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Taxes in Canada are not particularly higher than in the U.S.

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/fq/txrts-eng.html

http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0411/do-canadians...

You need to include sales tax, which ranges from 5% in Alberta to 15% in Quebec. Also, taxes on alcohol and gasoline are much higher than the US.

That being said, with the recent tax increases in the US and the lower of provincial income taxes in many Canadian provinces (I'm looking at you BC), the difference isn't as great as one would think.

You're paying sales taxes in pretty much all of the US, though, though not as much(ranges from ~3% to 10%).

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