This is pretty useful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Canadian_and_American_economies#Unemployment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Canadi

This is pretty useful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Canadian_and_American_economies#Unemployment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Canadian_and_Amer... I did read an article in either Mother Jones or the Economist a while back about this but I couldn't find it (after googling for a few minutes). Also, Canada has national healthcare and in many ways better access to opportunities such as college, it also has a higher standard of living.