MONTREAL, CANADA
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- Опубліковано 22 січ 2014
- Driving in Downtown Montreal.
Montreal is a very beautiful city to visit anytime you're in the area but to actually live in Montreal, that's a totally different story, high taxes and the reality that w/o knowing pretty well the French Language you won't get assimilated into the Quebec society at all. That applies to getting a job as well.
Max 2-3 FM Radio Stations broadcasting in English Language, Virgin Radio is one of them, CBC Montreal as well.
montreal.virginradio.ca/
More Montreal videos to come.
Drive safely.
Video shot in the summer 2013.
Greatest city in North America, and certainly one of the very best in the world! No place like it. Wish I were there.
Tim Ward Not even close to NYC.
UserName0043 Ha-ha. Yes, I'm sure that NYC is very nice... especially Manhattan. But Chicago's great, too... especially when it comes to superior hot dogs and pizza (both thin and thick crust). And Montreal is fantastic for the culture of the people, the cleanliness, low crime, the Metro subway system, 400-year old churches, great parks, and a million other things. NYC may be a truly great city (maybe in many respects the BEST American city, but it isn't the ONLY truly great city on the continent.
Tim Ward Yeah I was just joking around Montreal looks really cool. I hope to go there someday.
UserName0043 My brother who lives just outside of Chicago really loves New York. I have never been to NYC, but I know it is a fantastic place. I had the pleasure (too long story to tell here) of attending university up in Montreal decades ago. Loved it! Even now, I sometimes watch the television news from Montreal, although I live about 3000 miles southwest. Montreal is a place that really sticks with you. If you live in NYC, you should try to get up there for a short vacation. Do you live in New York?
Tim Ward Yeah I'm currently going to school in New York. I'm originally from Pittsburgh though.
Now the city's skyline is so different. Skyscrapers are rising around the Bell centre which is awesome.
Maxime Castonguay-Poirier I passes by the other day and I was literally shocked about how much the skyline grew. It looks so good!
Drs. Dolores Rolando Flores Joya. Admiro el pais CANADA en su desarrollo y ciudades
Being a Montrealer, the highway we see at the beginning is Bonaventure and it has almost desappeared since a year ago. The city has decided to do a boulevard on ground instead of aerial. We don't see them, depending at what time of the day or what day this was shot, commuter buses coming from the south shore of the island take this route every morning to bring workers and students to downtown. I am part of it and it's hell everytime since they begun the roadworks. Btw, Montreal isn't only french. It has 3 english universities: McGill, Concordia and Loyola. The first one, actor William Shatner studied there.
Thank you very much for the heads-up and update, Veronica.
Video actually recorded in the summer of 2013, most likely lots of things have changed in Montreal in the past three years.
Be safe.
Thank you.
The first one, the best anglophone university in Canada, second to no one (in 2016).
+ For a College in ("Sainte Anne De Bellevue") is ("John Abbott College" or JAC for short) Both My Older Brother and I went there back in the Day.
I lived in this beautiful city for 10 years before having to move to Toronto to find jobs. Yes, my French which is very basic , wasn't enough to land myself any decent jobs.
I would do anything to go back to Montreal and spend the rest of my life there...
What language is supported ?? Plz
Ronald Brawn french
Ronald Brawn and english
What did you love about Montreal?
Fast but nice ride...Bienvenue a Montreal!
Montreal Canada is a beautiful city. Thanks for taking us on your road trip. Happy Weekend :-)
+bokeflo
Thank you and God Bless.
+bokeflo most of montreal looks just lke any other American city
R. H. Hewitt
The Old Historic Montreal where you get to drive on very narrow cobblestone streets it's similar to Savannah, GA, Charleston, SC, Portland, ME, Sacramento, CA, etc.
Also visit Quebec City as well, pretty much 100% French architecture and culture.
Be safe.
Quebec city is not 100 % French architecture. It was 40 % Anglo at one time. There are several churches in an around the old town that were built by Scottish and English and Irish people. You don't know the history of Quebec. ________________ www.standrewsquebec.ca
hello i am g oing
Montreal is beautiful
Montreal just never changes no matter how much it's affected, that's a good thing. Unlike Toronto that's been overly affected and changed too much by from that 2010 Harper's G-20 summit. The whole province of Ontario have to suffer by the E.U pain of Britain and the pain of the U.S, which Quebec would usually always possess and doesn't bother Quebec much one bit.
When I saw the orange cone, I already know right away, I'm in Montreal... That's a fact...
That's funny. Back in 2014 it was my second year in this city (I'm from a rural region in the province of Quebec called Saguenay), I was living in Outremont and studying full time at the University of Montreal. Now, I'm living in Griffintown, near the René Lévesque boulevard. I'm working at the Sun Life building and I'm walking every morning on the René Lévesque boulevard to get to work. On that street, not so much has changed except a few new skyscrapers. However, it would be interesting to see how Griffintown looked like at that time because my whole neighborhood didn't exist at that time, and there are cranes everywhere with new impressive real estate projects. I wasn't going in that area that much back in 2014, I was basically remaining in Côte-des-Neiges/Outremont all the time.
مونتريال Montreal من احلي المدن 😎🌞 وتستحق الزياره مره اخري Sommer 👍
i'm lucky i visited Montreal and i love it so much what a beautiful city
Conduit a Rue de St Catherine? Plus facile! Dimanche? Resemble de Boston,mais moins de voitures! Ce n’est pas tres occupe! Tres belle ville! L’hiver? Tres froid! Comme Boston. Bon vacance. (You try typing French with spellcheck! 😄). Good video.
That's so beautiful 😍 ❤️❤️❤️
I love montreal I will go on the summer's vacation
Super de filmer dans une voiture, à toute allure sur une autoroute !
8 minutes in... looks like one of those downtown side streets before approaching I-376 East to leave Pittsburgh.
very nice ,, elegance city drive
Gorgeous city I'll always love Montreal Quebec but now I'm in my new home Zona Centro Plaza Negrate near in Tijuana Baja California Mexico.
You have more freedom there in Mexico than in Communist Canada.
Montreal the best place of the world
aida p. Yes it's my Kingdom
Hi,
Just want to let you know that actually the cost of life is not that expensive in Montreal if you compare to other major cities in America. Yes the taxes are high but the rent,food... are not that high. And also You can find a job and be assimilated very well in Montreal if you speak English. You will have a hard time to find a job in the city if you only speak french. According to wikipedia 56% of the metropolitan area population speak both languages. And I'm sure its more than that in the city itself. I don't know any french people that live in the city that doesn't speak English at least well.
Thanks for the advices. I'm actually planning to migrate and settle in Canada.
If you don't want to learn french or speak french, never come to Montréal or Québec. Go in USA or the rest of Canada. It will save you the embarassement and help us preserve our language
umberloid You are right! 100% !
+Maeva11
is that true?
i want to travel to monreal . im not sure about others languages i speak english and spanish
That doesn't apply to you if you plan on visiting only, por supuesto las turistas son bienvenidas :)
I love it here in montreal never leaving!
no map You are so LUCKY to live here! The best Jazz, food, beer, women, dogs... PARADISE!
Mehdi SaiyajiN I LOVE the French Canadian women... with deep brown thick hair and big eyes!
+Mehdi SaiyajiN JAghi :))) khak bar sare koskhlet berinam :|
+Faraz Pouryousefi You speak English-only on my channel.
Understood?
+Je Suis American Cause you're on my channel and I'm free to set my own policies on what's acceptable and what's not acceptable on my channel.
I speak and read only English therefore when you come to my channel you gotta speak and read MY own language so I can understand what the hell you are talking about.
Clear now?
beautiful..
It is the best city in north america as far as quality of life from march to December. I wouldn't go there in the dead of winter but otherwise there's still no other city that can beat Montreal. Once you get outside of the city it is a different story because of language and such.
Hi my friend! Beutyful city. :)
Magnifique c'est une tré belle ville
agree. beautiful video
Thank you and God Bless.
Merci à Montréal pour le français les très bon restaurants et les espaces verts wow
Regarding Montreal radio stations: CHOM 97.7 (English) is one of my all time favorite stations. Music won't play outside of Canada due to copyright issues I was told.
+ ("Q 92") or/and Rather ("92 .5 F.M") is also another English Radio Station in Montreal.
miss the city
Amaizing city
Very beautiful / très beau
I always wanted to make such a video...Bravo! My hometown!
Be safe and stay healthy.
God Bless.
Cidade linda!
It would be much better if you're able to mention the song/music & artist name(s) in the description. We really like your videos and would like to promote them.
Le centre-ville de Montréal est géniaux par la grande centre ville
Haven't been to Montreal but the roads seem a bit bumpy to me or at least as far as I could tell from the video and shaking of the video car and other cars on the road. How are road conditions? Of course with all the snow and extreme weather one would expect few cracks here and there but in general how is it rated?
*C'est magnifique*
Great video of Downtown. Thanks for sharing.
nice vibe
Very Good !!
Can anyone say what music is being played in the video?
Love the video...and the music track is perfect. Just one thing...no Old Montreal in more depth?...and no Sherbrooke street? You will have to go back and film these locations and include them in the video to make it complete.
Apartment rental here in Montreal is VERY reasonable. And house prices as well are half that of Toronto or Vancouver.
And after Barcelona, Montreal is the BEST city for entertainment, events, festivals etc in summer....in the world!
I've wondered about that. What does a one or two bedroom apartment in a decent neighbourhood go for?
Copy and paste this into youtube and see what's happening to housing costs in Montreal, "Verdun j'y suis, j'y reste!' It's a community rap song and has English subtitles.
Go to kijiji dot com then click on ENG or English and look for Montreal or Greater Montreal, look for apartments or flats to rent.
The rents have gone up. It used to be you would pay about 100$ per room (in a 4 and a half room flat or apt) per month back in the 80s.
Now it's about 200$ per room and more many times.
Condos are springing up everywhere more and more. I think when house fires start, the firemen come and cause so much damage on purpose with the water, that the landlord is able to build condos, sell it all, and move out of the neighborhood.
Firemen before, would try to save the burning building. Now, it's like they've been told to wait until the fire grows to big and then ruin it all with way too much water.
Now my friend live in Montreal, I'm from Peru
I live around NYC and it's nice but a pain to get around everyone blows horns and no one could care less about you ! It's really about survival there. I go to Montreal and Canada every year and I love ❤️ it there feels like a second home! People are warm friendly and laid back and don't blow as many horns LOL. Went there 2 weeks ago and unfortunately there was too much construction on route 15 which sucked and was comparable to traffic in NYC . But regardless I love being a fake Canadian 😂
Visiting a city is a whole lot different than actually "living" in a city. When you live there on a more permanent basis you discover a lot more things to dislike about a city.
C no evil. Like French people? Nobody likes French people
Do you think Montreal is better or Toronto ?
C no evil. Angryphone will always bash Quebec. It’s time for you to leave.
MontreAl de mis a mores cuando no estaba tan saturada de gente todo el bello centro ville llegando por la 10
can you say me witch soundmix is That please.? Thanks
Is this video at original speed ?
Great video keep it up!
Thank you very much, Bertrand.
Be safe out there.
Chris
look beautiful !
wow nice our city
magnifique
Aujourd'hui le premier jour à Canada bonnes vacances à tout le monde je veux rester
Jai passe 3 semaine de vacance a Montreal je suis tombe amoureux de cette ville prochaine vacance montreal
The video keeps on backing up. We pass PVM three times.
What language is supported in this city plz ??
What language is supported ??
iconic montreal
I'm living in Montreal for a few months. I used to live in the GTA for a while, but was hired here. I could also live on my little wage here. With the French, it largely depends, where you are settling. Some quarters are bilingual, some have a lot of immigrants here, some are only French or English. The problem as well is that Quebec requires French to live here. Sadly, I have to leave Canada soon. To admit: I felt more home in English spoken provinces. But it's up to oneself. Maybe in a couple of years, I will be back.
Great places to visit are definitely Old Montreal and the Mount Royal with a view over the city. Laval has a the huge Carrefour.
Just curious, if you love so much Canada ("Sadly, I have to leave Canada soon" as your own words) why cannot stay in the country, LEGALLY of course? I'm also just guessing you're not a Canadian citizen nor legal permanent resident plus English is not your native language, right?
Regardless of your social political views expressed on your blog (the "About" section) which I personally do not agree with at all (and I'm a Canadian citizen, right to vote and to hold and renew a Canadian Passport), I'll be wishing you the best in life including your future endeavours AND a traditionally-Christian MERRY CHRISTMAS!
@@ChrisRoadWarrior jesus man do you ever not go all out crazy on people who have different views on anything, i love conservative values but let the liberals be liberals, because it isnt gonna change anyone's mind when you say "cANADA BAD, TAXES BAD" that doesnt matter to many folks up there... why do you think they bother living there and enjoy it. Just because you dont like it doesnt mean someone else wont(i mean cold and taxes)
The main downtown drags look like you could be in Cleveland, or in Philly.
A very nice video. I do really need to visit Canada,
but I do not know how I start. Could anyone does help me if you please!
First thing, do you need a tourist visa to enter Canada?
'm American from State of Georgia. I love your Autoroute System in Quebec it feel like Interstate Highway System in US. What are different Between Autoroute System and Interstate Highway System?
Exclusively for ALL roads in the Province of Quebec and not just "Autoroute" System or as I a non-French speaking Canadian calls it Quebec's Highway System: all road signs are mostly in French except maybe some bilingual in Montreal area and close to Ontario border.
Here you have Ontario-Quebec border:
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At 7:08 in the video where you see the physical border btwn Ontario and Quebec and the Welcome To Quebec French sign, only Quebec's blue & white flag is mounted there and no Canadian flag at all, plus no English signs inside the Welcome Center.
Moreover, but the followings are for Ontario AND Quebec: max speed limit is 100 kph (officially they use the sign km/h like in Europe or Mexico) which is 62 mph, radar detectors strictly prohibited and confiscated on the spot if found even in a PARKED vehicle, all commercial trucks over a certain weight MUST use speed limiters (also called "governors", no idea why) AND, last but not least, outside Montreal area (cause Province of Quebec is more than Montreal as Georgia is way more than Atlanta's CNN building or Centennial Olympic Park, right?) IF you happen to NOT speak French at all (like myself and 99% of Canadians living in English Canada) you'll have a hard time getting a welcome hand from anybody in rural Quebec where it's a miracle to see any Canadian Flag on any residential house or govt building including Quebec City where Quebec's Blue & White Flag is the only flag that flies proud and high on top of their Provincial Assembly Building (in the States it's called State Capitol Building).
Btw, did you say The Peach State?
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Be safe out there.
Yes i'm from Peach State i lived outside Atlanta and Metro Atlanta. I from South Georgia Region my closer major city Macon it 90 miles away. The city i lived in a Micropolitan Area (Small Metro Area) in Telfair County and Wheeler County the city i lived in have name city of McRae-Helena, Georgia it have population at 10,000 people it Metro Area is 27,000 and gowning. Where i lived there is other Micropolitian Area is Dublin, Georgia, Vidalia, Georgia, Douglas, Georgia, Cordele, Georgia. In US Micropolitan Area mean it a Small or Medium Metropolitan Area. In Canada Metropolitan have a different meaning than US. You are right about Autoroute it part Quebec Highway System. Quebec Highway System is similar to Highway System in USA. what part Canada you from? Also Ontario have similar Highway System to USA Highway System. Are there other Highway System in Canada is similar to one in both Ontario and Quebec?
Hi John,
I'm from Toronto.
Yes, Ontario's Highway System is pretty much identical with Eisenhower/Interstate Highway System.
Highway 401 runs from Windsor, Ontario (border with Detroit, MI) all the way to Quebec border (around 520 miles) when it turns into Quebec Autoroute 20.
Also lots of other Interstate-like highways including 402 (off 401) that takes you to Sarnia, Ontario - Port Huron, MI border crossing, also Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) from Toronto to Fort Erie, Ontario - Buffalo, NY border crossing, also off QEW is 405 to Niagara Falls, Ontario into Niagara Falls, NY, also another highway off QEW that takes you to Queenston - Lewiston border crossing, also we have couple of south to north highways but up to max 200 miles north of Toronto where all Interstate-like highways end and only low-speed limits rural roads are available to ppl who live in those places.
At least 75% of Ontario's population is located up to 200 miles away from the US border particularly btwn Detroit and Port Huron, MI area to entire Ontario-NY State border area.
If you ever plan on driving into Canada especially Ontario, do not hesitate to get in touch with me BEFORE you arrive at the border.
You can even legally bring your guns with you to Canada, I always lawfully take my Mossberg 500 JIC Cruiser to USA each and every year I vacation down in Texas or Florida.
Btw, I do not put music on my vids anymore, since last year I have a brand-new system on doing my vids:
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Since 1998, I've been driving thru 48 out of 50 states (entire Continental US) and all on 4-wheels only.
Feel free to ask more Qs, if any.
Be safe.
+ Also the ("Trans Canada Highway") as well as a Side note in case that wasn't mentioned in the Above Post.
good video what is the name of the song ? is cool
buena panorámica esa.
Where are the houses .? Where do the people live ?.
Montréal QUÉBEC!.......The second french city in the world!.....
I love in canada
sa fonctionne pas le boulevard métropolitain qui est pas engorger par des travaux routier
Salut :) Cat costa 1 litru de benzina in SUA? CANADA?
plus belle ville du Canada
It’s so weird if you put the music on the video, maybe you can get it away, but I enjoy the sight trip of your video
As soon as you have published the video, it cannot be edited, music included.
Video published four years ago, nowadays I do videos differently:
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Have a healthy, safe, prosperous and happy 2018!
... what a city
My state of dreams,,
is this at the rush hour ? if so then niiiice , so relaxingly empty !
lol ..no ...rush hours are much more dense
No no no rush hour Montreal is like New York
I would like to go to Montréal .... and Québec. also I would like to drop at Toronto . that's why I am more interested in eastern area of Canada .
hello , i need someone to help me go to canada i m a nurse in morrocco !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ma ville 👍
There was a bird flying at 11:09 of the video
I love Canada and Canadian
I love my canada! :)
love from Roma
coll
Cool! Check out my video driving from Dorval to Montreal! I used to live in Montreal and I miss it everyday!
Montreal English radio..CKUT Mc Gill university radio at 91,3 , Q92 at 02,5 Mix96 95,9 CHOM FM 97,7 also virgin Radio..you ride in the french majority area,going west of Atwater,to all around Decarie Boulevard..you will find anglophone majority area..west Island are also most anglophone I live in Montreal and if you own a house,yu will have many taxes to pay..but if you renting house or apartment,price is much lower bus and metro monthly pass are 85$,compared to Toronto where is around 145$ for a monthly pass,but single fare are 4,36 in both city
Montreal are a multi vocation city..for sure,we have works,very nice parks and you can go kayaking,surfing,fishing,biking at few steps away from downtown,even get entertainments for free all summer in downtown..Jazz Festival..fireworks,free outdoor movie or music shows..even in winter,where we can go cross country skiing,downhill sliding,skating..
one of the biggest underground city in the world..just imagine,get indoor and doing all what you need while winter is out..no need to go outside to go work ,for entertainment,doing grocery,shopping and have a beer at the bar,even playing team sports or practice sports or training at the gym and lay donw in your living room at the end of the day..even going at the hospital without to get outside..doing studies
First off, I do not live in Quebec (the province) AND do not speak any French BUT I'm VERY political therefore question to you as apparently you live in Montreal and might speak English and French: is the ILLEGAL migration INVASION into Canada/Quebec from USA/NYS at Roxham Rd covered by English or French-speaking Quebec media?
Details here in case you're not aware:
www.google.com/maps/place/Roxham+Rd,+Champlain,+NY,+United+States/@45.0053572,-73.5106136,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4cc98196aca228d5:0xf4aff4a8ccd2d700!8m2!3d45.004341!4d-73.5151454
www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2018/08/03/feature/undocumented-immigrants-are-fleeing-trumps-america-and-these-americans-are-easing-their-journey-to-canada/?.603fa35c6d09
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And exactly what have triggered the entire INVASION (at least 50K illegal migrants since Trudeau's "famous" tweet):
twitter.com/justintrudeau/status/825438460265762816?lang=en
Thank you very much and have a great summer.
Nice video
Hi all, I will enter the topic Can I find someone who can help me to go to Canada? I want to live in peace and improve living standards. Thank you and wish to live in Canada. Can I achieve my dream?
Beautifulest city in america! Visit us anytime. Bienvenue à Montréal.
Quebec Canada not the USA
From Germany 👍🥂
I love CANADA.
Are you a POT smoker?
@@ChrisRoadWarrior What! I dont get it bro! What do you mean pls!.
@@chuks051 Oct 17, 2018: Canada (under Liberal Party as the current Canadian Govt with a majority in Parliament) has become the first industrialized nation to legalize recreational POT also known as marijuana, weed or cannabis (the politically correct term used by pro-marijuana activists and politicians).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis
Therefore LOVE CANADA = LOVE POT as well, no other way around.
I'm a Canadian CITIZEN and HATE POT!
Have a great summer and STAY OFF DRUGS!
@@chuks051 A country of POT-smoking degenerates!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annual_cannabis_use_by_country
Second column (%), who's #1 around the world in POT consumption?
Still love Canada?
waw rani matmani namchilha kanada
bring back the expos
Fuck the Expos
Montreal, a city where the mafia seem to have too much influence.
part of what makes montreal montreal now days... so much corruption its a joke
i was born here but i was to young to remember it i have to say it is a very clean and beautiful city not a piece of trash on the street very tidy much nicer than Toronto but Vancouver is my home and is the most beautiful city in Canada and costs the most to live in a 60 year old shabby east side house 36 by 95 foot lot is $1.4 million and used to be higher a few years ago the homes on the west side are $4 million to $25 million if you can make it here you can make it anywhere
searaydrivingguy Sorry but Vancouver and Toronto is way overpriced.
I don’t understand how people accept the stresse of living over their budgets.
According to a servey, Torontonians and Vancouverites are the unhappiest people in Canada.
Montréal was the most happiest city in Canada.
That’s says it all.
Muje ceneda aana hee
4:20 :D it seems to me someone brazenly ran a red light?
I don't know where YOU live but in North America after green comes YELLOW (the traffic light in the video at 4:20) and then Red, fully legal to cross the intersection on YELLOW (also called AMBER). So: green, yellow, red. ALWAYS.
***** :) relax
we called it - "the pilot did not have time to jump."
This often leads to crash - when there are two such in one place.
Have good day :) btw good video - thanks.
ZverYshka Cause you are not from here, when the traffic light turns red for one particular direction let's say north-south, so green, yellow and then red, it then takes about 3-5 sec until the red light for the other direction east-west turns green. Therefore only when you get into the intersection 3-5 sec AFTER it turned red you will mostly collide with the opposite traffic that already got the green light. Understand now?
Drive safely.
"4:20" , he was probably just high
Montreal is great but i wish they would fix the damn roads! I don't think there is a single good road anywhere in Montreal. Don't blame it on the weather, it plays a role but look at Calgary with its massive temperature swings. Near perfect roads.
Montreal is 375 years old.... Plus they massively invested in infrastructure back in 1960 and 1970, which is 40-50 years ago, which means it has been a complete cycle.
Montreal was already a major North American City, when Calgary was just an other shit hole in the Prairies.
Cities are usually cyclical, thing go great, thing go less great, thing go great gain, etc. Montreal was in a less glorious period, but thing are going back lately.
Kirk M
they are renewing the roads
cruisin down rene levek lol
Wow! The Piston Pumping Soundtrack makes the video SO Much more Interesting! -Not really!
Bruce Springsteen!
Hmmm, posted output like that serves more at keeping city folk away than drawing any visitor into town.. ..videographer sure has strange ways at showing he be from there, egad.. ..TRULY the lamest streets chosen there, oh well.
like+subscr
Thank you and God Bless.
"Montreal is a very beautiful city to visit anytime you're in the area but to actually live in Montreal, that's a totally different story, high taxes..." how do you think a beautiful city is maintained, its through taxes and investments. did you notice how canadian cities are much more economically, and socially vibrant. these factors translate into ranks as the most livable cities in north america, with some of the highest real estate values in the continent. think of that, the next time you complain about taxes, and your ideological taxing theories.
13% sales tax in Ontario and 15% in Quebec. Michigan???
C$5.32/gallon regular gas in Toronto, in Montreal even more expensive cause they (Vancouver as well) have an ADDITIONAL 1% city-only gas tax, regular gas in Detroit or Michigan???
At least 75% of the entire VERY HIGH taxation rates in entire Canada is used to directly subsidize the super expensive govt-run universal healthcare or as it's better known in USA: OBAMACARE.
Most of the ppl who own those very expensive real estate properties you are talking about are overwhelmingly very rich ppl with an income of $500K+ per year.
Ontario where I live is now officially (since 2013) a subsidized province by the very oil-rich Alberta (you know, the one with oil sands and Keystone Pipeline your POTUS hates to death), Ontario's Debt after already 11 years of disastrous Liberal Party's SOCIALIST economical policies is at astronomical levels, $283B for a population of almost 13M ppl.
Go to Houston or Miami, so Texas or Florida, states with NO state income tax and low sales tax (compared to Ontario or Quebec), and see for yourself how first class those cities are, infrastructure included, why? cause there is no major expenditure on a very expensive universal healthcare like the one in Canada and therefore no need to raise taxes, current taxes (I'm talking about Houston or Miami) IF used wisely can make your city be the envy of the entire Free World.
But YES, IF all you want is "free" universal healthcare, heavily subsidized by the govt thru very high taxation, in this case Toronto, Montreal or Toronto are a million times a better city than a Houston or Miami.
***** its very simple chris, canadian cities outrank american cities in quality of life time after time. like i said before, that translates to economic growth and stability, which canadian cities are very good at; as proven by their resilience during the economic crisis of 2008. in canada they dont build real estate by speculation, they build by real demand, and therefore fewer housing and economic bubbles, not to mention decay. all of this, because of responsible regulation. as far as healthcare goes, you are insane to compare the canadian health system with obamacare, there is just no comparison, so dont go there. and the benefits of a universal healthcare system are that citizens pay for it not companies, which allows canadians to have lower taxes on business. as far as alberta and texas go, these polities are heavily depended on natural resources, which is where their economic growth derives from, take that away and they are very little if anything of relevance.
***** There's no tax for universal health care, but the alternative is paying for expensive private health insurance and still having deductibles and copayments that leave patients in debt when they have serious illnesses. It's extremely common for the elderly to lose their life's savings trying to pay for medical care.
As far as Miami goes, that's not a ringing endorsement for low taxes. It thrives purely on a mix of tourism, being a major port, and being the site of business headquarters. A third of the population is below the poverty line and the rest of Florida is a dump.
Yes, taxes are definitely higher in Canada. But, this is a more socialist country. We put those taxes to good use, for the betterment of ALL people; the handicapped, the poor, the elderly, the mentally ill, the sick. An American lawyer I spoke to in a restaurant in NYC told me that Canada is like the US...but with a heart. As they say, a society is judged by how it treats its least fortunate.
There's no matter since you put those taxes to the benefit of population as a whole. The problem with huge taxation is when you arrive in a situation like us, brazilians, who pay 44% of GDP in taxes for almost nothing in return but politician luxury.