Benefits of Living in Canada
1. Health
Canada has one of the world's best health systems. Every citizen and permanent resident is covered by insurance plan of the province he or she lives in. This health plan is funded by tax measures and provides the world's best quality essential health services including doctors' fee and hospital charges.
2. Quality of Education
Canada offers free primary and secondary education and subsidized post-secondary studies. Every child must attend school until the age of 16-17 years. 95% of the children go to the public schools, which are free. The provinces pay for the education. Canada spends more on education than any industrialized nation.
3. Social Services
Canada is a welfare state. This means that the government takes care of its citizen's basic social services.
4. Business and Industry
At 6.8%, Canada's unemployment rate is the lowest it's been since 1976, with hundreds of thousands of new jobs created each year.
5. Low tax in the Corporate Sector among all G-8 countries
Unlimited opportunities for development exist in the natural resources, manufacturing, construction, import/export, commerce, high-tech and service industries. Canadians have access to the United States and Mexico markets thru the NAFTA agreement.
6. Multiculturalism
Canada encourages immigrants to retain their unique culture. Nowhere else is there such a diversity of cultures existing together in a highly tolerant and peaceful society.
7. The Justice System
The crime rates in Canada are among the lowest in the world, and continue to decline. As a citizen or a landed immigrant, you have equal access to the justice system. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantee every resident fundamental freedoms, legal rights and equality under the law.
8. Social Assistance
Canada is a social welfare state. Below is a summary of some of the social assistance programs.
9. Canada Child Tax Benefit
Is a tax-free monthly payment made to eligible families with children fewer than 18. The CCTB includes the National Child Benefit Supplement (NCBS), a monthly benefit for low-income families with children.
10. Employment Insurance (EI)
Provides maternity and/or parental benefits to individuals who are pregnant, have recently given birth, are adopting a child or are caring for a new-born baby. Sickness benefits are paid to people who are unable to work because of sickness, injury or are in quarantine.
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11. Registered Education Savings Plan
A Registered Education Savings plan (RESP) is an Education Savings Plan registered with Canada Customs and Revenue Agency that pays educational assistance payments to eligible students.
12. The Canada Pension Plan (CPP)
Retirement pension is a monthly payment to those who have contributes to the CPP and who are at least 60 years of age.
13. The Old Age Security pension plan
Is a monthly payment available to most Canadian aged 65 or older.
14. The Guaranteed Income Supplement
Is a monthly benefit to low-income seniors who are 65 or older and who are receiving the Old Age Security pension.
15. Home Adaptation for Seniors Independence
Available to homeowners (and landlords) to pay for minor home modifications that will allow low-income seniors to continue living in their own home independently.
Benefits for Students
1. Canada Students Loan Program
The government of Canada provides loans to help you finance your education. Loans are available for full-time and part-time studies.
2. Canada Study Grants
Provide financial support to help certain post-secondary students achieve their learning goals. Canada Study Grants are available to post-secondary students who meet certain eligibility criteria.
3. Millennium Scholarship Fund
The fund provides bursaries to students who demonstrate financial needs. Students who apply for financial assistance from their province or territory are automatically considered for a bursary from the Fund.
4. Summer Language Bursary Program
To provide young children Canadian with opportunity to learn their second official language or, in the case of Francophone minorities, to perfect their mother tongue Bursaries are granted to students across Canada to enable them to participate in five-week immersion courses in English and French at accredited institutions.
5. Skills Development
Helps individuals obtain skills for employment, ranging from basic to advance, by providing them with financial assistance to select, arrange and pay for their own training.
6. Self-Employment Assistance
Provides employment insurance-eligible unemployed individuals with financial support, planning assistance, and mentoring to help them start a business.
For further details about Canada you may wish to check the following sites:
Statistics of the Human Development Report
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
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