romecorp,
I am a little confused. You want to immigrate from Seattle To canada? I did the same ten years ago. That was a mistake.
Now, your degree may count for something...but you may experience some really stiff competition. I know Seattle has the highest degreed population in the country, and that may be your problem. If you really want to immigrate here, do your self a favor, ask the governing agency in your line of work, if your training has any transferability to be recognized by the government. Also, do you have any verifiable experience at home?
I would DO your home work. Nothing worse then immigrate here like ALOT of skilled workers "degree and no Degree" only to working in a low skill industry driving taxi's.
I would look at Europe. There are countries that are better off from a financial standpoint then USA or Canada.
I agree with what you said except the last part. Europe is in a complete mess right now, worse than USA or Canada, plus the cost of living is insane.
There is no magical place anywhere right now.
To the OP, you're wasting your time with Canada, they take in people with high education but there are no jobs for them in their fields (this is true for the majority ), thus they end up working in low end jobs. Problem is no foreign things are recognized.
You are better of in the USA, or maybe try the middle east or East Asia.