Hi all,
How many of you are visiting from Canada? and planning to move to US?
I am in early 50’s and used to live in the US for 4 years when I was 30’s and missing the life there.

뭐 어쩌라는건가요?

nothing, just curious about because this site is workingus.com
if you are not from Canada, please don’t be bothered

미국이나 캐나다 거의 차이 없지 않나요? 동쪽만 아니면 같은 영어에다가 문화도 비슷하고 되레 캐나다엔 이민자가 많아서 더 편할수도..

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미국은 이민자가 없어서 불편하다는 말. ㅋㅋ

I was also thought it is similar but I found it is very different.
Someone said US is a melting pot, but Canada is a mosaic.

Here is what I felt so far living in Canada last 17 years.
I live in Quebec, where French tradition is dominant. French is an official language in Quebec. Montreal is the one of major cities in Canada. There were 3 times of referendum to vote Quebec to stay in Canada or independent. But people decided to stay in Canada. Still some political party and people support Quebec become an independent country.

Canada has accepted immigrants since 1960’s. Population is only 37 Million.
Canada is one of Commonwealth. We have coins with Queen Elizabeth’s face on them.

Big difference with US is health care system and tax rate. Once citizen, permanent resident, or work permit holder don’t pay most of health service. (Dental and eye doctor are exclusive.) but nothing is free. We pay lot of tax. Sales tax in Quebec is 15%. Income tax is also high. tax rate depends on income so there is no single number but it is way higher than US for sure.

In US, society tempts you to spend more. But in Canada, we spend less because tax rate is high, make less money.
Asian is a minority still in Canada. But here, Asians have more opportunities than in US. I felt racism is major problem in US.

은퇴가 가깝거나, 이미 은퇴한 분 그리고 연금 수령이 몇 년 안 남은 분은 기본 연금과 의료보험이 상대적으로 나은 캐나다 노후가 좋습니다. 앞으로 10년 이상 일해야 하는 전문직 고학력 캐나다 사는 사람은 능력 되면 미국이 낫죠.. 그런데 영어 안되고 기술 없고, 자본도 없는 사람들은 미국 가도 사는 꼴은 캐나다나 미국 같습니다.