4 months as an international student in Canada: Here is my 2 cents.

A guide for international students looking to come to Canada. It is the end of my first semester as an international student at a Canadian University and this article shares what I have learned. You can also title this article as “expectation versus reality”, or “here is a list of things you should know before you decide to go to school in Canada” or “schooling in Canada for international students”, feel free to choose one. As you continue reading, I hope you finish this article and remember TheFisayo told you so. It is a list of information I believe will help you when deciding where to school and what province to choose and what yardsticks to use to decide.The abroad is expensive: For non-Nigerians reading this, we Nigerians refer to – the Uk, Canada, the USA and a few other countries as “the abroad”. I want this to be as reflective as possible, so I am going to be sharing a lot of my experiences. I came to Canada with the expectation of having an American experience because I have been to America a couple of times, so I expected to have similar experiences in Canada. By this I mean in culture, in pricing, in food, and a number of things. For this section, I will focus on pricing. However, upon reflection, I did go to America only during my family holidays, so if anything was over my budget, I could still rely on “the family budget”. As an international student in Canada, you are as independent as you will ever be, especially if you are a first-generation from your family on a new territory like this. Housing is expensive, feeding is expensive, transportation is expensive, to live life in Canada is expensive. This is as a result of a number of things, I would highlight two; the province I am in and the Dollar conversion. The Canadian Dollar is less than US Dollars in value, so when you estimate goods you want to buy in-store or online and convert them to Canadian Dollars it automatically becomes more expensive. According to my experience and the research I have done, British Columbia (a Province in Canada) has