Jaxon911 said:
UK Education system is also different, it's 12+3 like we have in India, so most students here need a master's degree to find a job.
Pretty good comparison between UK & US, Oscar7. I agree everything's expensive and overtaxed here in the UK, especially after my recent trip to US. Too many too easy to exploit benefits. Bad weather and poor public schools.
But I think Canada's got similar benefit system, higher taxes and free health care on offer too. US is very different from Canada, but UK in terms of system isn't that different I think.
I've lived in the US, never in the UK nor in Canada (yet!) but I know many people from all 3 places. Plus I've done some research before deciding where to immigrate.
My impression is that Canada is not as generous with benefits nor as harsh with taxes as the UK. But Canada will not let its poor completely fall out of society as the USA will. You will get basic health care and education in Canada; in the USA you may not even get that if you don't have money. The Canadian health care system depends somewhat on province and location (urban vs rural) but on average seems to cover somewhat less and be a bit less generous than that in the UK (many Canadians have supplemental private insurance from employers whereas this is less common in the UK), but it is far better than the USA which has no public health system at all except hospitals that are required to treat the poor in an emergency, or for special categories like the old or military veterans. On average, Canada's public education seems better than the UK and far better than the USA--but of course in wealthy areas in any country the education will be good, so I am speaking on average. In terms of the size of homes, cars, roads, shops and people (haha), Canada is much more similar to the USA. The cost of living in Canada is also similar to comparable areas in the USA (large or small city, wealthy area or not, etc), and much less than the UK.