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azure
10-23-2006, 04:14 PM
I had the talk with my uncle and dad of moving out of england the other day. Canada always seems to pop up due to quality of life, and the size of housing you can get, with nice amounts of land.
How would you rate your country? what are the nice areas to live? ideally not too rural and not too urban.
And.. how are foreigners looked upon?

thanks :upsidedow
Nochowderforyou
10-23-2006, 04:24 PM
hi there,

I come from the land of Holland but I have lived here for 9yrs now and I love it.

I would are this country 8/10. We have problems just like any other country does. If a weak military doesn't bother you, like it does some other people, then nothing else is really worth complaining about.

Land is cheaper here than in England. I hear homes and land are crazy expensive to own in England.

As for areas, it all depends on what you're after and costs are. I just moved to Vancouver BC about 3 weeks ago and it is a beautiful province. It is loaded with mountains and water, although it is one of the more expensive places to live, but it's also the province where some of the worlds best cannabis come from.

Alberta is probably the cheapest place to live in all of Canada. There isn't much there, unles syou like the praries, and cows. The oilfield is here though and has been called the Texas of Canada, so if you want to get into the oilfield, there is GOOOOOD money in it, then again, it is the oilfield. If money is your thing though, go for it!

The East coast is where you want to go if you want to live by the sea. They are closely related to the Scottish in Newfoundland, and accents are very similair. That is fishing land out there.

So really, you have choices. Live by the water or not. By the water look into the BC coast, or the East coast. Money is in Alberta with oil and beef, logging in BC, fishing on the East coast, and all the other stuff inbetween is no different than most places. It has some water in there, some land, a mix of both.

Foreigners are not looked down on there. You have the people everywhere who look down on immigrants, but it's not like people are going to hate you for being English. If anything you'd fit right in. I haven't met a lot of English folks here, so I'm sure the people will warm right up to you.
BobBong
10-23-2006, 04:27 PM
west = expensive as hell
maritimes = boring as hell (same goes for manitoba and the praries)

Ontario is more or less where you would go if you were family inclined..or have a family.
West is alright if you've got money..
Quebec well...ya...they'd be happier their own country so you can imagine how an englishman would do in Quebec.

Ottawa is tech and government work.
Montreal is....interesting...
Toronto is good for education (Ryerson,UofT,GeorgeBrown,etc.)
They're also building new studio's in Toronto, so if you're film/tv. inclined.. T.o is good.

Niagara falls is dead in the winter and busy as fuck beans during the summer.
much more a tourist attraction than anything.

North Ontario is good if you like the rural life...but with the increasing price of gas, gas emissions and housing marketing going to crap...again, you'd need a good deal of money to do well in Rural ontario.

Question to consider..what kind of life are you looking for?

Bob
Born and raised. Cannabian4Life. an easy 9/10 (-1 for Harper's goofy looking ass)
azure
10-23-2006, 04:35 PM
Well im young and would be looking for work by the time i would move, if i did.
I would have a degree by the time i moved there, which would probably help in jobhunting.
It would be with my family, my mum and dad would appreciate getting more for thier money house and land wise. I appreciate nature and am into photography as is my dad so would be nice to live somewhere scenic.
Captin
10-23-2006, 04:37 PM
Hi there, im from canada. Just like the others have already said, depends what kind of life you're looking for. I move between BC and the yukon every few years. Vancouver/Victoria is a great place to live if you have the money, lots of things to do.Nice all year round, gets pretty wet though. Yukon is also great if you like outdoors stuff. Not too urban, not too rural. Lots of city stuff to do while in the city. And tons of fun outdoor stuff to do just outside the city. Has kind of wacky weather though, Goes from a wet cold winter that goes down to -20, to a really dry hot summer, up to 30+. That's all i can comment on from experience, bob has the rest down pretty well.
BobBong
10-23-2006, 04:43 PM
Well im young and would be looking for work by the time i would move, if i did.
I would have a degree by the time i moved there, which would probably help in jobhunting.
It would be with my family, my mum and dad would appreciate getting more for thier money house and land wise. I appreciate nature and am into photography as is my dad so would be nice to live somewhere scenic.

Ontario would be my suggestion but then...I'm from Ontario, so I think I'm a bit bias.


Hi there, im from canada. Just like the others have already said, depends what kind of life you're looking for. I move between BC and the yukon every few years. Vancouver/Victoria is a great place to live if you have the money, lots of things to do.Nice all year round, gets pretty wet though. Yukon is also great if you like outdoors stuff. Not too urban, not too rural. Lots of city stuff to do while in the city. And tons of fun outdoor stuff to do just outside the city. Has kind of wacky weather though, Goes from a wet cold winter that goes down to -20, to a really dry hot summer, up to 30+. That's all i can comment on from experience, bob has the rest down pretty well.

That's pretty cool. I've been across Canada for the most part but not up into Yukon or NwT.

The winters here can be pretty sour, that's for sure. Going from anywhere to -20 to -40 celcius in even urban areas.

Live here long enough though, you start to look forward to both the summer and winter...
azure
10-23-2006, 04:56 PM
Nochowderforyou, when you first went there, what did you find the people to be like? anything that hit you about them, specific traits about thier personality that you wernt used to..

thanks for the advice so far guys
flamingskullballs
10-23-2006, 05:44 PM
i only have two problems with Canada

high taxes

sweet ketchup
azure
10-23-2006, 05:57 PM
high taxes damn.. cant be as high as englands though
BobBong
10-23-2006, 06:02 PM
high taxes damn.. cant be as high as englands though
Gst
Pst
7% + 8% = 15%

Price x 1.15 = Your price after Tax.

On all finished goods except food.(veggies,fruits)


Don't worry if you're a pubber though Canadian Beer > American Beer.
LIP
10-23-2006, 06:05 PM
England for me is crap, my job is good, but everything else is a joke.

For me, personally Canada is the best place to live in all of the world. For me, its a 20/10 place. I LOVE CANADA.
Captin
10-23-2006, 06:06 PM
high taxes damn.. cant be as high as englands though

One of the reasons I like living in the yukon over bc, no Pst. Just 7% Gst:thumbsup:
Nochowderforyou
10-23-2006, 06:09 PM
When I lived in Alberta, the tax was just 6%.

I'm not sure what it is in BC, a tad higher I believe, 7 or 8% I think.

Ontario is the most expensive place to live though at 15% total I believe, but their smokes and alcohol are cheaper, but if you think about it, it all levels out.

I hear in Englad, to own an actual home, you spend your lifetime just paying it, and then you die, so when you die, you finally own your own home. :p
LIP
10-23-2006, 06:10 PM
^^ You got that one right.
azure
10-23-2006, 06:23 PM
your equivalant to VAT seems cool, quite low compared to englands 17.5%.

by the way, vat = value added tax whats added on to consumer goods by goverment in uk.

ive found a good site for tax, and ive been looking at summaries of the areas of some canadian tourist board site.

yukon sounded cool for the countryside, but artic like temperatures didnt sound inviting, nor did a very low population. need to find a more neutral source though.
LIP
10-23-2006, 06:24 PM
Im moving to Nova Scotia eventually. Go there. We'll toke up.
Captin
10-23-2006, 06:39 PM
yukon sounded cool for the countryside, but artic like temperatures didnt sound inviting, nor did a very low population. need to find a more neutral source though.
yeah it's definitly not a good place to live if you don't like the cold. And if you don't snowboard or snowmobile or something like that it could be pretty boring in the winter. ( i'm still waiting on the snow to start falling so i can take out my board :D ) Moving back to vancouver next winter, so instead of getting snowed on i'll get rained on lol ;) oh well every place has it's downs with the weather huh
yoda
10-23-2006, 06:50 PM
ive been giving some thought into moving to canada when i get older, but i dunno if i could just leave my friends/family back here like that though. i definitly want to visit sometime when i have the funds.
the image reaper
10-23-2006, 06:53 PM
better plan your diet around donuts ... :D
azure
10-23-2006, 07:07 PM
LOL, i thought the doughnut obsession was an american thing ;]
Nochowderforyou
10-23-2006, 07:28 PM
LOL, i thought the doughnut obsession was an american thing ;]

I think he may be referring to Tim Hortons, a Canadian owned string of stores that are better well known for their coffee. Canada is more along the lines of strong beer and maple syrup. :p

I'd love to move to the East coast as well. I'd love to have a boat and just leave.
LIP
10-23-2006, 07:30 PM
Canada FTW. I mean, ffs, come on!!!
IntrepidS
10-23-2006, 07:41 PM
Montreal is a great city if you're willing to learn some French. I'd say it's the 2nd best city in Canada after Vancouver if not the best. If you're not at all interested in French though then don't bother.
azure
10-23-2006, 08:33 PM
id be willing to learn some french, i think its cool to know another language, i already know bits of it from high school:cool:
OniEhtRedrum781
10-30-2006, 03:55 AM
id be willing to learn some french, i think its cool to know another language, i already know bits of it from high school:cool:

Yeah, you'll definitely need to be billingual here in Montreal to work...
canucktoker
10-30-2006, 04:20 PM
Yeah, you'll definitely need to be billingual here in Montreal to work...


If you were a unilingual anglo dead set on moving to mtl where would you look for a job? Keep an eye out for any jobs like that for me would you?
harris7
10-31-2006, 03:59 AM
I’m from vancouver and I think it is the most beautiful place in the world
But then again I haven’t traveled the world

Amazing forests with hundreds of trails
Amazing coasts!!! You can find everything from white sand on Savery Island to Sand stone. As well it’s a big destination for scuba diving because of the marine diversity
AMAZING mountains!!!! If you like snow. And the view
And great girls

Few places that you can go surfing and snowboarding.

Vancouver cities great to be young. I live with my gf and we pay 1000$ a month for 750 sq feet (so the rents high. I spend less than 1000 a month on everything) but the transit is great. I live near like 10 beaches. And everyone smokes pot and you would have to try to get arrested for it. I actually have met a cop who grows.

Everyone needs workers for everything as we don’t have enough workers. (more so if you have a skill)

Huge cannabis culture. Vancouver is the home for the mag. Cannabis Culture and mark emery who has his own little “pot block” were you can buy weed smoke weed in Amsterdam style café’s and vaporizer bars. And we produce some of the best weed in the world. If your into growing stores openly sell everything explicitly for growing. The hydroponics section in the phone book is very very well represented.

Anyways I love Vancouver.

And I like the taxes. They give me school, bus pass, health care, police, transit and politicians we can blame things on

ps- tim hortins isn't canadian anymore
Pokesmot2
10-31-2006, 05:30 AM
I??m from vancouver and I think it is the most beautiful place in the world
But then again I haven??t traveled the world

Amazing forests with hundreds of trails
Amazing coasts!!! You can find everything from white sand on Savery Island to Sand stone. As well it??s a big destination for scuba diving because of the marine diversity
AMAZING mountains!!!! If you like snow. And the view
And great girls

Few places that you can go surfing and snowboarding.

Vancouver cities great to be young. I live with my gf and we pay 1000$ a month for 750 sq feet (so the rents high. I spend less than 1000 a month on everything) but the transit is great. I live near like 10 beaches. And everyone smokes pot and you would have to try to get arrested for it. I actually have met a cop who grows.

Everyone needs workers for everything as we don??t have enough workers. (more so if you have a skill)

Huge cannabis culture. Vancouver is the home for the mag. Cannabis Culture and mark emery who has his own little ??pot block? were you can buy weed smoke weed in Amsterdam style café??s and vaporizer bars. And we produce some of the best weed in the world. If your into growing stores openly sell everything explicitly for growing. The hydroponics section in the phone book is very very well represented.

Anyways I love Vancouver.

And I like the taxes. They give me school, bus pass, health care, police, transit and politicians we can blame things on

ps- tim hortins isn't canadian anymore

Vancouver Island is much of the same.:thumbsup:
harris7
11-01-2006, 05:46 AM
yea it's pretty much BC as a lot of what i mentioned isn't in Vancouver.