Why No One Wants To Live In Canada Anymore

Grew up in Toronto in the 70s. It was lush with trees and flowers. Tons of rabbits, foxes, raccoons and squirrels roamed the streets. It was safe, quiet, clean, friendly, and when I went to uni, I lived in a 4 bedroom Georgian house I shared with 4 friends. I left in the 90s, and recently returned. Horrible! Little greenery, tons of ugly condo high rises everywhere. No one talks to anyone anymore. So sad.

Healthcare is in ruins. I just spent 11 hours in a downtown emergency department. The nurses were making it clear how burnt out and overworked they are. What a shame.

My Serbian family came to Canada as refugees in the Balkan civil war of the 1990's. Canada gave us a new life and new opportunities that we were grateful for. Now my younger brother and myself, both highly educated and with graduate level degrees, are barely making ends meet. We are both in our late 30's, and are still renting over-priced apartments with little prospect of owning our own homes . At times, over the last few years, the idea of moving back to the Balkans has crossed both of our minds.

I’m a software exec and my wife is a cardiologist. We moved to Canada (my former home and new for my wife) a few years ago we lasted 9 months. My wife was like “get me out of here”. Now we are in Atlanta and loving it. We will never be back.

I am Canadian and I like my country, but . . . In the past few years food prices have gone up by 50%, rent also by 50%, and utilities too, my wage on the other hand increased by only about 10%. So yea there is a big economic problem. I am effectively more poor than I was in 2019.

I was born and raised in Canada and then moved to the US in my mid 20s and it was the best decision of my life. Lower taxes, higher pay, more affordable housing, and more career opportunities. The government continues to neglect the housing crisis which reduces the incentive for educated/ambitious people to stay. Until housing prices return to normal, I think it will continue to experience brain drain.

Everything in construction here in Canada is totally overregulated. Every few years new changes to the building codes make building and renovating more expensive. It's as if the authorities have decided that its now a privilege to have a decent place to live. This government is rotten to the core.

This administration is putting many families in difficult situations. A lot of people are financially struggling to live, put a roof over their head and put food on the table. Things are getting worse these days, if you don't find means of multiplying your money you might wake up a day to realise you didn't plan well for yourself and family.

I was interested in leaving my country (Ireland), because of our housing crisis, and a growing disillusion with my government for prioritising housing everyone but the hardworking saps. I was considering Canada, until I researched it. Seems like we're in similar situations.

Came to Canada as a software engineer, lived 8 years as unemployed out of 10 because I "wasn't good enough", I still refused to mop the floor and/or flip burgers at McDonald's (because that's what they want educated and skilled immigrants for), and after a nightmerish experience with the Canadian No-Health-No-Care system I literally ran away to Eastern Europe where I found a job in my field instantly. Now I work for an international company, I write software that is used by many people and I earn money in the top 7% to 5% of the salary statistics. I lived in 4 countries in my life and Canada was the worst of them all. Unless one has millions of dollars there is nothing that Canada could offer. I think Canadians should consider moving out of Canada, you're living in hell without knowing it.

I live in Canada. I’m 29, and even in my short existence here, I’ve noticed the deterioration of many public services. The decisions made during the pandemic will cause repercussions for decades. Big changes need to happen to allow my future grandkids to live in a great country. Might be too far gone for me and even my kids.

I'm Canadian and recently got back from spending time in Phoenix. I'm still shocked at how much better everything is down there. From the prices, the weather, the housing, the jobs, the people. I miss it and want to live there someday.

It is very sad , but it's true :body-blue-raised-arms: I came to Canada 50 years ago at that time " it was Heaven on earth . We made it ! those days are gone I feel sorry for the Young Generation .

I was born and raised in Canada and my parents and grandparents were born in Canada. I have lived in Canada all my life. And now, at age 61, I'm seriously considering leaving. Canada is going to hell in a handbasket and is probably on the verge of economic collapse. Yet our government - whether federal, provincial or federal do not seem interested in doing anything substantive to halt the slide. Their attitude seems to be, "As long as we come out on top financially, who cares if everyone else suffers?"

In 2002 I met a couple from Canada, both were medical Doctors. They said they were taxed 54% of their income. 54%, they said to me, " what's the point of working?"

I came to Canada as a toddler in 2001 and it was like a dream come true for someone from a poor 3rd world country. But as of 10 years ago, the quality of life as well as the quality of services has just been getting worse and worse. As an immigrant myself, i know i shouldn't be saying this, but we seriously need to put immigration at a halt so that the current inhabitants can pick themselves up. -The job market is in a crisis, you can have a Masters Degree and still make less than 50K a year -We're facing an economic crisis where the cost of living is higher than what you're making (Low-class & Middle-class) -Free Healthcare is no longer worth paying for but we have no choice because majority can't afford to pay for Private. -Education level is a joke in comparison to Asia and Europe. -Most people are too old to even realize that they're voting for the wrong parties to run the country. -Depression rate is higher than ever. Satisfaction of life is plummeting, Suicide rate slowly increasing every year. -Public services are becoming more expensive, which once used to be Canada's greatest selling point. -No one wants to work the jobs that are available and in demand because immigrants are getting to pick and choose. -Properties are being bought out by foreigners thus raising the price for citizens who can't afford to buy anymore. -Birth rate and relationship satisfaction is slowly declining giving immigrant families access to Citizen status facilities.

I’m canadian. Everything that you find wrong with Canada is also happening in the EU in the United States anywhere in the entire world. This is not a country division. This is a class division of the rich and poor on the global stage.

I'm Canadian and unfortunately everything in this video is accurately portrayed. The province in which I reside doesn't have it as bad as the ones mentionned in this video, and I can confirm that housing is still somewhat very affordable in a lot of areas if you don't mind a long-ish commute to the city when you have business there. Staying in a more rural area is fortunately a very valid option for tons of people as a lot of employers adopted telework permanently following the pandemic, but yeah essentially if you wanna live in an urban centre, good luck!

I used to work for a Canadian guy. He was a wealthy, successful man and had very few good things to say about the current state of things, and he was a success story. He's got 3 well educated, entrepreneurial sons and they're all going to the US.

After losing a lot of money in the financial markets last year, I need to make wiser decisions this year.