If you have a chance to move to Canada, which province would you choose?

[Elite]

Great. Please stay where you are then!

I've lived in Saskatchewan, Alberta, The NWT, Yukon and now BC.
Each has something excellent to offer.
I can tell you that even today there is NO State that can match Saskatchewan's and Alberta's Whitetails (guided for them and had chiefly US clients). Mulies in both get of excellent proportions, rivaling many of the best from Utah & Colorado.

Moose & Caribou in the NWT & Yukon will never be matched anywhere south of the Medicine Line - Reality.

Elk in Alberta are some of the largest in the world, and although tough to draw tags, the Roosevelt Elk on Vancouver Island basically wrote the books.

Alberta had some good sheep hunting for a lot of years.
Now sadly largely on draws.

The Yukon still has pockets that are very worthwhile for sheep.

BC still has some excellent hunting for Stone Sheep, but after so many years of chasing them and back-packing them off the big hills my knees won't allow that any more.

Vancouver Island sports some of the biggest black bears on the planet. I've taken a few that went well over 7 feet nose to tail and whose skulls went book.

I too am a Dual Citizen US / Canada. And while I have enjoying some fine hunting down south, there is a reason I chose to live up here.
Hunting (and fishing) was an extremely large consideration in that choice.

In short, you can always find something in pretty much any place you set your sights on.

However to suggest you would give up hunting rather than checking things out north of the Medicine Line is incredibly naive IMO.

Cheers

Are you referring to the body size of the elk in Alberta? Because it’s definitely not horn size. Very few elk from Alberta are entered in the books…..


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[IronNoggin]

Are you referring to the body size of the elk in Alberta? Because it’s definitely not horn size. Very few elk from Alberta are entered in the books…..

You might wish to recheck that.

I am over 6' tall.
This Alberta Elk went 4 inches shy of 400" after drying.

Just saying...

Hunters in Alberta have had significant success with trophy elk, including a non-typical bull that set a world record

. These record-book entries are managed by organizations such as the Boone and Crockett Club and the Pope and Young Club, which use the data for wildlife management and to promote fair chase ethics.

Notable Alberta Elk Records

• World Record Non-Typical Bull (Archery): In September 2020, Alberta bowhunter Shawn O'Shea harvested a massive non-typical bull that officially scored 449 4/8 inches, establishing a new world record for the Pope and Young Club. The bull was taken in Minburn County, Alberta.
• Boone and Crockett Records: Alberta has a strong history of producing large game animals, with many entries in the Boone and Crockett Club's record books. Trophies from Alberta, including elk, are well represented among the top entries for North American big game species.

 

[Elite]

You might wish to recheck that.

I am over 6' tall.
This Alberta Elk went 4 inches shy of 400" after drying.

Just saying...

Hunters in Alberta have had significant success with trophy elk, including a non-typical bull that set a world record

. These record-book entries are managed by organizations such as the Boone and Crockett Club and the Pope and Young Club, which use the data for wildlife management and to promote fair chase ethics.

Notable Alberta Elk Records

• World Record Non-Typical Bull (Archery): In September 2020, Alberta bowhunter Shawn O'Shea harvested a massive non-typical bull that officially scored 449 4/8 inches, establishing a new world record for the Pope and Young Club. The bull was taken in Minburn County, Alberta.
• Boone and Crockett Records: Alberta has a strong history of producing large game animals, with many entries in the Boone and Crockett Club's record books. Trophies from Alberta, including elk, are well represented among the top entries for North American big game species.

I’m not saying there isn’t big bulls in Alberta but to say they have the biggest bulls here is not true.

There are may states that have WAY more bulls entered and constantly show up every year.

The warmer winters and huge land areas that have elk south is why


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[BreechFace]

Great. Please stay where you are then!

I've lived in Saskatchewan, Alberta, The NWT, Yukon and now BC.
Each has something excellent to offer.
I can tell you that even today there is NO State that can match Saskatchewan's and Alberta's Whitetails (guided for them and had chiefly US clients). Mulies in both get of excellent proportions, rivaling many of the best from Utah & Colorado.

Moose & Caribou in the NWT & Yukon will never be matched anywhere south of the Medicine Line - Reality.

Elk in Alberta are some of the largest in the world, and although tough to draw tags, the Roosevelt Elk on Vancouver Island basically wrote the books.

Alberta had some good sheep hunting for a lot of years.
Now sadly largely on draws.

The Yukon still has pockets that are very worthwhile for sheep.

BC still has some excellent hunting for Stone Sheep, but after so many years of chasing them and back-packing them off the big hills my knees won't allow that any more.

Vancouver Island sports some of the biggest black bears on the planet. I've taken a few that went well over 7 feet nose to tail and whose skulls went book.

I too am a Dual Citizen US / Canada. And while I have enjoying some fine hunting down south, there is a reason I chose to live up here.
Hunting (and fishing) was an extremely large consideration in that choice.

In short, you can always find something in pretty much any place you set your sights on.

However to suggest you would give up hunting rather than checking things out north of the Medicine Line is incredibly naive IMO.

Cheers

I never said I wouldn’t hunt or visit. I just simply stated a very valid point that if I was destined to only hunt in Canada and it required me to move there, that I would give up hunting.

No thanks on where your countries headed politically.

Anyways, this hypothetical scenario is not serious. Looks like it ruffled some Canadian’s eh…which is hard to do.

 

[Elite]

I never said I wouldn’t hunt or visit. I just simply stated a very valid point that if I was destined to only hunt in Canada and it required me to move there, that I would give up hunting.

No thanks on where your countries headed politically.

Anyways, this hypothetical scenario is not serious. Looks like it ruffled some Canadian’s eh…which is hard to do.

I wish more Canadian folks would wake up and realize Canada is not the same at all. We are heading down the path that Europe and Australia are down.


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[MallardSX2]

Alberta.

And it’s not even close.

 

[medvedyt]

Don’t worry the 4 million immigrants will take care of that. There is going to be some serious changes to general tags in all provinces soon. Can’t have that many people come in.


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well if the cold snap for the whole month of december has made the news in the world there is already a lot of people that can t stand a whole at -30c and up to -46c ... even the people already in canada are not willing to come so im not too worry about the impact for now ...

 

[Elite]

well if the cold snap for the whole month of december has made the news in the world there is already a lot of people that can t stand a whole at -30c and up to -46c ... even the people already in canada are not willing to come so im not too worry about the impact for now ...

That’s not how it works. The federal government currently moves them around and distributes them. I’ve talked to a few about it and when they gain access and the free be benefits and monthly allowances they get told where to reside for so many years and can move then.


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[medvedyt]

That’s not how it works. The federal government currently moves them around and distributes them. I’ve talked to a few about it and when they gain access and the free be benefits and monthly allowances they get told where to reside for so many years and can move then.


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if you say so ... there is no homes no doctors here and trust me people are starting to realize it can be cold they will not stay lol ...

 

[Grizzle]

The issue of land claims and "reconciliation" agenda in BC is a huge problem for us right now, otherwise its tough to beat. The only upside is the general public is starting to clue in and push back and it may not be too late to turn this ship around. I'm a forest tenure holder that is in the middle of having my tenure taken to be given to the local band and the way the government has and is acting is nothing short of criminal. Like many other places we have two cities in the province who's residents outnumber the people that live on the remaining 95% of the land-base and vote in favor of all this bs that largely doesn't affect them. This is how we lost the grizz hunt and are being forced through this reconciliation redistribution scam. The next few years will either spell the end of BC as we know it or start a long hard march back to the province I knew and loved pre UNDRIP. I sure hope it's not to late but I'd be lieing if I said I was optimistic. Alberta has an amazing premier right now and I really hope she's a catalyst for a strong conservative movement canada wide but the way our population is distributed makes it very tough along with the mass importation of foreign liberal voters. If BC fails to turn around Alberta Saskatchewan and the territorys will be the only options left to go short of leaving canada.

 

[Grizzle]

To illustrate my point the Red, yellow and blue areas are roughly equal in population and although the majority of BC by area votes conservative we keep being ruled over by the cidiots in yellow and red.

 

[Elite]

To illustrate my point the Red, yellow and blue areas are roughly equal in population and although the majority of BC by area votes conservative we keep being ruled over by the cidiots in yellow and red.

The entire country is like this but the votes from Atlantic Canada decide everything. The west has no chance to vote to save us


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[Brodie]

The issue of land claims and "reconciliation" agenda in BC is a huge problem for us right now, otherwise its tough to beat. The only upside is the general public is starting to clue in and push back and it may not be too late to turn this ship around. I'm a forest tenure holder that is in the middle of having my tenure taken to be given to the local band and the way the government has and is acting is nothing short of criminal. Like many other places we have two cities in the province who's residents outnumber the people that live on the remaining 95% of the land-base and vote in favor of all this bs that largely doesn't affect them. This is how we lost the grizz hunt and are being forced through this reconciliation redistribution scam. The next few years will either spell the end of BC as we know it or start a long hard march back to the province I knew and loved pre UNDRIP. I sure hope it's not to late but I'd be lieing if I said I was optimistic. Alberta has an amazing premier right now and I really hope she's a catalyst for a strong conservative movement canada wide but the way our population is distributed makes it very tough along with the mass importation of foreign liberal voters. If BC fails to turn around Alberta Saskatchewan and the territorys will be the only options left to go short of leaving canada.

Except the territories are historically as orange and red as the east coast so you won’t get help there….

 

[Elite]

Except the territories are historically as orange and red as the east coast so you won’t get help there….

Yup. The Yukon finally just a conservative government


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[medvedyt]

for the last ten years liberal with a coalition of ndp and before it was conservative like canada at the time ... @Elite it is not because you choose not to come here because it is too cold, housing too expensive and liberals that you do not have to have your facts straight lol ...

 

[medvedyt]

To illustrate my point the Red, yellow and blue areas are roughly equal in population and although the majority of BC by area votes conservative we keep being ruled over by the cidiots in yellow and red.

it is the issue all across the western world ... cities are telling the rest what they want. votes are not based on size of where you live but based on population.

 

[medvedyt]

Except the territories are historically as orange and red as the east coast so you won’t get help there….

not exactly but you should look up the history of the local votes here for the territorial election. i will add that the federal election before that one the cpc dropped the candidate at the last minute and despite that the combined votes of the independant and the official were way above ... but again what ottawa decided that is their call ...

 

[Broomd]

Yep, northern Alberta....those of us who've been all over Canada or driven the ALCAN many times have some insight.

 

[Brodie]

Federal results for Yukon (NWT and Nunavut not much different):

2000-liberal

2004-liberal

2006-NDP

2008-NDP

2011-NDP

2015-liberal

2019-liberal

2021-liberal

2025-liberal

I wasn’t arguing territorial elections (they are their own problem-see BC) the provinces didn’t cause the blanket problems across the country in the last 10 years like trying to take away my guns or cause what was a 300k house 5 years ago in my area to be 750k now.

 

[NealS02]

Out in the boonies in BC or Yukon for me