Pizzawheel

Crucial point- many (myself included) despise the place but many other sing it's praises. But there's not really and bad areas in the GTA if you're coming from Britain.

Sounds like the firm has found the condo for you so you'll be central around Square 1. There are a lot worse places to be in the world.

Job wise, check your visa situation. When you say energy are you talking utilities or oil& gas?

Aldrethboy

Hi Pizzawheel

I work for an energy efficiency technology supplier to businesses. I also have experience within the utilities sector, supplying gas and elec to businesses and homes

Thanks

Pizzawheel

Ok my gut feeling is the utilities here are going to be too slow moving to bother with. They'll get you a job offer by the time you're back in blighty.

There's a growing interest in energy efficiency here and its an open secret that Canada is decades behind Europe. Your accent might end up being your strongest weapon in sales/ support role. I'm not familiar with any companies specifically in that field but they are out there.

Might also be worth reaching out through any institutes/ learned bodies you're a part of- ASHRAE etc- to help you network before you land.

Tronna

It's a lower-density suburb unlike anything you will find in the UK. You will likely need to drive a lot.

Is that something that might appeal to you or would it be too different from home?

You need to understand how different it is from the UK.

Aldrethboy

Thanks Pizzawheel very helpful I will start researching.

Tronna we currently live in a small village with no shops and very use to driving

Dorothy

Trust me...Driving in a small village in the UK is nothing like driving in Mississauga.

Siouxie

Traveller's Road Information Portal - Traffic Cameras
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/tra...79.604149&z=10

not2old

Agree

its certainly not a village or a town. In trying to compare Mississauga to a UK city, I figured it could compare to Birmingham, Coventry or Bradford - or a bit of each.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississauga#Demographics

Mississauga is densely populated & quite diverse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississauga

Mississauga has a good transit system

http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/miway

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Atlantic Xpat

Mississauga: Slough without the charisma.

(With apologies to Slough)

BristolUK

Giant Slinky?

HGerchikov

They are known as the Marilyn Monroe buildings, because of their curves. Disappointingly rectangular inside though.

BristolUK

Ah thanks for that. It's a bit more imaginative than some of the k/a names for other buildings.

Had they been in the UK I wonder if they'd be known as the Diana Dors buildings.

Pizzawheel

I think you have to acknowledge here that the comparisons between the UK and Canada, or Dibley Village and Mississauaga, occupy a rather small part of the Driving Experience continuum.

Having driven in various parts of Africa especially Nigeria you'll excuse me for saying the Canada= UK when you round up.

not2old

similar to comparing the A4 to the Gardiner expressway or the DVP,

or with the M4 to the 401 comparison

BristolUK

The A4 that passes through Brislington?