Which members are from Canada, Eh?!
- Thread starter bigbadbrody
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I'm a Canuck...and go Habs go!
I am a Canuck...from Vancouver too
I'm Canadian or course, lived coast to coast a couple of times.
This is one beautiful country we have here.
This is one beautiful country we have here.
Before you move to canada, check out the real situation there.
1. The sale tax includes PST, GST currently at 14% (was 15%)
2. The gas price is running 70 cents to 80 cents per litre, much higher than US ($ 3.50 per gallon)
3. 90% of the entire population lives within 150 miles along the 49 parallel, the US/Canadian border.
4. The price of a basket of food is at least 20% higher than US
5. There are only 5 major cities--Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, and Edmonton. The average price of a house is over 475,000.00 (an average one)
Compared with US 180,000.00 a house
6. Over 1 million Canadians live permanently in California !
7. Around 1 million Canadians travel south to Florida and the southern states for Winter.
8. The east coast of Canada hits with 17 feet of snow in the winter
9. There is only one major highway from East to West.
10. The tax is much higher than US which is used to pay for Universal Health Care.
bigbadbrody
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^^^^^ Don't be dissing Canada there, bud:thumbsup:
Something I've learned while travelling all over the globe was to not pay attention to statistics too much. I'd rather give it a try first and then judge it myself.
dave_rhino
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Fucking wish i was from Canada, spent a few months there last year in Whistler, great town.
Where'd you get that information. If you are Canadian, you live in a hole. I live in a prov. with only 11% tax, 6%gst - 5%pst. Alberta doesn't even have pst
higher, 90 cent avg. here in Sask.
And the Americans have an entire state north of it. Whats your point?
What a big arguement, any figures to follow, or just a general idea since you know so much already.
you must mean 5 cities with NHL teams, yea that's what you mean because if you mean provincial capitals then I should computer smack you for being so arrogent.
yea, some retired and some actually have a career acting. And I am sure you can find some Canadians in NewYork...and Some Mexicans too. That is what happens with such loose borders....oops did I say that.
And Florida and South Carolina face hurricanes every summer. Tornado Alley covers multiple states in the centeral states. Oh and there is plenty of SNOW in the rockies.
And not one single traffic jam. got a problem with efficiency.
Something wrong with going to the doctor and paying nothing for a check up? I already covered the tax part.
Oh and I am a canuck :wave2: :glugglug: I can't wait to get to Whistler.
satyrsam
The Anal Connoisseur
Sorry Lovejoy but I have to correct you .
Before you move to canada, check out the real situation there.
1. The sale tax includes PST, GST currently at 14% (was 15%)
The sales tax changes in each province, the GST is 6% and every other province has a different PST or none at all.
2. The gas price is running 70 cents to 80 cents per litre, much higher than US ($ 3.50 per gallon)
The gallon conversion is 3.78 litters for 1 gallon so at 80cents per litter that would make it $3.02 per gallon. and the average price for fuel in the us is $2.33 us, so that would be $2.73 Canadian. It's still higher in Canada, but by 31 cents.
3. 90% of the entire population lives within 150 miles along the 49 parallel, the US/Canadian border.
I don't really know what your trying to say here.
4. The price of a basket of food is at least 20% higher than US
This statistic changes depending on the cities your comparing. and what is in that basket
5. There are only 5 major cities--Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, and Edmonton. The average price of a house is over 475,000.00 (an average one)
Compared with US 180,000.00 a house
The average price of a house in the us is 217,000.00
Data Source: National Association of Realtors
The average price of a house in Canada is 280,000.00
Data Source: The Canadian Real Estate Association
The 475K is for the city of Vancouver(it's the highest in Canada)
6. Over 1 million Canadians live permanently in California !
Again, I don't know what point you're trying to make. Do you want the figures for the number of Americans that live in Canada or even around the world.
7. Around 1 million Canadians travel south to Florida and the southern states for Winter.
Dido
8. The east coast of Canada hits with 17 feet of snow in the winter
Yes but 90% of the entire population lives within 150 miles along the 49 parallel, the US/Canadian border.
Source : Lovejoy
And in that area the average is around 5 feet of snow.
9. There is only one major highway from East to West.
It works, do you need more?
10. The tax is much higher than US which is used to pay for Universal Health Care.
If only it was only used for health care. Again, it changes province to province. But I must agree with this one, it is on average higher than the us.
I'm not trying to sell Canada, I just want the facts to be right.
Before you move to canada, check out the real situation there.
1. The sale tax includes PST, GST currently at 14% (was 15%)
The sales tax changes in each province, the GST is 6% and every other province has a different PST or none at all.
2. The gas price is running 70 cents to 80 cents per litre, much higher than US ($ 3.50 per gallon)
The gallon conversion is 3.78 litters for 1 gallon so at 80cents per litter that would make it $3.02 per gallon. and the average price for fuel in the us is $2.33 us, so that would be $2.73 Canadian. It's still higher in Canada, but by 31 cents.
3. 90% of the entire population lives within 150 miles along the 49 parallel, the US/Canadian border.
I don't really know what your trying to say here.
4. The price of a basket of food is at least 20% higher than US
This statistic changes depending on the cities your comparing. and what is in that basket
5. There are only 5 major cities--Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, and Edmonton. The average price of a house is over 475,000.00 (an average one)
Compared with US 180,000.00 a house
The average price of a house in the us is 217,000.00
Data Source: National Association of Realtors
The average price of a house in Canada is 280,000.00
Data Source: The Canadian Real Estate Association
The 475K is for the city of Vancouver(it's the highest in Canada)
6. Over 1 million Canadians live permanently in California !
Again, I don't know what point you're trying to make. Do you want the figures for the number of Americans that live in Canada or even around the world.
7. Around 1 million Canadians travel south to Florida and the southern states for Winter.
Dido
8. The east coast of Canada hits with 17 feet of snow in the winter
Yes but 90% of the entire population lives within 150 miles along the 49 parallel, the US/Canadian border.
Source : Lovejoy
And in that area the average is around 5 feet of snow.
9. There is only one major highway from East to West.
It works, do you need more?
10. The tax is much higher than US which is used to pay for Universal Health Care.
If only it was only used for health care. Again, it changes province to province. But I must agree with this one, it is on average higher than the us.
I'm not trying to sell Canada, I just want the facts to be right.
Nice work fellas! :hatsoff:
Also, if I may add, it's still cheaper in Canada to buy food at the grocery store to cook for yourself or your family instead of eating at a fast food joint.
Just thought I'd throw one in there.
Also, if I may add, it's still cheaper in Canada to buy food at the grocery store to cook for yourself or your family instead of eating at a fast food joint.
Just thought I'd throw one in there.
I have to pay well over $15,000 a year for Health Insurance in the USA. The insurance does not even pay for all medical expenses and no dental and eye care. The USA goverment medical policy is you can have Health Insurance if you can afford it. Canada sounds like a better deal to me, but it's to cold.
Toronto born and Raised...IMHO one of the most beautiful places in the world...I love the good ol' T.O
dave_rhino
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I used to teach skiing in Whistler......wicked party town
Hell yeah, savage beagle, tommy africas, merlins, drank myself to near death in all of um :1orglaugh
bigbadbrody
Banned
I used to teach skiing in Whistler......wicked party town
that is true, but it is an expensive place to live and visit. The amount of mark-up they have on everything in that town is unbelievable
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