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10 Things You Should Know Before Moving To Canada by Asapchikki(m): 10:35am On Jan 12, 2021


Canada is one of the sought after country for new immigrants. They are things you need to know as a new immigrant moving to another with a different culture, policy, and way of life in other easily adapt to your new environment.

Here are the 10 things you should know before Moving to Canada and you may have heard some of these before but I still think they’re important enough to go over for the people who haven’t heard them.

1. The High Taxes
Canadian pay high taxes but Can’t be compared to places like Sweden where the income tax is 60% which is crazy but it’s important to know if you’re moving from a country that has a lower income tax you can expect to pay 15 to 40 percent of your income taxes.

To put it into perspective, if you got a job offer for $100,000 per annum, at the end of the year you will be getting $70,000 because in this tax bracket making a hundred thousand dollars, about thirty percent would be taken away which is thirty thousand dollars.

Taxes is one the things you should know before Moving to Canada, So when you are planning your budgeting and expenses make sure to take away an extra amount for your taxes.

2. Languages/Locations
Canada has two official languages namely English and French. If you learned English make sure you’re moving to a place that is primarily English-speaking because it would be unfortunate that after learning English to move to Canada and then you move somewhere that speaks French.

Quebec is the only province in Canada that is primarily French-speaking and Montreal is the capital of Quebec. Most people o talk about them moving to Montreal but they don’t know that Montreal is primarily French-speaking.

3. The Weather
If you live in Canada it’s kind of a must-do to complain about the weather every once in a while. It’s a very popular conversation on how cold Canada is during winter. Vancouver as opposed to anywhere else in Canada does not snow that much and it does not get that cold.

Before you move to Canada make sure you google what the average summer temperature is for that area and more importantly what the winter temperature is because it’s not uncommon for some places to go below -40 or -50 Celsius in the winter and that’s like the weather where you walk outside you start crying right away not because it’s painful but because it’s so cold that you just start crying and then the tears freeze on your face.

Some of those same places can go up to 40 Celsius in the summer and you can also find places that are neutral much the whole year, it doesn’t get too hot or too cold. Depending on what type of weather or temperature you’re into you can do a little bit of research on that.

4. Healthcare
As many people know Canada has free healthcare here but not everything is free. It’s free if you want to go see a doctor for a checkup or about a certain illness but if they prescribe you pills or medicines you have to buy them yourself.

Sometimes the company that you work for will have a benefits plan where they pay for things like your medicine and prescriptions but that’s not for every job so you should ask your employer about their benefits.

Another part of Canada’s health care that is not free is eye care and dental care, your employer may cover if they have good benefits because these two things are pretty expensive.

5. Tipping
I know tipping in a lot of countries is not expected and it’s just something you do when you had a great time or like exceptional service but in Canada, tipping is normally expected and not on everything. Tipping is normal for things like a taxi driver, a waiter or a waitress, a barber, and a lot of other things and if you don’t tip for these services it’s usually seen as somewhat disrespectful.
Am not telling you guys what to do or like to tip by any means but it is normally expected and most people do it.

continue here: https://cookmuv.com/10-things-you-should-know-before-moving-to-canada/

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Re: 10 Things You Should Know Before Moving To Canada by Nobody: 11:11am On Jan 12, 2021
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Re: 10 Things You Should Know Before Moving To Canada by AlphaSoul: 2:04am On Feb 10, 2021
Asapchikki:



Canada is one of the sought after country for new immigrants. They are things you need to know as a new immigrant moving to another with a different culture, policy, and way of life in other easily adapt to your new environment.

Here are the 10 things you should know before Moving to Canada and you may have heard some of these before but I still think they’re important enough to go over for the people who haven’t heard them.

1. The High Taxes
Canadian pay high taxes but Can’t be compared to places like Sweden where the income tax is 60% which is crazy but it’s important to know if you’re moving from a country that has a lower income tax you can expect to pay 15 to 40 percent of your income taxes.

To put it into perspective, if you got a job offer for $100,000 per annum, at the end of the year you will be getting $70,000 because in this tax bracket making a hundred thousand dollars, about thirty percent would be taken away which is thirty thousand dollars.

Taxes is one the things you should know before Moving to Canada, So when you are planning your budgeting and expenses make sure to take away an extra amount for your taxes.

2. Languages/Locations
Canada has two official languages namely English and French. If you learned English make sure you’re moving to a place that is primarily English-speaking because it would be unfortunate that after learning English to move to Canada and then you move somewhere that speaks French.

Quebec is the only province in Canada that is primarily French-speaking and Montreal is the capital of Quebec. Most people o talk about them moving to Montreal but they don’t know that Montreal is primarily French-speaking.

3. The Weather
If you live in Canada it’s kind of a must-do to complain about the weather every once in a while. It’s a very popular conversation on how cold Canada is during winter. Vancouver as opposed to anywhere else in Canada does not snow that much and it does not get that cold.

Before you move to Canada make sure you google what the average summer temperature is for that area and more importantly what the winter temperature is because it’s not uncommon for some places to go below -40 or -50 Celsius in the winter and that’s like the weather where you walk outside you start crying right away not because it’s painful but because it’s so cold that you just start crying and then the tears freeze on your face.

Some of those same places can go up to 40 Celsius in the summer and you can also find places that are neutral much the whole year, it doesn’t get too hot or too cold. Depending on what type of weather or temperature you’re into you can do a little bit of research on that.

4. Healthcare
As many people know Canada has free healthcare here but not everything is free. It’s free if you want to go see a doctor for a checkup or about a certain illness but if they prescribe you pills or medicines you have to buy them yourself.

Sometimes the company that you work for will have a benefits plan where they pay for things like your medicine and prescriptions but that’s not for every job so you should ask your employer about their benefits.

Another part of Canada’s health care that is not free is eye care and dental care, your employer may cover if they have good benefits because these two things are pretty expensive.

5. Tipping
I know tipping in a lot of countries is not expected and it’s just something you do when you had a great time or like exceptional service but in Canada, tipping is normally expected and not on everything. Tipping is normal for things like a taxi driver, a waiter or a waitress, a barber, and a lot of other things and if you don’t tip for these services it’s usually seen as somewhat disrespectful.
Am not telling you guys what to do or like to tip by any means but it is normally expected and most people do it.

continue here: https://cookmuv.com/10-things-you-should-know-before-moving-to-canada/
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