Oh, well, it's a very peaceful and nice society in general. That said, there are bad neighborhoods in all big cities...you just want to make sure you don't move into such a neighborhood. In Toronto, for example, there are a few areas that are pretty high in crime...such as the Jane-Finch area, for example. At the same time, the city on the whole is pretty safe as big cities go.

The smaller cities, towns, and country areas are great.

You also get free medicare here (of course, that is true in a great many of not most developed countries in the west, but not in our big neighbour to the south...).

The drug and alcohol and crime scene is basically there...if you're inclined to go around looking for it. ;-) I mean, hey, if you want to buy drugs or hang out with drunks, you can do that in any Canadian town...just look around for such people. But if you're not inclined to go looking for it, you will not be likely to have it come looking for you.

Yeah, Canada is a great place to live, no question about it. Some areas are short of jobs. If you want to go somewhere with a healthy economy, I'd suggest Alberta, I guess, and southern Ontario. London, Ontario sounds good to me. I'm not sure what the job scene is like in British Columbia, but people seem to love the place.

There's a lot of room in this country. That always helps. You can basically find the kind of place that suits you, no matter what your tastes are...unless, that is, you want palm trees.