Thank you for that info, JG.
I appreciate that the job situation is not too good. What I'd really like to do is some adventurous stuff like flying floats in the Yukon. However from the sounds of it, my chances are considerably worse than someone who has lived there all their life!
Although I would like to work in Canada, it is not the only place I have considered. what is most important to me at the moment is just leaving this country at the first available oppertunity.