Canada’s young professionals are leaving, and it’s more than a fad

Canada’s long-held promise of stability is wearing thin for young professionals. Crippling housing costs, widening wage gaps with the US, stalled career growth, and high taxes are pushing doctors, engineers, and tech workers to leave, not out of impulse, but calculation. What looks like migration is, in truth, a quiet verdict on affordability and opportunity.

Canada’s young professionals are leaving, and it’s more than a fad
Canada’s long-held promise of stability is wearing thin for young professionals. Crippling housing costs, widening wage gaps with the US, stalled career growth, and high taxes are pushing doctors, engineers, and tech workers to leave, not out of impulse, but calculation. What looks like migration is, in truth, a quiet verdict on affordability and opportunity.