Why are you moving to Canada?

[jrossi]

I have a stable job, I can get the things that I want (smartphone, car, apartment, vacations abroad, etc), I can save money for my retirement, I do have health insurance (pretty good private health insurance, maybe even better than the public one I'll find in Canada), but...

1. I don't enjoy my current career, but If i decided to restart it from the ground up, I would receive a salary that is WAYYY below the amount that I currently need to sustain my quality of life (which is FARRR from being luxurious). In Canada, I can sustain that same standard of life earning minimum wage, while I have enough time to prepare myself for that change in my career.

2. As a member of the LGBT community, as a gay man, I really can't stand living in Brazil anymore. Day after day I'm watching our president and its supporters offending minorities, attacking human rights, and trying to establish a direct link between the state and the church and still he continues to have a reasonable amount of support from the population. I can't stand my people anymore, I hate the feeling of being Brazilian right now. I simply lost faith on my country and its future, things will not improve here during my lifetime. So, I need to leave.

3. I simply felt in love with Canada in 2018 when I visited it for the first time. Things are organized, city streets are clean, I can walk on the neighbourhood at night without fear of being robbed (or killed), and most importantly: it's a more equal society, where people can have a reasonable quality of life earning minimum wage (here in Brazil, you're literally miserable if you only earn minimum wage, and more than half of the population live under that situation).

 

[joconstantine]

I have a stable job, I can get the things that I want (smartphone, car, apartment, vacations abroad, etc), I can save money for my retirement, I do have health insurance (pretty good private health insurance, maybe even better than the public one I'll find in Canada), but...

1. I don't enjoy my current career, but If i decided to restart it from the ground up, I would receive a salary that is WAYYY below the amount that I currently need to sustain my quality of life (which is FARRR from being luxurious). In Canada, I can sustain that same standard of life earning minimum wage, while I have enough time to prepare myself for that change in my career.

2. As a member of the LGBT community, as a gay man, I really can't stand living in Brazil anymore. Day after day I'm watching our president and its supporters offending minorities, attacking human rights, and trying to establish a direct link between the state and the church and still he continues to have a reasonable amount of support from the population. I can't stand my people anymore, I hate the feeling of being Brazilian right now. I simply lost faith on my country and its future, things will not improve here during my lifetime. So, I need to leave.

3. I simply felt in love with Canada in 2018 when I visited it for the first time. Things are organized, city streets are clean, I can walk on the neighbourhood at night without fear of being robbed (or killed), and most importantly: it's a more equal society, where people can have a reasonable quality of life earning minimum wage (here in Brazil, you're literally miserable if you only earn minimum wage, and more than half of the population live under that situation).

I am in the same situation. But I will be moving to Canada first before sponsoring my boyfriend. We are in a long distance relationship, and we cannot get married soon so I could not include him in my application.

 

[jrossi]

I am in the same situation. But I will be moving to Canada first before sponsoring my boyfriend. We are in a long distance relationship, and we cannot get married soon so I could not include him in my application.

Really hope things will work the way you intend and that you two will be able to reunite and build your dreams in a more equal and fair place

 

[joconstantine]

Really hope things will work the way you intend and that you two will be able to reunite and build your dreams in a more equal and fair place

Thank you. And you, too.

 

[mapleleaf987]

I have a stable job, I can get the things that I want (smartphone, car, apartment, vacations abroad, etc), I can save money for my retirement, I do have health insurance (pretty good private health insurance, maybe even better than the public one I'll find in Canada), but...

1. I don't enjoy my current career, but If i decided to restart it from the ground up, I would receive a salary that is WAYYY below the amount that I currently need to sustain my quality of life (which is FARRR from being luxurious). In Canada, I can sustain that same standard of life earning minimum wage, while I have enough time to prepare myself for that change in my career.

2. As a member of the LGBT community, as a gay man, I really can't stand living in Brazil anymore. Day after day I'm watching our president and its supporters offending minorities, attacking human rights, and trying to establish a direct link between the state and the church and still he continues to have a reasonable amount of support from the population. I can't stand my people anymore, I hate the feeling of being Brazilian right now. I simply lost faith on my country and its future, things will not improve here during my lifetime. So, I need to leave.

3. I simply felt in love with Canada in 2018 when I visited it for the first time. Things are organized, city streets are clean, I can walk on the neighbourhood at night without fear of being robbed (or killed), and most importantly: it's a more equal society, where people can have a reasonable quality of life earning minimum wage (here in Brazil, you're literally miserable if you only earn minimum wage, and more than half of the population live under that situation).

Are you already in Canada ?

 

[jrossi]

Are you already in Canada ?

Nope

 

[tapioca]

Hello!
Like almost everyone on this forum, I'm trying my best to move to Canada as soon as I can. However there is not much I can do but wait as I've already submitted my application.
So this thread is going to serve as a reminder of the motivations with which we all started our journey to relocate ourselves to the Great White North.

My reasons for moving:
I was born in a first world country, lived my entire life there but I had to go back to India for education, etc. The difference was shocking and I just could not make it in the country. Primary Reasons: Environment, environment, environment, better rule of law, better infrastructure, more broad minded people, more tolerance in terms of religion, stricter animal rights, and a general respect for each other among the population, especially to people in professions such as hairdressers, artists, etc.

This thread if for people to share their stories and reasons for wanting to move to Canada so that the waiting gets a little easier for us all, especially during this pandemic.
Anything and everything is welcome!

P.s., please refrain from criticizing on other people's posts/reasons. If someone's words hurt your sentiments, keep it to yourself. Thank you.

My partner and I are from different countries, namely Brazil and France.
We both lived in each other's country for several years. Neither quite quenched our personal ambitions.
We want to build our family and set up shop in a place that offers, not just stands for:

• Economic freedom,
• Civil liberties,
• Actual rule of law.

So we figured a list of countries that offered those attributes.
Northern America clearly set itself apart, each country having major additional upsides.
Then the fit between the Canadian immigration system and our profiles tipped the scales.

 

[Dr Seun]

Well, I'm from Nigeria.
I have PhD in Economics, due to my inability to get "connected" to better jobs, I am a market facing staff on the banking industry. I reasoned,if I can't something good here to lead a comfortable life, why not apply it to a country that will value it. I got ITA and my score was 475 due to my PhD, which obviously is already playing a role.
Beyond this, I think my country is beyond redemption. I was on quora some time ago when a fellow country man posted a question, asking for other "ways" to get into Canada, and he got a rebuttal from a Canadian writer who obviously understood where he was coming from. She explained to him that the various "ways' to immigrate are public knowledge, and there are processes you have to follow. Next thing was lots of Nigerians coming down on her on being rude and racist.
I thought about it, we are quick to call people racist meanwhile we are a multiethnic country where the various tribes are always at logger heads everywhere, insulting themselves and seeking superiority over each other.
We are a country divided by religion, when the number one and two men in the country cannot be of the same religion due to lack of trust
These tribal and religious division have kept us back from being the giant of Africa.
The current president of our country is a perfect example of nepotism on two legs, the political space does not enable quality and good leadership thrive. We exchanged one corrupt highly educated president for a lovely educated and nepotistic and corrupt president. We're just moving round the same hole, making no progress.

In Nigeria, you generate your water, provide your own electricity, pay your children school fee, pay hospital bills as they come, drive on bad roads, pay for security in your houses and still pay tax which are stolen. The govt really doesn't do stuff for you, but the population subsidizes the govt. We love to pay taxes, but it must work for us.
You can all google it, Nigerian politicians are one of the highest paid in the world.
If my PhD can get me into Canada, I really don't mind getting back to sch there to study once again. My child will be better off in a sane country. My standard of living will improve. I can actually work hard and succeed without connection, and live in peace (Nigeria is number three on list of countries with high incidence of terrorism)
This is a country that young doctors are leaving en masse to the UK.
I want to be somewhere sane, Canada here I come.

 

[cansha]

I can actually work hard and succeed without connection,

All very good reasons but it may still be difficult to success without connections here in Canada as well. Once you start looking for jobs people will extoll virtues of networking in Canada. It may not be at the same level say in Nigeria but even in Canada you need to know the right people to get interview calls.

 

[Dr Seun]

All very good reasons but it may still be difficult to success without connections here in Canada as well. Once you start looking for jobs people will extoll virtues of networking in Canada. It may not be at the same level say in Nigeria but even in Canada you need to know the right people to get interview calls.

Big difference I must say in Nigeria between networking and "connection"

 

[imransyed]

I want to be somewhere sane, Canada here I come.

Reading your post made me sad and frustrated. I hope you find what you are looking for in Canada with ease.

 

[Ann7676]

The war in Ukraine is the main reason. Unfortunately it is dangerous for my children to live here. Moreover, my children can not even learn Russian language at school. My country has changed and it won't be the same any more.

 

[imransyed]

I have a stable job, I can get the things that I want (smartphone, car, apartment, vacations abroad, etc), I can save money for my retirement, I do have health insurance (pretty good private health insurance, maybe even better than the public one I'll find in Canada), but...

1. I don't enjoy my current career, but If i decided to restart it from the ground up, I would receive a salary that is WAYYY below the amount that I currently need to sustain my quality of life (which is FARRR from being luxurious). In Canada, I can sustain that same standard of life earning minimum wage, while I have enough time to prepare myself for that change in my career.

2. As a member of the LGBT community, as a gay man, I really can't stand living in Brazil anymore. Day after day I'm watching our president and its supporters offending minorities, attacking human rights, and trying to establish a direct link between the state and the church and still he continues to have a reasonable amount of support from the population. I can't stand my people anymore, I hate the feeling of being Brazilian right now. I simply lost faith on my country and its future, things will not improve here during my lifetime. So, I need to leave.

3. I simply felt in love with Canada in 2018 when I visited it for the first time. Things are organized, city streets are clean, I can walk on the neighbourhood at night without fear of being robbed (or killed), and most importantly: it's a more equal society, where people can have a reasonable quality of life earning minimum wage (here in Brazil, you're literally miserable if you only earn minimum wage, and more than half of the population live under that situation).

Unfortunately, this right-wing mania has taken over the world for now. Canada is one of the few places where even the right wing politicians look left-wing/center leaning compared to the right wing politicians of the world. I read somewhere that the immigration policy was introduced by a conservative Government.
My parents want me to not change my citizenship, because that would mean admitting defeat and giving in to the scary things politicians do and getaway with nowadays. But I don't care. I have never liked my country of origin and being from there, but it used to be tolerable. Now it has gotten past the point of no return.

 

[zam33]

good to find this forum, I'm from China, there are several motivations for me to (try to) move to Canada, E,G, better envrionment, education(for child), healthcare, while the key point is that you dont have a chance to be a normal citzen in China today. As you may know, there is no real rule of law in China, which means no one actually safe here, wether u are rich or not. People are not allowed for free expression with th existence of the cencorship for the press and the "public" internet, the big brother dont like people to talk about the government, leaders, Urgur... in fact chinese can't access to the common app lke youtube,twitter, facebook... , persons who find way to log on these sites may even be put into jail, This is really really ridiculous in 21th centuary, I dont want my children to keep living in such a place

 

[canuck78]

I have a stable job, I can get the things that I want (smartphone, car, apartment, vacations abroad, etc), I can save money for my retirement, I do have health insurance (pretty good private health insurance, maybe even better than the public one I'll find in Canada), but...

1. I don't enjoy my current career, but If i decided to restart it from the ground up, I would receive a salary that is WAYYY below the amount that I currently need to sustain my quality of life (which is FARRR from being luxurious). In Canada, I can sustain that same standard of life earning minimum wage, while I have enough time to prepare myself for that change in my career.

2. As a member of the LGBT community, as a gay man, I really can't stand living in Brazil anymore. Day after day I'm watching our president and its supporters offending minorities, attacking human rights, and trying to establish a direct link between the state and the church and still he continues to have a reasonable amount of support from the population. I can't stand my people anymore, I hate the feeling of being Brazilian right now. I simply lost faith on my country and its future, things will not improve here during my lifetime. So, I need to leave.

3. I simply felt in love with Canada in 2018 when I visited it for the first time. Things are organized, city streets are clean, I can walk on the neighbourhood at night without fear of being robbed (or killed), and most importantly: it's a more equal society, where people can have a reasonable quality of life earning minimum wage (here in Brazil, you're literally miserable if you only earn minimum wage, and more than half of the population live under that situation).

Just warning you that on minimum wage you won’t be able to sustain the same lifestyle that you have right now especially in the cities. You have to take out taxes, healthcare does not cover all heathcare costs, not much saving on minimum wage, probably no vacations but maybe a flight, etc. Not discouraging you from moving to Canada just warning you that your budget calculations are not correct.