Honestly Canada vs USA is kind of a “grass always is greener on the other side” situation if you’re a middle aged white guy like me. Clearly for women or POCs it’s a lot safer up here.
But as far as starting a life, not a lot of housing options, new builds are all hella expensive, not a lot of entry level work opportunities unless you can afford trade school or want to go work up north.
You still gotta pay for the schooling. There are grants for in demand things. It all comes down to demand and where that demand is. Like if you wanna go weld on a pipeline or work on a mine/rig 2 weeks at a time than you’ll have way more options. In town trades have a lot more competition for apprenticeships and our lower population density means you’re once again going where the demand is. I got a cousin building houses on an island I had never heard of until he told me.
Not just grandchildren, any and all descendants of Canadian citizens.
I have submitted all my documentation linking me to my [Canadian] great-great-grand parents. Don’t worry, Canada. I’m not moving up north anytime soon, but since I qualified I figured I’d do it.
If they were adopted by a Canadian citizen, who was born in Canada, they were. This just adds that the adopting Canadian citizen could also have lived in Canada for three years, before adopting, to pass on the citizenship.
We also amended our citizenship laws to effectively grant citizenship to grandchildren and adopted children of Canadians.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2025/12/bill-c-3-an-act-to-amend-the-citizenship-act-2025-comes-into-effect.html
Any Canadians want to adopt a guy in his mid forties? I can cook and clean and love poutine.
Honestly Canada vs USA is kind of a “grass always is greener on the other side” situation if you’re a middle aged white guy like me. Clearly for women or POCs it’s a lot safer up here.
But as far as starting a life, not a lot of housing options, new builds are all hella expensive, not a lot of entry level work opportunities unless you can afford trade school or want to go work up north.
I’ve got a job I can do remotely so that helps.
Is your job cool with that though? I’d lose my remote gig if I wasn’t stateside anymore.
Since I’m in a pre-sales role it matters less.
Honestly it would be nice to hand off those customers to someone else.
Sign me up for trade school then
Here in burgerland the trades are apprenticeship based and you get paid to learn, I’d hope it was the same up there in Canada?
You still gotta pay for the schooling. There are grants for in demand things. It all comes down to demand and where that demand is. Like if you wanna go weld on a pipeline or work on a mine/rig 2 weeks at a time than you’ll have way more options. In town trades have a lot more competition for apprenticeships and our lower population density means you’re once again going where the demand is. I got a cousin building houses on an island I had never heard of until he told me.
I might import a few Americans to clean up the yard, they have cute national costumes of khaki shorts and shoes that say “New Balance” on them.
Not just grandchildren, any and all descendants of Canadian citizens.
I have submitted all my documentation linking me to my [Canadian] great-great-grand parents. Don’t worry, Canada. I’m not moving up north anytime soon, but since I qualified I figured I’d do it.
Oh cool, I can be Canadian.
And now that I think of it Canada does cover gender reassignment surgeries. Hmmm this is very tempting now.
Do it!
You won’t be escaping the transphobia tho FYI. Unfortunately that has replaced covid as the main wedge issue. It was ostriches for a bit there.
But afaict the children of the bigots aren’t buying into it cuz that’s their friends they’re talking about. Soooo long game!
Would some nice Canadian adopt me?
Adopted children weren’t Canadian citizens?
If they were adopted by a Canadian citizen, who was born in Canada, they were. This just adds that the adopting Canadian citizen could also have lived in Canada for three years, before adopting, to pass on the citizenship.