Difference b/w working in Canada 🇨🇦 vs India 🇮🇳

Standard working hours:

🇨🇦 37.5 to 40 hours per week 🙂

🇮🇳 45 to 47.5 hours per week 🙁

Job opportunity for freshers:

🇨🇦 A bit tough to get Internship & get started as a fresher 🙁

🇮🇳 Freshers have great opportunities to get started. More campus placements 🙂

Training for freshers:

🇨🇦 Freshers find it challenging to get trainings in the companies 🙁

🇮🇳 Most companies hire & train the freshers 🙂

Work life balance:

🇨🇦 Far better, employers respect your personal time off and work life balance 🙂

🇮🇳 Certain managers doesn’t respect work life balance of employees 🙁

Personal Time Off:

🇨🇦 Employers respect employees personal time off & sick days 🙂

🇮🇳 Sick days are limited & most of time, employee gets official calls during their personal time off. 🙁

Notice period:

🇨🇦 2 weeks 🙂

🇮🇳 2-3 months 🙁

Technically Skilled people:

🇨🇦 Scarcity for technically skilled people 🙁

🇮🇳 I believe technically skilled people are more in India 🙂

Social Security:

🇨🇦 Has better social security 🙂

🇮🇳 Little social security benefits 🙁

EI:

🇨🇦 If you lose a job, you will get employment insurance from the govt (a part of your salary) to survive 🙂

🇮🇳 No employment insurance 🙁

Full time vs Contract:

🇨🇦 Contract jobs are popular in IT industry. Skilled resources prefer contract over full time because of multiple reasons. 🙂

🇮🇳 Everyone prefers full time jobs. Contract jobs are not in demand. 🙂

Salary:

🇨🇦 🇮🇳 Skilled labor gets good package in both places 🙂

Job Security:

🇨🇦 In Canada, its 2 weeks hiring, 2 weeks firing 🙁

🇮🇳 Better job security compared to Canada 🙂

Experience:

🇨🇦 Experienced candidates are much safer 🙂

🇮🇳 In service industry, we have seen that senior resources are easily laid off & replaced. Service industry tends to hire more junior level employees 🙁

Cost of Living:

It is very hard to compare this because of various differences. Hence I will provide the details of what i think. Yes, cost of living is high in both the countries based on city you live. 🙁

House prices:

🇨🇦 Housing market is a bubble and very expensive. Tough to survive without both husband and wife working. 🙁

🇮🇳 House prices remains stable when compared to Canada 🙂

Places to Live:

🇨🇦 IT job market focuses on few cities. 🙁

🇮🇳 IT job market is widely spread across the country 🙂

Healthcare cost:

🇨🇦 Out of pocket expense is zero. It is covered by provincial insurance for most of the cases 🙂

🇮🇳 Most of the IT companies have group insurance coverage. Hence its covered as part of the insurance coverage. Even private insurances are cheaper compared to Canada 🙂

Healthcare Quality:

🇨🇦 It is tough to get specialist appointments. Sometimes, even emergency walk in wait period is hours. 🙁

🇮🇳 Most places in India have good healthcare facility. You have options to visit any hospitals, clinics or specialists without wait period. Emergency cases are handled very quicker compared to Canada 🙂

Social Life:

Even though 🇨🇦 is one of the best places to live in the world, I believe social life in 🇮🇳 is 10 times better. When you are living in Canada, you may miss all the family get together, events, friends etc.

Weather:

🇨🇦 It gets too cold for 4-5 months an year 🥶

🇮🇳 It is pretty warm (hot) climate in most of the places 🫠

Travel:

🇨🇦 Easier to travel across places 🙂

🇮🇳 Travel is a bit hectic 🙁

Public transport:

🇨🇦 Very good public transport in the cities. Outside of the city, less public transport 🙂

🇮🇳 Public transport is good across urban, rural areas. You don’t need a car 🙂