Best place in the US/Canada for students?

For the USA, there are hundreds of CC across the country.
Further from the city and out into the country you can find cheap apartments for rent, lower cost of living. . Problem is these CC can be small and not offer the best education. Plus you will be far from an airport for travel. They won't have public transportation.

What are you going to do after being at a CC for two years? Will you have the funds to complete a Bachelor degree at a university?

Try apartments.com to do reseach on cost of apartments across the US.

I live northwest of Chicago. Apartments near Harper Jr. college (an excellent CC) are about $1200 for a one bedroom. Just a 40 minute drive further west to McHenry County Community College (small school) you can find one bedroom apartments for half that .

You probably are going to need a car- and car insurance

Regardless of where you end up going, if you are not a US or Canadian citizen or landed immigrant, you will need to apply for and be approved for a student visa to the country where your chosen school will be.

Beyond that, costs will be an issue, schools in North America tend to charge more for foreign students than for domestic ones, and to get the visa will require you to show how you will pay all of your expenses while you're in school, without working locally.

Cheapest place in North America? My guess would be either Guatemala or Honduras, although Cuba might be a contender too. Mexico is also surprisingly cheap, once you step outside the areas frequented by US tourists, as well as avoiding the larger cities especially CDMX.