have our faults! So I think its overdue that we take a little look at some of the the best reasons one might NOT want to move to Canada. I don't know if these reasons are accurate but I am still interested in reacting and learning about some of the criticisms some individuals have towards Canada. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
I love how Tyler spent most of the video defending Canada, and with real knowledge he's picked up about us behind his disagreements to boot! It made my Canadian heart happy lol.
I’ve spent decades in Canada and decades in the US. Both places are wonderful places to live (though definitely different). Canadians and Americans are among the luckiest people on earth.
Oh yes Americans are lucky that they have to worry about getting shot and that they have to work in jobs with no real employment regulations and that they have to spend all the money they earn on medical expenses. How lucky.
I'm born in a communist country and came here as a young teen and I agree with you. Not many people can appreciate how well we and lucky we are here. I wish all the world could be comfortable as we are. Many people think they're oppressed and do some manifestation but don't realise that if they're allowed to disagree with the government and says it loud, they're not oppressed. I remember my uncle and cousin were taken away and severely beaten because there were rumours about them. This won't happen here or in the US.
I am dual citizen Canadian / New Zealand and I also have Australian Residency and my mom was born in the USA, having experienced all 4 I rank New Zealand by far the best, followed by Canada, then Australia then the USA
In terms of liberty and opportunity, it's no contest, America is by far the more ideal place to live. It's a big reason why Canada loses it's best talent to the U.S. From the TPS, to OPP, RCMP et al, Canadas police apparatus has decimated our economy and civil liberties and no politician dares address police powers. Canada is a quasi police state, reinforced by a lack of accountability and consequences. It's a major drag on our global reputation.
There is a reason Americans proudly speak about their Constitutional Rights and civics education is BIG deal there. Ask ANY Canadian on the street about our Charter of Rights and Freedoms and they will give you a blank look.
@@honoraryamerica5943 What are you talking about??? A police state????You must live in a different Canada then mine.
I don't think you are an average American. You actually have a rational brain and you use it for giving the best information to your brothers and sisters in the USA. You are fabulous!
Bigot
However you definitely sound like a typical Canadian.
I lived in MA and worked with the school systems. They are not deliberately unaware. The school curriculum does not include it. Main stream media only covers news outside of its borders, if the US has a stake in it. The elitist attitude is second nature, in part, because they are not taught about other countries.
People in the southern US know very little, but those in the north who border Canada are more aware. MA and Nova Scotia have a great bond. I know more people in MA who have been to the Canadian East Coast or have family here, then anyone I know in Ontario. Many people from Nova Scotia migrated to MA for work. My husband's parents are from Nova Scotia. They met at 'the cape Breton dances' in Boston.
It's great the way you do these, Tyler, because I learn from you as well.
I don’t know if I agree on all your points. But do agree that, he isn’t a typical American. Because he’s actually interested, and actively learning about his neighbours to the North.
It’s a wonderful thing so see!
@@loracorwyn3713 sadly yes, most of us don’t have a positive view, of the average American. Mostly I think, because they don’t seem to ever look beyond their own borders. We’re most Canadians, actively look for information on other countries and cultures.
One of the things I really like about this channel, is that Tyler not only watches videos and learns facts, but he applies the facts he's learned, thinks critically about what he's hearing, and he's also very personable. I don't like react videos in general, but I enjoy these. 😊
I agree, in fact I never watch react videos... It is Tyler himself that makes his videos interesting.
Thanks Celtic Lass I appreciate it
@@korivex742 Definitely!
@@TylerBucketRUclips Try to find my comments on weather. There are currently over a dozen replies! It will enlighten you, no doubt!
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Hello from Calgary Tyler.
I appreciate that you recognize the not so Exceptional aspects of the USA without politicizing it.
Having grown up in Calgary Alberta, of course I would encourage you to react to some Calgary and/or Alberta content.
I consider myself very fortunate living 1 hours drive from the Rocky Mountains and being able to become an excellent downhill skier in the winter, and hiking and camping in the summer. I canoed in rivers and lakes, free climbed up mountains, fished in mountain streams etc.
I won't get political except to say Calgary is an "oil town", there's a strong far right political influence in our Province from the United States, and we have the largest % of expat Americans per capita of any major city in Canada. (Calgary's population is about 1.4 million.) I do not personally consider this American influence in our Province a net benefit.
I enjoy your videos!
I had a very Canadian thing happen to me yesterday. I was at a local grocery store, at one of the stools, having a quick latte. Someone further down realized she'd forgotten a napkin, came over to me, and asked if I would watch her stuff for a second. I said sure and did. It's definitely not the first time I've been asked by a total stranger to watch their stuff for a moment. I didn't realize this would seem odd to an American, until I started watching Tyler's videos!
You mean serviette, not napkin!
@@SPAMDAGGER22 No, she said napkin.
Haha I just realized this is so common in Canada.... people ask me all the time to watch their stuff and I've never met them, but a promise was made and watch their stuff I will do! 😄
I've had people ask me to watch their chair at a slot machine with hundreds of dollars on it at casinos here in Ontario (Canada) while the go for a smoke or to the W/C.
@@SPAMDAGGER22 this must be an Upper Canada thing. In Atlantic Canada it is napkin. Kind of like the Lunch/Dinner debate.
Tyler in my opinion one thing I feel that gets missed when comparing the USA with Canada is the population difference. The USA has approximately ten times more population than Canada for a land mass that is almost the same size (excluding the extreme north). The USA has a larger consumer base hence more competition and better prices as well a lower wages relative to the skill set.
This is spot on.
Weird way of saying America doesn’t pay a living wage. Also the competition is artificial. Nearly everything is made by the same few companies.
@@Nevertoleave for national brands sure.
but theres 1000x more local brands in the USA.
Don't forget, there are the same number of people in Canada as New York and L.A. combined
Yes, spot on. The difference in wages makes the difference right there, and then the rest. No diff.
I'll put here some corrections! We still have Walmart here, Target as well as for Starbuck and KFC (Known as PFK in Quebec - The french version of what the KFC letters means) But technically, this reason is disingenuous, cause we still have A LOT of American Brand Names here in Canada (Yes we had Dunkin Donuts here, and since a few years ago, it have been started to be closed all over the country, but we still have a lot of American Brand Names a lot here)
As well for the Rent, I can't really know what are the rent in the US, but it is true that on SOME PLACES here in Canada, it is really really high like 2500$ a rent each month, but at the same time, you can still find some towns were you can get a 3 rooms (Bedroom, Living Room, Kitchen, Plus the Bathroom) for just around 500$ to 700$, or even a Bachelor or a suite for 200$ to 500$! So this ones sounds as well a bit disingenuous from peoples that didn't really tried a lot of places in Canada!
And to the buying side, to buy a home as well, you can still found a home cheaper than in the US here in Canada! Like, it have been so easy for one of my brothers to find a House that he bought for only 100 000$ ONLY!
As so much I am listening here in this video you are reacting, it seems like this guy decided to survey on peoples who lives in BIG CITIES of Canada, cause those aren't really true factually! as for what you said, it's normal if you have a house near something really fancy, for sure, it'll be higher than everywhere, it is common sense, it'll be for sure the same in the US!
For the Salary, I found him highly disingenuous, because as much as I know, I've heard that the Minimum Salary in the US is 8$/hour, while here in Canada, it is around 15$/hour minimum! I've work in Night Shifts at McDonald's for even 18.35$/hours and if I would have found a job in Computer Technology as I have my Diploma in it, 10 years ago, back then I would have got a minimum of 20 to 23$/hour while the minimum for normal small job was around 9 to 10$/hour, so if I would find a job today in my Certification, I would likely find a job paying me around 25$ to 30$/hours! The salary he is showing aren't factual!
Don't take it personnaly when you said he is calling you out! Cause he is really not! He doesn't really know at all about the subject! WE SHOULD BE CALLING OUT ABOUT HIS NONSENSICAL BS!
For the Plane Flights, I would agree that there is a lot of Plane Tickets that cost so high in comparison! But as you said, and as I would add as well, you can still find Cheap Flights here in Canada as well like in America!
About the HealthCare system, I find it also disingenuous as in America, you have t pay thousands of dollars to fix at finger that have been cut or thousands of dollars for pills, when in Canada, for just A FEW MONEY ONLY taken every 2 weeks, factually, they don't even remove so much about it for the Healthcare System in our Salary, you can get Free Healthcare just by showing your Health Card, as well to have free pills, and if you don't have your Health Card, for pills, you could pay per month around 10$ to 50$ by BOTTLE to sometimes for some pills 100$ by bottle! So, he is missing a lot of information!
For the Cold side! Yes we have Really cold Winter with sometimes having the temperature around -40 Celcius in Quebec by exemple, but as well, we get some years where the Winter goes around 0 and -15 to -20 Celcius the whole Winter! And when it is not Winter, we are accoustumed to have warm time from May to October to November-ish around 15 Celcius to 25 Celcius to sometimes if it is really hot will be SOMETIMES at around 30 to 35 Celcius and if you had the rare time we have smog added to it, will go up to 40 to 45 Celcius, but that is RARE as well!
I don't know where that man find his sources, but he is HIGHLY DISINGENUOUS on his statements! For the sports, as you mentionned, they can still watch their channels here in Canada to watch football, baseball, basketball or soccer as well! They are not limited to be able to watch it at all! And on a side note, we really don't keep our doors unlocked! That is just basicly false! You may find some SMALL TOWN where everyone knows everybody in the town and are friendly together, but HIGHLY in Canada, we lock our doors, cause it's so easy to be robbed in Canada, so we take it seriously to be sure to lock our doors! The only time I'll may not lock my doors, is when I go to the drug store or the grocery that is just in front of my building so I could be back at home in a few minutes, not so much times to let robbers have the time to rob anything!
And for the Credit side! It is true some Owners will ask a really good credit to be able to rent! But there is still a lot of owners that only ask that you show that you have a job to pay the rent or a reccomendation of someone to rent a place!
Target, is an American version of Zellers
We had Target. As far as I know it opened in Canada and closed within a year.
Same here in Calgary. Target came and went fast.
Target couldn't compete with Walmart, and definitely reminded me of Zellers
$100k for a home, where the Yukon? Everything is based on location, try and get a home in the horse shoe area of southern Ontario for 100K, impossible! Not even an empty plot of land is 100k. Where did they buy that home for that price? U.S. homes will always be cheaper, in Detroit you can buy a fix er' upper home for 15k, but who's gonna wanna live there. Same applies for rent, prices based on location.
U.S. and Canada have a treaty so that any tax you pay in Canada is also credited as a payment to U.S. and vice versa. So you don't get taxed twice, but you do have to file in both places and you end up paying the higher tax bill. Which is higher depends on what state claims you. It is really hard to get off the hook from state taxes, even as an ex-pat.
This is my understanding, yes. One of my close friends here in Canada is an immigrant from the US and while he's exempt from paying US Federal income tax he still ends up paying some (but not all) New York State taxes because that was the last state he lived in before becoming a landed resident in Canada. The US is relatively unique in that respect as most countries in the world do not charge overseas residents any tax at all.
@@JeremyLevi So how would they go about it if they didn't want to pay those state taxes anymore? Would they have to renounce their U.S citizenship or do they just keep paying NY state taxes in perpetuity?
@@jaded9436 Assuming they have / gain citizenship in another country then yes, they'd have to officially give up their US citizenship to completely avoid the issue.
I'm an American living in Canada and on the taxes, i do have to file with the IRS every year, but i never ever have to pay any taxes to America.
A big difference in Canada is that there are no taxes on lottery or gambling winnings (unless you are a professional gambler) but when a Canadian wins big in a US casino the IRS takes a slice before you can even leave the building and you have to fight to get any of it back
We, here in Canada, use a different scale to measure unemployment than the US. Plus our wages and minimum wage starts at 17 an hour. Remember we have 1/10 of the population and we use our taxes for things like universal health care.
Minium wage is not $17 an hour...depends on the province.
yes umemployment stat have always seens as more reliable in Canadian Calculation than in the US. But then again in America, everything gets politics.
In Saskatchewan minimum wage is 13 dollars an hour
@@justiniani9364 $16.75 in BC
Flying in Canada is definitely higher than the US. House prices are higher than the US, but in the video he only talked about Vancouver British Columbia. Vancouver and Toronto are some of the most expensive places to live in Canada. Other cities are expensive but doable. Food prices are higher in Canada than the US. But overall living in Canada is great.
Seems like this guy was fighting pretty hard at times to come up with the reasons not to move to Canada. Canada is an amazing place to live and the drawbacks are so few that you can see why he had a hard time.
My 80+ mother has been in the hospital for a month with autoimmune encephalitis. Haven’t had to pay a thing and she is recovering.
She also had stage 3 melanoma a decade ago. Multiple surgeries and a year of interferon injections with zero $ consequences. If we had lived in the states, my mother wouldn’t be alive.
Glad to hear your mom is doing better!
I had to go to the clinic one day because I had a bad cold and was worried about an infection. While I was there a woman came out and was talking to the receptionist about her visit to the doctor and finally she asked, while pulling out her wallet "Can you tell me how much do I owe you for seeing the doctor?" The receptionist said "oh no madam, there's no charge to see the doctor!". The woman froze and gasped and said "WHAT?" "There's no charge, what do mean there's no charge?" I just smiled at her and said "Yep, welcome to Canada!"
We Canadians can spot an American a mile away!! 😂
@@nancykelly9712 no an American would pay here, as I was having a baby two Americans were in our hospital having their's and said they come up here because it only cost them a fraction of what they'd pay down there. Maybe if you had some kind of travel insurance but you have to be a Canadian to get no pay at the hospital or clinic. Correct me if I'm wrong, things may have changed.
@@happydays59they might've been like me. Someone who grew up in the states and moved to Canada.
@@nancykelly9712Those habits die *hard* I tell ya. It's still so weird to me that I can just go to a hospital or have my own doctor, and not worry about one visit costing me for the next several years! Every time I get a receipt showing my comped almost $400 medicine, it makes me cry. And I do show my relatives still living in the states to make them jealous. 😅
Dude... the Canadian citizenship test is BRUTAL. You only get 20 questions and you have to get 15 of them right. They can be about anything from how government works to history to famous Canadians.
Yep. I know a woman who moved here from Colombia and we would quiz her on facts. The booklet she was given was pretty big and half the information about government I never even heard of before, and probably about 1/3 the rest of the information, I never learned in school.
Tyler immediately noticed that "average" hourly rate is bullshit. Median wage is the only metric that's really usable since average is pulled up by high income earners.
The median hourly rate for 25-35 is $25/h. If I recall correctly.
Very good! Brilliant statement on your part (precisely MY sentiment, as well!).
Tyler, the taxation thing is definitely harder for Americans who come here, but it's because of American tax laws. Americans have to pay tax on income no matter where they earn it. If earned in Canada, you have to pay taxes to Canada...but also to your home country. As a Canadian it's different. We pay taxes based on where we live only.
that's right. while I was living overseas, I just had to tell CRA that I am a non resident and didn't have to pay taxes while my American friend said she had to... whether she did, I'm not sure lol.
Isn’t it a bit easier with Canada though due to foreign tax credits? I thought there was some special tax treaty with Canada where you can deduct income taxes paid to Canada from one’s USA taxes?
If you live in ontario but work in quebec, you still have to pay both taxes...
The US is the only country I know of that taxes people based on citizenship and not just residency.
As I understand it, in the US foreign income is taxed differently and separately than US income and you get some different treatment.
Thanks for this video. I think on average, yes, cost of living is higher in Canada, which includes airfare. Think of our small population spread out over the 2nd largest country, prices for transporting everything, including people, will be higher. And yes our taxes are higher, however as you point out, this funds our critical social programs like universal health care. I'd rather pay more in taxes than get a bill at the hospital!
You're spread out in one direction only, west to east. Inhabited Canada isn't all that big. If driving from Vancouver to, say, Montreal, it's faster to cross theborder and do it through the U.S.
I’d rather pay the taxes and not live with the stress and worry about getting sick/being sick/having any kind of issue. Not having that stress actually makes you healthier overall.
@@SilvanaDil I would agree with you for the most part. One factor is we do have northern, rural and remote communities, which also have airline services! That affects ticket prices overall. For cost of living, it is shocking to google food prices in northern places like Iqaluit, for example.
Actually that's not quite accurate as I have done both and find it much quicker to stay on Canadian roads, the possible exception may be Ontario, Quebec to the East Coast.
@@SilvanaDil how so?
I don’t at all mind a video about reasons not to move to Canada, Canada isn’t perfect - but as soon as you said it was from world according to Briggs, I knew I could discount everything he said. He has come under fire on many travel or ‘what it’s like to live in’ channels, he grossly twists facts and sometimes outright makes stuff up. There are many (at least there were a year or two ago when I saw them) videos of people reacting to his videos and combating all the misinformation he likes to spread
Didn't know the guy, but there was tons of BS in that video. Felt like someone read some extremis blog and jsut put a video on it. Picture weren't even fitting the "facts" he was saying.
Ha!Ha! Briggs must not want hordes of Americans moving up to Canada and bidding up the housing prices, or bringing up "crime and violence", noise, rudeness, or other unwanted "American customs". 😄
I love that Tyler has started defending us when videos start getting too critical or generalizing on things like the weather.
Tyler, as a British Columbian, the cost of living here really is really harsh right now. I work two jobs and do online content creation on the side and I still share rent with my brother because there's no way, even working full time and above minimum wage with a university education, I, as a single mom, could afford a place for me and my son. BC is particularly expensive though because it really is one of the most beautiful places on earth. I could not imagine moving anywhere else, even if it's cheaper.
Yeah, because we are so far removed from other populous areas, we get squeezed even harder financially here. Not only are goods on average about 10% more expensive here than back east, our rent is also some of the highest on average in the world.
It might be aesthetically, a nicer looking place than most, but that view comes with a substantial mark up that people moving here from literally anywhere dont realize. Theres a reason that every single year we are ranked #1 or #2 on the most unlivable cities list. You just can not live here without having a 100K/yr job, a room mate, or luck into a Government housing situation.
I really expected this video to tackle more about the price of living in Canada, but it really glossed over it pretty quickly.
The East coast is very beautiful too, and much cheaper!
@@kmacgregor6361 just don't come to Halifax! The house market and rentals is horribly expensive for the size of the city.
@@kmacgregor6361 If I decided to move from Yukon where I am now, I would head for Newfoundland. Cheaper to live there, and incredible scenery along the coasts, and great friendly people everywhere.
You do realize the bulk of his subscribers are Canadian and he wants to keep them.
Coastal BC is definitely an outlier in winter. Even Prince Rupert, which sits on the north coast just *south of Alaska* has pretty mild winters by Canadian standards. Frigid winters are more of a concern for the prairies and arctic/sub-arctic regions (coastal areas are generally milder.) As for the south coast, people have compared winter averages in Victoria, BC to individual US states and found that the BC capital is warmer (on average) in winter than all but 12 states. Fun fact: Salt Spring Island is home to Canada’s only commercial *olive farm.* Southern BC also has Canada’s *only* Mediterranean climate (the warm-summer variety.)
I agree with you that sports are a *very* poor reason not to move to a country. Even if sports that are more popular in the US aren't as popular here, *nothing's* stopping you from following your favourite team or watching your favourite sport on TV. Any given time I’ve been to a bar, there’s been a variety of sports on TV. Plenty of Canadians follow the NFL, MLB & NBA. A lot of Canadians also follow our football league, the CFL.
We may not have *everything* Americans can shop or eat at, but we have *tons* of popular American fast food & retail stores (Starbucks, Burger King, KFC, Dairy Queen, Wendy’s, McDonald's, Staples, Wal-Mart, Costco, Best Buy, Home Depot, Apple and many more.)
Once again most of BC gets winter
Central BC is much colder than Toronto in the winter
Vancouver and Victoria are not the whole province
You might want to get across to Tyler that there are cities and towns in BC that frequently - albeit not normally - register warmer concurrent winter seasons than Dallas, Texas. I have placed all relevant data in this comments section somewhere. I don't want to keep writing it.
Cost of living has ridiculously increased since COVID here. Houses on average are around $500,000-$600,000 for a small house, at least in my location in Ontario. It has almost doubled since the pandemic. We didn’t know how much to appreciate the prices before.
As far as weather, again in southern Ontario for instance, weather is very comparable to New York and Ohio, considering we are about in the same areas. We can get -40 Celsius in the winter(with wind chill) and +40 Celsius in the summer with humidity.
In Ontario prices went up during covid because of the low interest rate. People were willing to pay way above asking to get into houses and were migrating out of the city. Now that interest rates have gone up, prices are starting to fall and regulate around where they should be. Meaning, they are closer to where the banks would assess the values at. Getting a mortgage now is even much harder and many people are defaulting on their mortgages because they didn't allow a buffer for the scheduled interest rates when purchasing. In my area, you can't find anything below a million. When you consider the 20% rule for down-payment it also means it takes a while for people to save up as well, unless they already have enough equity from a former property to sell and repurchase. It's an issue of supply and demand, but at at least it's more regulated, lest we'd be in super trouble like in 2008. There supposed to be more housing developments happening so hopefully that will alleviate home ownership for some, though that would mean they'll need to move out into other regions.
My concern is for the unintelligent individuals that purchased property when prices exploded knowing damned well that they’re headed downwards fast… which they are. Prices have decreased heavily already especially on Vancouver island. Cost of living ironically is actually CHEAPER than the US for basic goods, heating, hydro, rent, healthcare, dental, prescription drugs, childcare, etc. These numbers are heavily subjective to where you live. Saskatchewan is obviously WAY cheaper than BC. My rent for a ground level suite on Vancouver island is 1100 all included (hydro, wifi, other utilities). A friend just outside of Vancouver rents an entire upper floor for 1500$ a month. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Depends where you choose to live. Main cities in the US have significantly higher rent and about the same along the outskirts, as Canada.
I assume prices have gone up quite a bit all over the world since the pandemic and the war in Ukraine...
One thing I noticed after I moved back to Canada, is how the international aisles in grocery stores are actually significantly more diverse compared to the ones I grew up with in the states. It wasn't just soy sauce and taco shells. And so many things that have only somewhat recently become more popular in the states, are such established staples in Canada that stores even have their own generic versions of them (like sauces for vindaloo, butter chicken, and pad Thai). I just find that in a lot of grocery stores up here, there seems to usually be a lot more variety in general. Whenever I go back to the states to visit my family, unless I can find an actual international grocery store near them, I actually struggle to find many of the things that I've now grown used to cooking with.
Also, there's still a TON of American chains up here. I've gone to A&W and Pizza Hut (among many others) up here WAY more than I ever did in the states.
And, yeah flying in Canada can be expensive, but that usually ends up being if you're flying WITHIN the country. I don't know why, but for some reason, every time I look at flights for someone, just flying *within* the borders is SO much more than flying to outside of them. I've heard some people say "it's because there's less airports" but idk. That doesn't feel like it really justifies it.
AFAIK, you only have to pay Canadian *and* American taxes if you're still earning money from the states while living in Canada, and vice versa, which is logical and doesn't even apply to most people. Also, there are some provinces that are already looking into automated taxes. Where, if you meet the requirements, like low income, you can sign up for an automated system that will do your taxes for you so you don't have to worry about it. They're looking into this to help the many who don't file and are unable to properly claim the benefits that they're due.
I find it hysterical how the guy in the video tried to make the universal healthcare system be a reason not to move....... And then proceeds to not *actually* give a good reason behind it besides "oh, I hear a lot of American politicians (who have undoubtedly never experienced it themselves as well and probably don't know anyone that has) say a lot of negative things about it!" Pathetic.
"I think we're kinda grasping at straws here. That's not really a reason not to move."
Bro. That honestly feels like this dude's entire video. For real.
And, the credit thing, it's the same for the states. While not every rental requires a credit check, there are many that do both in Canada and in the states.
That image wasn't of Vancouver when they were talking about average costs of homes. It was the Chateau Frontenac (hotel) in Quebec City, Quebec. And the average cost of a house in British Columbia, where Vancouver actually is, is $736,000. At the time of my writing this minimum wage in BC is $15.65. And gasoline today is $2.39 a litre. 4 litres in a gallon so that's about $9.56 a gallon. There's a joke that BC means bring cash. Definitely expensive to live here.
There are 3.81 litres in a US gallon. Allowing 75 US.cents to one Canadian dollar, gas in BC at the time you posted was $6.83 US.
Good reason to buy EVs 😊 I have not bought gas forv4 years and I still drive every where. Can charge at home or at a charge station. Some are free, all are inexpensive.
It is October 2nd 2022 here on the southern Pacific Canadian coast and it is in the 80’sF/high 20’s Celsius and people are still walking around in shorts.
The care in Canada is really good, I’ve lived here all my life, I’m very happy with my care.
To compare apples to apples, you have to add you health insurance (and all co-pays, deductibles etc.) to your taxes to compare to Canadian taxes. In general, health care in Canada costs about half as much (looking at the percentage of your taxes that goes to health care) with better outcomes and a significantly longer life expectancy.
I do find the temperature thing a bit funny. Yes it will vary from place to place but it's not only warmer in the southern cities, Elevation plays a big role too. You can drive an hour and have a 15 degree temperature change, even more drastic in the mountains. The coldest I've heard people talk in your videos about is -40 for some reason and while that is pretty darn cold it does get colder in places. I'm only in north central BC and we can have +40 in the summer and -45 in the winter, although summer only really lasts a few months. There are some places that get warmer (closer to the +50's) and some that get way colder (below -50's).
Last winter the coldest I saw it get down to was -55° north of Yellowknife, and last summer it got up to 50° in Lytton, BC. I don’t know if anywhere else in the world that has such extreme ranges in temperature.
As far as chain restaurants and stores, Canada has many of the same chains as the US, probably more than any other foreign country, but not all of them. For example, McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, KFC, Taco Bell, Popeyes, Pizza Hut, Subway, Chick-fil-a, etc.... We also have Walmart, Lowes and Home Depot. So, if an American's biggest objection to moving to Canada is that there's no In n' Out Burgers in Canada, then it's best that they stay put, lol.
This guy seems overly-negative about Canada. Makes me wonder if he's still got an axe to grind over his ex who relocated here.
All they'd have to do is say they're Muslim and LGBTQ+xyz, and voila, they'd be in!
@@SilvanaDil Under Trudeau, that's true. But, not under Poilievre. With any luck, he'll be PM soon enough.
@@terryomalley1974 Nah your racist homophobe isn’t going to be PM. He’s hated enough by a good chunk of us.
@@terryomalley1974 - The CBC won't allow that. It's over for Canada. Between the Libs and the NDP, the conservatives are screwed.
@@terryomalley1974 nah i think bernier and the PPC would be a better choice :)
We have KFC, Starbucks, Popeyes, in case you didn't know Tim Horton was a hockey player for Toronto Maple Leafs, then I believe for Buffalo, was killed in car on way back to Toronto.
AND TIM HORTONS IS NOW OWNED BY THE BURGER KING FOLKS. AND we have chick fil a and 90% of ALL the AMERICAN STORES
Tyler where do you find these idiots/
I really enjoy your videos, they're interesting and fair too 🙂 We work in Software Engineering so we could work in Canada or the US, but have always chosen Canada. Though it's more expensive, we make more (in fact minimum wage in Ontario just increased to $15.50 today, the third increase this year), and our quality of life is extraordinarily better. We get so much for our taxes, so much from our government, and so much from our country. We also have a very healthy lifestyle.
When we bought our current house, there was no transfer of keys because the previous owners didn't have keys since they never locked the door. We also don't have keys because we never lock the door lol to be fair though, we live in the boonies. If someone wants to rob us, they'd have to come find us and I feel like they kinda earned it at that point.
That being said, when I lived in town, I didn't lock the door either lol its not needed in much of Canada.
I'm in the exact same situation. If someone wants to rob me they'll have to find me as well. The nearest "big" town population 60 000, is at 1h30 of driving. My own land is 19 square acres of wood. At least it's quiet... very quiet 😆
Robbing isn't worth the efforts..
You have to keep in mind, when comparing the wages and cost of living that Canadians DO NOT have to shell out for medical insurance. We're 100% covered for all necessary surgeries with no co-pay or reimbursement (or chance of our insurance comapny screwing us over). We also don't pay out-of-pocket to see a doctor either. We're also 100% covered even if we're unemployed and/or homeless. That's totally worth it to us and as you say, on average, Americans do get paid more than Canadians, the American rich just get more than the Canadian rich which pushes the average up. I'd say that most Canadians get paid more than most Americans and we have real worker's rights, unlike the USA.
Yeah, the income tax is higher in Canada but it evens out by the time you include the cost of health insurance premiums and municipal taxes in the US that we don't have to pay here. (Canadian municipalities can only charge property tax, not levy any other taxes by law, unlike US municipalities.) Also if you're a low-income worker you pay even less effectively than low-income earners in most US states do and still get healthcare.
@@JeremyLevi We actually come out ahead in the end. Bernie Sanders tried explaining it to Americans but they just couldn't wrap their heads around it. He was right though, we pay less in tax than Americans do in health care premiums.
about the whole "frozen tundra" thing.... if we keep that story alive, it helps keep the riff-raff out ;)
You make a good point LOL.
hehe ; )
Yup 😊
On the subject of taxes- Yes if you are an American Citizen or Green Card Holder living in Canada, you do file both US and Canadian Tax returns. However, a Foreign Tax Credit is applied on either side of the border so you are not actually paying tax in both countries on the same income. (IE - on Canadian Return, a Foreign Tax Credit is applied on any US sourced income, and on your US Return, a Foreign Tax Credit is applied on any Canadian Sourced income).
Major Canadian cities right now especially in Ontario or struggling with huge housing crisis where there aren't enough units available.
Agree, too many people are not doing their research before they move to certain cities and find themselves struggling to find a place to live.
And the governments aren't really doing much to address the core issues. That's why I feel so bad whenever I hear about how they're expecting to welcome so many into Canada, when the ones they've already welcomed recently, are STILL having SUCH a hard time just finding somewhere to live.
two things: 1. when I lived in a small Canadian town (pop. ~3,500) no one that I knew of locked their doors. Now, I live in a large city I always lock my door. 2. the credit thing is true. I worked for a debt collection company and it was as if Equifax Canada did not know Equifax Inc. in the US existed. So, if you have a bad credit rating in the US, move to Canada and no one will know about your credit history. works both ways.
I live in the suburbs of a fairly large Canadian city. I'll lock my door if I expect to be away from the house for more than 15 minutes.
Winter is not that bad, it does get cold in the winter but only for 3 or 4 months and its only really cold a few days during the winter. We have beautiful spring, summer and fall. Only place that is super cold in winter is upper Canada where very few people live. Mostly people native to the area.
There are some people who think any temperature below 20 degrees celsius is "freezing" and would classify it as winter.
Here on the west coast near Vancouver, it rarely dips below zero (freezing) ever, and it’s very temperate year round.
@@BanterSage so you’re winter is lasting 2 weeks!? Here in Québec, our winter is awfully irregular. We can have 1 week of unusual early colds with snow then back to over 5 with snow melting and then having some cold weather coming back from November/December to March/April. The next year, it might be October to February. Usually, the earliest start is October and latest start December (imagine not having snow on Christmas Day for the first time, it’s weird). Latest end would be end of April and earliest might be in February. But I don’t what a 2 weeks winter is.
Today it is 60f. No sign of it dipping below 50f for a high for the next 10 days.
I'm not sure where you live but where I live we have 2 seasons. Winter, summer, winter and winter. 8 months of cold freezing temps and 4 months of "semi warm" weather. Look outside one day and it's green all over. The next morning you wake up and we've got snow that doesn't leave lol
Regarding airfare, I imagine it is a case of because in the US there are so many flights and so many more people flying regularly that makes flights cheaper than in Canada.
Less competition for airlines (if you only have air Canada flying you're SOL) and not that many people flying internally so they make up their prices knowing you don't have a choice.
The Canadian government specifically forbids foreign airlines to fly from Canadian city to Canadian city, which produces a government-protected anti-consumer oligopoly, which gives us high prices. The Telecom industry enjoys similar government protection, which is why we pay twice as much as the rest of the world for that.
There's new airlines now that are very cheap between a few cities. Look up Flair and Lynx airline. More options are coming for Canadians, which is good.
I discovered this channel about a week ago, and I’m properly hooked
As a Canadian it’s funny to see people learning about things that are normal to me, but I also really like the approach Tyler takes, he’s very open-minded, and very uncynical, but also comes across as a very intelligent person, who’s genuinely interested in learning!
Also, video suggestion; a while ago you looked at obscure Canadian flags, you should look at the provincial flags. There’s a very good video about them by the same guy, J.J. McCullough, that I’d love to see you react to!
I am an accountant by trade. The tax comment in the video was extremely misleading! The USA and Canada have an international tax treaty. So, expat Americans living in Canada typically pay Canada income taxes but earn an income tax credit on their US taxes that negate paying any taxes in the USA. They still have to file, unless they renounce their US citizenship. But they generally don't have to pay anything to Uncle Sam if they are living and working in Canada.
If you make approx $107,00 you do have to pay USA taxes along with the usual Canadian taxes. Filing is expensive too.
Immigration. I immigrated from canada to US. went in on a 4h visa, left with US citizenship. The process was long, repetetive, time consuming. Understand why people choose to not bother. Easy to be under the radar there.
My husband immigrated from the US to Canada. So easy, I barely remember what happened. When we had a move date I contacted the immigration office in the province. We were guided on what to do. Within 8 weeks he had an entry visa. Within 4 years he was granted citizenship.
yes and being a citizen is not as big of a deal as it is in USA, you still can get most of the services without it.
I live in BC Vancouver Island. The average house is $700,00.00. Rent is crazy 1 bedroom apartment min $1300.00. Yet most jobs are min wage at $15.65
Man that's ridiculous! How do you manage?
@@fedodosto3162 we bought before prices went crazy. Others though are definitely house poor
Great Canadian weather fact - the difference between the lowest and highest temperatures ever recorded in Canada is 203 degrees Fahrenheit.
We've been colder than anyone else in North America - that's no surprise. But we've also been hotter than the hottest temperature ever recorded in TEXAS.
Amazing..hotter than ever recorded in Texas?
@@jameshitselberger5845 This is true! I am a weather buff. The hottest ever temperature recorded in Canada is 121 degrees Fahrenheit. In Texas, it's 120 degrees Fahrenheit!
@@jameshitselberger5845 Yeah, during last year's heat dome, Lytton, BC broke the Canadian record when it hit 49.6 Celsius (121 Fahrenheit.) The hottest recorded temp in Texas was 120 F. Although, the southern BC interior is no stranger to triple digit summers.
Canadian's primary residences are free from capital gains tax. You don't pay double the taxes, It mostly nets out that you get credit for your foreign paid taxes under tax treaties.
when I became a Canadian citizen it cost me nothing.
For the housing market, once you’re out of the major cities, housing prices drop significantly. Here in the prairies, you can find starter family homes for $150-200k, and out in the boonies where I am, you can get a fixer upper for $50k
same in most places. Vancouver, Toronto are just bad example. It would be like comparing LA and New york to the rest of the country.
We are really bad for not locking doors at our house. Generally if we are home all of the doors are unlocked. If we go for a walk with our dog the doors are unlocked. When we go to work or leave for extended times the doors are locked then, but not the doors from the back yard. This is pretty typical in our neighbourhood and town.
There're a lot of American connections to Germany because of our large military bases there. Lots of military people cycle through or have long careers there. My neighbors for twenty years were a retired military guy and his lovely German wife. Most Germans speak English and they are an industrious and bright people. I recognize the voice of Briggs in the featured video.
Usually your sources are pretty good, but this one is ... not the best.
Agreed. There were a lot of things that were half-truths or generally misleading. I do like how he questioned those things, given what he now knows to be the truth. :)
You seem to get a lot of genuine feedback from actual Canadians. Make an hour long video where you react to comments on past videos
I love Canada especially our health care service.
Thoroughly enjoy your reaction videos Tyler! 😀😀
I live part time in the southern United States and initially I had a problem getting a US credit card because I had no credit history in the United States. Fortunately, a Bank of America manager helped me get a credit card and since then, I have had numerous US credit card companies trying to get me to apply for their credit cards. LOL. By the way, I suspect that the reason for the number of Americans expats (from anywhere in the world) renouncing their citizenship is simply to avoid having to pay American income taxes. Even as a Canadian who spends a substantial time in the US each year, I have to file a form to the IRS claiming I have a closer connection to Canada. It is that special tax treaty between the United States and Canada that allows me to spend significant time in the United States and still only pay income tax to Canada. Although I completely enjoy my time at my home in the United States the main reason I would not consider moving there permanently is the healthcare issue. I am quite satisfied with the healthcare system we have in Canada even though it is not perfect and could certainly be improved...but the cost of healthcare in the United States literally scares me.
As an Canadian living in the states for a few year many things are the same, but a lot if different. It sucked going from a very good credit rating to 0. However if you are from the US moving to Canada my bank would look at your US score and what ever assets you owned in Canada to help you with a loan. I never rented in either country so can't say how that works. The thing I don't get is taxes, I pay around the same amount of taxes both in Canada and the US, but I sure get a lot more for my taxes in Canada. You do pay way more in taxes in Canada though if you make more. But at the lower end of the taxes Canada is a better deal then the US. As for Tim Horton's not being in the US, I used to get it shipped down to Florida from Canada, now there are so many snowbirds in my area of Florida that my local Winn Dixie carries it. I once went to Australia to visit a old co worker of my grandparents. My grandma asked what she could being him from Canada as a gift. He asked for Tim Horton as he could give them out as Business gifts. Yes we took a whole extra suit case with Tim Horton in it, but lol came back with all Auzzie presents for family.
Ontario as of today raised the minimum wage to $15.50. House prices given were for major cities. I live an hour from Ottawa and house prices are much cheaper.
Most world communities in Canada are very trusting.. It's for the common good not to do crime. This attitude has been changing recently as the opioid epidemic has been creating an unseen level of desperation in rural communities.
Where do you live ? vancouver ? we don't have opioid epidemic in QC ?
@@og7952 hahahahaha yes you do
@@atodaso1668 it's marginal in QC.
@@og7952 hahahahaha
As for the cost of houses here, especially before the pandemic, you were able to find houses at a relatively reasonable price if you were willing to go a bit outside of major cities (like at least 45 min by car). But now in Canada, almost everywhere seems to be expensive (Although with the rising interests, that might be changing soon, especially if you have a serious cashdown to put on the house (like 30% or more)
I live in a small town, and there’s a house my brother was looking at that cost over 300k. They took a tour, and found out that the house would have to get torn down completely to make it livable. Other people of course bought and have done exactly that.
But I can’t image paying 300k for a not so big piece of land, that has a building that will cost even more to demolish and build a new one. Oh, but it did have access to a river.
Less competition in Canada and a smaller population make the prices in Canada higher.
Canadian here. I believe those house prices are off by quite a bit. I guess it depends where in Canada you live. Ontario is crazy pricey. A basic, much older house that requires some TLC start at 400k. At least in my city and surrounding areas. Move in ready, four bedrooms, two bath house runs you from 700k and up. These are detached residential homes here. Not sure about town homes or apartments. Fact is everything has gone up substantially in the last few years. Having a job lined up coming into Canada would be key. Love this channel BTW. You are very open minded with your video's. Great content!! 👍
Cheers from Canada. 🇨🇦😎
It’s just as cold in the northern states. The average summer temperatures in the prairies is mid 20’s Celsius. If you live in the territories it’s definitely colder. Two years ago we had no snow of any significance and I live in Edmonton.
what is the cost Americans pay per year for health insurance ?
Varies wildly.
On the subject of healthcare, it really depends on what kind of healthcare you need.
For example if you need a surgery that is considered elective the wait lists can often be atrocious.
My Uncle needed both hips replaced after years if working in the mines, with the waitlists it took 4 years to get both done.
My landlord needed back surgery, was basically in a constant state of pain for 2 years waiting for surgery.
Those were also pre-pandemic so its even worse now.
Many of the more well off canadians will actually just go to the us for those surgeries rather than wait.
Precisely! And, the wait for specialists and diagnostics can cause things being found too late.
Both systems are not working. In US, access to health care for the majority population is connected to employment. What if your health causes you to lose your employment? I have American family that include American politicians who fight all the time with their health care insurance to cover health costs. But the problem in Canada is that we do not have enough doctors and nurse practitioners to service the population. This is the fault of the CMA and the politicians who have allowed it to happen over the past three decades. Both countries furthermore do not promote healthy lifestyles and eating so it is a mess.
Sorry for your uncle. I had a hip replacement in June at Cambridge On. My wait was two months from my initial meeting with the surgeon.
Same in america, I had to wait 4 years for a rib surgery on top of having to hand over 10k
It is nice to say that but the cost of health insurance in the States is extremely expensive. Not only that the health insurance companies will try to avoid paying for your health costs. This is because they are for profit companies and paying out reduces the profits
Canadian here, Canada is definitely NOT a frozen wasteland in winter. I have lived down in the US in the South East and it can get colder there than it does here in British Columbia. If you live west of the Rockies it really isn't that bad.
So, your credit is not an international thing. I have also lived in Japan and Thailand. Credit and Debt do not follow you.
Yes, the Healthcare system in every civilized country I have ever lived in or visited is better than the US. If you want to get bad ideas for heath insurance you can learn everything you need to know from the States. LoL
I live in greater Montreal. We have KFC, Wendy's, McDonald, Burger King, Walmart, Starbuck, Shell, Sunoco, , Esso (Exon), Dollar Tree,, Costco, etc. etc. Also, the Canadian dollar usually trades at $.75 U.S. That's a 33 % discount on everything for anyone paid in U.S. currency. paid in U.S. currency. AS to taxes, you get a tax credit for any taxes paid in either country.
Furthermore, places like McDonald's, Starbucks, KFC, Wendy's, Walmart are very common nationwide. Lots of alternate store brands carry the same products that would be familiar, all be at a different price. Needless to say, it wouldn't take the average American more then a few days to a week to adapt... if they actually wanted to. Now if your coming from any other part of the world, finding places that sell products or food that you're accustom to it a bit more tricky if you're not in a large multicultural city, ie: Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Victoria, Ottawa.
For the stores, we still have a lot of American chains. Probably the most would be in Ontario (I live in Nova Scotia) we have a lot of Walmarts here, same with places like Wendys, McDonald’s, Burger King etc. We had Target for a short amount of time for about 2 years (2013-2015) they came to Canada when they bought the declining Canadian discount chain. Zellers but the funny thing is, Zellers lasted longer then Target because the last Zellers closed in 2021, and now they are bringing back Zellers to Canada by 2023.
Unfortunately Chil fil a and Walmart have crossed the border
There is lots of American chains in Canada, Costco, walmart, Dunkin, Mc Donald, , Burger king, KFC and others, most big store are Americans lol
Not really sure why chains are a good thing???
We never lock our doors, not even to sleep but we do have 2 big dogs. I don't even lock my car and the keys are left in the cup holder. I live in a small area and it's fantastic. They only time we hear sirens is if someone needs an ambulance.
Tyler: When it comes to people not locking their doors, the guy in the video is full of it! Everyone locks their doors here.
When it comes to hockey, it's not only the national pastime it's also the easiest way to babysit. Just pull out a couple home made nest, some old used sticks, and throw a ball out on the road for them to play the game with and the only time out's you'll see is when someone yells "CAR!"
Health care here in Canada is a joke! sure it's paid by the taxes, and you rarely have to cover any expenses yourself, but the actual care you get is minimal. This is because the government actually put a cap on how much the medical staff can make. Many years ago we used to be able to go into the hospital emergency care ward and see a doctor almost immediately for everything that was troubling you. Not anymore, now you wait hours on end for a doctor to possibly ask you what is most important of the list that is wrong with you because they will only address one problem at a time, then you have to que the line again for your next issue. And the doctor will only spend about 5 minutes with you examining your one issue at a time. As far as medical insurance, that's an even bigger joke! Every bit of medication you are prescribed is on a co-pay system, the medications that will help you the most, you also have to pay for most or all of the costs. Funny how the most important life saving medications require the patient to pay the entire bill for! Don't get sick in Canada!
When it comes to the stores, We do have a great number of American chains here in Canada. But they are required to comply to the Free Trade Act with housing at least a certain percentage of Canadian goods for sale in their stores. Target was here, but was charging too much for everything and people just quit shopping there. We do have Starbucks, but it's really only here for the tourists, most of real Canadians drink TIM HORTONS!
I grew up in several towns whose populations were less than 4000. I never went to a hockey game and neither did my parents. We were not alone in that. I feel some of these anecdotes from his friends are too narrow in scope to be a decent representation of the whole country.
Then you were missing out. If you moved around a lot maybe you were not part of the community?
iv grown up in some small towns and in some of our countries biggest cities too. id have to disagree with the video hes watching on the 75% statement. probably closer to 50%
@@atodaso1668 I lived in the last town for 9 years. I was definitely a part of that community but I wasn’t into hockey. My dad watched Hockey Night in Canada but that’s it
@@IFynxI Toronto is not part of Canada
@@atodaso1668 cool ... but it is and so is ottawa
The tax issue he mentioned with the IRS is entirely a problem with a person who has citizenship in the States... that had nothing to do with Canada as it would be the same if you had a dual citizenship in any other nation. (Information from my friends in the States)
About locking doors... that depends on the town you live it, and how commonly people travel by your place.
I always lock my doors out of subconscious habit, but a friend of mine never locked his doors back in our hometown. We literally walked into his house consistently, made meals, and hung out.
While at my place, we needed to know you were coming to unlock it ahead of time, or just knock on the door lol
I'm absolutely one of the people that does not care for sports... at least your typical sports.
I didn't start carrying keys until I was an adult 🔑
I grew up in a mid-size city in a working-class Italian-Canadian neighbourhood, and we never locked our doors. Ah, memories 😆
I'm Canadian - I live in a city of about 380k population. I just want to add:
1) Housing here in my city, a house is on average selling for $680,000 and the last few years there's been bidding wars on every purchase so some people have been paying $50,000-$80,000 above asking price. Even modest sized homes. Condos here average approximately $450,00 for a modest sized place. Toronto & Vancouver are MUCH higher. I saw on the news that a small house that hadn't been upgraded since 1950 (and looked like it was falling apart) still sold for $1 million dollars.
It's sad, but kind of a joke now. Memes are all over the place of things like a tent selling for $1 million.
Rent - is insane. Some studios in Toronto go for $2,500 a month. 1 bedrooms much more. Vancouver is about the same or worse.
They just had recently on the news saying that the housing market has started to go down, but rent jumped 26% this year alone.
My city... 1 bedrooms go for about $2,100/mo (the 'slums' are now about $1,200 /mo). The average income isn't that high here either so it's a very big problem now.
2) Air Canada - you're better off walking from Vancouver to Montreal lol The service isn't great. I almost didn't make a connecting flight because they didn't want to make two trips, so we had to wait 2 hours until the next flight's passengers arrived and they shoved us all onto one plane. As for the price? It's criminal. I needed to get to Sault Ste Marie, Ontario ....and I live in Ontario... and for a round trip ticket they quoted me $2,000!! I ended up driving the 12 hours to get there. Apparently some in-province trips are way more expensive than if you fly from one end of the country to the next.
3) The temperature. Yeah we have some areas that are very cold... but the humidity catches people off guard. Some areas of the country can get VERY humid in the summer. Sometimes the temperature may be 28 C (82 F) but often it'll feel like 35 C (95 F). People are always shocked. It can get really uncomfortable unless you have an air conditioner. Some people try to fight it and just use fans...but a lot of people get ill from dehydration or heat stroke. So if you end up moving to an area that can get humid, get an air conditioner. The last few summers got really hot anyways, at about 40 C (104 F) but with humidity it went up to 43 C (109 F).
Ok winter can be a downer ... but imagine how the spring feel when it get warm!!
Like that first sunny day when it's still winter, but you can ever so slightly feel the warmth of the sun. Spring is on its way!
Taxes are higher, but pays for our health care.
Yup
1- Houses are quite expansive in big cities but in most average/small towns, they can be quite cheap.
2- We are currently in labor shortage in most domains (as of 2022)...so it's easy to find employment.
3- About the cold, we have one of the most range of temperature in the world, going from about -30C (-22F) in winter to 30C (86F) in summer.
Lowest months are Jan-Feb with an average of -10C and highest months are Jul-Aug with an average of 20C. And I live in Quebec City, which is 46.8N. It's not that bad in towns south of us.
You're right, this guy was grasping at straws. I thought he was going to say that number one is that you can't carry your gun either.
Yeah he missed that one. lol
Average home price in my city is $429,000 up 23% from last year and that's insane.
Absolutely, there are some American retail outlets that don't operate in Canada but you may be surprised how many actually do. Here are a few:
Costco
Walmart
IDA/Rexall
Home Depot
Lowes
Rona
Staples
Sears
McDonald's
Burger King
KFC
Starbucks
Arby's
Dairy Queen
Domino's
Five Guys
Little Caesars
Orange Julius
Panda Express
Papa John's
Pizza Hut
Popeye's Chicken
Quizno's
Subway
Taco Bell
Plus many more. These are just some of the one's I have actually seen/used in Canada. We also have some that have tried and failed to get a hold here like Target & Dunkin' Donuts (I miss Dunkin's)
We do indeed have Starbucks and KFC 🇨🇦
The tax issue is why so many Americans renounced their citizenship. The IRS went on a big crackdown that folks were surprised about. Some of these people had dual citizenship from birth because of their parents’ citizenship, but had no real connection to the US.
1: Housing prices are rather high right now, but he was referring to urban housing prices. Rural housing prices, are much lower. Though, as with everything. They are still getting higher than expected.
2: Average wages, should NOT have been translated into American dollars. Because the cost of goods and services are vastly different. It would be better, to make an average, compared to the cost of living. Also our minimum wage throughout the country, is higher than most states, and much higher than some! Especially our server minimum wages.
3: Canada doesn’t have a ‘culture’ of flying around the country. We’re really used to just driving, because we’re more spread out. Driving a little all the time is normal, so driving a little bit more now and then. Just seems like the thing to do.
4: Most Candidates don’t live in the coldest parts of our country. Most live in comparable climates to your northerly states. And if you do live in the far north areas. You don’t need to go out and walk your dog on a leash. You just open the door, and the dog runs around the ‘neighbourhood’. Because the area is sparsely populated, and the people living there. Don’t care if you’re dog runs wild. Because so does theirs.
5: Us loving Hockey is not a reason not to move here. Lol And many people still follow several other sports. Also, it’s my understanding. That most Americans who love and follow a particular sport. Have actually never played it. As in, more watch than were able to play. Here it’s hard to find a Canadian who hasn’t played hockey. We play it in regular school gym class. We play it casually at the rink in our neighbourhood. Or the pond down the road, or the friends house with a home made one in the backyard. Or in the church parking lot in bouts. Or on the street, or driveway in the summer.
My elementary school even had a proper sized outdoor rink.
(I’m cr*p at sports, including hockey. But Iv played it in all of the above locations!)
6: Because you need a sponsor to immigrate here, if not a refugee. They are expected to have good credit. And can then co-sigh on a lease. So your able to rent, until you build a credit rating of your own.
If you are American, regardless of what foreign country you move to, you have to pay American income taxes. The only way to avoid that is to renounce your American citizenship.
And it costs money to revoke your US citizenship
That's not true. As an American expat you have to file your taxes every year, however between 'foreign earned income exclusions', and 'foreign income tax credits' most won't actually owe anything.
America traps its people from leaving without needing to build an iron curtain ;) More insidious this way.
@@hannabis80 I have American friends in Norway and in Costa Rica and they are still paying income tax to the US and they both have lived there for years.
@@cheryla7480 Okay? Your anecdote doesn't negate the facts I posted. Not everyone "has" to pay taxes.
Rest assured, Canada has McDonnalds, Starbuck and KFC. Some businesses aren't around or common, but this wouldn't be a massive adjustment. No Target. But plenty of Winners and Walmart.
Winners WAS a Canadian company till it was purchased by TJ Maxx
Trusting, Caring... In Churchill it's a law that you have to leave your vehicles unlocked in case anyone needs shelter from a polar bear (They're really sneaky)
I disagree with how this video was comparing housing costs. Comparing housing at a national level to the US is not an efficient way to compare and is misleading. US has more people, cities, towns and houses for sale than Canada. Its best to compare similar cities.
Average house price in Vancouver: $1 million CDN ($761,000 USD)
Average house price in San Francisco: $1.35 million USD ($1.77 million CDN)
Average house price Saskatoon: $297,000 CDN ($226,000 USD)
Average house price Madison WI $252,000 USD ($331,000 CDN)
I dont have the numbers but if you compare Toronto to Boston, cost of living is very similar. I have a friend living in Boston right now and moved from Toronto who has given me this opinion.
Therefore you will find similar cities very comparable between US and Canada in some cases those US cities more expensive than the similar city in Canada.
Supply and demand in canada is a huge problem. There are more people trying to buy housing in canads than supply that actually exists and this is a major reason contributing to our high averages. But again, best not to compare national averages and do comparisons between cities for a more accurate idea.
On any-and-all international measures of quality of life, Canada AND Canadian cities do FAR better than the USA! So, from the perspective of international measures, Canada has a much higher overall quality of life! Look it up yourself!
If you're poor, it's better to be poor in Canada. If you're middle class and above, it's better to be in the USA.
@@SilvanaDil I would rather be rich in Canada. Higher taxes? Perhaps? But what do you get for those higher taxes? MUCH lower crime rate and peace of mind.
@@mathematicaleconomist4943 - The rich are protected everywhere. So, you'd be buying property in (or at least often going to) the USA, because what rich person wouldn't want easy access to warm beaches, world class museums, luxury seating at a panoply of sporting events, etc?
@@SilvanaDil You have a point. The rich tend to separate themselves in rich enclaves of sorts.
@@mathematicaleconomist4943 - They sure do. Case in point: The white liberals in "sanctuary" Martha's Vineyard. For once, migrants get sent to them; they clutched their pearls and called 911.
The frozen tundra is kind of a myth. Sure, in winter the northern territories become a frozen tundra, but that's the exception. Think of Alaska, way up there above Canada, is it a frozen tundra? No, it's not. Here in S.W. British Columbia the weather is overall fantastic. Long hot summers, glorious Springs and Falls, relatively mild short winters. Yes, winter can get nasty though, but not for long.
You might want to get through to Tyler there are some locations in SW BC that frequently - albeit not normally - enjoy warmer winter seasons than Dallas, Texas. I put the stats somewhere in this comments section. I don't want to keep writing it.
@@mathematicaleconomist4943 Who is Tyler really? Certainly not an average, normal, typical American. Maybe born and raised in Toronto?
@@danceswithcritters Tyler is the video presenter. And...I did not say on average. I was quite clear on that. I said it frequently registered warmer concurrent winter seasons. Dallas has warmer concurrent winter seasons more often. But there are towns in BC that "score" a warmer winter than Dallas every few years, or so! If you are curious, look for my stats in the comments. There are 14 replies underneath it. So, it shouldn't be too hard to find?
@@mathematicaleconomist4943 I do not disagree with you. I just want to know where the hell Tyler lives.
@@danceswithcritters He might live in Maryland? Not positive. But, he definitely lives in the USA AND it cannot possibly be a border state.
The permanent winter thing is bs. I have seen the temp drop below -40 (this temp is the same in both F and C) but it's uncommon. I have also seen it go above 100 F (38 C) in summer. Even in the far far north the frozen wasteland image is untrue. I once asked someone from Northwest Territories (about as far north as you can get in Canada) if it was as cold as the reputation and she said that it is true for winter, but it does get warm enough to melt most of the snow in summer.
I also think that much of our reputation for being permanently cold comes because of the different temperature scale. Water freezes at 0 C and boils at 100 C. A comfortable temperature is around 20 C, depending on your preference. Saying that it's 20 outside sounds like it's freezing to an American, but a nice late spring/early summer day to Canadians.
We don't have sports at school like in the US. We have old equipment and most sports do not start until High School. We have Football, Basketball, Volleyball and Rugby teams at some schools if you are lucky. There is not a big emphasis on sports in school in Canada and we have no real sports scholarships. I think because of this most people play hockey from an early age - It is their best shot at a career in pro sports being a Canadian.
The sports thing has me laughing. Me and everyone of my friends follow baseball, basketball and football. We have an MLB team, we have an NBA team. However my favourite Baseball team is the Oakland A’s lol. Our MLB team (Toronto BlueJays) have won two World Series and our NBA team has won one NBA championship. The number your video gave that said 75% of Canadians love hockey well that might be true but I would bet that 75% of that 75% know the whole history of and love MLB, NFL and NBA. We get all the exact same sports channels and television channels in general as the Americans. Also, Canada, besides the far north have 4 seasons. Spring, summer, fall, winter. We get around 3 months of a very hot summer. Just as hot as most of the UsA. Do you know that New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Detroit, Minnesota, Maine, North Dakota and many other states have the exact same weather as the lower half of Canada which is where most Canadians live. Our winters are the same length and temperature and our summers are the same length and temperature as those states and a few more states that I can’t think of at the moment lol. It’s very late. But I really mean the exact same weather as every province in Canada, except BC, they don’t get much of a winter. One more point about sports, we follow “your” sports just as much as you do. There are thousands and thousands of Redsox and Yankee fans just in Atlantic Canada alone. But I’m A’s all the way and I’m fact my favourite hockey team is the LA Kings. Both teams have been my favourite since I was 8 years old, I’m 43 now. Anyways out two countries are not very different. We both have TERRIBLE governments. We both love sports. Our #1 language both is English. We also share the longest border in the world. I love about a 40 minute drive to your Maine border. I do love going Christmas shopping there after I convert my Canadian dollars into American haha. Also we have a ton of Starbucks everywhere and a ton of Walmarts everywhere, ton of KFC’s everywhere. You’re video of reasons not to move to Canada was made by a troll I believe lol. Anyways I do love your videos, keep up the good work, just maybe try to find better sources.
On weather- Canada's size is the reason there's ambiguity about how actually frozen- wasteland-like it is. People think of Yukon, The Northwest Territories and Nunavut as far north places where snow often remains on the ground, daylight hours are shorter and winter is a way of life in a completely different way than elsewhere. In terms of cities, Quebec, Alberta and Manitoba all have winter time balanced with other seasons, including good summer weather, but the winters are in them are still known to be especially harsh. Other places in the Canadian Prairie or maritime provinces can also have that reputation, since being mostly flat land ,like the prairie provinces, or being on coasts can make the weather worse.
Yeah, sure Yukon had a record low, but there's only 44000 people in the whole territory, and it's southern boundary is 15 degrees of latitude north from say Montreal. It is VERY far up north, most Canadians never venture that far up north. Heck, the average Torontonian will never set foot north of the 49th.
One thing to keep in mind with those renunciations is that some of them are like my sister, who because my father was sent to Arizona as a military liaison, she was born there and automatically a US citizen. She finally got through the process of renunciation to avoid the IRS, which had started using rules meant to go after rich Americans hiding their money abroad, but going after “accidental” Americans who didn’t realize that they were required to file tax returns with the IRS. My sister was under a year old when we moved back to Canada, and all her family was Canadian, but the IRS could have fined her massively for failing to report “foreign” bank accounts.
The cost of flights is high. Part of this is there are 10x the number of people in the USA, and they tend to travel more. This means 10x the number of passengers, which means more competitive environment for more planes to be in the air, and forcing the prices down.
Love it. Still learning about my country. For instance, I was not aware about the immigration system. Obviously since I am already in it. But no, I always lock my door and pretty sure all my neighboors do it too. 😱 Maybe in a really small town where I work before. But not now. 😆
I only lock our door when we leave so that if a friend comes by while we aren't home they can't accidently let the dogs and cat outside!
Some Americans *say* they'll move to Canada; few do.
Each year far more Canadians move to America than vice versa.
More people move to Canada than leave. lol where did you get your “info”?
@@greygray6230 - Where is your reading comprehension?
@@SilvanaDil I read. You are sharing misinformation, that more Canadians move to USA. Which is absolutely not true. Not even close. People are begging to be let into Canada.
It get really cold in Alaska too. To say that parts of Canada get really cold is a bit misleading. It also gets up to 40 c in parts of Canada, that's 104 f in American. That doesn't make us a desert.
with the foreigners living here in Canada, they do a Work Visa for say 6 months, build up income from jobs, then if they renew their Work Visa, they can then try to buy a home here. It is why you see so many foreigners come here, farming and Greenhouses always need help, they go where there is work, and money.
Trust me, if you live in any major city in Canada, you lock your doors lol
Or own a pitbull
Not so. I live in Montreal and I've never locked my backdoor where I've been living for 20 years. A few years ago I lost my wallet with my cards and about 50$ in it, so I cancelled my credit card and bank card but next day I got a call form police station telling me someone had dropped in my wallet. When I picked up everyting was intact, including the cash. I love Montréal. In the summer after spending an evening with friends I ( a woman) often take the last métro, around 01:00 AM. never been harassed, never been bothered, not even afraid.
With homelessness rates rising , you might want to reconsider that
@@fedodosto3162 If you live in Montreal, and don't lock your doors, I have to question your wisdom lol
My brother, who died of cancer a few years ago, did not receive treatment until it reached Stage 4, which was too late for him. The Health System in Canada doles out care according to specific rules, which include treating the most serious cases first. Our Health Care is not perfect.
My condolences. If it's a choice bet. medical debt and death, I'd rather have the debt.
@@SilvanaDil no you wouldn't, in america debt will never go away. They will add addional fees until they have added thousands on.
Catherine which province do you live in? I have not heard of that ever happening. If hospital is full, they normally refer you to a different location for treatment.
There’s a reason why so many Canadians head down to the states for healthcare. Our system is so broken, and it has been for decades.
I can't speak of what happened with your brother, but that is not typical. When people have cancer, their treatment is free.. you don't have to be near death to receive it.
Oh my that guy, and his fake info😂 We have Walmart, KFC, Pizza Hut, Wendys, Domino’s, Burger King, McDonald’s, Dennys, Fridays, Subway…………….. And the bit about the weather 😲 Where I live is very similar to many US cities. We have cold winters, and snow. Some years are colder, and lots of snow, others are mild and not much snow!!! And the sports, yes there’s hockey. But also fans watch NFL, NBA. MLB. I am a huge Toronto Blue Jays fan!! Anyhoo, love your videos. You should come to Canada 🇨🇦 and discover more in person!! 😊😊🇨🇦🇨🇦
I am commenting, as a Canadian, on some of the points that were made. Yes, restaurants and stores are different, but there are SO many similarities! When I go down south, it still feels comfortable, with a bit of a nice change. We do have Walmart, KFC and Starbucks.
As for the whole Hockey thing. Yes, I love hockey and follow it, but my first love was football. Granted, Canadian football and American football are a little different, but similar enough to catch on. And, I never leave without locking up and rarely go away for long periods during playoffs. Plus, it’s been a long while since a Canadian hockey team has made it that far in the playoffs. I’m not that big of a hockey fan that I follow too much after my team is out.
House prices, cost of living (especially gas, alcohol and food) and wages are a real concern.
And the whole taxes thing, that was Uncle Sam that wanted that deal. It’s a huge pain in the butt for Americans living in Canada