Canadian immigrant life in different people's eyes

There are two different ways to describe the life of immigrants on the Internet. One describes the developed countries as Xanadu, and everyone is happy. Another described immigrants as hell, as if they were bought abroad as pigs. In fact, these two views are extreme, and the real immigrant life may be somewhere in between. If 90% people in China can immigrate to Canada, they may feel that they are in heaven. Unfortunately, the rest 10% can come.

It is said that it is difficult to find a job in Canada, but in fact it is difficult to find a professional job. If you are a doctor, lawyer or sales manager in China, it is extremely difficult to get back to your old job here. However, jobs for manual or skilled workers are very easy to find. Basically, you can find a job for whatever job you are willing to do, even if you don't know a word of English, such as working in a gas station, supermarket, warehouse or factory. Without technology, light manual labor can generally earn about 70 RMB an hour, which means that it can earn about 14000 RMB a month. A kilo of chicken in Canada is about 12 RMB, apples are about 4 RMB, vegetables are about 5 RMB, 30,000 RMB is used to buy a 60,000-kilometer second-hand Fox, and 2 million RMB is used to buy a townhouse, so if both husband and wife are purely physically active, it is no problem to buy a small house and provide a car.

If you are willing to do heavy manual work or get a technical license, your income will be much higher. If you get a license and have several years of experience, there is no problem with 300,000 RMB a year. In Canada, except doctors, lawyers have high incomes. It is common for an ordinary surgeon to earn more than 6,543,800 yuan a year, but this kind of work is basically out of reach for the first generation of immigrants. There is no difference between the income of ordinary white-collar workers and blue-collar workers, so in Canada, people usually don't pursue high education. On the contrary, some technical colleges are more popular.

The biggest obstacle for immigrants from China is language. Due to the disadvantage of language, it is difficult for many people to return to their jobs, especially in law, marketing and human resources in China. So there is a saying among immigrants that men study IT and women study accounting. These two industries are the easiest for immigrants to find professional jobs. But half of them may need to change careers. A couple I know, the man got a welding license and worked as a welder in a shipyard. Because of his good skills, he earned more than 400,000 RMB a year. The woman took an MBA, couldn't find a job, and took care of her children at home. Influenced by domestic thoughts, some new immigrants are often unwilling to be skilled workers, unable to return to work and often live in confusion.

Immigrants have the hardest time when they first come and come back the most. Many porters in supermarkets may be kicking their domestic doctoral degrees, which is also very helpless. But after several years of transformation, most of them can find themselves again in life and find a good job through re-learning.

Except for a few people, the vast majority of immigrants will not worry about their livelihood for a long time, but with the passage of time, they are prone to homesickness. But if they do go to China, the social environment and natural environment will be unbearable for them, so most immigrants only pay lip service to returning to China, and only a few people put them into action. There are still some people who may get along well in China, but they have to do some relatively low-level work here, but they often feel lost because they can't go back for their children.

Personally, I am lucky. I didn't read any books when I came to Canada, and I can continue to do my original work in China, but the company is much smaller and the level is lower. I like everything here, but I feel that there will be much less room for career development. I feel depressed when I look at the gray sky in China, and I feel angry when I look at the news in China. But listening to those homesick songs will make my nose sour.