Ignoring forum members who are students, spouses of students, people on work visas and spouses of people on work visas ... which admittedly rules out a fair chunk of the forum membership ... of the forum members who actually came to Canada as bona fide independant immigrants (ie. no existing ties in Canada, no freeloaders) and had to actually work to establish themselves, who would do it again?

Absolutely no question in my mind.

YES!!!!!!

Cool ... good to know someone is so certain

and what about you?

I came with nothing; no money, no education, no possessions. I have one more payment and then I will have put two children through university. That's what I came for, so yes, it worked for me.

I sold a stack of stuff off to come here, between us my partner and I have 17 years of post graduate education and we came here with half a container (less than half of our possessions) ... seemed like a good idea at the time ...maybe it helps if you come here sh*t poor and uneducated?

If I knew then what I knew now, I'd be living in comfort in the south of France .... f**k the Alberta winter ... much as I've now adapted to it and deeply love it.

I'm not sure, while I came as a poor an uneducated person, one of our best mates here came as a PhD, he's even more poor than he was in the UK but he seems thrilled to be here because he thinks his project could be important. Perhaps people want to be where they want to be, perhaps it's not always about money ?

Probably true ... got a stack of money ... not sure where we want to be ... money isn't everything, friends and family count for more.

Speaking for my grandparents and parents, they came to canada dirt poor but with the attitude that anywhere had to be better than where they were living. They struggled for many years but my grandparents were able to put all there kids through university.

That's what immigrants do, innit ?

Some yes....others just prefer to complain about their new life every chance they get!

I think such people are few and far between. I think immigrants generally work hard to support the population of cradle Canadians without complaining excessively about the burden the people born here place upon them.

I think things are very very different now to the time when my grandparents/parents emigrated here just before WW2........

Hmmmmm Interesting one......

Is life better here? Hell, yes!

Would I do it all over again? With hindsight, definitely NOT! The cost is just too darned high, (and I'm not talking financially).

Ask me tomorrow and the answer might be different. I've learned SO much from the people on this forum since I found it; and probably more about myself than I care to admit.

However, I still can't see myself living back in the YUK, either.