Shark- just be patient for a while longer. Your parents have responsibility for you. From what you said, it's plain you have wonderlust, and grass won't be growing under your feet. Stay at school, finish your education- that is the most important thing. Without education, getting somewhere in life will be hard. Wait until the right time and the world will be your oyster- then take off. Provincial Canada may seem a bore, but it's a great country and your prospects there are good. Better than UK right now. Invest for your future, not running away.