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The QC is notably bad for salaries, but part of that is also the highest taxes in Canada and corresponding social services. Low housing prices, too.

> What I see is some large firms taking advantage of a low CAD while most tech companies are still at low/zero growth and offer very mediocre salaries.

Absolutely. You could throw around $120-150k yearly rates in CAD and you'd have applications from all over the country. Currently CAD-USD is around .77 so they're looking at a 25% discount.

Vancouver, however, has seen a crazy high influx of foreign capital -- way more $$$ coming from China than from a $71 million dole via Investment Firm -- and the price of housing in Vancouver is absurd.

For the HN crowd, imagine San Fran housing prices with East Oregon salaries. A deeper dive: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-yet-again-most-expensive-pla...

I've been to Vancouver a lot, it's a great place to be, but in terms of climate, culture, and activities you can get mostly the same in Seattle. If Seattle is too expensive work remote or commute from Mt. Vernon or Bellingham.