Life in Canada
 Canada a G-8 Member
As you probably know, Canada is a G-8 member country, which means that it is one of the eight wealthiest countries in the Western world. It is consistently rated by the UN as the top country in the world for quality of life, whilst the two major cities of Vancouver and Toronto are often rated as two of the five best cities in the world in which to live.
Social Security
The standard of living is very high, but unlike many business-orientated countries in the Western world (most notably the USA), Canada has many socialist style features, such as universal medical coverage for everyone, free education for primary and secondary school students, government subsidized university education, unemployment insurance and pensions for people unable to work and who are aged 65 or over.
Brief Overview
Canada is a vast country but with a population of only 30 million people. It consists of 10 main provinces, which are all quite different from each other. They all have varied geography and their own provincial governments. Ontario and the city of Toronto is the commercial and industrial centre of Canada. In Quebec most of the people speak French so if you plan to live and work there, you must be reasonably fluent in the French language. Most Canadians live very close to the border with the United States, where the weather is warmer and where there is much more economic activity. Most immigrants opt to settle in or near to the cities of Toronto (Eastern Canada) or Vancouver (Western Canada) the latter of which is located on the Pacific West Coast and offers a mild climate all the year round. Vancouver is widely regarded as being the most beautiful city in North America.
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