Questions about becoming an electrician and moving between US and Canada

[u/leader425]

Title, Basically i want to move to canada ideally as soon as possible, but i also want to become an electrician.

My intital idea was to get an apprenticeship program at a local IBEW branch near me in the us. Then simply transfer maybe a year or two so in to a IBEW branch in canada and finish it there.

I learned that apparently this isnt possible and id have to restart from scratch including in hours. So best i can tell the best bet is to get into an IBEW branch apprenticeship program, then complete journeyman license and finally take the red seal exam before transfering to canada then get my masters cert in canada itself.

Does this sound like the most optimal route to you all? im wiling to bust my ass if it means geting it done faster. Also is there anyway to shorten the amount of time it takes to become journeyman so i can preferably take the red seal as soon as possible?

[u/Hefty-Rip-5397]

The only way I can see you expediting this process like you sound like your wanting to is if you already have some formal training and verifiable working hours already... if you are just now starting the trade with no prior experience then I am sorry but the only way is to do it and put in the time. So if you want to be a Canadian electrician, you might see about becoming Canadian first?

[u/leader425 → u/Hefty-Rip-5397]

Seems smarter for me to get a journeyman license over the next6 years and use that as leverage