Many Canadian universities (e.g. McGill, U of British Columbia, Toronto) have reputable programs that are on par with any US program. And, at many Canadian psych programs, you must have a master's to apply to the PhD - you're probably more likely to get through quicker at these schools. These Canadian universities are just as prestigious and great (i.e, produce great research) as American universities.
Haha lol...I get what you mean by people trying to be helpful but not getting it...My roommate is a public policy MA student. When he got home one day, he asked if I'd finished my SOPs. I reminded him that I was applying to 20 schools, hadn't started on any of them, and that he had only been gone five hours, which wasn't enough time to write up a working draft, finalize it, then craft it to each school and POI because the app would be tossed if my research interests weren't a match...to which he replied "That's easy. Go to the POI's webpage and copy and paste the research interests they have listed into your SOP. That's what I did."
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