Moving to Canada?
 

I'm an American citizen (living in England and married to an Englishman, with all the visas that apply) looking to possibly move to Canada. Anyone have any info on how easy/hard it is for Americans and/or English moving to the fair country of Canada? I have lots more questions about housing costs, healthcare, crime rates, etc and how they vary from territory to territory (for example I've heard BC is nice but I know very little about it) but don't want to get too much information if it is going to be an impossible move in the first place.

Thanks in advance for ANYTHING anyone can tell me about this.

B.c Is expensive and only nice cause its close to the ocean....... Ontario is where its at...... Ask Labret for more information, he is the most canadian person i know

Canada takes everybody.. Come one come all.. We even give you some spending cash at the door.. :glugglug

Very true....... If you want in for sure, Pretend you are arab and have like 75 kids that arent yours come with you... You will be in for sure

Canada exists OUTSIDE of Ontario???

You will want to stay away from Manitoba it gets to cold here.

Oh Canada.

:glugglug

Doesn't get much more expensive than England, so I hear over and over and...

Money should not be some worry, by no doubt, if you can afford to live in England then you can afford to live in Canada.

I have some link collected... wait a minute and I will post 'em.

I move here from

Car nadar

And they think I'm slow

eh?

:)

halifax, ns is cheap to live, weather isn't too bad but its a smaller city. about 100k or so.

http://britishexpats.com/


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good luck, there is much information there. :glugglug

fuck that
vancouver owns all

come here u'll love it

Thanks for all the info so far. The Brit stuff will be helpful for my hubby. Any stuff for Americans moving to Canada for me?

its kinda like the states, except we watch hockey and if you get a cold you just go to a doctor and it doesn't cost anything.

First of all, they are know as provinces mostly, except for the Yukon, North West and the newest, Nunavet, which, because of population, are still referred to a territories.

I moved from Ontario which has a very high cost of living. The hydro(power-electricity rates )are skyrocketing because of de-regulation-one of the many reasons I would not live there now at all.

The best place to live is Alberta, with no sales taxes, BC or my home province of Saskatchewan, which can be very cold, but the cost of living is still quite low.

Um, hockey I can take or leave. I didn't know that Canada had a system similar to the NHS we have here. Interesting to know.

PROVINCES!!! That was the word I was searching for when I said territories. This baby is sucking my brain away, I'm certain.

That is another thing. We don't mind the cold too much, especially if there are mountains nearby. I'd rather be cold than hot.

Can I have a nibble?:1orglaugh

if you like mountains and rain, bc might just be the place for you.

after sept 11/01 canada decided that since the attacks were on US domestic flights and the terrorists were residents of the USA that we would now close our immigration boarder to all US citizens since we don't know if people comming from the USA are terrorists or not.

BC is the Place to move, we have the Best Scenery, The Ocean,
Awesome Outdoor activities ( name it we got it ).
My family moved here from Wales ( years ago ) and had No problems. I'de reccomend BC to anyone thinking of moving to Canada. Have a good weekend eh !
:)

*looks in mirror* Hmm, I suppose if I wrapped a turban around my head and layed in a tanning booth for 2 weeks.....

Good Luck.

There was an article in The National Post about the new imagration requirements based on a point system.

Sadly to say I wouldn't even get accepted. LOL

BC sucks!

Vancouver sucks even worse.

Don't even consider moving here.

Newfoundland is great I hear and so is Gimli Manitoba. Go there.

Link? sounds interesing..........

people move *to* canada????

Gimli is the home of the Gods (I came from there)

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I am an American citizen legally living in Canada on a work visa. Getting this was not as easy as we thought. You have to come in under the NAFTA guidelines and they are pretty strict regarding people's professional situation. We were denied 4 times before we finally were given our visas. Other then thats it fairly easy to get in as long as your not a criminal. Just be sure you have all your paperwork straight in regards to the guidlines listed under nafta for your profession. You can get a copy of the NAFTA handbook online or at any North American immegration office.

Hope that helps.

Thanks Rich, but I'm probably going to be classified as 'unemployed' or 'housewife'. I'll be helping my hubby with his webmastering/site design/general stuff on a part time basis from home but mostly I'll be looking after our new baby and cooking and cleaning and other stuff housewives do. Dunno how that will affect my eligibility. With my husband being English it may change things a bit. I'll have to do some serious research.

You may want to check out Montreal, it's a beautiful city and you never get bored here! :Graucho

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Rich, are you working for a Canadian company or are you self employed? I wonder if it's easier to get in as a person who owns your own company or one who is working for an existing Canadian company.

Here is everything you need to know about immigration in Canada in the pleasant form of a poem:

I come for visit, get treated regal,
So I stay, who care I illegal?
I cross ocean, poor and broke,
Take bus, see employment folk.
Nice man treat me good in there,
Say I need to see welfare.
Welfare say, "You come no more,
We send cash right to your door."
Welfare checks, they make you wealthy,
Medicaid it keep you healthy!
By and by, I got plenty money,
Thanks to you, Canadian dummy.
Write to friends in motherland,
Tell them come as fast as you can.
They come in turbans and Ford trucks,
I buy big house with welfare bucks.
They come here, we live together,
More welfare checks, it gets better!
Fourteen families they moving in,
But neighbor's patience wearing thin.
Finally, white guy moves away,
Now I buy his house, and then I say,
"Find more aliens for house to rent."
And in the yard I put a tent.
Send for family (they just trash),
But they, too, draw the welfare cash!
Everything is very good,
And soon we own the neighborhood.
We have hobby--it's called breeding,
Welfare pay for baby feeding.
Kids need dentist? Wife need pills?
We get free! We got no bills!
Canadian crazy! He pay all year,
To keep welfare running here.
We think Canada darn good place!
Too darn good for the white man race.
If they no like us, they can scram,
Got lots of room in Pakistan.

Newfoundland is great!
Cost of living is cheap here as well except for the tax H.S.T 15%
Health care is good here the Dr.s just came off strike!! They have a great childrens hospital here called the Janeway.

Weather is ok we are right on the ocean so it gets a bit damp here every now and then and some fall seasons we get lots of rain.

Smurfette

I've traveled all across Canada, and I can say that the best place to live is Vancouver (or possibly Victoria), both are in BC.

canada r0x0rs your b0x0rs

You told me that Tipsy was doing that.

canada is a country now?

After living my entire life and traveling throughout Canada, I can confidently say that British Columbia has the most to offer out
of all of the provinces. You will never run out of things to do here. Cost of living depends on which part of B.C you choose to
live in, but overall is fairly reasonable. It has only rained here about 3 - 4 days in the last month. How many other provinces can say that. While the east coast is out shoveling their snow I think I'll go out and fire up the barbecue!

we accept self employed people more than anything, but the rule is that you must have a canadian investor, and at least 1 employee.


The cost of living in New Brunswick is wickedly cheap. Unfortunately the avergae salary is not as high as other provinces. But you will still have more money to yourself here. The culture and the people who live here are very carring and understanding for the most part. Look at the 3-4 thousand 9/11 passengers that got stranded in Moncton. I myself live in Moncton. It is a bilingual city that is in the middle of a massive housing and technology boom, Ibm is comming to town as well as a dozen other massive companies. We have the world's highest ranking of call centers and tech related jobs per capita, besides silicon valley that is.

Our watter is clean. Just got a 1.2 billion dollar watter treatment plant. The air quality is great compared to other provinces. There is millions of acres of untouched land all over the province. My only warning to anyone looking to move out this way is to avoid the northern cities and towns because they are full of french Quebec seperatists bastards and gas sniffin Aboriginals.

This area is a great place to raise children. And housing is fairly cheap. 100k buys you a brand new 2 level with finished basement in a prestigious neighbourhood. If you want luxury. A massive 3 story with fully finished basement and in-law suite will run about 250k in our most snobbish subdivisions.

The crime rate is pretty low compared to anywheres else.
We are also the coffe capital of the world according to Statistics Canada. There is 1 Tim Horton's on every 5 blocks it seems. Not something to be proud of but hey...

Hope some of this info helps you out

face it, it rains 24/7 :)

Have you ever wondered why the cost of living in New Brunswick is cheap? It's because nobody wants to live there. Have you ever been to Vancouver? It's fuckin gorgeous!

all of interior BC rocks. awesome mountains and lakes, some of the best snowboarding in the world. it's also the warmest area of Canada.

The reason why people leave here is because there was a major employment shortage, but i gurantee you, there are tonnes of jobs available now

Don't normally do this but.......BUMP.

The info so far is very helpful - thanks to all.

Keep it coming please, I need all the help I can get!!

Why do you want to move to Canada?

Can't believe there isn't at least a few people making money from porn who have either moved or tried to move to Canada. Anyone know how the immigration people regard that. If you even mention porn is it like an automatic no? If so what's the best way to workaround that? Maybe put the profession as general IT or a programmer?

Looking at the points system the biggest barrier by far seems to be the job side of things. That said I should easily be able to get away with calling myself a programmer as it was my previous employment before moving into adult stuff.

You would need to live in the UK (especially areas of higher unemployment) with a kid on the way to appreciate it. Canada isn't the only option but is in the top 2.

A few reasons really. To start we have a baby on the way and we do NOT want to bring our child up where we are living now. The schools are very poor unless you pay for private education and while we could afford to do this, I was educated in public schools and feel I benefited from it. Also, the area in which we live is relatively cheap but the standard of living is not good. The streets are dirty, there is an unnecessarily high crime rate, the local council have no clue what they are doing...it goes on. We could move elsewhere in the UK but to find a significantly nicer area we'd have to pay at least double for the house/area we'd want to live in if not more. Why pay £300000 for a 4 bedroom detached house in 1/4 acre of land in the middle of a London suburb when you could pay £100000 for a similar property with more land in Canada.

Reason two, we want to move somewhere with a more sensible legal and moral system. We were considering Holland on this front but they don't have enough housing for their own people let alone immigrants.

Reason three, we'd like to move into the mountains. This said, France is also on the cards. Clean air, nice people (usually) and near to the snowboarding. I have sinus problems and T has chest problems, both of which are significantly reduced whenever we travel to the mountains.

There are a load of other small reasons that escape me at the moment but it all boils down to wanting a better life for our family from having a nice house with a big garden to good schools.