We should have a movement going to open Canada up on this.
Researching is easier to do in Canada than in the US except for our antiquated census date requirements.
Researching in the US is so commercialized, one has to pay for just about everything. At least in Canada census info is free and I haven't found anything in the US that compares at all to our Automated Genealogy, a wonderful item brought about thanks to so many volunteer transcribers.