| A continually expanding economy, lots of
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| | drive of each other, while Vancouver lies
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| recreational space, some of the cleanest
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| | far to the west on the Pacific Ocean.
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| cities in the world, and low crime rates
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| | Most other cities are well under 1
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| make Canada one of the best places in the
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| | million people, and the farther north you
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| world to live. Here are some things to
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| | go, the more empty space you can expect
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| consider if you are moving Canada for
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| | to find between population centres.
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| business or personal reasons.
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| | Social programs and Big Taxes
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| Citizenship
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| | If you ask a Canadian what the country's
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| Those planning to stay in Canada for the
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| | most important institutions are, nine out
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| long term should immediately begin
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| | of ten will point to Universal Health
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| seeking out guidance on achieving
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| | Care and the Public Education System.
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| citizenship. Canada has many benefits to
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| | These systems guarantee that all Canadian
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| offer its citizens, but government
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| | citizens have access to good health care
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| programs such as Universal Health Care
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| | and every child can attend school up
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| are only available to permanent
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| | until grade 12 without having to pay for
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| residents. Becoming a Canadian citizen
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| | it. Both systems are within the
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| requires an application, and certain
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| | jurisdiction of the provinces, as the
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| official documents, and you may have to
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| | Catholic background of Quebec was a major
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| pass a test.
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| | contributor to the development of both
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| Don't Believe the Weather Rumours
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| | its hospitals and its schools; therefore,
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| It is likely that if you have never spent
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| | it is necessary to purchase health
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| a lot of time in Canada, you have heard
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| | insurance even when traveling out of the
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| stories about the country being the land
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| | province you reside in.
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| of ice and snow, with freezing conditions
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| | Hand in hand with comprehensive social
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| in the winter and bleak summers. While
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| | programs come high taxes in order to fund
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| most of the country does get cold in the
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| | these programs. Canada has taxes on
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| winter (although coastal areas such as
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| | almost everything that you could imagine,
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| British Columbia's Lower Mainland rarely
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| | from various federal and provincial
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| get below 0 C and see little snow) the
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| | gasoline taxes to taxes on alcohol,
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| summers in many areas can be quite hot.
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| | cigarettes, hotel rooms, and cross border
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| This ranges from the dry and scorching
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| | goods. In addition, the federal
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| heat of the B.C. interior (where
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| | government applies a 6% tax to all goods
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| temperatures climb to the mid-40s for
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| | and services, and every province but
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| several weeks in July or August) to the
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| | Alberta has some form of provincial sales
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| more humid heat of locations along the
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| | tax. Income taxes for Canadians are also
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| St. Lawrence River (Montreal, Toronto,
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| | quite high, with a greater share deducted
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| Ottawa).
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| | the more you earn.
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| Get Used to Distance
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| | Like any country, Canada has points in
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| Eighty percent of Canada's population is
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| | its favour and against. As most Canadian
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| located in the strip of land that runs
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| | citizens will point out, the price of
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| from Quebec City to Windsor at the
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| | taxes is fairly minor when measured up
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| American border. The three biggest cities
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| | against the many benefits Canadians
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| in the nation are located at opposite
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| | enjoy, not the least of which is being
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| ends of the country: Montreal and Toronto
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| | one of the cleanest and safest countries
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| in the east are within an easy day's
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| | in the world.
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