That's a fair point. Average earnings of Canada's 1% - $358,238 USD - http://globalnews.ca/news/3079173/heres-how-much-canadas-top-1-of-income-earners-made-in-

That's a fair point. Average earnings of Canada's 1% - $358,238 USD - http://globalnews.ca/news/3079173/heres-how-much-canadas-top-1-of-income-earners-made-in-2014/ http://globalnews.ca/news/3079173/heres-how-much-canadas-top... Average earnings of US's 1% - $1,153,298 USD - http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/08/see_the_average_income_of_top_1.html http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/08/see_the_average_... Couldn't find averages for the poorest but Canada's bottom 20% is 0-13,223 USD - http://www.moneysense.ca/save/financial-planning/the-all-canadian-wealth-test-2015/ http://www.moneysense.ca/save/financial-planning/the-all-can... America's bottom 20% 0-18,500 USD (US Census Bureau, 2006; income statistics for the year 2005) Looking at raw numbers skips over a lot of things such as healthcare and education. You're probably better off being poor in Canada and rich in the US.