I was expecting furious replies . . .
That is called trolling.
At the risk of feeding the . . .
There is a far, far higher percentage of people living in Canada who are American citizens, than the percentage of people living in the U.S. who are Canadian citizens. Why is largely arithmetic. There are ten times as many Americans overall. No advanced degrees in trolling necessary.
The raw number of Canadians who have seasonal residences in the U.S. appears to be significantly greater than the number of Americans who have seasonal residences in Canada. Why is largely climate. No advanced degrees in baiting necessary.
The percentage of Canadians who leave Canada to work (thus live and work) in the U.S. is higher than the percentage of Americans who leave the U.S. to work in Canada, especially in certain sectors of the economy. In addition to the relative population sizes (again, the arithmetic), why is largely about the size of the respective economies. The state of California alone has a significantly larger economy than Canada. In fact, in some years the California economy alone (if it was a country) could qualify it to be in the G7 (California tends to be in the range comparable to the UK, France, and Brazil; the California economy was, for example, bigger in 2016 than either France or Brazil) while Canada is merely in the G20 group (not even in the top ten in 2016 for example). People tend to migrate toward employment.
In terms of raw numbers, however, how many Americans come to Canada versus the number of Canadians who go to the U.S., the number of applications for Permanent Residence going either way appears to be surprisingly small. The numbers for visitors, in contrast, is huge, albeit as the arithmetic would suggest, obviously the number of Americans visiting Canada way outnumbers the number of Canadians visiting the U.S.
As for respective attitudes, ideologies, and politics, there are many, many, many of us who got the message,
love it or leave it. Gone. Gone, sadly recognizing how many we have had to leave behind in that S . . . hole of a country, family and friends who cannot emigrate . . . who cannot immigrate into Canada or elsewhere. Many of us consider ourselves to be the lucky ones. I know I am.
And, perhaps worth a small thought in passing . . .
Otherwise, many Canadians living in the U.S., including prominent Canadians, refer to themselves as "Canadians," as Canadians living/working in the U.S.
More than a few Americans living in Canada, FORMER Americans, who have become Canadian citizens (raising my hand enthusiastically), prefer to be considered "Canadian." Cannot begin to count the number of "Canadians" I know, living in Canada, who are more or less reluctant to acknowledge they also are or were American citizens.
No advanced degrees in manure-ology to sort out the implications.
