NZ Pilot wanting to come to Canada
I've done something similar so here goes.
First, you wil find that NZ and Canada are not really that different.
You will be better off going to the USA to get an FAA ATP
which contains an instrument rating. You have not mentioned
an instructor rating so I'll assume you don't have one.
IF you did it would not save you any time in doing an FAA instructor rating.
That would require 15 hours duel and 15 hours ground school.
Once you get your FAA exams and Ride done, you can easily convert your FAA to a Canadian with a simple exam.
The reason for doing it this way is cost, flight training in the US is around 30% cheaper than Canada. It will also give you an FAA licence which will open doors for you in other countries.
Don't believe the stories of no probability of work.
If you have that amount of time, I'm sure you will find a job but it is not going to be easy at first. It will take time. I can tell you that in the last year, I've seen and heard of lots of much lower time pilots landing a job.
Recently several local low timers have gone to Africa and landed jobs as
soon as they got there.
I would suggest that you get a float rating and try to get a job on a 172 on floats or something similar. That will be an experience of a lifetime that you will treasure for ever.
Good Luck.