Which is more suitable for studying in Vancouver or Toronto?

Jason Wright is an active business consultant in Vancouver. He is familiar with the whole North America. He compared Vancouver and Toronto, two cities in Canada. "If Vancouver is a small pond, then Toronto is a big lake." A China even compared Vancouver to Hangzhou in China and Toronto to Shanghai.

They all look at and describe these two Canadian cities in this way. First of all, the geographical area of Vancouver is not comparable to that of Toronto, just as Hangzhou is not comparable to that of Shanghai. Secondly, the former has a population of less than 2 million, while the latter has a population of more than 4 million. In addition, perhaps most importantly, the economic vitality of the two cities is quite different, and the resulting job opportunities are also obviously different.

Comparatively speaking, Vancouver is a consumer city with tourism, catering and other service industries, mainly because of its small population, high labor cost and the highest hourly wage in Canada. Last year1October 1 1 day, the minimum wage was raised to 7.6 Canadian dollars per hour, and this year1October 1 1 day, it was raised to 8 Canadian dollars per hour. The high labor cost directly affects investment enthusiasm and employment opportunities; While Vancouver is geographically close to Asia, it is also deeply influenced by the Asian economy. Commercial immigrants have good economic conditions, and Southeast Asian immigrants who want to enjoy life prefer it here.

Toronto, on the other hand, is a manufacturing-oriented city. Its economy is closely related to that of the United States, with a large population, more investment from large enterprises and more job opportunities than Vancouver. Skilled immigrants prefer to go to Toronto because it is easier to find jobs. According to the latest survey by a Canadian research company, Toronto currently has a population of about 4.5 million, including an estimated 355,000 Chinese. In Toronto, almost seven out of ten people in China pay cash when buying a car, and more than 40% people in China in Toronto own their own houses.

If you have money, you can choose to live in Hangzhou and work in Shanghai. The vast majority of Chinese mainland immigrants who have obtained Canadian permanent resident visas choose to settle in Vancouver or Toronto after entering Canada, for the same reasons as above, and because these two cities are close to the United States. It's more than 200 kilometers from Vancouver to Seattle, or from Toronto to Chicago, but it only takes two or three hours by car. Many mainland immigrants hope to get Canadian citizenship in the future, use these two places as springboard, and then rush to the United States to try their luck. It is estimated that about 40,000 immigrants from Chinese mainland have settled in Vancouver, among which more and more mainland skilled immigrants and business immigrants choose to settle in Vancouver for the same reason as people from other countries and regions in Southeast Asia. Most of Vancouver's mainland skilled immigrants and business immigrants come from Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and other coastal cities such as Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Because the economies of these areas in Chinese mainland are far more developed than those of other places, and the economic conditions of immigrants in these areas are relatively good, Vancouver is chosen. However, skilled immigrants from other cities and regions in Chinese mainland hope to get more job opportunities because of their poor economic situation, and most of them choose Toronto.