Today — Monday, October 12, 2009 — is the Thanksgiving holiday in Canada.

Canadians celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday roughly six weeks earlier than Americans do. And U.S. expats always ask, “Why?”

Here’s an excerpt from …

The New York Times recently featured a house for sale near the village of Knowlton in the Quebec region known as the Eastern Townships.

According to the Times article, “The housing stock in the Eastern …

Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Stephen Encarnacao relocated to Vancouver when he took the helm of Dayton Boots, which has been making classic (and now trendy) footwear in Vancouver since the 1940s. The company’s small …

“Moving here from the U.S. is like being adopted by a close relative. Almost like your parents, but different…”

That’s what American Brenda Kautz wrote in a recent Globe & Mail column about relocating from …

Want to meet other Americans in Toronto? Check out the Toronto Expat American Meetup Group.

The group’s next get-together is an “NFL Sunday” meetup this weekend, Sunday, September 13th at 1pm.

Here’s what …