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Really, it depends where you live; Canada has all the same types of people as the US. The difference is that so far, we have stuck with neo-liberals in power instead of neo-conservatives.

Outside the cities is more conservative, but only in some ways. We like our social services for the most part, even if healthcare is a shadow of what it was 50 years ago — but again, healthcare is now administered at a provincial level, so different provinces will have emphasis on different levels of care.

On the education side, expect the college of teachers to be without a contract 2 years out of every 10 — which results in strikes. Also, a lot of “extra” programs like the arts are massively underfunded at the elementary level. Teachers often go above and beyond to provide equipment and programs out of their own pockets because the government no longer provides the funding.

All that said, I feel a lot safer living north of 49, and feel like even if there still are things like systemic racism, at least it gets called out and doesn’t usually lead to violence.

Oh yeah, and school shootings are VERY rare.

Each province is a bit different. Jere are my notes from being in several.

Alberta is an oil and gas province and has a lot of maga types, so we call it North Texas. To balance that comment, many Albertans are very friendly and outgoing.

British Columbia has more open minded people, and focus on clean environment, but it is expensive to live in BC. Vancouver is a cold (socially) city, people have established cliques and you will find the outgoing friendly people are immigrants from other countries or provinces.

Ontario has a lot of opportunity but each city can have a different feel. Avoid Windsor, even though it has cheaper housing than say Toronto, it is a blue collar town with many small minded people.

I've never had any issues with healthcare in any province. It's been a great system, especially when I got cancer.