If you look at the GDP per capita graph for most developed countries it has a similar shape
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=canada+gdp+per+capita%2...
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=canada+gdp+per+capita%2...
https://data.oecd.org/chart/6Ikm
And consider that housing costs for a desirable Canadian location (Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa) are much higher than that chart. And that the middle of nowhere in any of those European countries is still liveable whereas the middle of nowhere in Canada potentially means thousands of KMs away.
And that's not touching on other COL metrics where Canada is uniquely bad.