I personally know a few Americans that live in Canada and other than a few jokes about being American, you won't be treated any differently than anybody else. It'll be a topic of conversation any time you bring it up but that's about it.

Almost everyone you'll meet is only first or second generation Canadians. I'm fourth generation on one side of my family but first on the other side.

The biggest hurdle is the actual process of moving here. The government department you'd be dealing with is Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). There is a lot of paperwork to deal with and it's a fairly slow process.

The first step would to get Permenant Residency which will allow you to live and work in Canada. There are a few ways to become a PR but you can expect about 50 pages of forms and documents, biometrics and medical scans, and it'll be anywhere from 6 months to a few years after submitting your application to receiving your landing interview for your Certificate of Permenant Residency (COPR).

There's basically 3 ways

One is being sponsored by your partner that lives in Canada which is probably not applicable to you.

Another is through a student visa but you'd need to be accepted into a program at a school in Canada. And you'd be paying a lot more for tuition than citizens (think CAD$10-15,000 per semester).

And the other is through work. You actually have a better advantage being in the medical field. Generally, you would need to already have a job offer which requires the employer to explain why you're a better candidate than any Canadian, but there are some express entry programs available for skilled labour and medical fields.

You can find my information on the IRCC page

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada.html

Feel free to ask me any questions. I'm no expert but I know about immigration more than most Canadians.