My mom came to Canada in the 90s and was a top rated doctor from Syria. She ended up spending her time in Canada doing every odd job from cleaning and painting, to car sales and real estate. She was never able to practice medicine, even after passing the exams in Canada, and it’s a shame because she had SO much to offer the healthcare system. This video needs more recognition.

I lived some time in Toronto and now living in Chicago, in both cases - I work/worked in IT, as software engineer. In Toronto, my salary was around 80k, 1bed was in 400k range. In Chicago, my salary is close to 200k and I can get a 1bed in Lakeview for around 200k too, yearly salary. Also, taxes are lower and city is prettier too - architecture etc. I'd never go back to Canada. I'd rather just move back to Europe. I did working holiday in Sydney too, also working as software dev, and similar situation to Canada - low salaries vs expensive living, but at least weather is good. For me, Canada is the most overrated country in the world (lived in Poland, Uk, Australia, Canada and US and visited almost 80 countries).

I am a "old stock" Canadian (all my ancestors moved here in the colonial era), and I find this very informative. When you said people feel deceived, it really resonated. I absolutely believe our newcomers are being deceived; I have even called our immigration system a "scam" because of how it fails newcomers AND how the results of our immigration system do not really live up to the expectations to the existing population. Immigrants come with extraordinary education, but get roped into odd, low paying jobs far too often. We say we love immigration, but then we don't build houses, and newcomers and our youth pay far too much of their income for shelter. The government claims immigration will fill every labour shortage, but the data published by the federal government shows that is not true, particularly in the desperately understaffed skilled labour sector. I think it is disgraceful that we try to attract newcomers, but do not insist on having a perpetual EXCESS supply of housing to welcome people (and for ourselves!). I think there is a deeply chauvinistic undercurrent of people who think that newcomers don't really deserve the best of what we have, thinking "hey, driving an uber in Ottawa is still better than being a doctor in Egypt" or whatever.

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.

As a Canadian, I've never heard the plight of Canada described so accurately. Bravo and welcome!

Yeah, I agree 100% with what you said in this video. I went back to Japan after living a decade in the Vancouver metropolitan area working as a software engineer because of all the reasons that you've mentioned in the video. I'm very grateful to Canada for everything that the country provided, but unfortunately, I was working literally to survive and pay for the daycare, and expenses and save money for SOMEDAY (spoiler... that never came) to be able to buy a decent house not 100 km away from working place. Cheers from Osaka-JP. :)

Canada is a great country I migrated here with my wife in late 1969 thats 54 years ago. We came only with our suitcases not wealthy but built a life of progress iwith family born here and all educated here in Toronto . We came from economic poverty and worked very hard in Canada build our lives from nothing. The political Social economic and religious climate has drastically changed in our half of century living in Canada. Leaving our younger generation to make tough choices to remain or stay in Canada.

Canadian born and after 50 years still working hard with no end in sight. I wish I had another country to go to because the Canada of my childhood is long gone. The past decade has been the worst as far as finances, healthcare, education, cost of living, everything is out of control due to terrible government policy. You hit the nail on the head with this video.

Currently living in Canada but finding my way out. Canada is becoming a playground for the rich and average people are suffocating with the high housing price, high living cost and low income. You made a very good point that the elites do not wanna change the status quo since they are benefiting from the very speculated housing market in Canada. But guess what, eventually Canada will become less appealing to immigrants when they realize the pay is so low and living cost is so high.

I moved Canada on last June '22. 100% accurate representation of my emotions. Great work man. It's horrible work-life balance here.

Perfectly well said. I'm not new to the country - I'm Canadian, and all these issues make it impossible to get ahead. Housing in particular is a challenge - we have the second-largest country in the world, but buying a house is an impossibility for entire generations of hardworking families, even in a small town nowhere near as expensive as Vancouver. It's insane, and you have described the causes of the crisis very accurately.

I am from an immigrant family, born here in Canada. But one of the things I think makes it tough, is that we have too much immigration, without having the good paying jobs to support the present numbers. Our present federal government has so much on their minds, but the economy is not one of them.

I immigrated to Canada in 1996, and lived in Vancouver for 8 months then left Canada for good because I couldn't find any job there , I had a master degree in computer science in US and worked as a software engineer in Taiwan for some years, and all the immigrants I met in Vancouver were jobless, and they came from all over the world and had good education and good experiences.

I’m originally from Ukraine. I have been living in Canada for the past 4 years and agree with each word Alex had said.

My friend, your analysis and presentation are UNBELIEVABLY AMAZING.

After quite horrible 7 years of living, I moved out of Canada with my Canadian passport in 2008. Now I work as an academic in Türkiye. Even tough I love and respect Canada, I would never ever go back to there. Yes Canada allowed me have expat life experience and one of the most respectable passport in the world. Yes I am so grateful!

I am from Zimbabwe and a certain woman came back from Canada for a funeral and she was looking so poor that everyone was asking why she went there. Everyone else who had stayed at home looked better!

You took the words right out of my mouth my friend. Also a Software Developer with ~100k salary and could not afford anything outside the bare minimum in Vancouver. So my wife and I moved to Calgary for the housing but later realized Vancouver wasn't the main problem; Canada was. My wife already went back to our home country to scout out possible plans for the future as we don't see it in Canada; at least for now. Some still think Canada is the utopia of the past but the last decade seems to have changed that quite significantly. *Ambulance is not free by the way.

Glad to see finally someone is telling the truth in Canada

As a 26 year old Canadian you hit the nail on the head. Unless you were born into money, owning a home is unaffordable in the big cities. And you have to live in the big cities because that’s where the jobs are. Furthermore, Covid exposed how broken the healthcare system is here. I love Canada but in the US you get paid more in a stronger currency, taxed less, and the cost of living is lower.

Very well said. I grew up near Vancouver and never had a chance at owning anything. I, like you should be a high paid professional, but that's not the case in Canada. Now I work for an American company remotely and live in South America. Finally, for once in my life I can get ahead financially.

Thank you Alex , very honest and clear description of Canadian reality . I came to this beautiful country 15 years ago to give a better future and , the most important, choice to my kids . Can support every your word . You have better understanding than probably half of Canadians, with all my respect towards them. .

As a Canadian, whose family immigrated here inthe late 70’s, I agree with you 💯. It’s a shame what’s happened to my home country. The worst is the homelessness issues. Very sad indeed.

Born and raised in Canada. If I want an enjoyable retirement, I will have to go somewhere else where there is no winter and a reasonable cost of living. Thank you Alex for this video.

I agree with you everything you said originally I'm from Ethiopia and I came to Canada 🇨🇦 before covid 19 but nothing changed my life it only got worse Canada used to be the land of an opportunity but not anymore and it's very hard to get a job these days I'm in college and I tried to get an evening job but I wasn't able to find it even if you get a job you have to drive 1hr or more only someone who owns a car can get a job we struggle to pay for rent how can we own a car that's not easy or maybe impossible I'm not saying Canada is a bad country or anything but it's not for me also I would like to go back home I have to look after my dad who still receiving some treatment also most of my relatives back home think we are having a good time in Canada and they expect us to support them financially but they don't know the real situation we are living in I used to be a funny and happy guy but Canada changed my personality and it's been years since I felt real happiness in my mind it became my routine thinking and worrying about what will happen next ➡️ I think Canada is good for travelling and staying for weeks but not for a long time also I was surprised by how many people in the comments section telling their stories I thought I'm the only one who feels that way but I hope everyone will overcome any challenges they are facing I wish you all the best ❤❤❤❤❤

Australia is exactly the same. Although I am not an immigrant, I've been here my whole life. I quit my job as a graphic designer living in Sydney because it didn't pay high enough and the cost of housing was absolutely ridiculous. But many older people and people who bought in before the market boom want the prices to stay high. So in the future, basically because of sheer greed, there will be a massive class divide.

As a Canadian living in Canada now for 30 years, I am ashamed at what's happening. Our government is to blame and responsible for inviting people to come to Canada only to shatter their dreams. This seems to be a repeated theme in all the commonwealth countries. There is a time for immigration and NOW is not the time.....

I was born in Ontario my Mom immigrated from the U.S. and my Dad is from here. I agree with your pros and cons. I think Canada is overrated but I am still very thankful for the good things. I think people who are born here have a hard time admitting Canada is not as great as we've been made to believe, but still awesome in a lot of ways. We don't really have a full perspective until we've spent some time outside of Canada (and I don't mean at a resort in the Caribbean I mean like actually travel). Thanks for the video, I enjoyed it.

I moved to Toronto in ‘89. It took me a month to figure out that Canada was not the US. Went back to my home country to regroup; and moved to New Jersey in ‘94. Best decision I’ve ever made. Certainly, things are rough globally…specially after the pandemic. But Canada takes the price. That said, I was intrigued by your comments related to healthcare as these issues weren’t clear to me. Maybe a separate video addressing your impressions on the healthcare area would be an amazing project.

Your observations are spot on! I immigrated to Canada in the mid 2000s and worked and lived in Mississauga, ON and Montréal, QC. I left Canada in 2012 when I landed a job in the Middle East. But I hear the costs of living skyrocketing in Canada from familles and friends, and it keeps me from ever returning. And the winter weather in Canada is awfully unbearable. Living through more than seven severely freezing winters is enough for me.

I am a full stack Software Developer here in Greater Vancouver, BC. I shared your views on job salaries here are not at par with cost of living. You are bang on, and your videos are interesting to watch. You and I have common interest in macro economics too so it seems. :)

I think people with You Tube videos promoting Canada as a place to live are paid to do those videos. Your assessment regarding Canada is bang on. I feel sad for people who come here with the belief that their lives will be better, Only to find out that they are far worse off. I've noticed the cost of groceries and housing have tripled in the last few years. Very difficult to get a Dr in Canada. 50.000 people in my small province are without a Dr. People are being neglected by Canada's healthcare system to the point of dying right in the hospital waiting rooms or while waiting for an ambulance. Yet, A huge chunk of taxes go toward healthcare. Homeless encampments are on the rise as landlords are gouging people for exorbitant rent. Streets are lined with homeless people and with the high cost of living it could be anyone of us carting our humble belongings around in a shopping cart. If you have children I'd avoid sending them to Canadian schools and opt for homeschooling. Your children will be read to by drag queens while sitting on some strangers lap. This week in class my neighbors son class will be showing boys how to paint their nails. They've already been taught about every kind of sexual position and how to use condoms and butt plugs. Yes, Even elementary students! The school libraries are filled with books that promote pedophilia. They want your children dumbed down and sexualized at an early age. Wars are instigated because the greedy globalists want the land and resources and the politicians regardless of their colors are all in the pockets of a few elitists who rule over the many. The globalists know that war creates all of the things they support. Depopulation, Refugees, Who they want for cheap Labor, Land the refugees left behind for the resources to fill their troughs with. My apologies for the long diatribe and Thank You Sir for being an honest and informative voice regarding the truth about Canada. I was born and raised here and my dream is to leave. Even Russia or China is starting to look good compared to Canada.

Yes! I was born and raised here but the situation is dire. I’m looking into emigrating to the US. I know a lot of the prospective immigrants to Canada just want to be anywhere but their home country but I hope they do their research and realize Canada is not “the one.”

Born in Vancouver it beaks my heart the deliberate destruction our politicians wrought. The story you so accurately stated kicked off after Expo 86. I have not been able to afford to live there for years.

17 years in, and it's getting worse. I lived in Ontario only so I am not sure how it is in other provinces. But man, I feel that everyone just wants to rip off everyone in terms of doing business. The mentality of something like "I've got my own share and to hell with the others." The greed is growing.

Woah man! You nailed it. These all things were like sitting in the subconscious and needed to see day light. Respect.

Thank you for making this video. This summarizes the reality of Canada. I am a software engineer as well with a few years of experience. For a software engineer with an engineering degree why does life has to be so difficult that he/she needs to live month to month. Cant imagine how it is for people who do a less paying job. Just a small visit to grocery store 100 dollars goes away just like that. I feel like everything around me awesome but I am not part of it. Feel like lower class citizen. In silicon valley the rent is high, but there are also people who make a lot of money there. Here nobody makes that kind of money for the prevailing rent. Even the commercial properties are better when it comes to pricing their apartments. Private renters are notorious with their pricing. Pricing it as they wish. Basement apartments are almost 1300 CAD in Kitchener-Waterloo. I hate it when these long time settlers give advice like work hard and be patient. Software Engineer as it is a mentally very draining job.

I worked 3 jobs in Canada in 16 years. First was plumbers helper (Masters degree in Mechanical engineering). 16$ hour, found via social connections. Second was junior shipboard engineer. 28-35$ hour depending on the ship plus OT. Social connections. Third job after I got my full fledged license 65$ hour, government mechanical engineering inspector. Very advanced social connections, I used to work with the guy who then joined government and recommended me. Took me 11 years to get license. In 5 years after that I left Canada because the country went into tyranny mode. All my work to get licensed went to shit thanks to Turdo and obedient Canadian sheeps. Without social connections forget about having a decent job. You need someone who knows someone who knows who's hiring. It's harsh over there, new immigrants.

Alex, thank you for the clear and honest description of the situation in Canada. I just intend to apply for a Canadian work permit. These issues are very important to take into consideration. Thumb!

I live in brampton, and I've talked to a lot of immigrants, especially from India. They all say the same thing. They regret coming here because it's too financially difficult here. The cost of living here is higher, property costs are insane, there are longer working hours than most countries, and transportation is a must. As a result, they come here and have a lower quality of life and often times left family.

Before moving to Toronto in 2018, I had the dream of living the "Canadian Dream". I have seen so many documentaries about Canada and the beautiful landscapes, the great quality of life and the kindness of the people. I chose Toronto, ON because again, based on my searches, they were saying that it was easy to find a job, cheaper than Vancouver and had more activities to do as a young man in his early 20s. I left the country a year later... The only positive thing I retain was that I have met great people and have made friends with people from all around the world. For the rest, I think that your video is a great summary of the situation (especially the housing market...).

I know how you feel. I came to Australia with hope and energy. Paid full price for university. But soon after I graduated with 5000 dollars in my bank account, I realized that I might be doomed for the rest of my life. No matter how hard I work, I can’t compete with those rich immigrants and older generations. I don’t know what I can do to have a life that they have. Basically working is only paying the bills, with no extra money to explore my hobbies or anything travel. Worked all year around, apart from my age is growing. I don’t feel I have a life here. I only survive here. Some people saying being poor is a disease. I don’t know what is the cure. Life will slip away quickly. I don’t want spend the rest of my life surviving. Just like you said when your home country is worse and where you live is mess. I really starting to lose hope. Not exactly feeling the hope and energy when I first landed in Australia. I guess this is nobody’s fault, except for me be poor,I’m sorry.

I have lived here my whole life. I have been in every Province but NFLD. Have lived in 6 Provinces. Served in the Canadian Military and then after that started an Oilfield Servicing Company in Alberta. Managed to see that in 2008, about two weeks before crash. What has happened since, is a crime. We import Oil when we have our own. We do not allow Coal for energy, yet ship it overseas for other Countries to burn. We are Carbon Taxed yet ship it across the ocean. I have decided in the last year that after 52 yrs here. I am leaving for good. I am taking my pensions and done. I have begun to sell off everything. This is a beautiful Country. Yet, those born and raised here are treated like trash. Those who serve, be it Military, Doctors, Police, Firemen, Nurses. Those are only just a pin drop of professions that are treated as replaceable. I know immigrants who came here with skills in Aviation. Helicopter and Jet engine mechanics that could not get work. They drove Taxis and Tow Trucks. That was in Calgary. I recently talked with a Doctor in the Philippines about coming here and practicing medicine. She said no way. She has researched the Plus's and Negatives. She is better off not making as much, yet keeping more of it. How and why is that possible in a Country like Canada. How have we fallen so quickly. In just 7 years we have become the laughing stock of our Allies. The British, Australians, Germans, US and many others are covering the news in our Country better than our media does for sure. They are also shocked at what Canada is becoming. Hence. I will leave and take my money with. There are several others in far better financial positions than myself that are also leaving. What you are going to be left with is Immigrants who will suffer the same as the previous and the skilled and wealthy going away. As fast as they can.

The nature in Canada is world class, it's an aesthetically beautiful country, but the opportunities are limited. My parents came to Canada in the late 80's and didn't speak English but could easily buy a house, back then everyone was approved. They paid off their home and raised a middle class family with only my father working. I'm 42 and still can't buy a house, I finished university and have a small business but my life is way harder than my parents. I rent houses and only dream of owning a home and gave up having kids because it's impossible to raise a family with 2 adults working full time, my husband and I. Life in Canada is extremely hard, extremely mentally straining. People are exhausted and hate their life. The Canadian dream is dead at the moment and we have our government to thank for the bad communist policies.

You have summed everything up perfectly. With part of my family in Kelowna since 2018, we have been feeling the blow, and it is only getting worse. I recently watched an Aaron Gunn video (his videos are great). It is called "Why Are Housing Prices in Canada So High?". It deepens into the real reasons behind your video's description. To be blunt, if you pay attention to the comparison charts on the video, you cannot help yourself except getting mesmerized by the difference in prices between Canada and other countries like GBR, the USA, and Japan (yeah, those small islands with 4 times more people than Canada). And those countries cannot be considered exactly cheap markets. It is impressive!!!! Among many reasons, he cited money laundry, taxes, and cumbersome regulations!!! Canadian families cannot afford to pay the same prices. It is simply unaffordable, even in the long run!! Concerning prices in small cities, I feel sorry to tell you that small and medium cities like Kelowna have been facing skyrocketing prices over the last 18 months. You will not be able to find one bedroom below $1,800/$2,300. The same happens in many cities in the Okanagan Valley. I was told that people from Vancouver metropolitan area move to the valley for cheaper rents. So that drove prices really up in that locations. This whole thing is like an immigrant trap. The Canadian government attracts hundreds of thousands of immigrants, but Canada still needs one program to provide affordable houses or rents. In 2023, it is expected an influx of half a million immigrants!!! You also mentioned how the local, provincial, and federal governments seem apart from the situation. Yes, this is damming true! A lot! I see many groups and agencies selling services to immigrants, and I feel sorry for them because they do not investigate the whole situation thoroughly!!! The ROI of the Canadian dream is negative! It is a shame! Another issue is the problem with drugs. Even in towns like Kelowna, the problem is grave. The associated problem of homeless people resembles what you can see in many cities in the US and Latin America. I can only say it is huge!! As a result, violence statistics are mounting. Again, you can watch another interesting video from the guy above: "Vancouver is Dying." Unfortunately!!!! Congratulations on the testimony!

Great video and perfect description of Canada’s main issues! I’m an immigrant as well, moved to Canada in 2018 and share the same views! I have the same feeling that things got way worse after 2020.

I immigrated to Canada in 1994. In GTA Toronto, 30 years ago, price for a decent 3 bedroom house was in range of 180K - 280K which was 4, maybe 5 yearly salaries for mid-range IT developer or an engineer. Now similar house is >=10 yearly salaries for IT professional or an engineer. Life for new immigrants became much more difficult. Canada as a country also change dramatically.

You are spot on, as a child of immigrant parents I really enjoyed growing up in Vancouver in 80-90s but after getting my Bachelors & Masters I worked in US & Asia. Salaries, career opportunities are better & overall living is better. Canadians right now have it tough, political elites have created a mess in housing as majority of MP’s are multiple property owners. Healthcare is falling apart as I visit my ageing parents regularly.

You have nailed every single point absolutely accurately!!

All my Brazilian friends that went to Canadá in the past 5 years now they are in the us or Portugal, they never seem to tell exactly why they leave Canada, I used to think that Canada was overrated, just because I didn’t buy all that thing about the dreams that they were selling to immigrants.

So informative and honest!! Really appreciate your in-depth analysis and putting things on the table as they are! Thank you

I think this is also the case of other rich countries with much better climates like Australia or New Zealand. I also had my immigrant dream in Australia for almost 10 years. Beautiful country, but unlike Canada, with an excellent climate all year round particularly in cities like Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, but I did find it so hard to own a place because of the super high housing prices. Like you mention about Canada, the renting business is huge in Australia too, so renting is also very expensive and add to the equation the super high cost of living I found myself earning enough just to pay my rent and get by. Now, healthcare was good down there on Medicare. I did have my visits to physicians, even had a procedure at a hospital and didn't have to worry about medical attention. But yes, half my wage went straight to the taxation office. So, long story short I couldn't afford my own house or place which is pretty frustrating, and the most affordable places were far out from workplaces or places I wanted to live in or nearby. So I decided to kiss my australian dream good bye and get back home where now I own my place and even though salaries are low, costs of living are low too. By the way, I mentioned New Zealand because I know things are worse there. In fact a lot of New Zealanders migrate to Oz for work, live and work there for a long while and retire back in beautiful NZ.

Well said Alex, these were my experiences when I migrated to Canada even though I was in a top earning bracket but it was a struggle to keep up with the payments. It gets worse once you have a family and buy a house, you literally can't afford much after that. Lifestyle is great though, beautiful sites and scenery, lovely people and communities. What I think Canada needs is to create more opportunities in other sectors, encourage entrepreneurs and people with ideas, create enabling environment for other sectors to flourish especially in those areas that are mono sector based and they shouldn't view new entrants or business ideas as a threat but opportunities for growth and diversification of the economy

I have lived in Canada for 28 years, the last 7 years since Trudeau came into office has been the worst, no wonder he is considered the worst PM is Canadian history, I have seen the rapid collapse of Canada under his regime, a country that took a century to build, has been taken down in a few years, thanks to the Liberal/NDP coalition. I will admit I am guilty, I voted for Trudeau 7 years ago, I had no idea he was a narcissist and incompetent leader. Now I am 100% going to vote Conservative.

Canadians really ought to give the border states a chance( US). We would be close to your home country. The weather would be similiar. Culturally we would be similiar. Where I live a lot of folks commute to work( to larger city) to take advantage of small towns & their lower housing costs.

Great insight, Housing in general is a mess in all major cities around the world, we are seeing similar trends here in Australia.

i can understand what you hv faced back home, i am also a software engineer and my 90% team is form Ukraine , i work with them on daily basis. I hope and pray for the safety and well being of ur people.

Very well articulated.. I can definitely resonate.. as an Indian I started to feel the same

I must say, I am quite relieved to have found your channel. I think you are speaking nothing but the truth. Together we must raise our voices..I wish you add one more point here...about the immigrant students. I believe young students coming in are the most vulnerable, not knowing better and also kind of just accepting everything

I’m Ukrainian Canadian who lived in Toronto for 30 years before leaving Canada in 2019 because of those issues you’re talking about. I do return once a year to see my family but even that is hard to do today because my very basic (2-3 week) yearly visits back home costing me 4-6k $CAD., Where I live now in South East Asia same money goes a long way.

Alas, your commentary is mostly correct. I was born and raised in BC but have lived overseas for the past 20 years. Over the years, I used to think that I would move back there some day with my wife and kids, but in recent years I have come to terms with the fact that this probably wont happen. I have been watching my beautiful homeland deteriorate from a far and it is very saddening.

In Europe there is a lot of advertising to go to work in Canada but no one wants to go and one of the reasons is because of the weather it is very difficult to find people from countries like the UK, Germany, France or the Netherlands who want to go so far even a country with such a difficult climate

This guy is on point, Canada is a good place to live if you have no other choice.. Expensive…and don’t forget the inhospitable weather in 90% of the country.

Thank you so much for voicing out everything I have to say about immigrating to Canada. We migrated to Manitoba first in 2016 and after a year moved to Ontario. I don't want to repeare everything you said but I am aligned with you 100%. Thank you and keep doing this please!

Nicely explained all the points in the video.. I had planned to move to Canada in 2018 but it did not workout due to some reasons.. Now that I see the inflation problem in Canada getting worse than my home country, I feel lucky that it did not work out.. people think that moving to a different country will solve their life’s problem, but that is not the case.. I’m living happily in my home country.. People need to look around for opportunities in their home country itself rather than starting from scratch and wasting their golden years (30-40 age group) in a new country in such a scenario..

You’re good God bless You put your fingers on the right issues Please continue to send new analysis

Wow!!! this video is epic. If parliamentarians hear this, you would definitely get a standing ovation. Alex, I hope you make more of such logical simple-to-understand and absolute ground realities and facts. Kudos to you man!

Very well put, many who look at Canada as their dream should see this and have some realistic view of the life here.

Voice of my heart. Can’t agree more; you described the real issue so well

The same issues exist in Australia and New Zealand as well.

Alex: this is an excellent, factual video. Your description on the other video that the immigration system feels like a scam is accurate… there are lots or pros like safety and people, but I came to this country with $150k in cash and have been working in a great job in a great country within my specialty. I wanted better lives for our kids so came to Toronto …. I struggled at first to find a good paying job and had to settle for a bad one. Few years after, i became a high income earner , but I pay around 50% in taxes… I do have a house, a passport that is worth something, but with a 650k debt and zero in my bank account, I feel Im incentivized to leave vs stay… the only reason I’m still here is to make sure that my kids get a proper education, and get an opportunity to have a better life. I just can’t imagine how all of them will afford housing when they get to university, but my recommendation for them will be, unfortunately, to leave

They lure educated young people in my countries with the promises of opportunities, that they need people with knowledge & experience. When we came in, we played by their rules, from studying in their education institutions, to paying taxes & re-building our credit in here. Paid 3-times as much as what Canadians paid for tuition fees, then we're on our own to survive. Furthermore, we're abandoned from every aspects. When we graduated, we were mistreated by the things called "CANADIAN EXPERIENCE". Like WHAT THE FUCK, they brought us here and hope that we may change our career from business, IT, analyst... to construction workers,wielders to fill the gap... ???? Why didn't they, initially, advertise that they need construction workers, general labourers so save out times --> IT MADE NO SENSE AT ALL. I left Canada 10 days ago, never felt more alive. I just hope whoever feel stuck, they can find a way to figure out. To me, it is a dead land masquerading as a first-world country, with the illusion that they're more superior. Like please, In America they have Silicon Valley, in Vietnam they have Quang Trung Software Park. In Canada, I have never heard about an IT hub in Canada. If you need people to pay for the tax because of the aged population, just admit it first, then build the programs to facilitate new immigrants. Don't just bring them here for money then treat them like cattle with disdain. GLAD THAT I ESCAPED THAT SHITHOLE

thanks to remote work , I took my laptop and enjoying nice weather in Antalya :) no rent, exchange rate 14x , instead of giving 1,5k for an apartment in Canada , I bought one for myself here in two years

Great analysis. And as a landlord, I totally agree, Canadian society lately has been about Realestate. Little capital is being invested into R&D and IP, we need to change this mentality.

Your videos opened my eyes. I'm a Belarusian and I live in Poland. This country is good regarding to my homeland, but I've been searched for other relocation variants after getring citizenship of EU. And Canada interested me for its quiety, safety, nature and other conditions good for not such socialized people like me. But your and other peoples videos helped me to better understand the real situation in that place. It's sad, but these reasons are foundamental to make a decision to not move into this country. I enjoy your videos, hope to see your further content. Yes, suddenly Russia and its neighbour Belarus is one of the worst places to live in Asia and Europe now

Such a good video, every immigrant has to agree with most, if not all of this. Canada is an amazing country, but it does feel like having a good life it’s reserved for the elite.

100% Accurate. Canada was the place to be when I moved here at the age of 6...1973. It was the new frontier. So, I'm set up now and own a house just outside of Toronto, etc...but my 3 children, who are around your age, Alex, do not own homes. It breaks my heart to see them paying ransom-style rents every month. I am powerless in helping them, unless we all figure out some sort of a plan. I am working on something to help out the kids. If it works, I will share it with you! Having said that, kudos on your KZfaq channel. It should start to produce something for you!

You are exactly right! Everyone I know that sees the future of Canada are leaving or have left!

I worked as a Software Engineer in Vancouver, then I sold my 1 bed room condo and moved to Seattle. Even though Seattle is expensive in the US and I was earning the entry level salary for Amazon, I could still afford to buy a single family with 4 bedroom here.

This is all completely true. I only graduated and started working in 2020 (as a software engineer), so my quality of life hasn't been too great. I recently moved (temporarily) to Brazil, and I'm dreading when I'll have to move back, because my quality of life will drop drastically. My only hope is to somehow become a multi-millionaire so I can afford to comfortably live in Vancouver again.

100% accurate, Alex. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with us. I couldn’t agree more, as an immigrant from Hungary.

The feeling is mutual , couldn’t agree more !

Everything you said is true. The living costs in big cities are disproportionately higher than salaries. Even renting in places Toronto and Vancouver is super expensive. We are talking $1,800 to 2,500 for one bedroom apartment

Dude I was born in Canada. I make the same wage as u as a logger. And my family are barely making it. My kids will never afford a house. I feel your pain

I stayed less than 18 months in Canada and gave up my PR card. I left because of high taxes (53% marginal in Ontario) and low salaries overall (I was making a 150k cad as an engineer for Amazon in Toronto). People asked me what are you doing back in 2018, happy to see my point of view has become mainstream. What am I going to do? Raise a family while living 1 hour away from work? This is nonsense.

Very well articulate video with great information. Well done Alex . Telling the truth and Vancouver is going down off a cliff very fast. I think the super bubble will go down soon..!!! Healthcare is overwhelmed with too many people and foreign doctors pretty much doesn't get a chance to practice at all.

Finally an honest video about Canada!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 the cost of living is just ridiculous and I'm a born Canada who will never be able to buy in Toronto and Vancouver so I have to move to alberta. If you're in AI then you will be snapped up by a US company quickly. Everything is remote now so their no longer going through the hassle of issuing TN visas....that's why they're firing so much people they will fill those roles near year at lower pay. You can just do what I'm gonna do again which is move to Mexico where the cost of living is less than half. Mexico City and Guadalajara are very diverse lots of people from Canada, US, Europe etc are living there enjoying fiber internet and living in secure places with the same amenities as Toronto and Vancouver. Private health care is affordable and exceptional...My experience is better than Canada. As a matter of fact, with the right benefits from your job you can can still "see" a Canadian doctor with virtual visits and work with a local doctor. In Canada you will fall into debt and severe depression chasing the Canadian dream that no longer exists

As a software engineer, I think the best route is to live in a cheaper city and try to find a remote job with a high salary...

Keep speaking truth brother. Look at house price trends as Turdeau came into power and it is so obvious what went wrong.

Glad I got out of Canada while I could. I was in grad-school in Toronto thinking one day I could live a nice normal Canadian life there but the housing market was and is just so insane there that working there as a researcher would never pay enough for that kind of lifestyle. So I left.

Alex’s analysis is very accurate and a story of every Canadian.

I have live in Canada for 53 years and I tell you in the 70'S housing was very affordable. The reason for the out of reach high prises of housing are many but one for sure is decisions made by governments. I well give you an example. I had a home in 1983 with my wife, it was 16000 sq. ft. it was $90,000 , we made a down payment of $ 30,000. We paid it off in 5 years and the price of the home went up to $ 250,000 in 5 years. Just at that time there was a large exit of Chinese people from Hong Kong, they would come to Canada with millions of $ in cash and purchase multiple homes. There is no way that the average Canadian could ever compete with that. The Trudeau government announce not too long ago that they want to bring in 500,000 immigrants per year for several years. Where are these people going to live or work? In my opinion we do not have a true democracy in Canada but a Family Compact as originally described by William Lyon Mackenzie back in 1834. Apparently the combine income that you have to make to purchase a house in TO is $350,000/year you do the math.

I am an immigrant from Belgium. Health care is really bad . No family doctors . I am going back to Belgium for surgery because the wait time to get surgery is it’s like forever and I’m living in pain . It’s hard to progress in Canada. All you do is work, pay bills and repeat. You are lucky if you can afford a house . Not very much fun stuff going on here either . Canada is a great country if you are ok living paycheque go paycheque .

I was born in Toronto in the 70s and I got lucky as I moved to the US back in 2012, right before the country tanked. I'll admit it's still better than living in any other part of the world, but the US is way way better in every way possible to Canada regarding opportunities.

As you mentioned 300,000 new immigrants arrive in Canada every year. The vast majority end up in one of the big 3 cities. Nowhere near 300,000 new housing units are added in those markets every year. Which is one of the main reasons housing is so expensive in those markets. If you leave Vancouver and go to Alberta you'll be able to afford a home. In Saskatchewan and Manitoba you can buy a mansion!

You hit the nail on the head my friend. I don’t see the present regime having the capacity to deal with such challenges. This issue of housing is creating unrest and sense of insecurity amongst the youth, and are damaging them psychologically.

Vancouver looks very beautiful. This problem of cost of living seems to be getting worse all over the world. Greed seems to be behind much of the rent prices as well as cost of buying a home.

I left Gernany to flee exactly the same problems you describe. Now I’m in Australia with my girlfriend from Canada and over here it’s the same.

After moving to BC five years ago from different province still on the waiting list to see a doctor.

Vancouver is one of the most expensive cities in the world. A 1.5m home in Vancouver is 500k in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Sadly, the government allowed very wealthy people who are not Canadians to buy up the market which has caused a lack of affordable housing for actual Canadians.