Canada might not have PDT for Canadian equities but it applies to US equities no matter where you are from. When I was an EU resident trading with IB UK, PDT applied to me.
The sad thing is because of the PDT rule is it ends up leading traders who are undercapitalized to Forex bucketshops where they end up losing it all in a blink of an eye. I would rather have someone daytrade SPY with 10K VS them blowing it in 5 minutes in the Forex bucketshop.
1k? Is this a good idea? If you must, try the firm in the Bahamas. I used them and they paid. Have you done any papertrading?
US citizens can't trade CFDs and all Americans are prone to PDT if they have a margin account and trade equities. For this matter (and quite a few others) most people trade futures. At 1000$ you're undercapitalized in general. Paper trade.
Gamble on an offshore shop. It's the only thing that's going to be able to provide you with what you want. You're obviously taking a risk, so you have to see if it's worth it.