What is the immigrant life like in Vancouver, Canada?

# 中中中中中 # Introduction Being in Vancouver, you may have the illusion that you are not in a foreign land, but in a domestic city. What is the immigrant life like in Vancouver, Canada? Welcome to read!

Vancouver immigrant life

Someone once ridiculed Vancouver as "good mountains, good water and boring". Indeed, if China is "brand-new all the time", then the Vancouver society is not so "fresh" and "amazing". Here, under the beautiful natural environment, people's lives are comfortable and leisurely. Compared with the hustle and bustle of big cities in China, the towns and villages in Vancouver are old and dull. Due to many reasons such as language and culture, it is difficult for new immigrants to integrate into the local society. A common situation is that new immigrants can only work and live in Chinese communities. It is difficult to find an ideal job, and it is common to have to engage in manual labor. For those who care about "face", there is more or less a "psychological gap".

Although there are many unknowns and challenges, even forbearance and persistence, immigrants from all over the world still want to join Vancouver. For Chinese, what they value is that they can enjoy a livable natural environment, stable and sound welfare protection and diversified community culture here.

Vancouver is one of the few "livable" countries with comfortable environment, fresh air, excellent water quality and food safety. Of course, the cold weather in winter is really enough to make people in tropical or subtropical areas "flinch". In addition to the natural environment, Vancouver's social environment is also an important place to attract immigrants. Perfect modern democratic politics, sound legal system and supremacy of human rights are deeply rooted in people's hearts. Vancouver is vast and sparsely populated, with abundant products and high labor costs. Especially blue-collar immigrants, if they have a skill, they are willing to work hard and earn a lot of money. In Vancouver society, which pursues "equality" and stresses "credibility", people can easily feel the trust and warmth from strangers.

Vancouver has a perfect social welfare system. Federal, provincial and municipal governments have welfare programs to help residents who encounter special difficulties or cannot support themselves and their families. Vancouver residents (including citizens and green card holders) can enjoy a series of benefits, such as social welfare, medical insurance benefits, child tax reduction benefits, retirement income subsidies, work injury subsidies, unemployment benefits, etc. Of course, a perfect welfare plan needs a lot of money, and the government also "takes it from the people and uses it for the people." Compared with the United States, higher taxes have also played a role in restraining the excessive gap between the rich and the poor in society to a certain extent.

Vancouver is a multicultural society. Immigrants from all over the world live here, so it is not difficult to find a "local accent". Many immigrants from China helped each other and formed a Chinese community. Everything is difficult at the beginning. For the new immigrants who have just arrived, the help of the Chinese community can be described as "timely assistance".

For many immigrants, "children's education" is also one of their concerns. Among many people who want to emigrate, many people want to get a more complete life and receive a more sound education for their next generation. Therefore, even if they have to make a lot of sacrifices, "immigration" has become their only choice. Higher education in Canada is very famous. University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Queen's University in Ontario, University of Waterloo and so on are all prestigious institutions of higher learning.

Further reading: Vancouver immigration conditions

1. Basic requirements: settle in Vancouver and actively participate in the daily management of the enterprise.

2. Applicants' requirements: personal net assets of at least 600,000 Canadian dollars, and business management experience background.

3. Entrepreneurial requirements: establish or acquire a business.

4. Investment requirements: At least 200,000 Canadian dollars should be invested.

5. Employee requirements: Create at least one full-time employment opportunity for Canadian citizens or permanent residents.