LEAVING Canada gave me HAPPINESS (3 Reasons Why) 

Moved back to Canada 5 years ago after living in Denmark for 13 years. Worst move of my life! I used to be a proud Canadian. Not so much anymore. Take good care 🙏

I was born and raised in Canada. I moved to Thailand with my wife and kids 2 years ago, and I am so much happier here. Canada sucks

Canada is no longer a promised land. Back in the 70s and 80s, it was.

Correct on all points. It’s no longer a promised land. Rather, it has become a very strange craphole I no longer recognize.

Agreed, born and raised in Canada, but have my plan to leave. It’s gotten so bad over the years.

Here's another reason to leave Canada ... what sort of people vote in Justy Trudeau THREE TIMES?? Actually life was still quite good in 2015.

Honestly, the only thing worth having in Canada is the passport. Life is miserable here for most people i'd assume.

I'm a immigrant from a middle income country.. Let me tell you, older people in my country still have the mentality of the 80s and 90s where countries like Canada were truly better places.. In 2024, Canada isn't so much better than my own country.. On the contrary, I see people in my own country able to save more money (less taxes), have better healthcare and education, are happier and of course better weather.. But sometimes I don't know, may be it's mainstream media or social media or Hollywood, people STILL think Canada is a better country... I spend a lot of time telling them, Canada is a scam!! You'll become a miserable wage slave taxed to the bones

From Montreal, Taxes on salary + Taxes on houses + Taxes on everything you buy = 60% taxes on your income, this is crazy.

America was like a true melting pot to me, but Canada is like a Bento box where everything is divided into its own compartment.

I raised kids as a single mom in poverty here in Canada. After they were raised, I lived like a refugee and saved 32,000 dollars and it's not ever mere enough to buy anything. I can't even buy a home with it. Back in the day, you could!

I’m thinking about moving to Mexico. Every day I hear about people trying to leave.

You're correct, Canada is a country of divided mini societies. People branch off based on religion, cutural ancestry, race and at times social activism or political activism.

Left Canada and moved back a few years back. The biggest mistake ever! Working hard to leave again. I must escape!

Just arrived to Toronto, a month ago and the first thing I've noticed was that what you actually talking about. Nobody talks to anybody. I live in a small basement with 8 people from all different cultures and they are all like strangers. The first week nobody even say hello to me, was very strange because what everybody talking outside Canada is how inclusive they are here, how happy the life is, how polite, etc. I learn the hard way this first lie and list goes on... The most shocking experience is to see crazy people in the street, multicolor flags on kindergardens, dgur everywhere. Its scarry... Today buying flight ticket to return to my "3rd world country". Regards! new suscriber

I'm a 64 year old white Canadian. When you said you might get some eye-rolling over that last point, it's exactly how I feel. I do my eye-rolling at all the offended whining garbage that everybody started to have a snowball effect with until it seems to have taken over the society. If I was younger I would leave but not be stupid enough to think that the grass is always greener on the other side. I know that there would be things that I might not like in another place and that there are things that I'd miss here but the attitudes as you mentioned with being offended and insane liberal ideas that are being shoved down everybody's throats is enough to wipe your hands and be done with. I can't leave because I'm barely surviving on a pension, don't own my own home so I rent and have virtually no disposable income. The only country I've ever visited outside of Canada has been the United States and the last time was over twenty years ago. I had to retire because of a handicap so I can't work any longer. I quite literally have to count pennies when spending any money which after my rent and bills is only food. So even an equivalent place would be fine as it would free up a little bit of my money because the cost of everything here has skyrocketed and seems to be on an upward trajectory that appears to never come back down to earth.

Moved from France to Canada, spent about 8 years here. Planning to move with my wife and kids in Asia. Too much things change here, even in few years. We pay so much taxes and don't even have a family doctor. We pay so much taxes and everything is breaking... It's not possible anymore.

Left Canada 10 years ago for Chongqing. Agree 100% on all your points 🎉 it’s cheap and great and I can afford luxurious trips and to be a homeowner why wouldbt I take this deal amiright?

What you mentioned Is nothing but just a marketing perception. You buy a house and you keep on paying interest all your life. The house is about 4k and you pay more than double on it for your life and when you are done payment, house is no more in a condition to live because its life has gone too much. If you couldn't pay the mortage every moth, the bank will hit your credit score making hard for your finance anything next time. So you have to keep yourself above the line of poverty in any case. Buying a house is having an elephant at home; mortgage, power bill, phone bill, internet bill, water and inland bill. In taxes you pay a big amount every year in property tax and income tax, then you pay whatever you buy or get services, you pay General Sales and or Provincial tax. When you sell a home, if your profit is more than some specific amount, govt takes away 60% of that extra profit. Insurance wherever is private is crazily high and a lot manipulation. Your job in Canada is juat to work and pay taxes to the government and government can send that money for Ukrain aid to fight against Russia. That's the best use of taxpayer money has been found.

I'm in my 70's now and have lived all my life in Canada -- But I have seen huge changes, for the worst, related in the whole category of your third point.( many more than you mentioned but very related). Canada is simply not what it used to be.

I live 40 minutes from downtown Toronto. I went for a short drive today into Toronto and was shocked at how much trash and garbage I saw on the side of the roads in Toronto. Toronto was never like that. Years ago, it was known as one of the cleanest and safest cities in North America. That's over! A once great city is slowly turning into a total sh**hole....

What is Canada's fastest growing export ? a) Our vehicles b) our money to Ukraine c) young well educated , motivated people with a strong work ethic d) Our intellectual property e ) all of the above

My father came to Canada in 1962. With an autobody repairman's salary he bought a house and cottage and put his two sons through university.

Great video, I'm glad it popped up on my feed. I moved from UK to Canada last April, knowing that the cost of living and housing is unaffordable for most people. My friends back home ask if it is worth it, and my response is always the same "if you can have a household income of >$160k, yes". My partner and I have a household income of over $225k, and we still feel sick looking at the cost of housing and food... but we do have 3 teenagers in the house!

Can't believe I'd be commenting on one of these. I'm in an Msc program.Planned the image and Canadian dream in 2021 after finishing my bachelor's degree in China in 2019. Immediately on landing here in 2023 and seeing the decline firsthand has made me question life and reality cuz I could never understand how something so perfectly painted to outsiders could fail so bad. I kept on saying "No, no, no this can't be Canada,this can't be what i waited for all these years, couldn't be what we sacrificed so much for, there's just no chance and that's the most painful thing. I'm 23 and rent is a joke,let alone thinking of buying a house🤣you pretty much said it all man. I feel like at some point i will find myself in China again cuz that really felt like second home to me even in rough times. Over here,lack of any sort of support system leaves you hanging when the bills come.

I wish you all the best! I was born and raised in Canada and have never felt like I belong here - I can't wait to figure out how to leave and find out where 'home' is to me. Regarding your third point, you're not wrong!!

I always took happiness for granted, my life was so fulfilled with family and friends that I forgot that I wouldn’t have them close in Canada. Canada used to make up for it with the good cost of life and now that is gone. I can count the days I have been happy in Canada in the last 7 years in my fingers. Do not come to Canada unless you have nothing in your country. And even tho I would wait for power to change hands here

I left Canada 2 years ago and never felt so good. Finally, I found nicer people and especially more human with good values. My only problem is that it's difficult to take money out of Canada as banks don't want to cooperate. Any ideas ? Everything is a problem with the major canadian banks.

I tried for 6 years to get my wife and two young daughters here from Mexico. Now I finally got them up here after dealing with our dysfunctional immigration system. Now I have them here and it’s too expensive to live here. I’ve been thinking about it wrong. I should have been working towards me moving there. There’s nothing left here. This country is failing. I can still work here but I don’t want to live here permanently.

I’m 55 yrs old my great grandma came to canada during the potato famin in Ireland. She had my grandmother in a house in Ladner BC . My grandma had my mom and my mom had me and I had my daughter! . My roots go back far in Canada but my bloodline is Irish . Listen in the beginning many people moved here to canada from all parts of Europe and Greece Italy Ireland Scotland England etc we were all very different but we slowly worked together and we became united as one people Canadians !!!! we worked on what we could have in common not what made us different ! We had morals and values and humour and freedom respect and friendship ‘ together ‘ Canadian UNITY WAS OUR STRENGTH. We were one big community called the Canadian community. And we made friends and families together .We mainly had Jesus as our one main rock , we mainly listened to the same music western types music and we would speak English especially in public settings . we thrived with each other and life was affordable fun and united even media was fair. This mass migration that really took a foothold under Trudeau in 2016 has come in and formed enclaves away from the generational Canadians they choose to speak their motherland language in public and prefer to stay with their motherland culture identity and religion and tend to show boat their motherland ways to the Canadians as they don’t seem to project to be Canadian . The mass migration has been brutal to our Canadian fabric and this mass migration has taken a toll on our infrastructure and economy housing culture. Canada is lost ,divided and has fallen sadly. Many patriot type Canadians have stood a long time to continue with uniting this country but our voices are misinterpreted and censored. And mocked by government media and by some nasty lying people! Many patriot type Canadians are now leaving Canada as it no longer is what they represent and remember sadly. Rip Canada 🇨🇦

Excellent observations! 🙏🏽👍👏 I left Canadá 23 years ago after 25 years of living in both east and west coast of Canada! I would never consider going back. Good for you !🙏🏽💐👏

Honesty Canada is for many a nightmare right now. I hope things will turn to positive again. To find a job at Tim's has became very lucrative.

Just randomly chanced upon this and completely agree with you and enjoyed the content. You earned yourself a subscriber.

thank you for speaking out! As a life-long Canadian, I couldn't agree more with just about everything you said. There's rarely a day that goes by that I don't ponder other places that I could move my family to.

After 36 years in Canada, I am moving out. No healthcare here. I am worried. I will miss the clean air, the nice highways, and the kindness of most Canadians. May be a new government will make life more bearable.

Canada is a great place if you have a big family friends and a good support system. Back in the 90s and 00s new immigrants could build a good life for themselves because the wages were good and housing was affordable. Now it seems like everyone in Canada is a social justice warrior, no matter what you say you’ll end up offending someone. The truth is if you don’t have family and a good support system in Canada, your life will be very lonely, because it’s difficult to meet new people and make meaningful relationships. Plus a single income is not enough to build a nest egg for the future in this country.

I wish people would quit saying the Canadian medical system is free. The so-called free system is in bad shape right now. I'll take a mix of private public like most other countries have now! You may not pay out of pocket for medical services,but you pay very high taxes to support it.

I’m in the US and your reasons apply here too. Pretty awesome to get a Canadian salary in China. Never thought about working for a company in the states but actually doing the work abroad. Sounds really awesome the way you describe it.

Average person can not even purchase a home and sadly eveb renting has become a nightmare. Not enough places available in the rental market.

Canada used to be good. If my health was better and I was younger, I'd seriously think about moving to Russia. I don't believe the wartime propaganda that is everywhere. Canada used to be...me. But it was taken away from me without being asked what I thought about it, and changed into something I no longer recognize or like. Oh well. I speak my mind and what I believe to be the truth and RU-vid continuously shadow-bans me. I'm not sure why. Though I have a pretty good idea.

Good comment about your multicultural community in China. I found the same when, in the 80s I moved to Hong Kong to work for awhile. And there, I soon found myself in a community of Australians, Canadians, Indians, South Africans, Brits, and the occasional Chinese person. Back then, while I loved southeast Asia, I saw Canada as a relative paradise, where everything worked, you could get an education, a job and a life. Now, that's all slipping away. Or worse, it's transitioning into a totalitarian slum. With nice scenery. Sadly, much can be said about the rest of the anglosphere.

All your reasons are absolutely correct, good for you for moving. I was born in Canada and currently live there but travel often. I think Canada is a huge mess caused by the Liberal government. I can't stand it here. Wayyyyyyyyyyy too expensive. We are looking for a place to move because we are retired.

what part of Canada did you live when you were in Canada?

how were you able to find this job that paid for all these things??

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 culture, no freedom, no jobs, no opportunities, only modern slavery, worst healthcare system, unbearable political correctness, crime infested/drug infested, xenophobic people, too depressing. It has become a North Korea style dictatorship in the western world. Their are many reasons why Canada has fallen apart. But the number one reason is ‘multiculturalism’. My friends, multiculturalism simply does not work. Different cultures do not come together and mix, different cultures come together and clash. The world is divided into different countries for a reason: because people hate each other and only want to be with their own kind. The number two reason for Canada’s demise is ‘socialism’. In this modern era of aging populations, it is mathematically impossible for socialism to continue. The government does not have the money to take care of old people and provide healthcare, pensions and the various other benefits, even with the astronomical taxation that burdens hard working Canucks. Well Canada, you had a good run. Time for Canucks to move to an emerging country. We welcome you here in Southeast Asia.

As a Canadian, stuck here in Canada - you hit the nail on the head so to speak. It's sad but true.

I have the same views as yours.. I have been living in Canada for more than 1.5 years and I have experienced the same situation as You have described. I completely agree with you.

I am kinda new to Canada and I have no idea how was the atmosphere before years, but as a person who lived in eastern Europe before, it was culturally rich, everything was interesting. But here in Canada it just a country who have no color always make me feel empty from inside, a land with bunch of people divided to tribes, as the news said, lack of self belonging, everyone is just disconnected from this land and Canadian flag means nothing to many people.

I agree on everypoint. No matter how long you stay here, you never truely feel that you belong. There is always this invisible wall. I've lived here for more than two 3rd of my years. At work, i'm always treated as the other, even though i share their political views, Because according to them "chinese people are all liberals and can't be a conservative". WTF. Of course i want Canada to do well, since China does not allow dual citizenship, and i had to give up on my chinese citizenship to become a canadian citizen. Canada is becoming so incredibly backwards. At least in China people are normal, nobody is changing their genders, nobody doing drugs, and police do their job arresting baddies and send them to prison. If China allowed dual citizenship i would rather live in China than here.

I’m leaving for the same reason. I’m looking for better education for my daughter. I’m done with the politics and lifestyle. Especially in Prairie County Alberta. I’ve had my taste of living in both Europe and China. My kid has the option to go anywhere and I’m not going to let us just stick to small town Canada and trying to make the best in only Canada. The whole world is available!

I was born here in Canada and have lived here my whole life. I never thought id eventually become so unhappy with the state of Canada id want to leave!! But here i am, trying to find ways to "escape". Im curious what your doung as a career to find the financial freedom you had mentioned in your video to move to China?? I've had a very difficult time finding international employment

Bro. Very nicely explain about CANADA, thank you bro. I want to see China, can u guide me.

The free healthcare is a joke. Many people on the waiting lists went to USA for faster life saving treatments 😂

As a former refugee to Canada, I made great Chinese friends in Lebanon before moving here that were closer to me than most people here. I agree with you about the liberal ideology. It's crazy what we're funding with our tax dollars instead of getting a proper treatment when going to the ER.

I’ve read a lot of the comments here and find myself agreeing with many of them. Most complaints revolve around high taxes, living and housing expenses. What isn’t being discussed so much are the root causes of the malaise. Why have things gone downhill so much, and especially during the reign of the current government? What are their underlying ideological paradigms? Once we recognize the intimate connection between this ideological platform and the decline of overall quality of life and the divisions in evidence, we can get a clearer picture. The current prime minister, is the son of a former prime minister. The latter was a card-carrying member of the Communist Party of Canada in his younger days. Eventually, he realized that as a card-carrying communist he would not amount to much politically, and that he needed to cover up the outside red spots on his skin. So he joined the Liberal party. Ideologically speaking, his son, the current prime minister, is a chip of the old block - albeit totally lacking his father’s intellect! In a nutshell: Canada’s malaise is the direct result of the application of Fabian Socialism (the introduction of socialism through piece meal implementation, bit, by bit, by bit) and the accompanying Cultural Marxism that pervades all social engineering initiatives. And for those of you thinking that things are better in Europe - think again! You would only jump from the fire into the frying pan. Things are just as bad there, or soon will be. Another reason I would not consider moving to Europe is their proximity to military flashpoints.

Fellow chinese born canadian here also.As a registered nurse new grade in Vancouver BC my base would be 40.51 CAD(29.4USD) and pay for parking I moved to Vancouver WA, USa and my rate is 50USD (68CAD), that's a 70% increase and thats with the recent raise BC nurses got since new grads used to start at 36cad. Rent is marginally more pricey but im getting paid alot more so its fine. in addition ,there is state income tax in WA. I worked my ass off for a year and ignoring my savings i accumulated while living in canada I was able to save up for 20% for a home to make a great downpayment. 1 million CAD in vancouver bc would get 1k sq 2bed apartment with high fees while that same amount in washington would get a very nice large home.BC may be a nice place to visit due to its nature but certainly not a great place to make a living. It's uncanny that I with 1 year of RN experiences is earning more than all the other RNs in BC with 30 years experience since their base pay caps at 57.8. Good for you for having a career that allows you to earn a first world salary while having expenses of a developing country.

Great content! I share many similarities and thoughts as you and wanted to work in China. Can you please share some guidance on finding jobs as a foreign (I’m native Chinese as well) and how did you manage to find a high paying job with accommodations? What are some in demand industry for foreigners? I much appreciate your advice! Many thanks

Born and raised in Canada as others commenting. Agree with your points. We will be retiring outside of Canada at some point. Never could have envisioned the changes that have destroyed Canada.

I would really be interested to live 1 year in China just to try. I just don't know if I might find jobs there (I don't speak mandarin for the moments but I'm not bad at language learning). Do you recommend to come to China ?

If you just waited little bit longer Canada will become Chine so you would save yourself hustle of going back and forth.

This country blows now .... cheers and good luck!

Yes, Canada is very expensive with high taxes, but one question, have you or did you ever consider visiting or even moving to Moscow, Russia?

Great video. Thanks very much. You are right on the money 100%. I am a new sub. Appreciate your content. I am also looking to move out soon.

My boy friend is from New Zealand, he recently he arrived to my place in Mex, he did a stop over in Vancouver for a couple of days, and he got freaked our with the cost of living and homeless. We are living in México for good, since we have a home in the woods, we cant afford living in NZ nor any other western country. It is hectic every where. 😢

Is your employer Canadian? I've been wanting to do something similar with my working conditions. I don't see this country heading in a good direction either, I'm just not sure where to move at this point. I have access to the EU but I am not sure about their situation either.

Thank you thank you thank you for your honesty 👏👏👏👏👏‼️✅ and thank you for helping in providing very important information for the rest of us that are struggling here in Canada 🇨🇦👍

It’s an interesting analysis and on many aspects it’s truly difficult to disagree with that. As somebody living in Canada for a fair amount of years I may say (as it would be in any other country, but in Canada probably even more so) and underline that a good chunk of such problems and perceptions are strictly related to where are you living in Canada and what’s your main source of income. Not saying you cannot find the very same problems in most of the places, but the impact they may have on somebody’s life are in my humble opinion quite different. Provinces and dwellings in Canada differ significantly under many aspects: not just the rental and housing market is completely different from west to east, from north to south and from major metropolis to rural areas, but taxation and job market as well changes in an equally significant way. I’ve been lucky enough to visit the whole country, province by province, city by city, and I may dare say (based on my limited personal experience), that despite some issues and benefits are surely common to the whole country, others are more relevant in specific contexts. Even simply comparing life in a major metropolis such as Vancouver, with other places such as Quebec City (in Quebec), Edmonton (in Alberta), or Thunder Bay (in Ontario) it’s hard to compare them at all. That said, the changes I could whiteness during the last years are indeed quite impressive, making not few people move away from their area: especially from extremely competitive area such as Vancouver and Toronto. Good video, best wishes to your channel :)

Totally agree. I love Canada and was born and raised there. I left 10 years ago but come back every summer. While I enjoy my Toronto summers, my wallet is always happy to get back to Europe.

Wow! May I ask, what do you do for work, and how were you able to find such a job that pays both your rent and salary in CAD? Maybe you shared this in other comments or videos but I wasn't able to find them. Thanks in advance!

You made a smart decision. Over the years I've asked the wife "why do Chinese people still want to move here", I've never understood. I say this having been to China numerous times and loving it. If I could do it now, I would, we'd move to China but as it stands we'll, for financial reasons, be sticking to our 5 year plan, the plan being to spend the majority of our time there. I'm already beyond excited, heading to Fuzhou at the end of the month for 5 weeks, I can't wait, cheers.

Canadians are cold in person, even if you are born in a small town it's difficult to meet Canadians in bigger cities.

Honesty is rare today. Thank you. I agree with all of your points.

That's sad, so at primary school, did you mingle with other ethnic groups during play time? Did you collaborate at uni in group projects? Or was it that after class you revert back to hanging out with your own group? Thanks

No country is perfect. When I graduate from college in a few years, my hope is to pack up and go to Japan (I have a plan in my head to work over there, it’s solid but different. If it backfires, so be it, but it’s better than staying in Halifax for the rest of my life wondering what if.). While Japan has issues, I think the potential upside could sway in my favour. I hope to work hard, apply my skills to a job, and make enough to have an honest life and raise a family with my girlfriend who is over there already. Doing all that seems practically impossible to do in Canada today, so I’m getting out of here the first chance I get.

Canada now is no longer for working people 😢 Canada is for investors and business people

Born and raised in Vancouver… agree with everything you say. I dislike it here more and more every year. Congrats on getting out and improving your life. Maybe that will be me as well one day.

Thank you for your honesty. Also, you have the courage to take control of your life.

Hello, interesting; you are among so many people I have met who have left Canada and hold no plans to return. Asa Canadian I left almost 9 years ago and have not returned not even for a visit and I don't miss it one tiny bit. I left for the same reasons you sited and a I did not see a future in Canada and not on the stupid pensions that I am currently receiving I would have ended on the sidewalks begging for change. Best decision i ever did in my life....

I agree to all 3 points! I am white ( born in Romania ) and I had several Asian friends in Canada.

I am relatively new Canadian (30 years) and would go to where I know I belong but my children are here... stuck between a rock and a hard place

I love Canada and Canadian people, I am a naturalized Canadian, it took a lot of years to feel I belong here but it was worthy.

Nope. I’m planning a move next year. I’m a preschool teacher in Canada that gets paid one of the lowest salaries, despite having a degree and diploma. So, I’ve decided to take my credentials elsewhere where I’m treated with respect.

You described Canada exactly how it is. Especially the last part about the over the top liberal culture. I can't leave Canada fast enough. I received my permanent residency for Mexico this year but I see myself in S.E. Asia after visiting multiple times since 1996. I like having multiple options. You forgot to mention 8-9 months of winter.

Hi, how is your mandarin and are you required to read and write Chinese for your job in China?

I am nearing retirement and living in Canada is not great anymore. I have grown kids in Canada and so I am thinking about living in Thailand, or Vietnam for 6 months during the winter and return for 6 months. Maybe I will decide to leave permanently and take up residency somewhere else. Thanks for the great video.

Good analysis ,,,,wise man,,,,

That is so sad but true. I’ve been here back in the 70s and I’m thinking to leave Canada also.

So, I wonder how much effort he put forth in finding acquaintances and friends when he was in Canada, especially non-Chinese? I agree with cost of living, paid a Canadian salary in a country w/lower cost of living, far too liberal (Canada needs to be more conservative, tough on crime etc).

Do you speak chinese and what do you do there? Growing up in Toronto, my background and experience is exactly as yours. I agree with your 3 points. I'm middle aged. My chinese is not that good and starting over would be very difficult.

I notice that you’ve responded to all the comments. Now that speaks a lot about you…..in a good way, ofcourse.

Great video brother! 🎉

Born and raised here in Canada, but not proud anymore and embarrassed by my government. I would move to the USA in a heartbeat if I could get citizenship there.

I am a white 33 year old Canadian woman. I am SOOOOO ready and wanting to leave and honestly I would be but I have my dog here with me and I am not sure I can give her up, but I have a friend who always looks after her anyways. Canada is a failure to say the least. I can't seemt o get ahead here. Our PM is a total goof clown, I wish I didn't have so much stuff as I think I would try thailand. It will be my dream in my near future to leave this place. Wish me luck on doing this.

As a Polish/Ukrainian immigrant that’s been in Canada since young, it actually normal for people to organize themselves amongst people of their own culture. For example, Slavic culture is very different than Canadian culture. It was strange for me to see people walking into homes with their shoes on. So yes, of course we surround ourselves with people that speak the same first langauge and have similar cultural practices and values- it feels familiar and like “home”. Canada is a country of many different settlers that have been here for some time and of course many immigrants from around the world. That said, even tho I had my Slavic friends growing up, I also had many friends outside of my culture including Chinese, Jamaican etc. Many of us growing up here are 1st generation immigrants so naturally you will be drawn to what feels like home. That said, once you go through the schooling system it’s hard to be super insular and you are bound to meet people. I have a Chinese friend(Canadian born) and he works as an actor(outside his full time job)and is part of the Toronto union and he’s friends with literally everyone. I can’t even imagine him just having Chinese friends lol. I think some people are really just beyond their cultural identity while others almost create an identity around it which is very normal- especially if you are a visible minority. But we are in Toronto, Ontario tho and you are exposed to so many different cultures here due to all the festivals around. So to me, Ontario was always just a multi cultural place. But when I travelled outside of Ontario to Quebec, it gave a very almost French European vibe that I loved. Alberta has its own country type culture etc. So there are so many influences here which I have always appreciated. And since you are living aboard, you have found familiarity with the “expat” group which is another organization of like minded people. It’s human nature. But yes it has changed and you nailed all the reasons why- especially cost of living. It’s a matter of being amongst people with common values.

I left Canada is 2014 and go back mutible times a year. I first planned on moving back someday. But the last 5 years Canada has gone down hill badly. The cost of living is one way but it is also the culture. Canada has become a nanny state. Freedom is being detiriated. The country is devided between the elite and everyone else. It makes me sad to say i will probally never move back

Sounds like "The Two Solitudes" has become "The Multiple Solitudes". I'm an ex-pat Canadian living in Australia. I don't know, I think the world is changing fast and I no longer believe in anything called "the best country in the world". I think times are getting tough everywhere.

Brilliant. Really enjoyed your video. Totally agree with you. Especially on your last point. I too left to return back to Italy. Best decision I've ever made.

May because I grew up in Toronto, I had friends with different backgrounds. I find certain cultures mix less

I am from NY with a math background and almost similar story like you. I and my wife, both immigrants worked our backs off paying school bills and then our house but now at sixty, we have retired in the Philippines and living out our life there. We visited China last year and it was instant love on first visit. We will be visiting again this year and years to come; we simply love everything about China. Btw the liberalism of NYC was straw that broke the Camel's back and we made our decision to leave NY for good. Like you I too believed in the so-called melting pot NY theory till I realized otherwise. The irony being most of my colleagues at the university were Chinese from mainland and Taiwan and Singapore.

Not that bad of experience for me. Came here in 98. It's been a pretty good/ugly/awesome/rad ride!