Moving To Canada vs UK Which Is Better, Best

[@susanacton5007]

It's been 43 years for me and we had a similar experience to yours. It took about 2 years to get here from our official decision to emigrate from the UK. We arrived in June 1981 - no regrets and - as new parents - the opportunities that Canada offered were really what drew us to this wonderful country. We're not sun worshippers - so the weather was not a factor for us at all, but the cost of living was so much better here and, growing up in London, the space was intoxicating! My children and grandchildren have benefited from the opportunities that Canada has offered us and we are all proud and grateful Canadians.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks for sharing your story too Susan we too are very proud Canadians 🍷🇨🇦🌺

[@lovebeautynaturemya930]

Non and Tina I really appreciate having you share your journey and adventures. You are an amazing couple. I'm an immigrant and I love Canada. So far no complaints, because I am a grateful and simple person, I hope that you have a safe, healthy and joyful life.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thank you so much, we hope you have a great life in Canada.🇨🇦

[@lovebeautynaturemya930]

I so admire Non and Tina. People who don't appreciate Canada should watch this couple's videos. They are role models in good and bad times. Many immigrants don't appreciate the opportunities that are here in Canada.

[@gkennedy2998]

Your history is wonderful. Thank you for your relentless honesty. Both Norm and Tina, you are helpful and kind.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

That's really nice of you to say, thanks! 🙂🇨🇦

[@davidmaclachlan]

Inspiring! Canada is the better for having you. Glad it's worked out well for you!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks, we love it here 🙂🇨🇦

[@sharischmidt4712]

I'm happy you found a good life here in Canada! It's a wonderful country to live in!! 😄🇨🇦❤️

[@Jacquie_Kirk_111]

I'm grateful to live in Canada. It's a wonderful country!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

You are right Jacquie, Canada is a great country, regardless of what goes on in Ottawa 🇨🇦

[@SnapCrackleRetirement]

Thank you for sharing! Carp village is lovely and my husband and I retired here. We frequent the Swan. Enjoy your videos.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks so much for watching , it’s a great little village we love it too 🇨🇦🍻

[@alandusautoy8204]

Always nice to hear from you. We moved in 2010. It is a land of opportunity.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Cheers 🍻🇨🇦🍷

[@pintsizestories196]

We live in Glengarry township, south of Ottawa, where many Scottish people settled in the 1800s. We are in one of the sunniest spots in Ontario. I think the early Scots must have really enjoyed the bright weather. They certainly stayed over the generations.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

That’s good to know we lived in Ottawa for over 20 years , it’s a lot milder climate here in Southwest Ontario Cheers 🍻🙂🍷

[@lindathompson3109]

We are glad you're here!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thank you!

[@jacinthmanning6626]

God bless Canada. I love living in this country and agree with all your points💕

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

That’s awesome Jacinth 🇨🇦🍻🍷

[@aurielsmith8753]

Thank you Tina and Norm...I always wanted to know why and now I do 😊 ❤

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

We're glad you enjoyed the video Auriel Cheers 🍷🇨🇦

[@heatheraho224]

I loved this vlog! My dad was born in Edinburgh and he took a job in the war working for an oil company in Trinidad. This company paid for employees to travel abroad every so often and he met my mother on a train travelling from Toronto to Montreal. She invited him to spend Xmas with her family in the Eastern Townships of Quebec - 6 weeks later they were engaged. He went back to Trinidad, she flew there 6 months later and they were married. Once they had to decide where to live, at the time , after the war, Britain was on food stamps so they decided to live in Canada. Very happily married for 43 years In Canada before my dad passed away . He loved Scotland and went back several times but never regretted his life in Canada.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

That’s a wonderful story thanks for sharing it, Norm was born in Edinburgh too.

[@ryanm7171]

I'm glad you still decided to move to Canada even though you visited us in the winter. So many people love our summers, but it does a while for most immigrants to get used to our winters, especially the amount of snow you get in Ottawa.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

We are glad we came too 🙂🇨🇦

[@SteveWhiteEEAMPS]

Tina & Norm, I was just in the London, and it was Madness! Just madness! People everywhere, traffic there is all stop, bumper to bumper all day everyday. Over priced, and over populated, and a lot of rudeness. I couldn't wait to leave. I was also in Belfast & Dublin. I loved Dublin, but won't return to Belfast. Both of these were much easier to deal with, but Dublin was wonderful. It too was quite expensive, and comparable to the rest of Europe. Very friendly, very nice weather, and very civilized. I would live in Dublin!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

We enjoyed Dublin too, thanks for sharing your experience.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

We have been to Dublin , and Cobb on our last cruise 🚢 liked both . They are all expensive as you say and busy , busy busy in people and traffic Cheers 🙂🍻

[@oldman4552]

Just so everyone knows, this new dental care plan is not free if your family income is over $70K annually. Between $70-80K you pay 40%, $80-90k you pay 60% of costs, all at set rates of which your dentist may not prescribe to. Over $90K, not eligible. Between CPP, OAS, RRIF, and other investment or pension income, $70K for a couple in retirement is not a tremendously high bar. There will be a very high price tag (public cost) to the program.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks for clarifying in more detail , still helping seniors in retirement Cheers 🦷🙂

[@williamburgess4732]

You sound a bit like me in 1964 except I was single and love every bit of my life in Canada.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Awesome, it’s great when it works out well William, congratulations 🇨🇦

[@ganderson158]

My dad had a Morris Minor in Winnipeg MB late 50's. No heater he said.

[@champ1238]

So lovely to hear your story.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thank you!

[@grantboucher9342]

england has little sunshine, winter time very short days, poor long term viability , very glad you came great video

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

We are enjoying it here! Thanks Grant 🍻🙂🇨🇦

[@outdoorsman1140]

Four clear distinct seasons in Canada! I’m guessing that’s probably down south? I spent some time through the winter and just as it started to change at a DND air base up at Goose Bay in Labrador, where it got cold. The change of season was fast! Down town in Happy Valley there was a garden centre/shop called “The Two Seasons”. It changed from very cold with everything frozen to most of the snow and ice gone, including the river flowing again in a couple of weeks with everything warming up rapidly!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks for sharing but we do love those blue skies and we get absolutely gorgeous 🌅 sunsets from our apartment which is another plus for us Cheers 🙂🇨🇦🍻

[@maryrosed8475]

Canada has been great for your guys! Looking well on it.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thank you Mary, we feel very lucky to be Canadians 🇨🇦

[@jeffs9850]

This is probably my favorite video that you guys have made. I’ve always lived in the US & never traveled outside the country. The UK has always seemed to me like a place to leave. If you’re not titled or in finance, it seems like most are in poverty. Despite that, I’d love to visit there. Brexit seems to have been economic suicide. I’ve followed Canadian politics since the last Quebec referendum in the early 90’s, so I know Canada’s got problems just like everywhere else. I’d love to immigrate north, age & health will keep us in the US. Happy Halloween 🎃

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

We appreciate your comment Jeff so much thank you and Happy Halloween 🎃👻🇺🇸🇨🇦

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thank you so much for your comment Jeff we really appreciate it and Happy Halloween 🎃👻🇺🇸🇨🇦

[@Elahnah.Reseller]

Nice story. Thanks for sharing. I grew up in Canada but left for the US after high school. I do hope to go back after I retire (no pension for me there 😞but I'll have my American social securiity) Oh dental now? That's great. It is a smart thing to do since overall health is greatly related to dental health.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

The seniors dental 🦷 is a great addition for when you are retired Cheers 🇺🇸🍻🇨🇦🍷

[@Backtoreality1873]

Thanks for sharing! This was very interesting

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

You're welcome 🙂🇨🇦🇬🇧

[@todddunn945]

My Canada experience started when I went to the U of Alberta in Edmonton for my Ph.D.. After that I moved back to the states, but got offered a good job with a Canadian Crown Corporation after a year or so. So I emigrated to Canada for that job. The entire process took about 2 months. It helps when you have a crown corporation that calls the Minister of Immigration about your case. I moved back to the US when I retired because both the US and Canada wanted to tax me on my full income and I simply couldn't afford to pay two sets of taxes. I still get double taxed on my Canadian pensions, but the tax treaty limits the Canadian tax to 15%.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks for sharing 🇺🇸🙂🇨🇦

[@paulandrews2734]

Left UK in 88 as a single guy and lucky to have been recruited by a Canadian company. Met my current wife here and will never look back. Only regret was leaving family back in the UK! Canada is a great country but I hope we don't become extreme with our politics. Have 4 children, all adults now.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Yes we agree about leaving families but they were the biggest supporters of us leaving, they saw the decline.

[@TheKruns]

Thanks for sharing info and experience

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

It’s our pleasure thanks for watching 🇨🇦🇬🇧

[@ShaunMolloy]

I left Uk for Guernsey in 97 retired last January at 55 definitely a good decision to leave

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Congratulations on your retirement Shaun

[@oldbloke204]

3 of our 4 parents were/are immigrants to Australia and so are most of the families of our kids partners as well. Obviously this happened quite a few years ago now so times were different. Seems that all of our countries are now suffering to greater or lesser degrees from too much immigration recently as our respective leaders are now finding out and having to acknowledge. Certainly these days you would need very deep pockets to buy property, or even live a decent lifestyle, or have very good job/career prospects in a lot of places here now. I watch quite a few channels out of the UK and a few TV programs as well and love the history etc but I have to say that I look at how things seem to be heading there and the trajectory they seem to be on and wonder how they're doing it so tough.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks for sharing 🙂

[@preparingforretirement]

I was in southern Spain at school when Chernobyl blew. That was an eventful year between NATO riots, Chernobyl, Qadaffi threatening to bomb Spain and the Space Shuttle blowing up. I'm from the far north US, by the Canadian border and my people are all French Canadian. The 80s were quite the decade. When we got our first house in New England in 1996 we were shocked that we could afford it. We assumed we would NEVER be able to afford one. There's not a class system per se in the USA but you have to acknowledge that some work very hard and just can't get ahead and some don't work as hard and get lucky. I don't hate capitalism - because of it I had the opportunity to work hard, get a great education, and get great jobs, invest my money, etc. And I would challenge anyone to tell me a system that would work with this size country that cannot get corrupted just as easily as capitalism. BUT I would like to see a population with more ethics and a more caring society - not an enabling one but one that gives those who are really trying and just can't figure it out - give THOSE people a hand. If you want to sit on your butt, please don't expect me to pay for your life. But if you are working a couple of jobs and still are struggling to feed your family then those people need help. Re: Canadian healthcare..... my whole life our hospitals in NH were full of Canadians coming down to get care and pay cash - for them to get things scheduled could be such a long wait that it was in some cases inadvisable medically. So people come down to NH and get excellent treatment, very quickly and pay cash. Our prescriptions though..... ugh. I'll take Canadian prices any day! Now 40 yrs later and we're retiring to sell our home in FL and slow travel. I can't wait!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Wishing you a great retirement 🇺🇸🙂🇨🇦

[@barfed64]

31 years later, looking back, I can come up with some good reasons and explanations why we immigrated to the USA. I couldn't come up with a simple explanation why we were immigrating 31 years ago 😅

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Sometimes in life you need an adventure

[@CitizenTurtleIsland]

Fascinating to listen to this. I have family in the UK. I recall going there for the first time in the 1980's and being struck with that class system... everyone at BBC still had a "posh" accent... no matter their ethnic background. BTW... Halloween wasn't really a thing in the UK either... at that time. My British cousins never went trick or treating. I also remember in Germany... the sand in the children's playgrounds became radioactive after Chernobyl. That was possibly the case in the UK too. (I'm not British but German-Canadian; yet all my maternal cousins except one are half British!) And I remember worrying about eating hamburgers in the UK... after we all learned about Mad Cow Disease. (Hamburgers in the UK were once pitiful... but the fish and chips were marvelous!) You triggered a few memories for me. Lots of good ones too. I get why you chose a life here in Canada. Thanks for reflecting on this.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks so much for sharing your experience, you have it pretty good on all points, we do feel fortunate to live in Canada, no regrets 🇨🇦

[@sheilaenglish9738]

I take it you’re not a monarchist, Norm 😆 I love Canada and I love England but I often feel a bit suffocated by age over there and tend to really appreciate the newness and openness when I return to Canada. I have a great affinity for England but I am very glad that my relatives made the jump and started new lives over here. I’m so glad to be throughly Canadian with strong English roots. I’m pleased to hear that your decision turned out to be the best for you and your children.

[@grantboucher9342]

canada is great if you go south for the winter

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

We agree lots of warm places 😎 to go over Winter 🥶

[@edsedlak6827]

Wow I did not know that Chernobyl affected as far away as England. people always think that conservatives like Thatcher and Reagan are good for the economy but it's quite the opposite. I think Canada was very lucky to have you come over.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thank you we are very happy here 🇨🇦🙂

[@canadianstacker]

Compared with Canada, it seems the UK isn't doing well these days. So in retrospect it appears you made a good decision.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

We are very pleased we came 🍻🇨🇦

[@GrantMcLeod-u2r]

Your video rings true. My father's mother emigrated from England in 1912. Just missed the Titanic. She left because of utter poverty ~ and the class system. Much of Great Britain is tied up in the Aristocratic hands. Huge landed estates and fortunes. And yes, the weather. Those gray skies and rain. My grandmother went to Vancouver, BC. Vancouver is on the same latitude as England and the weather is similar. People love Vancouver, but they don't realize there are so many gray skies and lots of rain. BC is called the Sunshine Coast, but think again. Those huge trees grow from rainy skies.~ As an an aside, it seems the move in Australia is to eventually separate from the Monarchy. As Australia becomes more Asian demographically, that group has less "affinity" to the Royal Family. So years down the road, Australia may become a republic, with its own head of state being Australian. ~ It seems to me that Canada may eventually abolish the monarchy too. As the demographics change, so will Canada. Perhaps a republic down the road (and perhaps that would please the majority of French Canadians in Quebec). Yes, lots of Crown Lands in Canada. Thanks again for your informative video. ~ Wondering why you would regain British citizenship after being in Canada so long.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thank you for your great post and insights into B.C. We are glad your Grandmother made the difficult passage to Canada. We didn’t reclaim British citizenship as we never had to relinquish it, we have been dual citizens all these years. The only thing we recently did was to renew our British passports, mainly to give a clear path to our children and grandchildren to obtain British citizenship if they wanted and flying into Britain we get to go to the shorter que for customs, which is now automated scanners. Thanks so much for sharing your story and watching our video. 🇨🇦🇬🇧

[@williamjsmith9877]

I belive if you are born in the UK you are always classed as 'duel citizens', when our son was born in 82, we were liveing in Detroit, I contacted the British embassy asking weather to make him British or American they told me to go the American route as he had English parents he could allways get a Uk pasport, I dont know if that still holds true.

[@theresapaulson6242]

Imagine...legal immigration.... respect for uk..Canadian law.....and it worked out better than you even hoped...thank you for your citizenship...

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Yes it was an extensive process and we felt welcomed by it. Thanks for watching Theresa.

[@susankay497]

Canada is all the better from having you move here!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thank you so much Susan 🌺🇨🇦

[@Quince828]

The Swan is a great pub. I used to go to car club meetings there. But fishing in the Carp river? Really?

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Great that you knew the pub, we met Stan there the publican (from England), yes just west of the village was good fishing for a 9 year old!

[@williamjsmith9877]

I agree with most of your comments but you did not really cover work, did you need to have a "required trade/profession" to qualify for immigration as I did to get to the states

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Yes we did but having a young family gave us extra immigration points too.

[@maryrosed8475]

@@ThisIsOurRetirement Oh interesting.

[@svgilkog8181]

l like Canada, but I don't like the current government, and I don't like Islamists parading around

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

The Canadian country is separate from Ottawa politicians and yes recent policies has made life difficult for some in society but there is always an ebb and flow but Canadians are friendly helpful and generous.

[@susankay497]

"...Islamists parading around" - what does that mean?

[@svgilkog8181]

@@susankay497 Hamas supporters. People who burn Canadian flags and intimidate everyone who doesn't stand with them

[@sheilaenglish9738]

@@susankay497I was wondering that too. 😠

[@Mike-t7l2g]

Nice glasses Norm! They're new, aren't they? Imagine, trying for 100,000 subscribers. That is quite the accomplishment for sure 🎉. I hope the current Liberal government didn't ruin all the great things about this country that attracted you to live here😢- Mike from Ottawa ❤🥂🍻🇨🇦🇬🇧

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

We will keep going, thank you Mike 🇨🇦🍻👍

[@Mike-t7l2g]

Wonderful video. Very informative and quite eye-opening about the class-system in the U.K. something that we Canucks don't often think about or are even aware of. We should thank our lucky stars that we are from Canada for sure. It takes new Canadians to remind us how fortunate we really are to be born here. - Mike from Ottawa

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks Mike 🙂