I bought a Canon RP which came with a 24-105mm zoom. I think it was CAD 1000 a couple of years ago, but it looks like that has inflated to around double now.

I went with the recommendation of Ken Rockwell who is both experienced and opinionated, and said to buy that one at the time. https://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/recommended-cameras.htm

He was right!

- small, especially if you put a 50mm prime lens on it (which costs ~ CAD 150 by the way)

- light

- full frame sensor (fundamentally better photo quality, but need bigger lenses to zoom)

- battery life is OK but not great. You can easily get through a full day of touristing with one spare battery though.

I have an RP and it's great, but I still reach for my M50 slightly more often, being a fair bit smaller with the 22mm ef-m on it and maybe more familiarity with it by me.