Happiness in Canada vs. USA A Comparative Study

Maybe it's because we don't have to worry all the time that someone will kill or hurt us. It could be because we don't have to choose between going to the doctor or shopping for food. It could be because we can't be fired at any time. Or maybe it's because we know that if we lose our jobs or something else bad happens, we will still have a safety net that will make sure we have food and a place to live. Or it could be because we can still get a cheap education no matter how rich or poor our family is.We've always put a lot of value on schooling, and getting into college has never been too hard. Because of this, our country has some of the best schools in the world. A little more than half of our people have college degrees.There aren't as many problems that come up when people are divided by class because anyone from a poor background can go to school. There is a lot more movement between classes here. Also, treating people differently because of their class or income is seen as very rude.

It's a very different way to live your life This place doesn't have as much competition in the bad ways

I am 44 years old and have paid taxes all my adult life. It is hard for young Canadians to find part-time work because the country takes in over 900,000 newcomers every year and takes all the entry-level jobs that teens used to do but didn't pay enough. Canadians have two sides to their personalities as well. When they visit the US, they'll be friendly and talk about how great things are, like Florida beaches and happy hours, but when they return to Canada, they'll say how bad the US is. What a joke, they come back the next winter!! Also, in Canada, they don't want to hire white men for government jobs. Often, the job posting will say "minorities, women, and aboriginals only," which means that white men don't need to apply. Everything is taxed to heck, and even though we have a lot of natural resources, the government won't let people use them. The Canadian government put in place the carbon tax, which raises the prices of everything even more. There is a lot of drug abuse and more and more poor people in my city. The bottom has dropped out of Canada.We never tried to get away from British rule. The British made this their home. At the start of our past, there was a lot of back and forth about which culture would be the most important. The French were already here. Even though the British won the war, it has become clear over time that the French need to protect their culture, history, and way of life. As a result, there are ongoing talks to find a new agreement.

We've always been multiracial because we think that differences make our culture stronger

Canada had very little slaves. People have always thought that slavery was wrong in this area. Which means that our country did not grow up in a time when some people were seen as much less equal than others—so much so that human rights were clearly broken and accepted by big parts of our country. Most Canadians think discrimination is bad, but that doesn't mean we don't have any bias. I just recently realized that we need to work on that.

Because early settlers found the Canadian wilderness to be dangerous, we had to learn to help each other if we wanted to grow the country at all. That approach still rules most of the time. This means that we are more likely to be nice and helpful to each other than to be competitive.Surprisingly, this is true in a lot of places around the world. Most people are happier when their health care and school services are better and easier to use. Mostly because it takes away a lot of stress and fear from daily life.If you look at the top two on that list, you'll see Denmark and Norway. As a fun fact, the people who live in those two countries also think they are very dull. However, they are happy and have strong social support systems. That story does seem a bit telling, to be honest.A commentator once said that Americans are generally benignly ignorant about Canada, while Canadians tend to be maliciously well-informed about America.

I think Canadians have an ambivalence about Americans. We feel both inferior to and superior to America at the same time

Canada is like America’s younger brother. America is the high-school football quarterback who married the head cheerleader and became a millionaire by age 30.Canada is the younger brother who stayed home to care for mom and dad.On the one had we admire America’s inventiveness; their self-confidence; their power. On the other hand, we are appalled by their crime-rate, their obsessions with guns and their phobia over socialized medicine.Most Canadians have family in the US. Most Canadians like the Americans they meet. For good reason; most Americans are great people: friendly, generous and big-hearted.We cannot fathom their politics. We cannot imagine how it is that so many basically good people could put an ignorant, foul-mouthed, sexist jerk like Trump in office. We cannot understand how so many of them want to blur the line between religion and secular politics. Or erase it entirely.