hi im a new member, myself and my family are looking to move to edmonton ,im a carpenter from england .weve heard edmotons a nice place and the people are friendly.is there plenty of work out there,whats the chance of employment:lol:
advice for english carpenter wanting to move to edmonton
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Lots of work but it's below -30ºC in winter. And winter is from the third week in October to the end of April.
thanks very much it gets cold where we live but not that cold ,i guess we would have to wrap up well .hope we can get there im in the process of sending out my resume
At the very least ,you won't face the proverbial " London Fog " weather :lol:
You'll find it comparatively dry. Here's hoping.
You need two tape measures. The official metric one and the imperial one that all plans other than government buildings are in. Using lumber cut in Imperial and plans in metric is a bitch.
You'll need a tape measure with the black diamonds on it if you're going to get past the government spies.
why not its got to be better than England were ruled by idiots its got to be a better place to live weve looked into the area and like what we see .The people sound friendly ,hope weve got it right
Matter of opinion. The best thing that can be said about oilberta is that they don't like socialists.
we live up north londons down southern England its colder up here but nowhere near as cold as your place it will make our place feel as though were living in the tropics
i suppose so i just want a better life for my kids englands a violent place now especially amonst the youths , idont want them growing up there
search on this site here for 'hermanntrude'... he might be able to give you some more tailored advice and tips if he comes around, as to what it's like to move here from there. He used to live in the northern wilds, and in Edmonton. Currently he's a newfie, but, we'll forgive him that. ;-)
My niece married a guy from England and they recently moved from England to Edmonton. He is 90 pounds soaking wet and the winters don't bother him at all. If you have any meat on your bones you will get used to it. He's been here 2 years and loves it. Besides, once you're over here, you can always move to southern Alberta.... much hotter in the summer but nicer in the winter.
Alberta, Saskatistan and Manitoba are the place to be so you're at least starting off on the right foot.