I am a poly grad, (from SP no less ! 
) ... and I just graduated from a Canadian University this
summer
things to note:
1. Yes, you will NOT get as many credit excemptions as you'd get in
say the UK and Australia, infact, excemptions granting may not be
automatic, you'd have to talk to the head of faculties and the
profs themselves to get the excemptions, though of course, a good
transcript helps
2. You'll definitely take longer to graduate than say the UK or
Australia, even with credit excemptions, simply because of the
different systems, you'd have to do a lot more electives, like
languages, most universities have a second language requirement for
example, some insist on French, others allow you to choose, and
assorted requirements from philosophy to natural science to
political science etc before you can graduate, so if you don't like
the idea of writing papers on plato or shakespeare while working
towards, say, an economics or computer science degree, best think
of somewhere else ... Most of the poly people I know take on the
average 3 years to grad ... (degree programs are 4 years
long)
3. Cost of living outside the GTO or GTV area (toronto or vancouer)
is a lot lower, so you may want to look at the universities
there
4. Canada is not known as the great white north for nothing ...
weather IS a factor, some years the snow cover can stay for up to 6
months, from october to april ! ... Now you think may find it fun
and romantic, trust me, within the week you'd be wishing for spring
... driving is hell, walking to school is hell, even taking out the
garbage is hell ... think very very hard about this ... I've known
a Singaporean who quit school here and reapplied to australia after
the first term in winter ! ....
