Zcash is about 12 days away from a blockhalf. For those of you new to crypto, this means the miners will be taking 50% of the pay to the block before the halving. It reduces the total Zcash rewarded per block to 6.25 ZEC and that will drive up demand just like Bitcoin experience in its early Block Halfs.
Wealth Simple and Gemini Exhcnage are the easiest ways to get Zcash in Canada and the United States. They support Z Address to some extent too.