Which country is the best for living: Canada or Portugal?

Hello, I'm Julia and welcome to my channel, today we are talking about two countries, two cities, Portugal versus Canada, Lisbon versus Montreal,

which

one is better,

which

one is better for you if you are trying to decide whether to move to Portugal or to Canada or such maybe you are just interested in learning more about

portugal

the portuguese all

portugal

if so let's start first and foremost we are comparing lisbon to montreal we are not comparing the whole

country

to the whole

country

because I literally don't compare I don't know from Porto to Vancouver why what would you do that?

So we compare Lisbon, the capital, with Montreal, not the capital, but it is still a big city and talking about the size, Lisbon has 500,000 people

living

here, while Montreal has about 2 million people

living

here alone. On the island of Montreal we are not even talking about Laval and the south coast. For me it was a kind of degradation. One of the things that people like to compare is nature and climate. Well, nature is nature everywhere. You know, we have mountains. lakes in Canada, we have parks in Portugal, it's literally the same thing, but we also have the ocean, which is like, you know, lakes, ocean, I mean the same thing, no joke as far as the climate, Portugal literally has a climate and medium because it's summer or like a cold summer which is now February and it's over 15 outside in Canada you can witness all four seasons so you have beautiful foliage in the fall, you have a lot of snow in the winter, you have spring flowers and then I have summer , the only downside to that is the temperature, obviously, because Montreal winters can be harsh and can get up to, I don't even know, 20 25 degrees Celsius.

I'm not a fan, I'm not a fan, but I still love winter. Portuguese winters, however, are super pleasant, super mild. It is literally autumn in Canada when it is plus 13 degrees, sunny and not very cold, the hottest witness in Lisbon personally was around 30 degrees Celsius when we arrived here in Montreal, the winters are -20 degrees Celsius, but the summers, uh plus 30 degrees celsius if you depend on the weather in Montreal is not a place to be your favorite category here is immigration so immigration in Lisbon Portuguese immigration is super easy it's literally just gather the documents and go since Canada offers more than 80 immigration programs, the thing is that Quebec is not part of Canada. because Quebec has its own programs, that being said, if you don't know French from Julie, you won't move to Quebec just if you marry a Canadian person, because Quebec asks you to speak advanced French in order to stay and live in Quebec, that's what I was very surprised when we moved to Portugal because they literally didn't even ask for language tests even though we were getting green cards, they were like now, that's mind-blowing, especially after Quebec.

Another interesting thing to compare would be salaries versus expenses. financial because in Montreal salaries and expenses are quite balanced you have good salaries you have good expenses in Portugal in Lisbon the salaries are small the expenses the cost of living in Lisbon is ridiculous because this same apartment will cost less in Montreal to rent yes We are talking about rent than in Lisbon when we moved here, it's like 800 euros, yes, we can find an apartment. No, that was the case literally seven years ago. Now, goodbye, goodbye, nothing, taxes are high in both Portugal and Quebec. Quebec is literally.

I think it's the highest in Canada, cool story bro, but Portugal isn't any better. I think it's the same, around 40 50 again. Please don't tell me that you are going to pay less. Yes, you can pay less. It always depends on what you do. If you work for someone if you are self-employed if you are self-employed if you are blah, blah, blah, blah I tell you the number one average of the determining factors for moving to one or another country is security Canada In my opinion, it is quite safe, but always It depends on where you live because if you live in downtown Toronto and there are nightclubs, yes, there may be shootings, robberies or whatever, but if you live in a quiet area, it should be the same in Lisbon.

I'm still getting used to the new country, new people, you know? I think Portugal is safe, but it's too early to say if it's safe or not, but I feel like I saw an article where it said that Portugal is one of the safest countries in the world. The next category is huge and is literally everything from similar stores to restaurants. Both Montreal and Lisbon have many things to offer, but keep in mind that Lisbon is four times smaller than Montreal. That being said, it only has one. bowling, I mean full size, while Montreal has I don't even know like 10.

Now a lot, that's what I'm going to say, there is no karaoke in Lisbon, as far as I know, my friends said there is no karaoke, I want to go to sing. I say, excuse me, yes, you should also take that into account because to say oh, it doesn't exist, this blah, blah, well, Lisbon is four times smaller than Montreal. What are you waiting for? The

best

part is that the shops are open here in Lisbon until midnight. Canada depending on the store depending on the day of the week depending on the city the province because some of my latest videos people like oh in my city and the store closes at 10 p.m. m. yes that could be the case for Montreal, I think the latest is 10 p.m.

Friday and maybe Saturday Sunday is 5 p.m. In Lisbon every day the shops open until midnight, you can literally go to another city, come back and then go shopping because everything is literally open. As for my favorite part, restaurants like to eat messily. There is a wide variety of restaurants in both Montreal and Lisbon, but again Montreal is four times larger, so there are more restaurants to choose from. Lisbon has a lot of different places, from local Portuguese, you know, taverns to expats, you know fancy places like Russian food Japanese food things like that Montreal is, I think, the Canadian food capital because we have a lot of restaurants there.

I still have a list. I mean, the next time I visit Montreal I'll say, "Okay, I have 15 new restaurants to try." and they are always good, I mean 99.9% of the time and speaking of food, I think it is a little different because European food has a different taste, it has a more intense flavor but there are less options to choose from because in Canada, in Montreal, if you go to a store in February you can find dragon fruit passion fruit avocados strawberries raspberries you name it here I'm trying to find strawberries and it's literally a store that sells them.

The thing is in Montreal in Canada they export a lot of things from warmer countries here. I don't know, I don't think so, so you have less options, I think it's normal because you know, seasonal fruits, things like that in Canada, everything is like exported, but yes, the fruits and vegetables taste better, but there are less variety. The official languages ​​in these two countries, we all know in Canada is English and French in some provinces, so if you move to Ontario you don't need French, but if you move to Montreal, Quebec, then yes, you will need French for sure.

For both Lisbon and Portugal, the official language is obviously Portuguese, but I feel like Lisbon and Montreal are literally the same in this case because everyone speaks English. Everywhere in Lisbon there are places where people don't speak English, but I would say there are two. three I know are the same in Montreal, everywhere you go people speak English, yes they will start the conversation in French and if you speak French well, yes you can continue a conversation in French, but I literally had no occasion where I said heh ne. parente and the people are like Merde, so in both cities English is spoken quite a bit, so if you move to one of those cities and you haven't started your languages ​​well yet, don't worry, everything will be fine because people speak English everywhere you go. category here is education, we all know that Canada has the

best

universities, as for Montreal, we have McGill University which is ranked 40th in the world.

We have the University of Montreal, which is ranked 73rd in the world, so in the major global rankings we also have Concordia. There are a lot of different universities in Lisbon, which is four times smaller. I remind you that there are fewer universities and they are not at the top of the list because I do not think that Portugal is a destination to study like the states of Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, yes, but Portugal. It's like I don't even know if they have a lot of international students because there are less universities, they are literally 400th in the top rankings, so yeah, there are still universities where you can still study here, the prices aren't that bad.

I think it's around three thousand to seven thousand a year for international students, which is incredible. In Canada, in Montreal, you would pay between 25 and 30,000 Canadian dollars and even, I don't even know, and the last category is my favorite, which is. traveling to

canada

i love you so much but traveling sucks first of all everything is very far all the tickets are expensive we were only able to travel to the united states to quebec city to toronto some people like to travel to mexico cuba dominican republic but I don't like it traveling warm, so these were not the options, so we would drive to boston, to new york, to philadelphia, to the united states and to

canada

, portugal, a plane ticket costs 20 euros to go to london, 10 euros to go to bucharest after paying thousands of dollars for flights, especially if we were flying, say from Canada to Europe.

I'm enjoying my time here in Portugal because traveling has never been easier and cheaper. I still can't process that stuff. The best part is that with Portuguese residency, I as a Russian person, don't. You don't need visas, zero Canadian PR, however, it gives you nothing, there is no exemption, there is nothing, if you go to the states and have the passport of any country you will need a visa, so traveling is definitely better here in Europe, so which country is better, Julia, which one? Do you regret moving from Canada? I still don't have an answer. I love both countries.

I mean, I love Canada. I'm still getting used to Portugal, so it's too early to say if you're considering these two countries. let me know in the comments section which one you would choose and why I am very curious to know and read all your answers and I will see you next week, bye.