There are three major things that hinder Canadian startups: - Small internal market - Less risk-taking atmosphere and attitude - Lack of money (see point abo

There are three major things that hinder Canadian startups: - Small internal market - Less risk-taking atmosphere and attitude - Lack of money (see point above) If you're a startup founder and moving its these three points that'll impact you the most. If you're an employee, the significant salary disparity and the number of employment opportunities will be the biggest factor at play. That all said, I loved staying in Toronto, and I met and worked with exceptionally strong engineers there; it's my plan to move back. YMMV depending on the company you join, and one (sad) issue is that the job pool is thinner - so jumping from one great startup to another is dramatically harder than SF.