What Do You Think of Canadians or Canada In General?

Question

I live in the central interior of British Columbia surrounded by mountains and the desert.

Answer 1

I'm from the US

Canadians are fairly funny and they also have hockey and great beer. They are very nice overall - I have relatives and friends in various parts of Canada. Beautiful country. Except for you all having a better health care system, the US and Canada are very similar, although most would disagree on a national pride basis. I could do without the rabid American bashing though. Hopefully that will improve a bit.

Answer 2

i lived in canada for my whole life and i love it. i can never get enough of it. its gorgeous, fun and fellow canadians are sooo nice. so proud to be canadian and part of this great land!!! who would disagree!!

Answer 3

I've got a few that are relatives :)

BC is gorgeous!  I absolutely love visiting there and I "do as the locals" and go to Timmy's :)

Although I don't quite understand one Canadian calling another a "frog".  The family hasn't explained that one to me!

Answer 4

I'm a mexican boy and i have a cuestion: The french canadians or the english canadians? please, the canadians are betters than the yankee scum and smell best, but this not is the cause of a unfair free trade treatament where Mexico loses more than win. Canada is a beauty country, lightly better than Germany or France, but is beauty. Over all the Winnipeg lake or the Horseshoe fall. The only "black dot" is the seal's killing in the north. I'm disagree for they aspect.

Answer 5

I personally have 1007 blood relations who are Canadians so I am biased, great relations. Also I served for a short time with Canadians in the forces - one Queen's Birthday Parade and a little active service. All brilliant. Also dozens of food parcels containing big rosy apples, chocolate and all sorts tins during WW2 came from this apparently wonderful country.

Unforunately I have never been to Canada and since time has passed I doubt I ever will. But I peer through web cams and look for still pictures etc. of the country. Looks Like my homeland, Scotland, on maximize. Beautiful.

Answer 6

Canada = hockey + beer + igloos + idiots + "isn't that a part of the U.S.?"

note: not my beleif but as an international traveller, that is the mst common topics that come up when discussing our country... touh to correct the entire worlds beleif that we Canadian do not in fact all live in igloos

Answer 7

I think Canadians are great.  By the way, where in central interior BC is there a 'desert' and where in in central interior BC would you be 'surrounded' by mountains?  What you say doesn't make any sense.  Well??

Answer 8

I don't think anything about canada as I haven't personally been there. My friend has though and she loves it.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Yeah right!? great country?  

Get Real people.

40 per cent of professional and skilled immigrants leave Canada within 5 years

Canadian HR Reporter

March 27, 2008

By Shannon Klie

While Canada does a good job attracting skilled and educated immigrants from around the world, government and businesses need to do a better job of keeping them once they get here, says a professor of economics at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ont.

"We spend a fair amount of time and discussion on attracting immigrants, but we don't spend that much time on talking about retaining them. It's almost as if there's the notion that if they can get here, it's such a great place, they'll stay," said Chris Robinson.

Immigration isn't a permanent phenomenon and Canada needs to approach it as a firm would approach retaining an employee, he said. "We don't want to take it as a given that just because somebody's come here that they're going to stay."

One-third of young male immigrants leave Canada within 20 years of arriving and more than 60 per cent of those who leave do so in the first year, according to Return and Onward Migration among Working Age Men, a recent Statistics Canada report co-authored by Robinson.

The report, a study of male immigrants aged 25 to 45 at the time they arrived in Canada, found that over the past two decades business professionals and skilled workers, the most desirable immigrants, are the most likely to leave, with 40 per cent of them leaving the country within 5  years of arrival.

Because there are no exit interviews when an immigrant leaves Canada, the study made inferences about why they left based on landing records, census data and income tax filings. Immigrants who arrived during poor economic climates (in 1980 and 1990) were more likely to leave than those who arrived during boom times (1986 and 1996). Therefore, it's likely immigrants are leaving for better opportunities elsewhere, said Robinson.

The best way to keep these immigrants is to ensure they get jobs that match their skills and experiences, said the director of operations at the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council.

"We know that good employment is the number one indicator of successful integration for immigrants," said Elizabeth McIsaac. "A key element in all this is having employers involved in the development of programs that are intended to bring immigrants into the labour market."

One such program is Toronto's Career Bridge, a non-profit internship program that matches qualified immigrants with appropriate jobs. Since the program started three years ago, 270 immigrants have found full-time work in their fields, but there are still 1,500 skilled immigrants, more than half with university degrees, on the waiting list. So far only 115 of the city's 2,760 businesses with more than 100 employees have signed up for the program.

HR professionals need to begin looking at international credentials and education as an asset, said McIsaac. There are tools available to help HR understand international credentials and agencies that can connect employers with immigrants, so employers have no excuse not to consider immigrants for job openings, she said.

"Once you begin to have more experience working with immigrant communities, it becomes a lot easier and you can do it a lot better," she said.

If Canadian employers aren't willing to take advantage of these immigrants, the Statistics Canada report proves they'll go elsewhere to find jobs, said Robinson.

"If a better opportunity comes up somewhere else and it happens to come up across an international border, then they're quite likely to move," he said.

Over the next 10 years, immigration will represent all of the growth in Canada's workforce because there simply won't be enough young Canadians to replace retiring baby boomers. However, Canada isn't the only country facing a looming labour shortage and other countries that haven't typically gone after immigrants, such as Japan and India, are now doing so, said McIsaac.

"We are in a global economy and we are competing for a high level of talent in other countries," she said. "We have to do a better job of receiving that talent."

Answer 11

im from Ontario and i love it. its awsome :)

Answer 12

I have been to Vancouver and area twice to visit relatives. I love Canada, and could easily live there. The supermarkets are out of this world to a Brit. Everything is so advanced, and so big. Cities are so clean and litter free. Advantage is taken of the great outdoors in ways we can't do here, although it is a similar climate.

I found the Canadians friendly and hospitable. They do seem to expect the English to be eccentric! Would love to go again, but it's not likely, elderly cousin is now incapacitated with Alzheimer's.

Answer 13

i'm from the US and i've never been to canada. but i think it's a beautiful country. i've had friends who've been to canada and they absolutely loved it! i also live pretty close to canada (wisconsin). it only takes about an hour and a half to fly from milwaukee to toronto.

Answer 14

I love Canada! I´m from Spain (Sorry abaut my bad english lol)

When I was 12 years I visited Quebec,Toronto,Ottawa,Montreal... In my opinion was the best experiencie and I hope to return there,

The people was very nice and the Streets were fantastic!! I prefer Canada Than Madrid (Spain) lol.

Answer 15

One of the best countries to live in.Highly industrialized with low unemployment, high literacy, low crime,very developed country with excellent working conditions,reasonable cost of living,an outstanding education system,a very high standard of living and health care system ranked one of the best in the world

Answer 16

Let me get this point across I'm Irish and most Americans look down on Canada the way England looks down on Ireland and its an irritant don't get me wrong though I've got nothing against England I've family over there and in Scotland and Wales and America and Canada and Spain and Switzerland.

So in conclusion I think there alright.

Answer 17

I've only been to Canada twice, and just to Niagara Falls. It's pretty there, though really cold in the winter or so I hear. I would like to live there, they get free health care. If Obama wins the Presidency I might consider moving there.

Answer 18

Canada is a beautiful country and the Canadians are very kind.

I am going to visit this country at the end of the year (in September-October) and can be to live and to work in this country.

I like Canada.

Answer 19

love the country  lived there for a couple of years in my early twenties and it was great.

Loved  the family i lived with who treated my like their own family.

Loved Toronto and Oakville (where i lived) and Niagara on the Lake..

Loved the people who were so kind and friendly

Answer 20

Great country

Great people:)

Answer 21

I equate Canada with a clean, green, outdoor lifestyle.  Maybe this is a stereotype, but it's just what springs to mind.

I visited a few years ago and found the cities spotlessly clean and the people genuinely friendly.

The one thing I don't like at all is the annual seal cull in the North.  That gives Canada a poor image abroad.

Answer 22

Love them...I have visited Canada as we have family there and we have always found the place stunningly beautiful and the Canadians a lovely friendly people. I particularly love the British Columbia area.