Some people will always leave for what they perceive as 'greener' pastures. My wife's family, for instance, are immigrants, and we know many people who came fr

Some people will always leave for what they perceive as 'greener' pastures. My wife's family, for instance, are immigrants, and we know many people who came from her country (their population actually shrinks YoY because of the mass exodus). An interesting phenomenon is also that many of them are disillusioned with life in Canada, having left to become 'rich', only to be very poor and overworked, and unable to go home because of the stigma about people who 'wasted time' (ie. immigrated then went back). You even see it within countries - Canadians from the east coast who go west. And often you see it go 2 directions - many people immigrate from North America and Britain to France to live an 'idyllic' lifestyle, and there's an equal amount of French people going the other direction for 'economic opportunity'. The existence of people who desire to leave isn't necessarily indicative of it's quality of life... Hell, I don't even plan on staying in Canada forever, but I'm well aware of its benefits. Edit - stats on the Canadian diaspora: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_diaspora https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_diaspora With the amount of Canadians living abroad you'd swear it was literally Mordor...