Over the time that I have been planning our move I have collected lots of information from websites and I thought I would share them. Some of them might seem silly but I thought I would add them anyway.
www.mls.ca
For housing
Realtor Edmonton we used and will be using
www.gennerrealty.com
Realtor Calgary we were showed round by Julie Parry and would have used if we moved to Calgary.
http://www.julieparry.com/max/rls/realtors/parryju/
A wide amount of information can be found on this site including information on licencing and vehicle registration
http://www.servicealberta.ca/
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Tourism-g154914-Edmonton_Alberta-Vacations.html
Accommodation for recce trip to Edmonton
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Tourism-g154913-Calgary_Alberta-Vacations.html
Accommodation for recce trip to Calgary
http://edmonton.en.craigslist.ca/
advertising board for housing, jobs etc
www.movetoedmonton.com
Useful info on all sorts of stuff.
http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_CA-AB.aspx
current time in Alberta
http://www.xe.com/ucc/
currency converter
http://www.convertunits.com/
convert measurements eg km to miles
http://www.albertagasprices.com/
all in the name
http://www.mytelus.yellowpages.ca/
to find businesses for certain professions just like yell.com
www.autotrader.ca
Just like the one in the UK for advertising cars
http://www.thepensionservices.gov.uk/state-pension/forecast/home.asp
information regarding UK pension
http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/isp/cpp/cppinfo.shtml
information regarding Canadian pension
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tab=wl
google maps can be used as a route planner to get an idea of distance.
http://www.rogers.com/web/Rogers.portal
http://www.bell.ca/shopping/PrsShpWls_Landing.page
http://www.shaw.ca/en-ca/ProductsServices/
http://consumer.telus.com/cgi-ebs/jsp/homepage.jsp?
TV and Telephone packages
http://www.nationmaster.com/country/ca-canada
find out stats on lots of things compared to England and other countries
http://www.safeway.ca/storefinder/sixframeset.asp?mainurl=http://safeway.ca.inserts2online.com/storeReview.jsp?drpStoreID=258
Safeway supermarket gives an idea of food prices
http://www.sears.ca/gp/home.html
Department store gives an idea of prices of beds etc
http://www.lnt.com/home/index.jsp
http://www.thebrick.com/Application/Storefronts/Homepage.asp?SiteCode=EN
Household items
http://www.calgarysun.com/
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/index.html
Calgary Newspapers above and Edmonton below great for getting news, rental prices etc
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/index.html
http://edmontonsun.com/
I would just like to say thanks to Leith for his suggestions and if anyone else feels that there is a website that would be useful for myself or others please post it in the comments box. Of course within reason, I don't want to be told off by the mods.
Update to follow I'm sure there will be more to add
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