Immigrate to Canada

I currently live in England, but would like to immigrate to
Canada. Vancouver sounds a really great place for families.
I've also heard good things about Calgary.

Anyone got any thoughts on the best place to live in Canada?
What's the job situation like at the moment? What about house
prices?

Thanks in advance.

If you choose Canada, I'd advise settling in Calgary Alberta.

The advantages are many ... low taxes, many jobs, good social climate, calgary stampede. Good place to raise a family.

You should likely steer clear of Calgary...the place is crawling with rednecks and their provincial leader is a drunken hillbilly who signed one of the worst oil deals on the planet. There are also increasing connections between the oil and mining industry in Alberta and health problems.

BC is nice. So are Saskatchewan and Manitoba. So is most of Ontario, although I'd avoid the part that's full of smokestacks if you can.

You don't say what line of work you're in, Mikedavidson, but we need everything from doctors to tradespeople all over this country.

Calgary isn't that bad if you're going to Alberta. Edmonton is less personable I find. If you really want the frontier atmosphere, go to Ft. Mcmurray, or farther north to Yellowknife.

But if you want to stay in a similar climate with the UK, I would suggest the BC coast or the Maritimes. In the end it really depends whether you're looking for a rural experience or an urban one when living here. Then choose your terrain, we have pretty much everything here except the tropics.

Some of you may or may not know that Mrs Dibs and myself put together our application from Immagration to Canada and sent it in arounf February this year.

We were hoping to possibly move to Vancouver Island (which I would personally say is a fantastic place).

The immagration application was a little bit of a headache to put together but not to bad. They do need to know a lot about your history and if your as bad at remembering dates as I am, that's a real problem.

Anyway the application is in and we received no receipt for it (as is expected). The only eveidince to say it was received by the powers that be was that somebody signed for it when the courier delivered.

As I said, that was in February. There is no contact with the immagration people - once it's in, all you can do is wait.

We received an email from a Canadian solicitor dude who was very helpfull with putting together the application. They say it could take about another 30 months to come to a decision on it.

What bollox is that? 30 months! We were hoping to have moved before our son starts school, but that looks unlikely and the chances of us moving at all are becoming less and less.

Canada's great - I would move there in a heart beat, but the Beuracracy and bull**** makes it damn near impossible unless you get a job sponsor or you've got a LOT of money to buy your way into the country.

It really depends on what you are looking for. Canada offers it all ......big cities ,suburbs, rural communities, island living, wilderness living, as well as snow,sleet ,and/or rain and even sun in some parts at certain times of year ..........
Do a bit of research on all the provinces,and their climates, economics, job availability, housing.......etc......I'm sure you'll find something that strikes your fancy..............
keep us posted on your transplant.........

Ontario will give you the most opportunity. All the good people in Canada live there.

Dibs, if you applied in February, you should have had some sort of acknowledgment by now. If I were you I'd check with someone on it. The processing may take some time, but you should at least have gotten a case number after this many months. Where did you apply through?

(Yes, I'm also planning a move to Canada... specifically the Toronto area.)

id go for montreal i mean u get both languages and a great public transport

nada The dibs have already been to this here island to visit peapod and the rest of dat wotthehell gang, they already knows dis island is where its at...

whell then they should come to my island :P

I see you still gots the mojo with dat speed.

hey u kno im fast as ever
the spelling just takes a hit

Hmmm...Isn't Parliment in Ontario ? :P

yes........and that rules out the "good people" notion immediately..

......but the rest of us here in Ontario are great!!!

True, but no one lives in there.



Can you imagine how bad things would be if Parliment wasn't in Ontario?

I'll trade you all the goons in Washington, D.C. for your Parliament.

Ontario is full of nice people, from what I can tell. I have a few friends there, and everyone I've met when I visit seems to be very friendly.

I'm sorry, but as a supporter of fair trade I cannot accept your offer. You have far more goons in Washington than we have in Canada which would lead to a flooding of our market and a devaluation of goons in developing nations that are also part of the goon market.

Damn, Rev... that was good. LOL

If you want to move to Canada you can't do better then the coast of BC and Vancouver Island. We don't have winters that are cold enough to kill you just stepping outside. We don't have huge piles of snow.

And we don't have stacks of rednecks (*cough*Alberta*cough*) Alberta is the Texas of Canada.

I've just moved to Victoria from Vancouver and I have to say I like it here. The people are all nice. Except for the people in the Legislature. Gordon Campbell and his friends are bastards. I'd like to see the lot of them run out of the country on a splintery rail. But I digress. And it's smaller then Vancouver which I kind of like.

I think they should move to Winnipeg. Get the real Canadian experience. Learn to discuss block heaters, R-values, the importance of Thinsulate, and the best brand of snowblower.

I used to work for a Politician. *used* being the operative word.

They should all be placed in a receptacle much like Auschwitz. Anyone who seriously expects a politician to not be blinded by their sudden self-perceived importance, should go and work for one. Eye-opening is the word to describe it.

Having said that... I want to move to this place called Toronto, which apparently is 'The centre of the Universe' I'd like to know more about that, and less about the politicians, and the other added points of discrepancy known as race / religion / creed.

can anyone seriously engage me in describing some of the cultural definitions of canadian provinces? I understand the quebecois thing, but I'm looking more for an understanding on location / demographic / lifestyle / 'habit' and routine .. by routine I dont mean your 9-5, I mean holidays, special occasions of national significance, quirky odd things peculiar to a region etc. for example, where I live, the further north you reside, the more your dialect changes, from fast to slow, clear to drawl, and there's also that 'eh' thing you guys have, but we say 'ay' (once again further north it becomes 'hey') stuff like this example is what I'm interested in, quirky things that make canucks... Canucks.

any help?? please? even if you just tell me what your favourite thing to do on a weekend is, would help me learn a little more. Cheers

hi all i have met the woman of my dreams and we are planning on gettin married but the problem is that she lives in ontario and i live in the uk. now we have been meetin as often as money will let us but i have made the desicion to move to canada to be with her. ok so here is the problem i have no idea how the immagration works. if we just get married am i a certified citizen or do i have to go through with a visa and if so does anyone know how much roughlt that costs i have looked everywhere for info and i cant find a dame thing to help me with my questions. i have plenty to offer as i have had experiance in all types of employment. yet i dont no how or what to do. some please help me i dont want to lose this woman please.

I'm having issues putting together my Quebec/Canada applications... What on earth is a certified true copy? I have to make copies of my diplomas, obviously, but how do I "certify" it?

[quote=Frappuccino Dibs;617417]Some of you may or may not know that Mrs Dibs and myself put together our application from Immagration to Canada and sent it in arounf February this year.

We were hoping to possibly move to Vancouver Island (which I would personally say is a fantastic place).


Bingo, you just hit the jackpot, it is wonderful here, have been here now for
26 yrs, and wouldn't want to be anywhere else.
Anywhere on the island, perhaps with exception of Port Hardy, (too much rain
and fog).

JoeyB

Why would you want to go and give a place like that a bad name by filling it with Canadian politicians....

Nasty just plain nasty!

I am in process of immigartion to Canada , which is the place to live and start your life in Canada , what people like in Canada and what they dont like , do they like Indian Men.......

Here you go dude --

I was looking for more precise answer

-Vinod

Perfection or Nothing