What is going on everyone? Welcome back to the world according to Briggs
in recent weeks we've been researching the migrant patterns of the north
american millennial where they're going to and where they're
leaving from in the u.s while doing the research we noticed that a lot have fled
to canada or at least looked into it all
generations are doing this but the millennials are the bulk of the
migration or attempted migrations to canada
moving to canada is one of those things that starts getting passed around on
social media more and more every single election year canada is the
third most moved to country for americans behind the uk and germany
our neighbors to the north are very attractive country for a lot of people
when you dig a little deeper might not be all that after doing some research i
reached out to some people i know that have moved to canada from the us
and asked them about their experience two of them are girls i dated in high
school one is married to canadian and has been there about 15 years now the
other one was born in vancouver but lived in la from like
sixth grade then moved back sometime after college
that girl our breakup wasn't the most pleasant so her reply to every question
i asked was something like sure the taxes are high but you don't live here
so it's worth it yeah that was nice another friend went to medical school
after the army and has lived in calgary for about eight years so
they all told me some reasons not to move to canada and some things you
should know if you're thinking about it let's take a look
number 10 different stores and restaurants do you like target trader
joe's chick-fil-a white castle in and out you won't find
those and other american regulars in canada
they have others that will substitute just fine but most americans assume
canada has the same stuff as the states do you may
be in for a little bit of a culture shock
they've got good restaurants don't get me wrong it's not the ones you're used
to in a lot of cases while researching this video i came
across a channel called straight talk he was eating a piece of pioneer chicken
hello chris trade here with straight talk this is pioneer chicken there used
to be 270 of them now they're down to only two and this was the
basically bought out by popeyes essentially popeyes took over most of
them this is amazing when i was young they had those
everywhere now i guess there's only two left in los angeles
i love that place but i found other options just like you will
if you move to canada i'll leave a link to straight talk down below
watches talks on the us presidents it's pretty interesting
number nine the costs are high just like the us canada has some extremely
expensive cities yeah really bad most urban living
canadians say housing costs are unreasonably high
also ranks fairly high compared to other countries not just the us
and its cost living that's according to deutsche bank's annual survey
the average home in the us goes for around 220
000 that's 2019 numbers in canada the average home costs
350 000 american dollars look at zillow's vancouver offerings
it's ridiculous you'll probably sit there with your mouth open
because it's hard to find a house that is under
a million canadian dollars which is about seven hundred and
forty seven thousand dollars one million equals about seven hundred forty seven
thousand dollars just so you know it's still grossly overpriced
number eight you're gonna need a job have a job lined up because they don't
have a bunch just waiting for you in canada the unemployment rate in the
great white north was 5.67 in 2019 and that's according to the
government statistics in the us the unemployment rate was 3.6
percent on average obviously those numbers are
way off for both countries right now because of the pandemic
some also complain that the wages during normal times are
lower than they should be there's a lot that goes into this one
but i'm just going to give you the basic comparison both countries average hourly
wage is 27 in each country's currency but since
there's a difference in dollars canadians make about 20 american dollars
on average compared to the us's 27 dollars an hour
on average again keep in mind that is the average don't
hit the comment section with some nonsense about 20 an hour isn't a
low wage it is on an app go to khan academy and
learn how averages work number seven cheap flights flying is
more expensive in canada that's just how it is my
friend the doctor says he flies from vancouver to montreal
a handful of times a year he's also gone from seattle to new york and
seattle to boston several times in the last few years
he said at a minimum he pays a couple hundred dollars more
flying in canada almost the same distance i looked it up and that's what
i found from portland to new york city 439
okay that's round trip vancouver to montreal it's about the same distance
like i said 752. in the states if you want to travel
across the country you can find cheap flights from southwest american
airlines delta united jetblue alaskan airline i think
maybe and a few others it's not unusual to find
flights for around 250 round-trip from la seattle or san
francisco to new york city you pay through the nose to fly in
canada number six you don't get to pass go with
the irs this one's tricky and far beyond my tax
knowledge but i know it's a thing depending on your citizenship status you
may have to pay american taxes and canadian taxes u.s citizens who live
in canada as canadian permanent residents
are still required to file an annual u.s income tax return and also contact the
canadian government to see if they should file and pay
canadian taxes as well this is according to the irs website i
read about it and i thought okay that's totally wrong i'm reading
this wrong and i don't know what's going on here so i called
it's a thing there are some hoops you may have to jump through and file some
paperwork but it may be possible to catch a break on some
or all of your foreign income do yourself a favor read up on it or talk
to a tax man if you're in this situation number five
it's not easy becoming a canuck the canadian government acts like an anal
retentive club bouncer when it comes to becoming a canadian citizen
it's by the book and there's no shortcuts for the average joe
the process isn't cheap either besides just getting the ball rolling with an
application fee of over 500 american it takes time and
aggravation you might have to get an attorney and
pay them too for people with an education or a skill that canada
needs there is an express entry program that
may make the immigration process a little bit faster
that's how my doctor friend got in my friend who's actually married to a
canadian said it is still a time-consuming pain in the ass
and she's married to one number four universal health care the canadian
health care system is not free it's actually funded through a
combination of personal and corporate taxes and it's a good chunk of the taxes
but you don't have to worry about going bankrupt if you get ill
you hear a lot of things about the canadian health care system here in the
united states most the time it's from politicians
saying how bad it is i don't know never experienced it myself but like i
said all i ever hear is bad things that's usually from the politicians and
different news outlets they don't show it in the best light in several surveys
most canadians 85.2 percent on average age 15 years and older reported being
very satisfied or just simply satisfied with the overall health
care services provided in canada's health care system the
health care system is something i specifically asked all three
of my friends about how do you feel about it what are your thoughts on it
they all said they loved it well the one girl said it's great if it wasn't i
would have recommended it to you a long time ago
so that was nice number three it's freezing cold about 90 percent of this
country is above minnesota so that should tell
you something that something is this is the frozen
tundra other than parts of british columbia the
rest of this country stays around zero or lower during the winter and that's
the type of cold that makes you drop f-bombs when you open up the back door
so your dog can go out and pee parts of this country can dip as low as
-40 degrees celsius that's the type of temperature that gets
you wishing you didn't own a dog the coldest temperature ever recorded in
north america was in the yukon in canada in 1947
it was minus 63 degrees celsius which is literally the same as the
surface of mars i'm not even kidding number two
sports obviously this isn't a big deal to most of you but
it's something all three of my friends brought up the focus on sports is
different in canada hockey is king and it's not like the us
with football or baseball where maybe 40 percent of the u.s
residents really follow either sport in canada they all agreed that
it's like 75 percent of the country at least casually follows hockey and about
50 percent of them are pretty hardcore about it
and they have all the sports that we have here in the united states but
nothing compares to hockey the doctor friend said that he'd worked in some
small towns like three or four thousand people that have
hockey teams and he said if it's a home game nobody's at home you
could probably walk into any house in town cook yourself a meal
because nobody's gonna be home during the game and nobody locks their
doors he says if it goes into ot you might be able to squeeze in a bubble
bath and leave before anyone knows you were there
and number one credit history now this one's gonna be short because it's
something that you should know about and you should
really research on your own i don't have the time it would take me an hour to
explain the whole process to you but it's something you should be aware of if
you have no canadian credit history or local references
like most immigrants you may be at a disadvantage when you're trying to rent
a place that has been a big problem for a lot of
people moving to canada so i was told by two of the friends that
moved there that didn't have you know someone they were
moving in with they said that this was a big problem
for them they had to jump through a bunch of hoops and
do all kinds of things just to get a place to stay when they first got there
so it's definitely something you should you know be aware of and look into
if you are gonna move there
all right so that's today's video i hope you guys enjoyed it hope you got some
information out of it you know this was really
things you should know and reasons you shouldn't move to canada
i mean you should move there if you want but some people look at it as
reasons why you might not want to live there so yeah
you know if you've ever moved to canada if you're one of the people that moved
from the us to canada or you're from canada we would love to hear what you
think about this list maybe ones that should have been added
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