What They Don't Tell Immigrants About Canada

[@jmpht854]

Your comments on making friends are 100% spot on. I grew up visiting family in Canada and found them aloof at times, but I just assumed it was because there were long stretches between visits. Then American friends of mine moved to Canada, and when I visited them I found that all of their friends were newcomers too even tho' one of them had moved to Canada to lead a very local, very 'born in Canada' community. Since moving to Canada myself I've found myself in the same boat - people born in Canada just aren't looking to know anyone they didn't go to kindergarten with 😂

[@bonitacheung8885]

I wish I watched your video before I came 2 years ago and I might changed my mind coming at all. All your points are so valid and truly reflect the reality. Thanks for making this video 👍🏼

[@MakeThatChange]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TheNewSchoolGamer]

Annecdotally, the Canadians that I know who left Canada don't leave for education (our schools are decent) but because you can get paid noticeable more outside of the country for equivalent work and the cost of living is generally significantly lower

[@Broccoli-m9h]

Most of them move to the USA 🇺🇸

[@TheNewSchoolGamer]

@@Broccoli-m9h Facts, that's where many of my friends and colleagues have gone in the past couple of years

[@Broccoli-m9h]

@@TheNewSchoolGamer are their quality of life good there. To me, quality of life is important than anything else

[@TheNewSchoolGamer]

@@Broccoli-m9h Most people I know moved to California or New York and get paid a multiple of what they did in Canada for equivalent work, so the math might be mathing lol

[@nickgooderham2389]

As a native Canadian, I would say this politeness thing is way overstated. The point made that Canadians don't ever protest isn't true, what about the trucker convoy in Ottawa? You got the banks right.

[@MrCleitus]

Agreed, I am also a Canadian and having travelled extensively I find there are much nicer people than Canadians in the world.

[@RaviSingh-iy1nl]

There were also mass protests over tuition rates in Quebec. That said, Canadians don't protest for the biggest things affecting society. There are no protests over unaffordable housing, long waits for health care, increasing cost of living without pay increases, etc. There isn't a history of social activism in Canada.

[@Broccoli-m9h]

How are you still alive ?

[@Vee_Dube2633]

There are people who aren't nice in every country. But overall, Canada seems alright compared to some other countries. In South Africa, there have been many protests where they murder foreigners

[@melodybaker458]

If you want to let the bank know not to stop your card just buy a coffee at the airport.

[@melodybaker458]

Or go in and tell them or send a message on your actual bank acct messaging system. One in four banking customers is a senior citizen who unless they spent their life in banking or computer work of some kind....They want paper. I am over 70 and I spent the first part of my working life in banking. There were no computers in banking. It was all done by hand. Foreign exchange was done on paper using daily conversion cards. If it was some very unusual currency you could borrow a calculator from the department manager, customer banking passbooks were all updated by hand. That is why banks use the paper default. Many seniors will not bank at a bank that does not have a teller that they can go and see....

[@Ara198826]

One year in university so far made zero friends , Canadians are nice but international students especially from south asia they don't wanna be friends with anyone but their own

[@MakeThatChange]

I feel you! Have you considered joining some university clubs or associations? It's helped Anastasia tremendously in making friends at school!

[@sexygeek8996]

When I was in university I didn't have friends and I didn't need them. They are just distractions.

[@MakeThatChange]

they are distractions, unless they become your referrers for a job or a business.

[@cristian-bull]

I've found south Asians like waaay more friendly and open than north Asians. I can only tell Chinese students speak english because of that single question they ask to the teacher once every 3 classes. South Asians are bros. Just say "hi" and next thing you know they are inviting you places lol

[@CobaltOntarioadventures]

Where do you go to university? As in, which city? Nobody cares which school here lol

[@youtubewalker2160]

I totally agree with your first point. I have been in Canada for like an year now and its really hard to actually make them friends or to actually win their trust about us. I still remember that once I asked one of my colleagues to go out with me and to that she said I don't know you. I was shocked to hear that because 3 months is a long time and if she doesn't wanna go out then how can we know eachother better? Whereas the part of the world where I am from people become friends the very moment you meet them by just having some nice chit chat with them for a while. It doesn't take 6 months or an year of time to invest on a single person Other thing which I remember is an unsuccessful attempt to go out on a movie with a bunch of my Canadian colleagues. So, I asked them about the date for watching the movie. In person they all agreed and looked very excited. To me it seemed like they will make it to the movie night but when the date arrived to watch the movie nearly all of them apologised. Now, I don't know what was that but in my culture cancelling plans and that too at the very last moment after agreeing to it is considered super rude. The lesson which I got from it was that in future never ask Canadians out.

[@melodybaker458]

I know when I was young...I was a single Mom...I did not date or bring strangers. around my kids. I had a busy life raising two kids, working full time, paying a mortgage and helping with university tuition. You don’t know what her situation is....don’t take it personally.

[@melodybaker458]

You can meet people at a community meeting,at the library, a local coffee shop, a volunteer organization, or through a friend of a friend. I had a staff of twenty working in my department so it would be inappropriate to be dating any of those people.

[@Zshone-h7m]

Someone tried to use my Credit card I have to cancel it. The bank has two options either send a new credit card via mail or collect it from the bank. I choose to collect from bank cause it is the fastest way, then I got an email from the bank to come and collect the card but when I arrived to the bank they said my card does not arrive yet and their email system sucked. I used to work in the banking system back in my home country so I am familiar with the system. But when I saw the amount of time the teller took for a just small deposit OMG. This is unacceptable.

[@MakeThatChange]

the same thing happened to me too! (Anastasia) I thought picking up a credit card from the bank would be faster and easier... turned out they messed something up in the system, and I ended up waiting twice as long, because when I came to the bank they recommended to send it by mail saying it would be "faster"

[@murraytown4]

⁠​⁠@@MakeThatChangeI keep my CC locked (in online banking) and only open it when I need it, which is rare. It may sound inconvenient but it’s been years since I experienced CC fraud. The Canadian banking system is among the best in the world. The way we came through the Great Recession in 2008 is testament to this. The US banking system, however, collapsed into chaos.

[@MakeThatChange]

that's smart to keep the cc locked when you don't use it. As much as we love to hate the Canadian banking system, we really do appreciate alot the fact that it's much more stable and secure than the US

[@Jan-fx2ny]

They are hired on diversity not education or skill is why you see such things

[@murraytown4]

@@Jan-fx2ny 😂😂😂😂

[@MrIngeho]

I'm not even sure why I'm watching this since I've lived in Canada for decades haha... but great video!! I agree with everything you said.

[@MakeThatChange]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@Dipveerroy]

Thanks for your kind information.

[@MakeThatChange]

You are most welcome

[@AlexS-gs9ov]

Another challenging aspect is the difficulty in finding reliable information online for Canada. It seems like uncovering essential guidelines or instructions often leads to only official websites or Reddit threads, leaving little room for other sources.

[@melodybaker458]

Pick a city in the country you’re looking at. Look for immigrant aid society or newcomers association or specific to your country of origin. Slovenian or Polish Canadian society. Contact them and ask if they have someone of your approximate age that you could ask questions about life in that city.

[@bonusman]

The casinos are pretty tight there all government run and no comps, and heck not even a free soda.

[@murraytown4]

This reminds me of the proverbial iceberg, where what is above the waterline (ie. what is researchable) is visible but 90% lies below the surface and is unknowable without lived experience. Canada is not unique in this regard.

[@MakeThatChange]

that's well said! A lot of things that have to do with how the society thinks, behaves and makes decisions takes years to learn, understand and adapt to!

[@edwardt2417]

The Canadian job market can be very challenging for several reasons: (1) Canada is a small economy compared to other G7 countries, so there aren't that many jobs to begin with. (2) Being right beside the US, and being in NAFTA (now USMCA or CUSMA, depending on which country you're in), many many corporate jobs are in the US, and Canada is simply a branch operation of a US company. (The only exceptions I can think to this are Canadian bank jobs because Cdn bank HQs are in Canada.) (3) The job mkt in Canada is very opaque compared to other countries. A lot of jobs connections are made through people you know. (4) If you're new to this country, employers essentially discriminate against you by telling you that you do not have 'Canadian experience'. This is really quite ridiculous because Canadians love to think of themselves as inclusive, non-discriminatory, but this practice is totally discriminatory and has been going on for decades. Successive govts in Canada have talked about changing this, but that's all it's been - talk. Essentially, therefore, you either have to come to Canada with a job already lined up, or you're going to be screwed when you get here. Scams and fraud aren't a Canadian thing. They happen in the US as well, and in fact probably starts there and then spreads to Canada. As for your comments about Cdn banks, I personally find banking in Canada fairly easy. The experiences you have had sound to me like what I experienced in the UK. Finally, your comment about Canadians not speaking their minds.. it hasn't always been like this. The woke ideology that has been pushed by governments and schools in Canada probably in the last 10 or so years have created a society where no one can speak their mind or make jokes even or they'll be called racist.

[@charzanboo9940]

I'm grateful to be born in Canada. Yet, I find Canadian society is too insulated to the reality that we only exist "as is" because of the powerful US. As a result, our current federal leadership overemphasizes global issues (i.e., Canada has a small total contribution/effect) at the expense of more practical and local issues (i.e., resource extraction, housing, etc.).

[@MakeThatChange]

Interesting observation!

[@User12345fan]

No, in the US competition is encouraged, you can skip grades if you are good enough. You can be a doctor as a teenager, if you pass the requirements. I prefer the US. You cannot tell children everyone is equal and no one fails in elementary school. Fail the ones stuck behind.

[@contentwatcher1629]

Ultra competitive people make a**holes. The US is full of those.

[@KamBar2020]

Nowadays STEM field in 🇺🇸 is dominated by student of Asian ancestry such as Indian, Japanese, Pakistani, Iranian, Taiwanese, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese 👀

[@MakeThatChange]

Competitiveness doesn't make someone an a**hole. Their upbringing does.

[@icevoss9917]

Ohhh that 😱 scares me now. Living in New Zealand everything is digital

[@K_mich88]

same here. I live in Singapore, everything is fast, efficient and digital. My family joke about moving from Singapore to Canada is like moving from first world country to third world. 🥲

[@anastasiyamikhailova6461]

As for education, private schools are booming in Canada now. I work in the sector and I see that.

[@MakeThatChange]

Great to know, can you share a bit more context on this?

[@anastasiyamikhailova6461]

People, who have money, search for better options than the public sector can provide. I am just guessing, as I only know that the number of students in private schools grow, as well as the number of schools.

[@MakeThatChange]

Thanks. Great topic to do more research on on cause and effect.

[@clementrhein1]

I also always thought that the candians were laid back people, not the kind to go a protest and cause trouble. But the freedom movment started by the truckers when the covid jab was been forced on the population was one of kind. No one else in the world protested like that. It made world news and millilns of dollars was donnated to the cause. That was a heck of a protest. And the proestestors really did endure a lot. It change my mind about the canadians big time, respect, and happy to be here. Particulalrly Alberta, more free thinkers i think.

[@greghdn]

I'm hoping for another big protest of that scale to protest against Trudeau's mass immigration policy.

[@MakeThatChange]

Canadians have “hoped” things will get better for decades, look where it got us. It’s time Canadians stood up and at least started showing up for elections.

[@clementrhein1]

Most of the time there is no one worth voting for, the illusion of choice. I don't know much about Canadian politics tbh.

[@monah5532]

Thankfully, only a few people felt it was a good idea to overstay the permitted protest time and endlessly harass the citizens of Ottawa. All because it was too much effort for them to wear a mask for a few hours a day, not even the tight masks healthcare workers wear all day every work day, were frightened of a needle and felt utterly entitled to become vectors for the virus to mutate and spread, and waste scarce hospital resources when they inevitably fell sick. Darwinism at its best.

[@CobaltOntarioadventures]

​@clementrhein1 you just said everything there is to know about Canadian politics lol

[@RaviSingh-iy1nl]

The banks are absolutely terrible in Canada. Even if you do business with BMO in the US, it's much better than BMO in Canada.

[@MakeThatChange]

Wow!

[@Teagueykid]

Sports leagues like JAM sports and average Joe's are great leagues to make friends in

[@MakeThatChange]

100000%

[@tayntp]

Love your new video and thank you so much to brought up this topic. 🫶🏻 The first 2 point make Canadian culture look like it has a lot in common to Thailand than I realized. 😂

[@MakeThatChange]

Interesting! Good to know!

[@tayntp]

@@MakeThatChange Thailand is also famous for the friendliness of their people, too, which most part of that is just the facade, of course. And most people here often stick to their childhood friends as well. It may seems like we are easily open to making new friend, but to have a deep bond connection isn’t as easily as we appeared to be. And most of the time people tended to avoid serious topics during socializing, too.

[@MakeThatChange]

thank you for sharing this!

[@JGL841]

As a Canadian, I'd say that your observations are accurate and reveals deep flaws in the Canadian way of life. I'm glad that you pointed out the problem of monopolies in Canada (but they're really oligopolies). The oligopolies have a stranglehold on the Canadian economy and the time has come to abolish these "gatekeepers" from our collective good. Canada is a country that felt safe in its relative isolation and fears being abandoned from the decades old nanny state. Trudeau has abused the trust that Canada had towards the government and Canadians are feeling very insecure about their future for probably the first time. I think this may be the catalyst for change that has been decades in the making.

[@MrDarkchipmunk]

Hard to generalize what Canadians are like because Canada is a multicultural place and the people actually aren't that simular. These days I dont think its accurate to say Canadians are polite..depends on what type of Canadian

[@MakeThatChange]

Would love to read your elaboration on types of Canadians, if you're up for it!

[@KamBar2020]

English speaking folks tend to be more polite and indirect 👀 Especially those of British ancestry (Scottish, English, Welsh, Irish)👀 French Counterparts more reserved and kinda arrogant 🇨🇦

[@galaxybane2166]

Indians Chinese and Koreans are less polite

[@mcmali79]

I feel people should not just improve their English but learn French if they can for it’ll open many more doors. I absolutely hate the oligopoly in Canada.

[@MakeThatChange]

100%

[@sufyanmukri9610]

I am moving to Canada soon. Please recommend which bank is the fastest wth better customer service

[@Sean-o9r]

Credit Union

[@fifski]

Its funny how I watched this video about moving to Canada to learn something new, but it turns out I currently live in a country that operates exactly the same way... I guess it won't be a shock to me when I move to CA 😂 btw, difficulty in making friends its not a Canadian thing. Its a human thing. Making friends when you are 30+ is inifintely harder than when you are younger. Everywhere in the world. People that age, in most cases, already have established families and friend circles, so they don't 'need' to make new friends.

[@MakeThatChange]

Good point.

[@edwardt2417]

Do you mind saying which country you're currently living in? I'm curious as to which other country shares these characteristics. Also, agree that most people around the world make friends in school and stick with that friend group throughout their lives. My personal experience, however, is that Americans and Brits are a lot more easy to make friends with as an adult than Canadians.

[@fifski]

​@@edwardt2417An english-speaking country in Europe. Not UK, but UK is extremely similar and has the same characteristics mentioned in this vid

[@rd2die1]

"They have no incentives to do better. They are conservative, slow and outdated" - Canada in a nutshell.

[@christianmarpa8907]

In short Canada is hell also.

[@saichandred]

I wish more canadians make videos on what they really are concerned about instead of propagating this picture of a eutopia, it might be true for them but not for newcomers, yes by the way of newcomers coming they have benefitted but they are dissing the immigrants when real estate prices were complained on, instead of being racist , make videos on what they really want from immigrants what they dont.

[@johnroster9942]

Этот рассказ про скам и фрод дал мне очень московские вайбы, все время на чеку, все время ждешь где тебя обманут. Про свободу слова конечно да, это все странно, самоцензура какая-то. Понятно что это лучше чем Оруэлловская цензура как в РФ, но все равно...

[@rishi505]

Justin T make this country hell It was great country. Selling LIMA for 50k in Justin regime People come on. Visitor visa and buy LIMA . PR holder are not getting job Like in trucking

[@HellNo-o2m]

Hi... Have you already made a video about study in canada step by step?

[@lydiakibirango9864]

Am a Ugandan. I love to be sponsored to come to canada to work

[@Occ881]

She though that you're poor😢

[@MakeThatChange]

🤷‍♀️

[@whatdoyouwantfromme1029]

They won't show you the ugly reality in Canada 🇨🇦😑👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻✌🏼

[@Jan-fx2ny]

Its the immigrants doing that not us saying Canada is top notch wonderland its not

[@AgeCobra]

Don't come to Canada .

[@Immortal10364]

LOVE FROM PUNE INDIA🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 ❤🥰😉😊🧡👍😎🙂😍🤝🥰❤❤❤

[@markamd1]

LOL

[@Jan-fx2ny]

Im Canadian white and 3 cultures Canada should bring back assimulate to our culture not keep your culture language traditions this cause alot of division and its wrong. Where I reside are many new cultures and its sad. No one talks to each other thry st❤ick to their own race. I feel like a foreigner now lol and when I was sick could not find anyone to help me here had to pay a girl down the hall to do my dishes and take my garbage

[@greghdn]

Welcome to Trudeau's multiculturalism wonderland.

[@grampamanz]

are you lesbians?

[@KamBar2020]

Remember Canadian Politeness 🇨🇦

[@clementrhein1]

Is that your way of trying to make friends?

[@grampamanz]

@@clementrhein1 maybe you need to read carefully or something... Nowhere I said that I was "TRYING" to make friends. Lol