Pros of cons of living in canada
Pros: nice people, queer friendly, free healthcare
Cons: bri’ish, fr*nch
For legal reasons, this is a joke and meme
Free Healthcare if you have a Canadian citizenship. You have to pay otherwise.
And free Healthcare, but whether or not you can actually get any depends on where you live. In my home province people have been dying in ER rooms because they’ve had to wait 20+ hours to be seen. We also have a wait list for a family doctor that is over 8 years long, and before then you get nothing. Mental health is provided as a public service here, but they have maybe enough room for 200 patients because of how pathetic the pay is. Friend of mind has been on the waitlist for public mental health for almost 3 years. Just keeps getting told to wait. Out of pocket private mental health is around 250$ an hour if you don’t have good health insurance. Even with my relatively good health plan its around 100$ an hour.
In Ontario and Alberta there are also persistent pushes for privatization of Healthcare. Because Doug Ford and the conservative party exist. Thankfully they haven’t gotten anywhere with it yet.
You might also want to rethink the queer friendly angle. It very much depends on where you live. There are some provinces with actively queerphobic government, and some places are very aggressively transphobic. People can be nice at times, but hate crimes can and do still happen here all the time. In the prairies especially, a lot of people gobble up fox news like it’s scripture and homophobia and transphobia are growing problems there.
People are nice, so long as you don’t mess with their perception of social norms.
If you’re seriously considering Canada, I’d recommend Vancouver. Montreal is a good second, then Toronto or Halifax. It depends on how you want to live and what matters most to you. Vancouver is going to be the most queer positive every time, Montreal is similarly queer positive and I never have had problems there myself, and Toronto and Halifax both have pretty visible queer communities. Everywhere else is going to be highly variable. The smaller the community the worse generally.
Good to know, sorry for the assumptions btw, I am just really tired of the shitshow that is the usa that I live in
Totally fair. So far no bans on transition related care in Canada, and I’d be surprised if it happened at all. In comparison to the US we are definitely on average a lot better all around. Hopefully we can begin accepting lgbt refugees, but thus far things have been vague on whether or not it can or will happen.
On an unrelated note, how ya doin?
Made the move a few years back and it was the best thing I’ve ever done. Health care is free as long as you have legal status here, so a work permit will do you just fine at first.
Allot of what Canadians complain about are problems every country has or are having. The difference is, it’s just not as bad here! Minimum wage is actually liveable, at least where I am and the healthcare wait times are nothing compared to some European countries.
That being said, outside of bigger towns/cities Canada for sure has a real racism problem that no one really talks about. And be prepared for allot of people to ask you “why did you even want to come here, this country sucks”
There are a bunch of programs available for people to get work permits, basically set up for you to give Canada a try and see if you like it. Hopefully my little rant gives you a bit more of an insight!
Stay the fuck out of Saskatchewan. This place is not exactly friendly.
Edit: I just realized how mean that sounded, and I want a more diverse people here around me but this place is just so fuckin toxic.
Duly noted.
