by Cori | May 19, 2026 | Moving to Canada
Most people believe Canada is pro-immigration while the U.S. is anti-immigration, but an objective look at the data shows that structural reality dominates political intent. Discover why navigating the world’s most complex bureaucratic systems requires absolute legal literacy—not romanticized media narratives, viral TikTok advice, or emotional intuition.
by News Report | Sep 20, 2025 | Canada, Canadian History, Moving to Canada, New York State
School kids in the US all learn about the underground railroad. The other day, I came across a reference to people fleeing to Canada on the underground railroad and wondered what I really knew about it. Plenty of the things I learned about history (and science!) were...
by Cori | Nov 12, 2024 | Expat Life, Immigration, Living Abroad, Moving to Canada, Moving to Portugal
Moving to another country is a legal process. The law is not known for being easy for outsiders to understand. So, in order to make sense of information about moving abroad, it helps to get a general familiarity with the terms and how things work. Generally, the first...
by Cori | Feb 1, 2024 | Moving to Portugal
TL;DR: Yes, you can use your foreign phone number to set up a Portuguese chave digital. It just can’t be a VOIP number, like Google Voice. I put off getting a chave digital for nearly two years, since I didn’t quite understand what I needed it for. Yes,...
by Cori | Jul 12, 2022 | Media Coverage, Moving to Canada, New York City
I was delighted to get a comment recently on my story about Jessi Highet and Mike Varley, who walked 26 miles a day for a year through the streets of NYC, sampling scallion cream cheese bagels. It was from a reader who had her own themed walking adventure to relate:...
by Cori | Jun 30, 2022 | Canada, Moving 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...
by Cori | Jun 29, 2022 | Adulting, Expat Life, Immigration, Living Abroad, Nomad Life, USA
How far can your US passport take you? Here are your options for a temporary or permanent escape.
by News Report | Jul 31, 2019 | Media Coverage, Moving to 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...
by News Report | Apr 2, 2019 | Media Coverage, Moving to Canada
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...
by Cori | Jan 29, 2019 | Canadian History, Moving to 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.
by News Report | Dec 5, 2018 | Adulting, Moving to Canada, Nomad Life
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.
by Cori | Oct 9, 2018 | Adulting, Living Guides, Moving to Canada, Toronto
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.
by Cori | Jun 26, 2018 | 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...
by News Report | Jun 25, 2018 | Canada, Media Coverage, Moving to Canada
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....
by Cori | Mar 6, 2018 | Expat Life, Moving to Canada, Toronto
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...
by Cori | Feb 20, 2018 | Expat Life, Moving to Canada, 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...
by Cori | Feb 6, 2018 | Expat Life, Moving to Canada, Toronto
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...
by Cori | Jan 23, 2018 | Moving to Canada, Toronto
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...
by News Report | Nov 7, 2017 | Media Coverage, Moving to Canada
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...
by News Report | Jul 1, 2017 | Canadian History, Expat Life, Media Coverage, Moving to Canada
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...
by News Report | Jun 15, 2017 | Media Coverage, Moving 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...
by News Report | May 31, 2017 | Moving to Canada
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...
by News Report | Jan 24, 2017 | Media Coverage, Moving to Canada
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...
by Cori | Jan 24, 2017 | Immigration, USA
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...
by News Report | Jan 22, 2017 | Media Coverage, Moving to Canada
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...
