It’s a real hassle to move to Canada
Far more people talk about moving to Canada than actually make the move. This is true, despite the high likelihood that there’s a way for many Americans to legally move to Canada. If you have a US passport, you could probably be living in Canada a few weeks from...
An escape guide for Americans
How far can your US passport take you? Here are your options for a temporary or permanent escape.
How to retire in Canada
By Rachel Hartman IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN heading north for retirement, it’s important to think through the implications the decision can bring. “Many Americans assume that moving to Canada is easy and that there’s a special pathway for Americans, since our two...
Peace Collective Reinvents MAGA Hat As Anti-Hate Toque in #unravelhate
Whether or not it was intended, the red MAGA baseball cap beloved of Donald Trump’s supporters has become a symbol of a certain right-wing ideology since it first appeared in 2016. Now Canadian clothing brand Peace Collective has found a way to subvert that and...
Books that explain Canada
Canada doesn’t seem so different from the US at first glance, but the differences soon become glaring. These are the books you need to read to understand Canadian culture and how it’s different from the US.
Moving To Canada Book Makes Extra $600 Per Month
I chat with Ryan Helms from Grit and Hustle about writing my first two books and how timing is the best marketing. Listen to the podcast on Hustle to Freedom.
Do you love where you live?
You want to know what it’s really like to live in a city, but hardly anyone has lived in enough places to compare. I’ll be providing information you can’t get anywhere else — what it’s really like to live in Toronto, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Boston, Chicago, Kingston, Raleigh, and other places I’ve gotten to (temporarily) call home.
7 things Americans get wrong about moving to Canada
Everyone’s talking about moving to Canada, but most of the tips on immigration haven’t gotten past moose and poutine. I’m here to clear up some common misconceptions about moving to Canada. Two years ago, my wife and I decided to move to Canada. Neither of us had a...
United Shades of North America
W. Kamau Bell visits Canada in United Shades of America. Is Canada really a utopia? What’s the story with healthcare? What about the experience of visible minorities? I help Kamau figure out if moving to Canada is even an option. You can take the quiz yourself....
Buying a condo in Canada
You hear it all the time: Toronto is way too expensive to buy anything! In fact, houses downtown are over a million dollars! What’s wrong with this statement? The idea that you need to live in a house right downtown. No one talks about buying houses in Manhattan or...
Renting an apartment in Toronto
You’re finally moving up! Here’s how to find your new home in Toronto, from where to look for listings to what to expect in your lease. If you’re coming from a small town, renting in Toronto is probably going to seem really unpleasant. If you’re coming...
Setting up your apartment in Canada
Once you’ve signed a lease or bought a condo, it’s time to turn your empty place into a home. Before you move in, you’ll need light, heat, water, internet, and furniture. How to move to Canada Utilities Insurance Furnishings Utilities Unless you’re okay with...
Toronto neighborhood guide
Neighborhoods of Toronto The neighborhood you live in has a huge impact on how you experience the city. Before you rent your first apartment or buy a condo, you want to make sure you’re choosing a place that fits with your lifestyle. Toronto is a big city with...
We all swore we’d move to Canada if Trump won. These people actually did.
By Kate Bratskeir But politics did lead some Americans to rethink their allegiance and commit to a different life. Cori Carl, the 33-year-old managing director of The Caregiver Space, moved to Toronto in the months leading up to Trump’s election. “I was definitely...
Canada’s Polite and Diffident Independence Celebration
By Molly Worthen The last Presidential election drove many liberals to muse about packing up and fleeing to Canada. Not many actually did so, but Cori Carl had already made good on the fantasy. She and her wife were committed New Yorkers but felt increasingly...
Price Check: How Much Would It Cost To Move To Canada?
By Jackie Lam Cori Carl, a 32-year-old managing director of a nonprofit, and her wife Casey Daly, a business analyst, moved from Brooklyn to Toronto last spring via the Express Entry program. “The immigration process itself is a lot like a tedious online job...
Immigrate to Canada and make $500/month
An American couple takes their biggest struggle of recent years and writes an eBook to help other expatriates forge a new life abroad. There’s the old cliche among authors that comes from Carol Shields. It says, “Write the book you want to read; the one you cannot...
Meet the people leaving Trump’s America
By Elizabeth Garone For Cori Carl and her wife, Casey Daly, it wasn’t a matter of waiting to see who won the election. We decided we wanted to relocate to Canada “[Even] before Trump was a serious candidate, my wife and I could feel the political backlash brewing...
How to win the US Green Card lottery
You’ve probably heard of the green card lottery, officially called the Diversity Visa Program(DV). Each year, the US invites 50k people from countries with low rates of immigration to the US to apply for permanent resident (PR) status. Each year’s green card lottery...
New Yorkers fearful of Trump, right-wing populism pursue citizen options outside of U.S.
By Sheila Anne Feeney Cori Carl, 32, sold her Ditmas Park co-op last year and moved with her wife, Casey Daly, to Toronto, blogging about their experience all the while. Since the election, “We’ve gotten at least 100 emails, texts and phone calls” from other Americans...
A tax guide for Americans in Canada
By now you know that the US retains the right to tax your worldwide income so long as you retain your US citizenship, regardless of residency. You also know Canada taxes your worldwide income if you live in Canada. That may leave you wondering how any American can...
My first year in Canada
Today’s my Torontoversary! A year ago today I became a permanent resident of Canada. When we left Brooklyn for Toronto, there were certain things I knew I’d miss. Since we’d spent a good amount of time in Toronto before making it official (in fact, we had apartments...
How to survive a Canadian winter
People’s first response when they heard that I was moving to Canada was always “But it’s so cold!” While Canada is not the Arctic wasteland most people imagine it to be, it does get cold in the winter. If you’re coming from a place that doesn’t have real winters,...
