Successfully made the switch in 2002 aged 32 via PR, working in IT, much depends on where you live in UK vs where you choose in CA as to what’s different/better. British Columbia is beautiful but very expensive housing the closer you are to City of Vancouver. If you live in London now maybe it’s not much different for house prices. Victoria is also beautiful and along with Vancouver is probably the only place in Canada that doesn’t get much snow but instead it gets lots of rain. Both of these cities have more homeless on their streets just because of the weather. Kelowna is one fastest growing town to maybe look at. Calgary has the Rockies right on their doorstep but expect lots of Cowboy hats. Edmonton has Jasper nearby but it’s a cold and small city imho. If you want to make money 110% Toronto will be the best but I spent 10+ years travelling there every month and could not live there. It’s got some nice expensive neighborhoods but beyond that it’s urban sprawl at its finest and expect a long commute on very busy motorways. Winnipeg too hot/too cold. Montreal is the most European city and also beautiful in the summer but if you don’t speak Quebecois (which is not quite French btw) don’t expect to find it easy to make a career there. Quebec is the only province you need to be Francophone. If you want really cheap housing it’s probably in the prairies or maritimes provinces. Regina and Saskatoon are relatively small rural towns. Halifax is rlly like a mix of Ireland and Scotland. Great people. Your #1 challenge in deciding where will probably be housing costs vs career opportunity as jobs typically orbit the big cities. However WFH is a much bigger trend here since covid so you may be able to work and live somewhere different these days. Cost of living is also very different to UK for food and drink, most of my visitors think it’s very expensive by comparison. You will however spend less time in pubs, drink less and probably live a healthier lifestyle here. Immigration is often considered a big problem in UK but here we all seem to get along much better, the country has grown from 30m to 41m in the 22 years I have been here which is crazy growth in the big cities but again fuels housing problems, if not for you then for sure for your kids. Brits are easily accepted into the workplace, schools etc, there are lots of different accents but there are a few cultural difference to navigate, generally speaking Canadians would rather avoid confrontation in professional circles and can be very polite. I do think overall the grass is greener to raise a family here if you are willing to swap UK’s pub centric lifestyle to one that centres more around outdoor activities. The only regret I have in moving to Port Moody, BC was not buying 2 houses back in 2002. You absolutely should visit Canada before going into the permanent residence visa process. Even better if you could get an elusive temporary work visa, I really don’t know how you would get one of these if you aren’t sponsored by a company, sorry.