The Canadian Experience of an IT Engineer

Differences and Similarities

“It’s a new experience, you meet new people, learn new cultures. It’s an amazing experience,” stated Ashish once asked about his opinion on coming to a new country.

Since he worked in the same company in both Canada and India, there wasn’t a major difference in his routine. But he found a difference in the work culture in Canada and India.

General Experience

While talking about Canadian people Ashish called them nice, calm and composed and hasn’t had any bad experiences with the people here yet. He spoke about the education in Canada by calling its standards good however the primary education had some issues, he told me.

“I had the starting struggles. Housing is a big issue for a new immigrant” said Ashish. In detail, he expressed that the housing market isn’t reachable or affordable for new immigrants.

Personal Opinions

His favorite things about Canada were the people, work culture and education. He disliked the housing sector, he said that it should be more refined and made more transparent. One of the other things he disliked was the lack of job opportunities.

Ashish recommends people to come to Canada to some extent since he found the country good for settling and, living with family, etc. He found the Indian community in Canada good since there is Indian food and items available here.