I came over from England with a Frozen ATPL. I moved to Vancouver because I like the mountains.
Had to do a Commercial flight test which just involved finding a cheep C152 and an examiner.
Did the multi IFR conversion at PRO IFR . VERY good company for conversions as they just charge you for what you need to do.Basical did a bunch of short hops from Van to Abbotsford in a Beech something untill I was good to do the ride.Did it in Jan/Feb giving me enough time to get a pulse on the jobs for spring with all my tickets in line.
I was flying (for cash) 6 months after I arrived in Canada have not been out of work since.
Its hard work and you have to make lots of contacts to get a job but Ill probably never work in Blighty again because Canada rocks