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pest2 · Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Location: Vancouver, Canada

Canadians probably account for 1/3 of the ppl who read this board so I am in no way trying to insult them here... just wanna know....

I dont have any official numbers on this but I can make a pretty fair guess from personal experience that it's true: There are about as many Canadians as there are Americans here.

However, I heard that the entire population of Canada is the same size as the single State of California...

While there seem to be as many Canadians as Ams. here, their numbers greatly outnumber those of Brits, Aussies, and NewZealanders...

Now I realize some Canadians might take this thread the wrong way; You see, Ive made no effort on this board to hide the fact that I dont like Korea and only tolerate it because I can save money here... money that I can later use and enjoy somewhere else!

However, I've never even bean,er, been to Canada. So actually I don't have an opinion of it.

Do recruiters and others do a better job of advertising in Canada?

I_Am_Wrong · Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Location: whatever

actually it's not true. the number of canadians to americans it pretty close to 50-50.

Neil · Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Location: Tokyo

Considering they make up less than 1% of the native English speaking population yet make up about 15-20% of the teachers here I'd say Kiwis are very over-represented in Korea.

Not that it matters one jot where somebody is from, I just always found it a bit strange.

pest2 · Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Location: Vancouver, Canada

Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

Because we're losers who couldn't make it back home and (in the case of the guys) get a date in a land of lousy jobs and unemployment, whereas America is a land of dreams and opportunities where anyone with a uni degree is looking at a future of big homes and SUVs, leaving only eccentric weirdos to come to Korea. I'm sure the fact that we have 1/10 the population but more English teachers here than the US has nothing to do national character.

I_Am_Wrong · Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Location: whatever

that's what I get for only reading half the post.

laogaiguk · Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Location: somewhere in Korea

kimchikowboy · Joined: 24 Jan 2003

Because Koreans love Canuckleheads. They named their ABCs after you guys (sort of).

Kah---nah---dah--- Laughing

peppermint · Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:28 am Post subject:

In the UK it's fairly easy for a young person to travel, and down under they have the idea of a gap yeah, so lots of people get the travel bug out of their system that way.

In Canada it's so bloody expensive to travel even within our own country that when we see something that says "free airfare", we're on it. Razz

I_Am_Wrong · Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Location: whatever

-a higher percentage of canadians go to university and earn a a degree.
-young canadians like to travel and explore
-many are waiting for the supposed retirement boom of teachers in Canada. -I'd much rather travel the world and teach than be a supply teacher for several years.

crazykiwi · Joined: 07 Jun 2003 Location: new zealand via daejeon

ajgeddes · Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Location: Yongsan

I replied to this exact same question about 2 weeks ago in a different thread, so I am not going to here.

pest2 · Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Location: Vancouver, Canada

Chillin' Villain · Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Location: Goo Row

Less jobs and less money in Canada has a lot to do with it too, sorry to say.

thepeel · Joined: 08 Aug 2004

The Canadian economy is somewhat different from the American one. In Canada, the major industries are all resource based. That means, if you get an undergraduate degree in the liberal arts, you are totally unemployable. In America you are slightly more employable (but the degree is still a total jack).

So, there are more Canadians here because we simply don't have an economy that can absorb, at a living wage, the huddled masses of liberal arts undergrads that we pump out.