I really cannot comment on the salaries that Canadian AA's receive..... You might want to look into that...But as far as becoming an AA here in the states, you must attend one of the 5 schools that offer the anesthsiologist assistant program and pass the NCCAA exam.....The roles are drastically different and therefore are not transferrable from Canada to the U.S. It would be interesting to know how much a Canadian AA would make comparable to an anesthesia tech.......