To pack up and leave your home on a hunch is not an easy thing to do. But, from South Korea and Iran, to China and Pakistan, more and more entrepreneurs are leaving their homes in search of greater opportunities, and they are choosing Canada as the place to start.

Ganesan Sugumar and his wife left Sri Lanka in 1992 to try their luck in Ontario. Despite arriving during a recession, Sugumar was determined to succeed. After conducting his own market research, Sugumar opened a store in the heart of downtown Toronto, selling everything from souvenirs to clothes to food. Today, he has expanded to four stores that together employ 20 people; he hopes to one day be providing jobs for over 100 people.

“The reasons I chose Canada were that the people were nice, the crime rate was low and because of its multinational nature,” says Sugumar. “There are so many avenues that allow business immigrants to succeed in Canada. We are surrounded by a very rich nation.”

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