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Spain is also an extremely good option to examine, not to discourage you from Canadian-ness but it is significantly more affordable and has comparable culture and services.
As an English only speaker, how would I do in Spain? Certainly, I can learn a little, but I’ve always been terrible with learning languages.
Really easily - English is common as a business language and almost all services are available in English (and you can hire someone if you need to navigate something difficult like a real estate purchase or police report). I lived in Barcelona for three months and I am now menu fluent but even before that I didn't have many issues.
What is “menu fluent?” Like you know enough to order from a menu?
You comprehend ingredients and have enough of a grip on pronunciation rules to form basic statements you need on a day to day "en tarjeta" means (literally) "on card" and is a common way to ask to pay with a credit card "auga" is water and "sin gas" or "con gas" specifies flat or bubbly... "necesito un bolsa" - I need a bag... "Para aqui"/"Para llevar" are for here or to go... "Cuanto Cuesta X" - How much does X cost.... "Donde son los aesos" - where are the bathrooms. "Queiro un cafe con leche de avena y dos fartóns" - I'd like a latte with oat milk and two fartóns (a light sweet pastry). That "ll" is pronounced like a "y" unless it's catalan and you have a break dot like "paral•lel". "Buena dia"/"Bon dia" - Good day. "Peligro" - danger.
That sort of basic shit - you'll pick it up quickly. You won't be able to talk about news and shit but you can do your daily shit.
Not my experience. I had a job offer in Spain for engineering and they told me it’s in Spanish and I should enroll in language courses before coming to improve my Spanish. Ended up turning down more because the low pay
Are you from Spain? Ever heard of Mondragon?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondragon_Corporation
I'm not from there but yea - I'm familiar with the company.