Wanting to move to Canada to be with my fiance... HELP!

[Elecktra541]

I am a US citizen in the US and my fiance lives and works in Canada. He and I are both saving money so that when he has some time off saved up he can bring me up there mid-year this year.

His family is a traditional family and he wants to be respectful to his mother by waiting for her blessing. That could take anywhere form a few months to maybe 2 years. He and I fear it could take awhile and he keeps thinking the worst that it will take awhile. It is possible he could change his mind and choose to marry me even without the blessing. But just in case he doesn't I want to make sur eI can still stay up there in Canada with him.

Here's a problem. I found out that the longest I can stay up there on a US Passport is 6 months. A year if I file for an extension of some sort (I think). If this blessing form his family takes awhile, he and I fear that I could be asked to leave Canada.

~~~Is there something he or I can do so that I can stay in Canada legally living together and being together without me being there illegally or being asked to leave?~~~

My basic background. I have never been conviction of anything. I am 30 years old, soon to be 31. I have a GED. I have taken some college courses. I work at McDonalds here in the USA (state of Illinois). I am regular employee. I am white and speak onloy english, which I do very well. I have no family or relatives in Canada. Only person I know in Canada is my fiance. I love him very much and want to be with him when he comes to me to help me move up there with him mid-year.

So please is there a way for me to stay up there with him past the 6 months of my passport without me being there illegally or being asked to leave. Keep in mind he wants to get married only when he has his family's blessing (but could change his mind to without). Please explain.

[Leon]

You could marry him secretly in a civil ceremony, I know of a couple who did that for immigration to the US, then they married "for real" later. 

You could extend your visa more than once.  One member on this board apparently kept extending for 3 years but you wouldn't be able to work.

Depending on what province he's in, labor shortage etc., you might be able to get a low skill work permit to work in a fast food place there, especially if he is in BC or AB.  If you can get that, it would buy you 2 years on a low skill permit, more if you get promoted to shift manager because then you'd classify as a skilled worker.