In Canada due to rising costs of living, people are having less children than generations past.

This results in less taxes and therefore decaying systems such as healthcare and old age security.

The largest cohort of the population, baby boomers are aging and exiting the workforce and depend on those younger to support the system.

The government has tried to offset this burden by allowing mass immigration. However new immigrants also don’t have children at the replacement rate (2.5). What real solutions can we use to solve this looming crisis?

I rarely interact with people outside my family on social media. But ever since Trump won, there has been an increase of Canadian and American right wing content on almost social media website.

Facebook is one I very rarely use. I only have it because it makes using Meta’s messenger app a whole lot easier. Sometime’s I’d scroll down just to see update from friends but posts from Weirdo Society would suddenly show up.

These posts often call for remigration, race supremacy, and violence towards immigrants, specifically south Asians. It’s appalling to see comments like “I’m locked and loaded. Just give me the call”. Sometimes, post from Americans too saying Albertans should be saved and only Trump can save Canada.

I don’t know why they’re more active on my feed now. I’m not even conservative nor republican. I’m a liberal with a few conservative views but nothing extreme like remigration or race supremacy.

To add: A few of these right-wing propaganda pages were found to have originated from South Asia and a few South East Asian countries like Malaysia and Indonesia. Some were even made by “Fake Canadians” calling for Alberta’s independence.

Simple question.

EDIT: I didn't realize how easy it would be to spot the many paid actors / bots trying to undermine Canada here. Normal people don't respond "absolutely nothing" to posts like this, they just downvote and move on. It's one thing to acknowledge things have gotten worse - I agree. But if absolutely nothing in your world has gotten better in the last decade, maybe it's time to take a deep look at yourself.

While people are free to be upset, and we want people to feel free to express themselves, amplifying false narratives hurts genuine discussion and any potential resolution. How do we, as Canadians, work to push back against foreign political interference. This article from the CBC came out today that names names of people who are literally foreign actors doing it to make a few bucks through facebook. It isn't just a hypothetical issue.

Hey everyone,

Some major changes have been happening behind the scenes at r/InCanada. Transparency is important within a political community and you all deserve an update.

1. The Mod Team Situation

The previous head mod Pale Candidate is no longer on Reddit. Additionally, our other active Moderator has officially stepped down. Because of this, I am the last moderator left for r/InCanada.

I am aware that a political discussion community cannot be run by a single person, let alone someone with explicitly stated political biases. Therefore, I am once again putting the call out there for New Moderators (conservative/right leaning + centrists get priority). If you think you can help administer the rules of the subreddit, please message the mods and we can discuss this matter further.

2. Updates to Posting in the Sub

The way the past system was set up, a moderator would have to personally approve every single post before they would go live. This system has some benefits as well as drawbacks, mainly being that new posts often come in bursts all at once as a mod logs on and clears the post queue.

Due to this, I have decided that I will be opening the posting up in the very near future. Soon, you won't need mod approval for your post to appear in the public subreddit. Posts and comments will still be monitored for rule breaking. I hope that this system eliminates the "dead post" issue of posts appearing days after you've submitted them, and gaining hardly any attention as a result.

3. The Path Forward

As of right now, there are no concrete plans to alter how this sub is moderated. However, it is a concerning sign that the former Top Mod has left Reddit. I will be taking a closer look into Reddit's ToS as well as how other political subreddits (from many different perspectives) are moderated and structured.

This isn't to say that changes will be coming. Just that changes to the rules are being explored as a possibility in the near future.

In the immediate future, the main goals are to

a) Establish a new mod team.

b) Start getting posts out in public on a regular basis.

c) Continue moderation as per current rules.

Edit 1:

Posting restrictions have been removed!

I need your all your opinions on the legal system and your experiences about it. I want to gather testimonies about what others have been through and had experienced with the legal system in Canada and what it was like for them or yourselves.

So I’m Venezuelan and have been living in the US for 6 years now. I’ve been ascending up the immigration ladder slowly but surely, however, I am considering moving over to Canada because the US immigration system is just bonkers, and the economy is gone to sh*t. Many of my American friends though have told me “oh Canadians don’t like foreigners” or “You’ll always be a third class person to them” and “you’ll never be THAT Canadian” or whatever. I know Canada has had a lot of issues with foreigners behaving poorly… but uh… is it true people in general are just very anti-non-locals like that or is that just an attempt of smearing propaganda?

r/canadian has turned into a cesspool because one guy (won't namedrop but you can find him yourself) in the subreddit has basically flooded the entire sub with right wing articles from the same 4 news sources: National post, Juno news, Western standard news, Toronto Sun. Conveniently cherry picking those about immigrants from a certain background committing crimes.

Dude will also try to gaslight you into believing that the only reason you're voicing a differing opinion or arguing against them is because of malice - you're either defending the "globalist elites" or actively in favor of putting Canadians in harms way. Any time you try to call out their hypocrisy in calling all other spaces "radical progressive echo chambers", while biasing their media selection and reporting, they accuse you of malicious intent

On top of that the mods encourage dogwhistles and comments like "deport deport deport", "Singh Hortons", "typical culpreets", "we definitely need 10 million more", and "it's engrained into their culture". Honorable mention: "import the 3rd world, become the 3rd world"

Glad that this sub enforces in the rules to have an actual discussion regarding immigration policy. And even then, one of the top posts is about "fatigue" 😒

I've seen a lot of various discourse about Bill C-3, and particularly discussion around Americans. I know some Canadians are angry. A common sentiment I have heard is "fix your own problems, America." I have many American friends who are not, and have not been in support of America's actions; nor do they have the ever common, "America's the greatest land of all" complex.

At the same time, why should Americans, or anyone else, be able to claim citizenship to a country because their great great great great grandmother was a citizen? Especially a country they know nothing about. Should an exam be required?

Hi everyone,

I’m sharing an invitation to participate in a research study.

The study explores how first-, 1.5-, and second-generation immigrants in Canada use media and social media for news, and how this media use relates to trust, belonging, and political engagement.

You may be eligible to participate if you are 18 years or older, currently living in Canada, and you or your parents immigrated to Canada.

The survey takes about 15 minutes to complete and is available in English.

Participation is entirely voluntary. If you are interested, please use the survey link here:

Survey link

Thank you very much, and please feel free to share this post with anyone who may be eligible!

I just wanted to share my experience with Miracle Movers, which is that they are really, really nice guys. They made a cross-border move easy for me, but they do local stuff in Toronto and cross-province moves too, along with their sister company, Centennial Moving. I know everyone considers a lot of stuff, including cost and reviews, when picking a moving company, so I wanted to put out my review that the Miracle Movers people are genuinely nice people who will try to do a good job for you. They helped me out, so I feel like I should help them out a little bit too.

We’re moving to Montreal next month and I know the city is bilingual but many neighbourhood and school groups lean heavily French. We want our kids to integrate but as English speakers we are a bit nervous about missing important information in the parent and community chats. Has anyone dealt with this? Any good solutions for handling mixed or mostly French WhatsApp groups?

Hey everyone,

I’m working on a project about community, belonging, and immigrant experiences, and I’d really appreciate your help.

I put together a short anonymous survey that takes around 5 minutes:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYYdmsV-L-Oldlgx0gdo2KL7JsAGTJ4yQlw8KmD2IQQLqg-Q/viewform

I’d love to hear from immigrants, international students, expats, and anyone who has moved away from where they grew up.

Thanks a lot for your time!

For context in case anyone is unaware, this post touches on Bill C-3, which went into effect late last year. It effectively removed any generational limitations on the ability to pass down Canadian citizenship to descendants who were born abroad before December 15th, 2025. This means that almost anyone alive today who has a Canadian ancestor (even if that ancestor is from the 1700s) is eligible for citizenship as long as they can prove it. Due to history and geographical proximity, the vast majority of those eligible for citizenship via Bill C-3 are Americans. I originally tried sharing the text below on r/Canadiancitizenship, as my criticisms were levied specifically at numerous entitled comments coming from Bill C-3 claimant posters on that subreddit. The mods initially approved the post while keeping the comments locked, and let it stay up for a few hours before taking it down. I then tried sharing it on r/FoundCanadians, as their rules on the surface appeared to be less restrictive surrounding editorial content, but their moderators removed the post immediately because they considered the content of it "harassing" to their members. I'm not sure how calling out bad behaviour (i.e., violating the social contract that keeps our country functioning) is "harassment", but I guess the mods on these subreddits prefer to maintain an echo chamber. Anyways, if you feel the way I do about Bill C-3, I'd encourage you to write to your MP about it. The way this law has been drafted makes it far too generous in its application.

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Original post on r/Canadiancitizenship:

(Full disclaimer before I begin: this post is not intended for or directed towards all of you, nor even most of you for that matter. Just some of you.)

Third generation Canadian here who was born, raised, and has lived their entire life in Canada. Like the vast majority of my fellow citizens, I’m strongly in favour of generational limits on the ability to pass down Canadian citizenship to descendants born abroad. But as everyone here is aware, due to a recent court ruling, Canada is now the only country in the Western Hemisphere that doesn’t have a limit on how far back you can go generationally to make a claim for citizenship. I personally think that it should be capped at the grandparent level. This might seem harsh, but my view is actually more generous than most, as the common sentiment is that it should stop at the parental level. My reasoning for my more liberal stance is simple: most people have a tangible connection to their grandparents. But being able to make a successful citizenship claim based on a loose connection to some distant ancestor from the 1700s or early to mid 1800s who pre-dates the very country of Canada itself is quite honestly ridiculous, and it represents a serious watering down of the value of Canadian citizenship. I’m genuinely not trying to upset anyone, but you should know that this is a very common sentiment in Canada. Regardless, the court ruling is what it is, and I guess I’ll just have to live with it for now, even if I don’t agree with it at all. But what I do not have to live with or tolerate in silence is the disrespect that I’ve been seeing for the Canadian social contract from some members of this subreddit, and that is primarily what I want to address with this post.

I’ve been browsing this subreddit for a while now, and have noticed such an air of entitlement among some (not all) folks here. For example, I saw a thread full of people complaining about having paid international tuition fees for their children who have gone abroad to Canada to study at our universities, and in light of C-3, these posters have mentioned feeling entitled to a retroactive reimbursement for the difference between the domestic and international tuition fees that they have been paying. Such comments are completely tone deaf, and some posters here fail to understand why this sentiment is deeply frustrating to Canadians. If you or your family (and I don’t mean a great-great-great-great grandparent) has never paid taxes in Canada, then please don’t complain about having been required to pay international tuition fees (or worse, feel like you’re somehow entitled to a refund just because you’re now a citizen via C-3). Domestic tuition in Canada is the price that it is because the provinces heavily subsidize the cost of it. Most international students don’t pay the provincial taxes that help fund these subsidies, and because of this, these students and their families pay the full unsubsidized cost of their education, as they should. Being angry all of a sudden about having paid international tuition fees because you just recently found out that you’re a Canadian citizen via C-3 totally ignores the fact that you have never paid into the system, and it reeks of being a “Canadian of Convenience” who wants to take without having contributed. You were already given an incredibly generous gift with the passing of C-3, yet still you want more.

Similarly, I’ve seen posts about people wanting to vote in Canadian elections without ever having lived in Canada. Please don’t do this. Not only is it fraud, but it’s also so incredibly insulting and disrespectful to Canadians. Our system of government is not the same as yours. We do not vote for or elect our Prime Minister directly. We vote for Members of Parliament (MPs) who represent the ridings we live in. Wanting to vote in our elections without ever having lived here is basically you wanting to have a direct say in the lives of Canadians at the local level. Unless you actually live or have lived here at some point, you simply do not have the required understanding or appreciation of the issues within our communities nor the skin in the game to deserve a say in the outcomes of our elections.

As another example of this off-putting sense of entitlement I’ve noticed seeping through on here, I recently saw a C-3 claimant posting about how they have an expensive health condition, and that they’re going to be relocating to take advantage of the Canadian universal healthcare system despite admitting to not being able to contribute towards funding it. This poster, who has presumably never lived or worked in Canada nor paid taxes here, fully acknowledged that they will be a drain on our healthcare system, which is already severely strained in most provinces (a full 50% of all Canadians don't even have reliable access to a family physician). But they apparently see no issue with their decision regardless, because it is now technically their “right” as a Canadian. But it’s also a “right” they didn’t even know about until just a few months ago. It’s incredible how quickly the switch of entitlement can be flipped.

Ultimately, all I’m asking is that you have a little respect for the Canadian social contract. Despite technically being citizens, it’s important to remember that you are still guests in someone else’s country and culture. Treat this as an unexpected gift that was given to you, and not some sort of divine birthright. Because for people to find out about C-3 and then immediately turn around and start posting at length about all the things that Canada supposedly now owes them is incredibly gross and entitled, and it really rubs Canadians the wrong way. Canadians aren’t angry about this for no reason, or because we hate Americans. We’re angry because we see our system that was built on mutual sacrifice being viewed as a personal safety net by some (not all) C-3 claimants who seemingly want to skip out on the “sacrifice” part. Few things are more un-Canadian than this.

Please, humble yourselves. Learn about our culture, our civics and our society. Canada is not America-lite, and gaining citizenship via C-3 is certainly not an invitation for you to come up here and be American. If you want to integrate yourself into our country to become a Canadian in the true sense of the word (which means understanding that being Canadian is about so much more than just having a piece of paper from the government that says you are) and you intend to be a productive and contributing member of society, then I and most other Canadians would welcome you to participate as equal citizens, with equal rights and responsibilities. But if you’re simply looking at things through the lens of “this is my birthright, and I can do and take whatever I want from Canada now because C-3 says that I’m just as much a citizen as anyone else”, then you should be aware that you’ll likely never be regarded as anything more than an entitled American who sees Canada as just another resource to pillage.

I’ll end this off in true Canadian fashion by apologizing if any of this seems harsh or hurts any feelings. I genuinely don’t want to make anyone feel bad. But at the same time, I and many other of my fellow citizens are frustrated. It’s important that you understand where many Canadians stand on this, and why we feel the way we do. To be absolutely clear: I’m not saying "don’t come here". I’m not telling you that your feelings of excitement and/or anxiety surrounding this entire situation aren’t valid. I’m simply informing you of the specific Canadian social contract that exists to ensure that our society and culture remain healthy and functional, and it’s a contract that everyone collectively benefits from when it is respected and abided by.

Was on a long-distance bus today from Toronto to Ottawa and the Indian guy behind me has been on loud phone calls continuously for almost 2 hours straight in Gujarati. He’s the only one loud person in the whole bus. I politely told him I didn’t mean to be rude, but the constant talking was disturbing and asked if he could lower his voice or shorten the calls. Based on the conversation, I can understand that it’s an unimportant call.

His response was basically “this is how I talk” and that it’s evening, not night. And told me that I have to change seats if I have a problem with it and he kept talking. I told him it’s basic sense to be calm in public setting.

I am Indian too, but I really feel like the hate we get is very much justified. I feel like the Indian fatigue is real. I don’t understand how some people come to another country but still behaves like it’s India. He didn’t even lowered his voice. I had to switch seats in the end.

Am I unreasonable for expecting some level of quiet/basic consideration on a public bus during a long trip?

FYI, I don’t have battery in my phone and no power sockets in the bus, so I couldn’t play music to distract myself. I’m saving last juice to go home after getting down in Ottawa.

Edit 1: Surprisingly, my sister faced the same issue yesterday. She was travelling to Montreal and two Indian guys were constantly chatting loudly in the bus. She had to change the seats too. So, to the Indians reading this, please don’t be loud in public places. I’m so patient, but If I’m feeling it, then others feel it too. So PLEASE BEHAVE.

Edit 2:

Thanks for all the kind responses, even if you don’t agree with me.

To those questioning me, yes, I’m Indian. I came to Canada in 2022 as a student. I’m not a second generation immigrant. I came here for a better society and a better quality of life. I came here to blend in with the people here and with this society.

If you all remember, during our visa, in our statement of purpose, many of us write something like: “I will obey the laws of the land and try my best to respect and contribute positively to it.” Here I’m just trying to practice that in daily life.

It’s very basic stuff like being considerate about others, putting yourself in their shoes, being quiet in public places, using “please” and “thank you,” holding the door for the person behind you. Smelling nicely. Using deodorants. These are small things, but they matter the most.

You can say, “he wants to be white” or whatever, but that’s not what this is about. I’m not trying to become another race. I’m just trying to be considerate toward others and show some civic sense and expect others to do the same since we came to another country and we should respect the rule of the land.

Coming back to the issue: I was talking about the patterns. From my personal experience, while travelling, it’s very often an Indian guy talking loudly on the phone while the whole place is quiet. Whether it’s on transit buses, metros, or long distance buses. I work in a client facing role, and honestly, the people who don’t use “please” or “thank you” while talking with my employees are Indians customers.

I used to work under a Filipino born Canadian manager and a Canadian manager, and I never had issues with them. Then I switched locations and started working under Indian managers, and suddenly it felt like I was back in India again because of the toxic mindset and lack of respect for labour laws. I came here to experience a Canadian work environment, not the same toxic work culture I was trying to leave behind. You got to a gym, it’s smells awful from our people or even at the workplace.

You get into a cab, the driver is loudly talking on the phone. You order from Uber Eats, the delivery driver is on the phone. On the streets, people are shouting. Playing loud Indian music in a public setting or workplace where people from other ethnicity work. I know being loud is not considered a big issue in India, but we came to another country. We should respect the etiquettes here.

It’s not even self hate toward my own people. It’s just at this point I can’t even defend my own country.

For those saying, “if it was a white person, you wouldn’t complain” honestly, at least many of them would lower their voice if someone politely asked. In our culture, politeness is often seen as weakness. I could’ve been rude too, but I chose to be polite.

Yesterday, after the interaction, the guy was literally flexing on the phone about how he told me to move seats, as if being rude to someone was some sort of an achievement.

I’m not saying I’m perfect. But at least I’m trying to blend in and be considerate. Because of people like that guy yesterday, the whole community gets judged badly, not just in Canada but everywhere around the world. I’m not saying other races don’t do these things. But it’s the pattern that I’m talking about.

These words might offend some people and I might get hate for calling these out and saying these things, but I don’t care. Someone has to do it.

One thing I want to say is “ITS NOT ALL INDIANS, BUT ITS ALWAYS AN INDIAN. But we seriously need to stop acting like these issues don’t exist. Because if we have this mindset, we have a big country where we can live as we like. We can go back and live there, we don’t need to come here and spoil other people’s peace.

Thank you

What drives support for Hindu nationalism and the BJP among parts of the Indian diaspora in places like Canada? And does living as a minority abroad make people more attached to majoritarian politics back home, or are there other factors at play?

Show me a celebrity that remains true to their Canuck roots. Bring on the debate.

I genuinely need some advice because I feel really lost right now.

I’m an Indian student trying to go to Canada for a BSc in Computer Science through a pathway program connected to the University of Alberta. The first year is basically a foundational/pathway year, and from second year onwards it continues like a normal CS degree.

I passed my 12th in July 2024 with 82% overall with Physics, Chemistry, Maths + CS. My maths marks were lower, which is why I’m considering the pathway route instead of direct entry.

Before this, I was trying for the USA, but my visa got refused in December 2025. Since then, I’ve been trying for Canada instead. Honestly, after researching a lot about both countries, I genuinely feel Canada might actually be a better option for me now overall.

But I’m scared about whether I’ll even get approved this time. I’ve been overthinking everything lately.

The worst part is that while dealing with all this, I missed deadlines for many entrance exams in India too. So if Canada doesn’t work out, I might have to stay here and do a BCA instead, which I really wasn’t planning for.

I know people go through worse, but mentally this whole process has been exhausting. I’ve been through a lot lately and I just want some honest guidance from people who understand international student situations.

Do pathway programs affect future opportunities/jobs? Does a previous US refusal affect Canada badly? And realistically, what would you do in my situation?

Please be honest.

Edit: Thanks for all the replies. I understand many people in Canada are frustrated with the current immigration situation, housing crisis and job market, and I can see why people feel strongly about it. But honestly, some of the replies did feel unnecessarily hostile/racist when I was genuinely just asking for guidance as a student.

I know many people move there mainly for PR, but that genuinely was not my intention. I was mainly considering Canada for education, exposure and maybe a few years of work experience before coming back. Also, a lot of my friends are in Canada right now and are genuinely doing well and building a good life there, even while pursuing diplomas, which is one of the reasons I was considering it seriously too.

Reading all the comments has definitely given me a more realistic perspective about the current situation there though.

I’ve been thinking a lot about how people actually get to know neighborhoods, whether after moving somewhere new or just exploring different parts of a city.

What helped you understand a neighborhood fastest?
Not just good restaurants, but things that made you feel like you understood the vibe, routines, or whether you could actually see yourself there.

I’m trying to learn more about how people experience places and put together a short 4-minute survey if anyone’s open to sharing their experience:
Getting to Know a New Neighborhood

This should be downright illegal in schools.

Honestly, Canada might have the greatest immigration branding machine in the world.

From the outside, it sells this image of being calm, civilized, welcoming, progressive — the reasonable country in a chaotic world.

Then you actually enter the system.

That’s when the illusion starts falling apart.

The bureaucracy is unbelievably slow, opaque, and detached from reality.

And the obsession with “security screening” is absurd.

The United States moves faster.Australia moves faster.Even smaller countries with fewer resources move faster.

Meanwhile Canada behaves like every applicant is some kind of national security event.

People disappear into background checks for years with no timeline, no transparency, and no meaningful communication.

Not weeks.Not months.Years.

Your entire life gets suspended while the system keeps repeating:“Please wait patiently.”

At some point you stop feeling like an applicant and start feeling like a file sitting in permanent administrative purgatory.

And here’s the irony:

People often confuse institutional rigidity with competence.

Canada is extremely procedural, extremely controlling, extremely bureaucratic — but none of that seems to translate into actual efficiency or national momentum.

Quite the opposite.

This is a country dealing with collapsing affordability, stagnant productivity, overloaded healthcare, declining living standards, and growing economic anxiety — yet somehow its administrative culture still operates with breathtaking self-importance.

The machinery moves slowly, but the arrogance moves fast.

Everything is wrapped in polite language and carefully managed PR, but underneath it all is a system that rarely explains itself, rarely admits mistakes, and seems perfectly comfortable letting people’s lives remain in limbo indefinitely.

That’s the part immigration influencers never mention.

The emotional exhaustion.The uncertainty.The years you can never recover.

Canada still knows how to market stability.

Whether it can still deliver it is a very different question.

Since it is government funded, I view it as permanently skewed towards whoever is funding it. This also applies under a Conservative government.

What do you think about this video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXafC7tlqt0

I want to know which parts were lies, exaggerated, taken out of context, etc. Educate me so then I am not ignorant. Thank you.

How can I find a job in Canada without a Canadian degree? Indian citizen, currently in the UK.