My mother, a trained physician, came to Canada to give us a better life. But the challenges of immigrating here put home ownership out of reach.
Real estate is emotional. Why? Because a home is more than walls and a roof, it’s a container for our lives, our families, our communities. As part of an occasional series, we’ve asked local writers to share their stories on real estate and housing.We had just moved to Qatar around two years earlier. Prior to that, we lived in Jordan, and before that, Iraq, our home country battered by decades of war. The bulk of my childhood had been defined by instability.
As the younger generation, we are often told that we are nonetheless lucky to be here, that these sacrifices are necessary so we can build a life better than that of our parents. But the obstacles of immigrant life meant my mother couldn’t lay down roots in the form of home ownership.in Canada’s urban centres, I am now left to reckon with the fact these systemic obstacles have likely set us up for generational failure.
Aside from the hefty application fee, moving halfway across the world was incredibly costly for my family. This was in addition to the thousands of dollars in exam fees and English-language tests my mother had to pay for to obtain accreditation as a physician in Canada once she arrived in the country.
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