Living and working as a nurse in Canada or Germany

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Hi fellow nurses all over the world! I am a nurse from the Philippines and currently working in Germany as assistant nurse while processing my registration (Annerkennung) in order to have the permission to work as a full-fledged nurse here in Germany. But as what usually happens in life, good things come simultaneously. Canada has also opened doors for me and I have the option of going there as an immigrant. Now I'm weighing my options: working as nurse in Germany or in Canada. If I go to Canada, i will start from scratch, learn the French language because i'll land in Quebec but I can also move to other English-speaking provinces there. I have to process either NNAS or OIIQ and have to study for at least 6 months for the integration. Studying again is not an issue because I'm passionate about it and I'm still young, my neurons can still accommodate new learnings. I am now earning Euros here in Germany, the health system is good, but I have difficulties with the language and almost half of what I earn goes to the taxes and insurance. The Nursing I know is based on US standards and I have also difficulty adjusting to German Nursing.

I hope you could share your insights regarding this matter, about the comparison of life and work in Canada and Germany. Two heads are better than one. Your views would be of great help to my decision-making. Thanks in advance.