I’m in a similar position except I’m currently in London, UK. Wife would love move to Toronto where she grew up and has family but some issues stop us. Even in

I’m in a similar position except I’m currently in London, UK. Wife would love move to Toronto where she grew up and has family but some issues stop us. Even in Toronto, a bigger place than Vancouver things feel relatively barren as you put it, salaries are lower. If you have an online business or work remotely that can solve things but beware high taxes. To take just one example currently Ontario’s highest rate of marginal income tax is 53.4% compared with 45% in the U.K. That said taxes are complex as a whole, not all taxes are higher but overall the burden in Ontario tends to be higher and applies at lower levels. Some of the salaries they pay government workers are very high compared to elsewhere. My wife’s family loves living in Canada and we may yet move one day but I’d say if you’re from the US, UK or Asia I would not feel bad about it taking much longer to find work in Canada, I don’t think you’re doing anything wrong or looking in the wrong places.