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Is Canada A Good Place To Live? (thinking of moving there)

 
Hillcrest
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What advice do you Canadians have for someone who is moving to Canada for the first time?
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Go to Alberta if you're capitalist, go to BC/Newfoundland if you're socialist.
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Long underwear in the winter!

Be prepared to pay more for everything!

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I need to know everyday stuff like how to get a driver's license.. what to expect when apartment hunting, etc... everyday stuff. Thinking of the Vancouver or Toronto area.
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I love Canada. There are many different provinces though, and they are all different industries etc.. I guess it would depend on what you would want to do for a living and all that. Ontario is where I am, and it is a good central place with various industries.. and we gots good beer, eh!
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We're a friendly lot, so be prepared to smile.
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Oh, just what I want rose
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When Americans say they live in the greatest country in the world it's just because they've never been to Canada
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Move to a territorial capital, whitehorse, yellowknife or iqaluit. They are cold places, but you get a safe, tight knit community with tons of jobs available. You also get tax incentives to live there, northern residency tax break + no GST.
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TOO COLD!!!!!
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[link to www.passthewheel.com]


[link to www.torontorentals.net]
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I need to know everyday stuff like how to get a driver's license.. what to expect when apartment hunting, etc... everyday stuff. Thinking of the Vancouver or Toronto area.
 Quoting: Hillcrest


Toronto is an awesome place! You could probably find out a link to the Toronto Star (newpaper) maybe look at classifieds.. give you an idea.. but alot of ppl who work in Toronto dont live there.. they go to the smaller cities and commute.
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canada has all 4 seasons. its not always cold. dumb americans. lol
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I need to know everyday stuff like how to get a driver's license.. what to expect when apartment hunting, etc... everyday stuff. Thinking of the Vancouver or Toronto area.
 Quoting: Hillcrest



Toronto gets snow all winter which is a downer and Vancouver gets rain all winter which is a downer.

I guess if you like "big city" life it's your choice. For me, I'll stick in my little 30,000 community.

I did live in Toronto for a while but didn't like it.....a nice place to VISIT though.
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I love Canada. There are many different provinces though, and they are all different industries etc.. I guess it would depend on what you would want to do for a living and all that. Ontario is where I am, and it is a good central place with various industries.. and we gots good beer, eh!
 Quoting: Coolchick


I knew you would reply! rose I do mainly at-home medical transcription/medical billing, as far as work goes; some legal junk on the side. Canada is huge.. and only dumb people would think that anything that vast would be the same from city to city. I need a place that is pretty quiet and pedestrian during the day, but has some measure of night life during the evenings. I'm in the L.A. area now. Can't stand it much longer. lol.
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I need to know everyday stuff like how to get a driver's license.. what to expect when apartment hunting, etc... everyday stuff. Thinking of the Vancouver or Toronto area.



Toronto gets snow all winter which is a downer and Vancouver gets rain all winter which is a downer.

I guess if you like "big city" life it's your choice. For me, I'll stick in my little 30,000 community.

I did live in Toronto for a while but didn't like it.....a nice place to VISIT though.
 Quoting: Full Circle

wrong. toronto hardly had any snow last winter. only 2 snowstorms. it was no snow till december,
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When Americans say they live in the greatest country in the world it's just because they've never been to Canada
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Exactly what I suspect.
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I need to know everyday stuff like how to get a driver's license.. what to expect when apartment hunting, etc... everyday stuff. Thinking of the Vancouver or Toronto area.



Toronto gets snow all winter which is a downer and Vancouver gets rain all winter which is a downer.

I guess if you like "big city" life it's your choice. For me, I'll stick in my little 30,000 community.

I did live in Toronto for a while but didn't like it.....a nice place to VISIT though.
 Quoting: Full Circle


Yes that is what I meant.. there is alot to do in Toronto but I would not live there either. It is common for ppl to commute.
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move to ontario.
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I love Canada, and would/could never move away

And we dont have pussy beer lol

cheers Canadian F
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canada has the exact same technology, food everything. only diffrence is way more friendly here.
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no
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I need to know everyday stuff like how to get a driver's license.. what to expect when apartment hunting, etc... everyday stuff. Thinking of the Vancouver or Toronto area.



Toronto gets snow all winter which is a downer and Vancouver gets rain all winter which is a downer.

I guess if you like "big city" life it's your choice. For me, I'll stick in my little 30,000 community.

I did live in Toronto for a while but didn't like it.....a nice place to VISIT though.

wrong. toronto hardly had any snow last winter. only 2 snowstorms. it was no snow till december,
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I know that....but Jan/Feb was steady, regular snow. Torontonians cried like babies during one of the blasts they got in Dec. of last year.
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I love Canada. There are many different provinces though, and they are all different industries etc.. I guess it would depend on what you would want to do for a living and all that. Ontario is where I am, and it is a good central place with various industries.. and we gots good beer, eh!


I knew you would reply! rose I do mainly at-home medical transcription/medical billing, as far as work goes; some legal junk on the side. Canada is huge.. and only dumb people would think that anything that vast would be the same from city to city. I need a place that is pretty quiet and pedestrian during the day, but has some measure of night life during the evenings. I'm in the L.A. area now. Can't stand it much longer. lol.
 Quoting: Hillcrest


Well then you would love Toronto for nightlife.. all kinds there.. but probably would like to live outside of it like tons of ppl do. Aurora and Newmarket are nice places. Not far from Toronto, but nice smaller cities. My brother does that, commutes to Toronto on the GO train, has a station right near his house. You can probably look them up. Those 2 cities are pretty well right beside the other so they are similar.
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If you don't speak french, you can still come to Montréal. People are much nicer than in TO! But we have way more snow i'm afraid.
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I love Canada, and would/could never move away

And we dont have pussy beer lol

cheers Canadian F
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lol. My british relatives come to visit and stare in disbelief at the pee-water americans call beer...
rofl
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There's a reason why Canadians are liked and Americans despised when traveling abroad...
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I love Canada. There are many different provinces though, and they are all different industries etc.. I guess it would depend on what you would want to do for a living and all that. Ontario is where I am, and it is a good central place with various industries.. and we gots good beer, eh!


I knew you would reply! rose I do mainly at-home medical transcription/medical billing, as far as work goes; some legal junk on the side. Canada is huge.. and only dumb people would think that anything that vast would be the same from city to city. I need a place that is pretty quiet and pedestrian during the day, but has some measure of night life during the evenings. I'm in the L.A. area now. Can't stand it much longer. lol.


Well then you would love Toronto for nightlife.. all kinds there.. but probably would like to live outside of it like tons of ppl do. Aurora and Newmarket are nice places. Not far from Toronto, but nice smaller cities. My brother does that, commutes to Toronto on the GO train, has a station right near his house. You can probably look them up. Those 2 cities are pretty well right beside the other so they are similar.
 Quoting: Coolchick


thank you, coolchick rose
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How does one go about getting visa to move their?
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I love Canada. There are many different provinces though, and they are all different industries etc.. I guess it would depend on what you would want to do for a living and all that. Ontario is where I am, and it is a good central place with various industries.. and we gots good beer, eh!


I knew you would reply! rose I do mainly at-home medical transcription/medical billing, as far as work goes; some legal junk on the side. Canada is huge.. and only dumb people would think that anything that vast would be the same from city to city. I need a place that is pretty quiet and pedestrian during the day, but has some measure of night life during the evenings. I'm in the L.A. area now. Can't stand it much longer. lol.


Well then you would love Toronto for nightlife.. all kinds there.. but probably would like to live outside of it like tons of ppl do. Aurora and Newmarket are nice places. Not far from Toronto, but nice smaller cities. My brother does that, commutes to Toronto on the GO train, has a station right near his house. You can probably look them up. Those 2 cities are pretty well right beside the other so they are similar.


thank you, coolchick rose
 Quoting: Hillcrest


Yw pick Ontario lol look up also Muskoka Ontario .. beautiful for getting a cottage in Summer.. we got it all here, Baby!
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How does one go about getting visa to move their?
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yes! this is the stuff I'm looking for. I'm not lazy, I'll do research, but if there are things people can tell me from their actual experience, that's the best way...
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Go to Toronto. Vancouver is not that great. The people in Vancouver are not the friendliest bunch, and the schools/Universities are sort of cliquish.

Vancouver is an excellent place if you have a good social support, but not that great to move to to make a new life.

I have heard many more great things about Toronto as far as social/openness.

The nightlife in Vancouver is also dangerous. Every Saturday and Friday night there are drunken brawls, and the police cordon off the Granville street area to stop cars and violence.

Vancouver nightlife is also like that scene from fear and loathing in Las Vegas, where all the patrons turn into reptilians lol. It would be rare to see a non-reptile in a nightclub.

Edmonton is good for jobs/making a living, but it is incredibly cold. However the price for a studio apartment is still reasonable, and rent shouldn't be that much.

Toronto would be an ideal choice.
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