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Where's nice in Canada
2010-08-30, 3:27 AM #1
Maybe I should move there.

I hear Vancouver is nice, any Canaliens have any suggestions? Somewhere good to bring up a family.
2010-08-30, 4:05 AM #2
Just spent a month in Winnipeg, Manitoba - got robbed and threatened on different occasions, and I didn't really find the personality in that city... felt kinda empty. Wouldn't recommend Winnipeg itself, but if you appreciate beautiful, vast nature, you'll definitely find a spot for you and your family in its surroundings.
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2010-08-30, 4:05 AM #3
I want to move there myself one day. I couldn't say for actual living, but I spent two weeks around Toronto and Montreal in June and loved every second of it.

I haven't been to Vancouver yet but pictures I've seen look pretty spectacular.
2010-08-30, 4:13 AM #4
South of the border!
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.
2010-08-30, 4:45 AM #5
I've been to Toronto a bunch of times and absolutely love it. I've also heard nice things aboot Halifax.
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2010-08-30, 5:00 AM #6
Take lots of coats.
2010-08-30, 5:04 AM #7
My pants.


(In all seriousness, Toronto and Victoria are two great, active cities. I was particularly fond of Markham, near Toronto.

You could always come to quebec and learn our bastardized french! :D)
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2010-08-30, 5:09 AM #8
I'd like to move to Quebec, but my French is poor. Izzy's is excellent, but it's High French. We've both mentioned moving before, and I'm starting to feel this may be a good time to investigate it properly.

Wherever we go, I need to find work and we'd need to get cars and a house and all that too, so it's just speculative right now.
2010-08-30, 5:26 AM #9
Well the great thing about urban centers like Toronto, Victoria, Calgary, Montreal and Quebec City is that you could get by without a car, at least for your first few months if not years. Metros, buses and taxis are pretty effective, though the latter is by far the most costly.

As for speaking french, well, Montreal is particularly good for english people. Still, its always possible to learn the tongue and usually, depending on your qualifications, employers will welcome you with open arms.

The one thing I would suggest checking out is if your scholar degrees are applicable and recognized in Canada.
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2010-08-30, 5:36 AM #10
They should be - my University is older than your country! (I need to move quickly on my professional qualifications though)
2010-08-30, 6:09 AM #11
Windsor, Ontario is pretty good. Toronto is nice too, but I am more of a fan of Windsor.
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2010-08-30, 6:13 AM #12
Are we going to be Canada's Mexico?
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2010-08-30, 6:17 AM #13
Originally posted by Martyn:
They should be - my University is older than your country! (I need to move quickly on my professional qualifications though)


Well I hope that is the case. I've heard horror stories about what's officially accepted here in Canada, but hey, it could be fiction for all I know. I obviously never had to deal with that. :P Your degrees are pretty high up there.
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2010-08-30, 6:44 AM #14
Originally posted by Tenshu2.0:
Just spent a month in Winnipeg, Manitoba - got robbed and threatened on different occasions, and I didn't really find the personality in that city... felt kinda empty. Wouldn't recommend Winnipeg itself, but if you appreciate beautiful, vast nature, you'll definitely find a spot for you and your family in its surroundings.


This Winnipeg?
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2010-08-30, 6:50 AM #15
Originally posted by KOP_AoEJedi:
This Winnipeg?


The very same :) You wouldn't believe the **** you can see there on patient rounds. Like people getting stabbed through the skull with a wood chair leg, or hit over the head with a sock filled with billiard balls... :psyduck: So uh, if you do have to go there, I'll be glad to advise you which areas to avoid.
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2010-08-30, 6:59 AM #16
you know what else is a great place in canada, ohio.
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2010-08-30, 7:00 AM #17
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Ah yes, Canada. It's the third on my "other countries to move in" list after Denmark and Sweden, its main difference to the other two is that I'd actually need a reason to move there. Hum.

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2010-08-30, 7:19 AM #18
Nowhere. Canada is awful.
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2010-08-30, 7:20 AM #19
Minnesota

>.>
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2010-08-30, 7:25 AM #20
Nova Scotia.

What? I'm keeping my end up!
nope.
2010-08-30, 7:34 AM #21
uh nice is in france
2010-08-30, 7:55 AM #22
Hey Martyn, you should get a job designing bridges:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-11082007
For Canada
2010-08-30, 10:28 AM #23
Turns out both the UK and Canada are signatories of the Washington Accord which guarantees that both my Master's (which was accredited) and, when I get it finished, professional qualification are recognised as equivalent. Obviously I'd have to get up to speed with local codes, but it's all sorted from an equivalency point of view.
2010-08-30, 11:02 AM #24
Alberta's pretty bad unless you can get in the petrochemical industry. Saskatchewan and Manitoba are virtual wastelands.

Ontario's probably your best bet.

But the job situation's pretty bad everywhere on Earth. I can't recommend moving anywhere right now.
2010-08-30, 1:10 PM #25
Yowzas! I'm glad I was only in Winnipeg for the airport! And I'm a Baltimore kid! @_@

I'm not sure if I'd describe what I saw of Manitoba a wasteland. Super-rural, sure, but they seem to be doing fine enough on the farming. /shrug/
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2010-08-30, 1:19 PM #26
Jon - by the time we've thought about it, decided on it, organised it, got the paperwork done I suspect the times will be at least a little different. Maybe even a bit better.

Thanks for all your input so far everyone.
2010-08-30, 1:26 PM #27
Originally posted by mb:
I've been to Toronto a bunch of times and absolutely love it. I've also heard nice things aboot Halifax.


Especially those crossdressing tranny hookers.
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2010-08-30, 1:34 PM #28
I've been to Toronto a few times. Once there was a free Nickelback concert going on, I didn't go.
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2010-08-30, 1:41 PM #29
I like living in Toronto.

When people first move here, they always underestimate the extreme weather. This summer has been ridiculously hot and humid (30 degrees, 98% humidity = feels like 40, unbelievably stickey) and the winter will go right down to -20-30ish.

But yeah, I grew up here. Really safe, good schools, tons of activities/stuff to do. Bars/restaurants/entertainment is pretty much top notch, both mainstream and independent music scenes have heavy presence. Great sports town (NHL, MLB, NBA, MLS, CFL, Rogers Cup, Honda Indy, etc)

Pretty much everything except the weather, taxes, and anything that has to do with city council/politics are sweet. And the telecom companies will ravage you if you let them.
2010-08-30, 3:59 PM #30
Everywhere.
2010-08-30, 6:46 PM #31
I recommend Nunavut. With such a unique name, who can resist?
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2010-08-30, 7:26 PM #32
but but guys

france

joke

my joke

my feelings
2010-08-30, 7:27 PM #33
the french have nice cannes and thiais
2010-09-01, 2:19 PM #34
Originally posted by Martyn:
Maybe I should move there.

I hear Vancouver is nice, any Canaliens have any suggestions? Somewhere good to bring up a family.


I live about 60 km away from Vancouver. It's a really good city, amazing views, lots to do in and around the city but it's stupidly expensive to live in Vancouver itself. You'd find cheaper real estate in a near by city like Langley, Abbotsford, or maybe Surrey. And like someone was saying before with job situation, it's not much different in this area, things are tough, not easy to find work at the moment.
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2010-09-01, 11:22 PM #35
Originally posted by Jon`C:
the french have nice cannes and thiais


I hear they have nice Boobies too.

Thanks for all the input chaps, we're taking it all on board.

Especially the France joke. We really enjoyed the France joke.
2010-09-01, 11:32 PM #36
Originally posted by Martyn:

Especially the France joke. We really enjoyed the France joke.


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