Sorry, GUEST signed Bill was me.

A couple of other things about how to become a Canadian.

The easiest way, as always, is to marry one. Worked for my spouse. In fact one of my best friends has married Americans-now-Canadians twice. In the same category, you can also be sponsored by various close relatives as a "family class" immigrant.

One of the parts of NAFTA is that trilaterally between Canada, the US and Mexico its very easy to get a work visa if you are an experienced (2 years) professional in various mostly high-tech occupations. Worth looking into if you are interested. I don't know where the documentation is.

LH has pretty much exactly nailed how I feel about the US.

Winters can be pretty gruelling here, but they are also appealing in a lot of ways. I hear it's going to snow this evening...

Bill