Category: Canada

Over one million US citizens live in Canada. Where do most US expats live in Canada? Home to Canada’s largest expat populations, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver have multicultural communities that are open minded and used to rubbing shoulders with people from across the world. What country has the most American expats? However, it only has […]

Canada’s top imports from Ukraine were iron and steel, electrical machinery and equipment, and animal and vegetable fats and oils. What products come from Ukraine to Canada? Ukraine Exports to Canada Value Year Copper $31.76M 2021 Vegetable, fruit, nut food preparations $14.74M 2021 Vehicles other than railway, tramway $11.48M 2021 Railway, tramway locomotives, rolling stock, […]

Many blame carbon taxes for the rising price of gasoline, and while it’s true that carbon taxes are rising from one year to the next, this adds only a little over two cents per litre to the price we pay at the pump. Why are gas prices increasing so much in Canada? The last time […]

During the observation period from 1960 to 2021, the average inflation rate was 3.8% per year. Overall, the price increase was 823.53%. An item that cost 100 dollars in 1960 costs 923.53 dollars at the beginning of 2022. For October 2022, the year-over-year inflation rate was 6.9%. What is the cost of living increase for […]

According to the report by consulting firm Eckler Ltd., the national average base salary increase for next year is projected at 4.2 per cent, excluding planned salary freezes, which parallels 2022 actual base salary increases. Projected salary increases for 2022 was lower than the actual figures. Are Canadian salaries increasing? Canadian base salaries are set […]

Gas Reserves in Canada Canada has proven reserves equivalent to 17.5 times its annual consumption. This means it has about 18 years of gas left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves). How much gas is left in Canada? How much natural gas resource does Canada have? As of 2021 Canada is estimated to […]

Dual (or multiple) citizenship or nationality means that you are a citizen of more than one country. Dual or multiple citizenship is legal in Canada. However, it may not be legal in the other country or countries where you hold citizenship. How can a US citizen get dual citizenship with Canada? To be eligible to […]

According to the 2022 US News report, Canada is the 4th best country for education in the world and has consistently featured among the top 5 countries since 2016! Is Canada’s education better than the US? When we consider the PISA(Program for International Student Assessment) scores run by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and […]

2 per cent. The Bank of Canada aims to keep inflation at the 2 per cent midpoint of an inflation-control target range of 1 to 3 per cent. What is a healthy rate of inflation? around 2%Healthy Inflation Moderate inflation of around 2% is actually good for economic growth. Consumers are more likely to buy […]

Duty free shops cater to these `leaving customers’. These duty-free items can only be purchased when departing from a country or when crossing into another territory. They are for export only and must be taken out of the country where they are purchased. Do you buy duty-free on departure or arrival Canada? Duty free shops […]