Does that mean you can carry a gun around with you at all times? (in a holster?)

Can't get anything like that in the UK, which I am quite happy about as I don't really want guns anywhere

Kind of. You can't carry it in any government buildings, anywhere that serves alchohol, or anyplace that puts up a "no concealed firearms" sign, which is most places. 

I'm pretty jealous. If I could move anywhere in the world it would be Canada.

There are some details I forgot, shotguns are not allowed to hold more than 2 shells without reloading (the shell in the barrell doesn't count), so if you bought a pump action shotgun in the UK, you could only fire 3 rounds before having to reload. Sawn-off shotguns are banned too.

@Marks, like I said, I'm not a gun fanatic so I can't tell you how it compares to many different weapons. I've shot a 9mm Taurus, the 40 Cal Sig, and the Glock 17 and let me say that I prefer the Glock BY FAR. Trigger pull feels perfect, unlike the other two whose triggers require so much effort that they can actually throw your aim off. It's very reliable and doesn't seem to recoil at all, either (Sig hurts my wrist when I fire with the weak hand).

I qualified with the Glock with a 98% accuracy (out of 30 rounds, all of them hit center of the target--one round was barely below the box in the middle). I shoot the Sig far more often and I'm just happy if I can get everything in the grey (I'll have to post a pic of our targets so you know what I mean. I think they're TQ-19 but I'm not positive- -and I'm posting from my phone, on my job). I love my Glock.

Here's the guy.  I know him very well.

Yeah there's a few more details about Canada too. Rifles are only allowed 5 round magazines and handguns are only allowed 10 round magazines. And for some reason .25 and .32 caliber weapsons are banned (no idea why). And armour piercing rounds are banned but that makes sense at least. And like the UK sawed off shotguns are banned. Oh and silencers are banned too. 

So we're strict as hell compared to USA, but I guess still more lax than Europe (or at least the UK). 

And that's cool to hear you'd like to live in Canada! You'd probably like it, there's something for everyone here. 

That's not too strict, although it is tighter than US gun laws. Those extra details you mentioned are completely understandable (apart from no .25 and .32 caliber weapons).

And I like Canada, especially the people, my uncle lives there.

Still, the UK is far too strict, and most of Europe is the same. 

no limiting clip/magazine size is pretty stupid. its so much fun to rapid fire guns, and it takes a lot of enoyment out of it, if after every 5-10 shots you have to put in a new clip.

my rifle has a 25 round banana clip, which has little prongs on the side, so i can attach another magazine to it a quikly flip it when one runs out. like in killzone, they have 2 mags taped together and when you reload he flips it.