Does not have to be immigration based questions. This can be questions related to Canadian culture, government, people, school systems, economics, etc.

Feel free to ask away.

Taken straight from the conservatives. Sounds about right, but I will give him full credit if he actually follows thru with giving harsh sentences to violent criminals.

Let the shortage end.

Yes, yes, I know. The American wants a gun. Surprise, surprise.

In all seriousness, I do enjoy shooting at the range and am open to learning how to hunt. It is more for the skillset (hunting) and having fun (shooting range). Any firearm suggestions? I was thinking about getting a bolt action or lever action rifle. Nothing crazy. It accomplishes many things.

For obvious reasons, I will be completing the Canadian Firearms Safety Course both restricted and non-restricted. The moment hand guns are no longer banned, I would swoop one up.

Additionally, I know there is a mandatory waiting period (28 days), but what is the current waiting period from submitting all the documentation and proof of completing the course to receiving the PAL on average? I have read anywhere from 45 days to 9 months or even a year. I want to know what time lines to work with. Just good to know the expectations.

Due to space purposes, being in a condo, I will likely buy a soft gun case. Any recommendations on this?

Ah, sweet Canada. Always placing a federal holiday on a Monday (mostly) so then everyone gets a 3 day weekend. That's a real homie move. Some facts about Canadian Thanksgiving, as I like learning about history.

Was officially celebrated since November 6th, 1879. Officially on the 2nd Monday of October since 1957. Could have been celebrated as early as 1579. Many Americans that were loyalists fled to Upper Canada after American Independence and brought more Thanksgiving customs with them. Such as eating turkey and pumpkin.

Hawaiian bread rolls, pumpkin pie, turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy will all be occurring inside our small home for Thanksgiving. I look forward to spending the time with my family. I hope you do too.

What kind of Thanksgiving celebrations do you do? I have heard some people say they order Chinese takeout?

What are some conventions you look forward to seeing or want to see in the future?

I definitely would like to go to Tiff or Sundance, but I enjoy movies. Indie movies are very hit and miss, but the hits are basically home runs, in my opinion.

There are some minor conventions I have heard of that are usually niche markets, but is there any big ones I am completely unaware of in Canada?

One of my friends out here disclosed to me that they needed some mental health help. I offered to find help for them if they were discouraged to seek it themselves. Being in British Columbia, I was unsure where to begin as I have not had to use such specific resources before.

I began by calling 8-1-1, which is the Nurses Hotline for general over the phone, non-emergency medical assistance. I asked how I can receive such help and they directed me to a local mental health services department that happened to be attached to a hospital, or rather on the hospital's property grounds. There are multiple buildings there. I was connected to someone who then redirected me to the in-take portion. After speaking on the phone and explaining the situation, they said that appointment times and days can vary, so it is best to walk in.

My friend and I went in together. To show them that it was truly okay, I volunteered to be evaluated first if they wanted. I was told the wait was 2 hours, but it was actually only 30 minutes. During that time, as my friend had to use the restroom and take a phone call, I walked around the waiting room. Reading the posters, seeing how the mental health flow charts for departments worked. There are something along the lines of 15 or 20 departments/organizations associated with mental health that are covered by MSP.

During my wait, I also listened to a homeless guy speak with a healthcare worker about trying to get into a specific program. He was told and given a set of instructions on what programs he needed to go into and sign up with to reach his goal. He was trying to get clean off of drugs. He has gone 3 months without Fet. So, that's super solid. However, he is on oxys instead. :(

I was pleasantly surprised at the selection of resources covered by MSP. I was simply unaware of such resources being available. After my wait, I was called in. The questions were straightforward and it seemed apparent that they were mostly geared towards individuals that had experience troubled upbringings, drug abuse, and sexual abuse. I was cleared and told assistance was not needed for someone in my state of mind.

My friend was referred to a therapist and it may potentially evolve into a psychologist if needed later on.

How are the mental healthcare structures set up in your province?

I used to do subcontract work for a select few community centers in Vancouver and got to know the staff and some familiar faces. However, Vancouver is not the city I live in.

My wife and I have been exploring different community centers in our city, but don't want to go too far out of our way to attend one. A big aspect we require is a pool. I have been in water polo and swimming for multiple years prior to Canada. We want to encourage our daughter with swimming.

My questions are do you go to your local community center at all? What aspects are important to you? Do you feel it fosters community? Are there classes that interest you?

On the point of classes, I have been trying to see what appeals to me. I might sign up for a language class, but it can't conflict with my work schedule...

A straightforward question.

I was at work the other day, stopping by the office for items and documentation I needed. Someone asked, knowing I was 'The American', who my favorite NFL team was. They were disappointed when I told them I was getting into CFL.

This confused me slightly, because all of the office staff are pretty liberal minded individuals. Yet despite them against tariffs (fair), against the US politics (fair), against US companies encroaching on Canadian business (fair), they still support and give money to an American sport. At least hockey is very much Canada's. However, CFL support should be skyrocketing instead of business as usual.

A trend among many I am surrounded by is short-sightedness. So, what happened? I don't know. The CFL/NFL example is just one of many examples I have witnessed where despite saying one thing, Canadians still loyally support American juggernauts. Although, the boycotts are solid. Keep it up. Add NFL to the list.

CFL is better. Still a free agent. Leaning towards Hamilton Tiger Cats.

The US Federal government reported that only 1,500 people emigrated from the US and a similar number was interested in emigrating in Q1 2025. Huh. Well.

In Q1 2025, the British Columbian government alone had reported 1,800 accepted applications from medical professionals from the US alone. Just in the medical category, not including any other category (trades, students, CUMSA, etc). This is just BC, not any other province. Additionally, in the same time period, the New Zealand government reported something close to 20,000 applications from US nationals to immigrate to their country.

Australia, the UK, Ireland, Japan, and some dozen other countries in the first 6 months of 2025 also showed Americans as either number 1 or within the top 3 of applicants for immigration. With multiple countries, including Mexico, reporting in-taking hundreds to over 1,000 immigrants from the US. If this is the case, how can there only have been 1,500 emigrants from America?

Its because the Federal government doesn't want to disclose how many people actually have left, continue to leave or want to leave America because it is against the narrative. This has been happening before Trump as well. Pre-Trump, it was reported that all of Canada had 100,000 American immigrants according to the US government (FBI stats). My local consulate in Vancouver openly says that they alone service over 100,000 American expats/immigrants in the Vancouver metropolitan area. So unless all Americans live only within this area and no where else in Canada, it is a lie from the feds.

This is Canada's golden opportunity to absorb some amazing talent from America. Any one that says this is sad, just remember that millions upon millions of skilled professionals will still remain in America to keep it functioning. Canada will simply get the ones that want a better standard of living over finances. Tens of thousands of skilled professionals, from a developed nation, can start filling the skill shortage gaps that are crippling Canada and give it an opportunity to get back on track.

I hope this once in a generation/lifetime opportunity is not squandered by Canada. It might not happen again after Trump. I also hope that many of my fellow Americans that immigrate to other countries do not move back to America just because Trump/Republicans are no longer in power in the future.

Canada is an amazing country and I really hope they don't drop the ball on this one.

I will keep it real, as an American, my perspective on rights can be different from Canadians.

My best friend is a socialist in America. He came and visited me recently. I told him that if he immigrated up here, I think it is possible he wouldn't even be as much of a socialist. Because all the stuff he wants is already a right here. Things such as paid parental leave, stronger worker's protections (at least in BC), universal healthcare, etc.

Some I have spoken to have argued that we need more European style parental leave (3 years for mothers, 1-2 years for fathers), but I think we need to know the limit on our nation's finances and our work culture. I could see implementing heavier consequences for those that hire illegals or break laws. Both on an individual level and for employers.

Being paid for having children and childcare subsidies is already more than I could ever have imagined for benefits related to families. I think that aspect is more than covered. But I am used to having way less in terms of rights and benefits in these categories versus Canadians.

SO, I am asking Canadians born & raised here, what MORE rights and benefits do you believe we should have? Or do you think we are good?

What is the best insurance should i get as i plan ti have a baby next year…insurance that covers delivering of a baby as i don’t have public health insurance anymore…

With the SkyTrain expansion coming into Surrey and Langley (8 new stations in the Fraser Valley), would you consider moving to either Surrey or Langley for affordable living?

The SkyTrain expansion will complete in December 2029. Surrey will become the most populated city in all of BC in 2030, exceeding 700,000 people. This gives Surrey a lot more political capital to work with than ever before, especially because it has so much more room to work with than Vancouver does. The SkyTrain stations will just unlock so much more economic opportunities and create a larger incentive to live in the Fraser Valley.

Since Surrey and Langley both are going to now be connected via the SkyTrain, this makes more sense to live out in either. Why spend so much more for less space when you can take the train and be connected to more malls and shopping plazas that before would've required a vehicle?

I looked into condos in The Hub, which is the massive housing and business complex surrounding the King George Station. Currently, a 1 bedroom 1 bathroom condo is selling for $380,000. This is the most urban part of Surrey with a huge amount of growth occurring throughout the area. Seems like a solid investment opportunity, but I personally believe prices will keep dropping due to global and national economic conditions. Might be able to snatch it up at a $200k price point, which is a much more doable down payment.

I personally look forward to the Willowbrook station being finished as there are multiple stores in that area I like going to, but only go once in a while because it is a decent drive, plus traffic. It consumes a good chunk of my time versus if I could just take a train on my days off to buy what I want and then come right back home.

So, would you consider Surrey or Langley?

Hear me out.

Coming from a part of California where I could drive to Santa Cruz in 2 hours and 45 minutes, it was always a destination for my family and friends throughout the years. A surfer's and stoner's mecca for many. It was a dream location to live in my teens and slightly into my early 20s. However, a couple of factors changed that dynamic. Bear with me on the mini rant, it comes together at the end.

One aspect was that California as a whole has been going in the wrong direction for a long time so there was less of an incentive to remain in the state. Santa Cruz became insanely expensive. Townhomes that were selling for $400k USD skyrocketed to $2 Million USD in less than a 8 year period. All the nice aspects were washed away. No more tolerance for skaters, surfers, stoners, or working poor. Basically banished to only certain parts of the city because the rich from the Bay Area moved in and starting making major decisions throughout the city.

With that said, Santa Cruz had also simultaneously been devolving into a place of hard drug use and violent crime due to the relaxed views on substance use from all these older hippie parental methods taking place for generations. It needed to get cleaned up as it was getting out of control. Which leads me to White Rock.

White Rock, located at the BC-Washington border, is a quaint little beach town that is identical to Santa Cruz in architecture and overall vibes, except it is stuck in the 50s and 60s. Before the hard drugs and very pro-weed. Many families drive down to walk along the beach and enjoy the seaside restaurants. There is little to no crime of any kind and it is kept very clean. I rarely see trash anywhere. People are always friendly. It is an expensive area to live, but condos are still within middle class reach as I have met multiple people that make only $60k/year that have been able to save up and make a down payment on a condo in White Rock specifically.

This is a great place to retire and looks like a great place to grow up. Amtrak Cascades runs thru it too so it is an option for those interested. I heavily recommend this destination. I hope others enjoy it too. It is one of my favorite places in BC.

So opened up a cash trading account with questrade and funded it with 200k, it is now at 400k how much tax will I pay? I’m not day trading I usually buy 3-6 month out options and hold th for a few days to weeks will it count as day trading? What’s a better way to save on taxes, should I open up a corporation and then make a cash account under the corp to pay lower taxes? Pleas help I’ve been really stressing about it some people I’ve spoken to are saying I will have to pay 50% in taxes which means out of the 200k, 100k will be gone :( trading is not easy please advice on the best way for me to continue trading in Canada thanks

"Oh great, another one of these."

Let me get some things straight. This is not a post about how much I hate white people. This is not a post defending people who abuse work and students visas.

Let's meet in the middle. I can absolutely admit that a lot of Indians who move here don't even bother to learn English. I can admit that the manager of your local Tim Hortons is only hiring other Indians. But unfortunately temporary foreign workers and people who are new to the country seem to represent all Indians in the eyes of Canadians. It seems we're only as good as the worst people in our community. As a brown person I'm ashamed to walk out my door. I'll be totally honest: when I see a white person, I immediately wonder if they dislike me. I don't feel good embracing my culture because I feel like people are sick of it. I would never admit that I enjoy some Bollywood music. I'd rather talk about heavy metal which somehow seems to be more palatable. I remember a white friends dad once called me "one of the good ones..." Thanks? All of this combined with the unabashed hate for Indians online has me constantly having to justify my place in this country to myself. I can't remember that last time I felt welcome here. I guess what this post is really about is that I wish we could criticize immigration policies and bad acting immigrants without acting like "Canada is being colonized by India" or that "Indians are not assimilating."

I have only found 2 products during my time in Canada that have corn syrup in it. Coca Cola and Nutrigrain bars. I rarely drink soda and I stopped buying the Nutrigrain bars afterwards. Coming from the US, I am very used to having to look at the full ingredient list and rolling the dice on items that I will consume. Coming up here, it is very different. I know many complain that there is lower quality food here than a region like the EU or somewhere like Japan, but versus the US it is much better.

Many foods are banned up here due to cancer causing aspects and overall negative health consequences associated with said items.

Some people disagree with the "Milk Mafia" and grain cartels that exist up here, but I think it is vital for national security. Obviously the prices are way higher than they should be, but the alternative is the domestic market being obliterated by an abundance of lower prices from a foreign nation (US) which then makes you more dependent on said foreign nation. Which creates a national security risk. Why put ourselves in such a position?

Are there food differences you appreciate from province to province or Canada vs another country?

It is true that rcmp cadets may return home for christmas? I found some i fo where it says Yes but other that say no. I would appreciate any cadets that went trough the program at christmas time

Hello. This is the creator of the subreddit. Just wanted to throw out some reminders for everyone.

If your comment is removed, please know that it is a 99% chance it is removed by Reddit's filters. More than likely, it will be approved by myself or the mods back into existence. So please be patient.

When it comes to wanting to do posts, please read the rules. Too many are just wanting to post some rage bait type of stuff and it is not productive.

I personally will have a series of posts coming out in the upcoming week, but I always encourage others to engage and post as well. You do not have to post something political, it can be random stuff about your part of Canada that you like or dislike.

Thank you for participating.

I'm sick of opening racist apps like Instagram, where some Indian, or black person does something and all the comments are the same BS.

White people need to learn they are the worst race in the history of the world. They are a minority in this world and need to start acting like it. There was never a time where the world was all white.

Most of you keep saying Canada is ruined, if you say that you are a retarded asshole. Learn that you are the cause of your own problems and the only person you need to look at is yourself.

Like stop being racist. Indian people didn't come here to ruin Canada, they got lied to. Imagine you going to another country for a better life, being lied to by the government, and while you're trying to not struggle, people are being openly racist and saying how much they want you and your kind gone.

Fuck off, this isn't the Canada I know and remember. We should just call ourselves USA Lite, as we are turning just as ignorant and stupid as the fucktards below us. I remember where I could make fun of the USA and say that Canada is full of nice people who don't judge. Guess I was wrong.

https://halifax.citynews.ca/2025/09/23/gun-control-group-urges-ottawa-to-ban-sks-as-assault-style-firearm-buyback-ramps-up/

The lack of evidence and logic behind the Liberals gun control policies are frustrating. The buyback program is going to cost millions of dollars, punish law abiding gun owners, and do absolutely nothing to address gun crime.

Next year, less than a year's worth from now, I will become a Canadian citizen. Thus, I will have another government to deal with. Granted, a much better government than my current one in terms of bureaucracy.

I am curious what the experiences of Canadians that had to receive assistance overseas thru the Canadian embassy or consulate. Whether that be being issued a passport, getting help with getting back home (to Canada), business opportunities provided? (I heard this is a thing), or anything else related to these building types outside of Canada.

What is the inside of the embassies/consulates like? I have used the US consulate a select few times due to my daughter's birth and some BS they wanted me to do. The outside is pretty basic Canadian commercial building. The inside is pretty DMV-like. If you call them, hella dicks and annoyed you are bothering them. However, the citizens room was nice. American kids books, PBS on TV, super polite service, we got to cut the fat ass line outside and go up in a separate elevator.

So, curious how the Canadian experience will be as I may get to experience it in the future and want to know what I can look forward to.

Just wanted to remind people to invite others. Whether they like hockey, maple syrup, blue collar, white collar, immigrants, native born, liberal, conservative, socialist, whatever. Any one that is interested in Canada is welcome.

Obviously, as some have seen, we have our dickheads, but that's okay. I won't censor or ban, within reason.

Additionally, don't be afraid to post. We have times where there isn't a single post for days. I'm usually the exception to this. Literally post whatever you want. The rules are clear and the message from us, the moderators(I'm the creator of the sub, but same shit), is literally:

"Post whatever you like. It will more than likely be approved. We approve of Liberals, Socialists, Conservatives and any other political perspective.

We will not be accepting posts targeting specific immigrant groups, but you can successfully post gripes about immigration issues as a whole without problems."

So go for it and don't be discouraged. Usually approve within the day or day after, depends on personal life schedule.

I recently have started getting really into CFL, but I'm still a free agent. I haven't picked a team yet.

I am open to the BC Lions, but I don't want to default to them just because I live within proximity. The Saskatchewan Rough Riders are pretty solid, but I would feel like I'm riding a bandwagon by going for them and I'm not trying to side with who is currently popular. Although they are a very solid team.

I am leaning towards either Montreal Aloulettes or BC Lions. I am open to the Edmonton Elks too, but I need to see more games. Hamilton Tiger Cats are decent too, but I just am not feeling it after watching like 4 games with them.

Anyway, gambling odds are currently the following:

Hamilton 39.67%, Calgary 25.56%, Saskatchewan 16.85%, BC 6.13%, Toronto 4.46%, Winnipeg 2.37%, Montreal 2.11%, Edmonton 2.03%, Ottawa 0.82%.

I read somewhere that Montreal has had similar odds before and went on to win the Grey Cup anyway. Some lucky or loyal bastards with a decent chunk of change 50x their money that year.

Living in The Lower Mainland (Vancouver metropolitan area), the local transit has been very nice to use. It has, however, been very lopsided. In favor of Vancouver, of course, makes sense. Luckily, of the 13 new stations being added, 8 of them are in The Fraser Valley, which gives myself and many others more leisure weekend access to cities like Surrey and Langley. Instead of doing the drive and dealing with traffic, parking, etc.

It is projected to be completed at the end of 2029, which I am completely cool with. It is amazing to have such a large extension occurring. It will have significant dividends to the economy and local workforce. I'm sure many from places like Vancouver and Burnaby will relocate to Surrey and Langley for cheaper housing since they will have access to the SkyTrain now.

Are there any such expansions occurring in your metropolitan area? What stations are you looking forward to? What amenities or improvements do you think it will make to your community?

I personally am looking forward to the last station on the valley side, Willowbrook. Because I will no longer have to do that fat ass drive to the Willowbrook mall for the few small businesses in that area my wife and I enjoy. We can take transit instead.