It goes without saying that SV pays dramatically more than London, and certainly more than mainland EU (Paris, Frankfurt, etc). My point is more that as a Cana

It goes without saying that SV pays dramatically more than London, and certainly more than mainland EU (Paris, Frankfurt, etc). My point is more that as a Canadian you can go pretty much anywhere else and be better paid (even if only a little bit relative to cost of living), and sometimes there are substantial other advantages too, such as proximity to desirable locations, cultural stuff, and so on.