I'm not quite sure what to make of this thread. Kale7334, the way you write suggests either that English is not your first language, or the English teachers you had in primary and secondary school were not very good at their jobs. Doesn't much matter either way, it can be fixed with a little effort, and if that were all I had to say I wouldn't have bothered. But it isn't.
Your technical qualifications are pretty good, and you'd probably do better in Alberta, in my not very humble opinion. Alberta is desperately short of skilled people, it's sucking them up from all over and causing shortages elsewhere, and that still isn't enough. Be warned though: higher wages almost always mean higher living costs; a $68K a year job in Edmonton or Calgary is about like a $45K a year job in Regina, where I live. For instance, in Regina you can find a 1200 square foot bungalow in decent condition in a decent neighbourhood for around $120K. In Calgary or Edmonton the same house would cost you at least $300K, if you can find one. Good housing, particularly in Calgary, is hard to find. And in Toronto it'd be $500K. All other jurisdictions in Canada have higher taxes than Alberta, but that's deceptive too: in Alberta you pay out of pocket for things that elsewhere are covered or subsidized by the government's general revenues. Library services, public recreational facilities, car and home insurance, medical care insurance, and a lot of other stuff, will cost you direct charges in Alberta, while elsewhere in Canada they're covered by general revenues or charged out at a very minimal cost. My son's driver's licence for instance, in Saskatchewan costs him about a tenth of what it would cost him in Alberta, and his vehicle insurance costs about a third as much. For me, because I'm over twice his age with a good record, the costs are about the same in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
It's not a simple comparison, but detailed studies by people who presumably know what they're doing (economists, accountants, tax lawyers, people like that) suggest the real costs of living in Alberta and Saskatchewan are about the same on average, and Toronto is way higher. Go to Alberta. Everybody else does, and they're still short of skilled people there. But don't go without a job; get the offer, then go.
Your technical qualifications are pretty good, and you'd probably do better in Alberta, in my not very humble opinion. Alberta is desperately short of skilled people, it's sucking them up from all over and causing shortages elsewhere, and that still isn't enough. Be warned though: higher wages almost always mean higher living costs; a $68K a year job in Edmonton or Calgary is about like a $45K a year job in Regina, where I live. For instance, in Regina you can find a 1200 square foot bungalow in decent condition in a decent neighbourhood for around $120K. In Calgary or Edmonton the same house would cost you at least $300K, if you can find one. Good housing, particularly in Calgary, is hard to find. And in Toronto it'd be $500K. All other jurisdictions in Canada have higher taxes than Alberta, but that's deceptive too: in Alberta you pay out of pocket for things that elsewhere are covered or subsidized by the government's general revenues. Library services, public recreational facilities, car and home insurance, medical care insurance, and a lot of other stuff, will cost you direct charges in Alberta, while elsewhere in Canada they're covered by general revenues or charged out at a very minimal cost. My son's driver's licence for instance, in Saskatchewan costs him about a tenth of what it would cost him in Alberta, and his vehicle insurance costs about a third as much. For me, because I'm over twice his age with a good record, the costs are about the same in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
It's not a simple comparison, but detailed studies by people who presumably know what they're doing (economists, accountants, tax lawyers, people like that) suggest the real costs of living in Alberta and Saskatchewan are about the same on average, and Toronto is way higher. Go to Alberta. Everybody else does, and they're still short of skilled people there. But don't go without a job; get the offer, then go.
