Wanting to move from YYC
#31
Re: Wanting to move from YYC
Fortunately the housing costs in much of the maritimes are not fantastically inflated so the fantastically well paying job is less essential.
There are, of course, universities, hospitals, finance houses, schools, federal/provincial/municipal government departments, parks departments, IT forms, building companies, industrial parks, call centres, media organisations, retail centres and all the rest of it just like anywhere else in Canada.
Fewer job vacancies at any given moment but, of course fewer job candidates for them. Partly that's smaller population, partly poor literacy rates.
20 vacancies in one top position is no advantage over 5 somewhere else if there are 200 applicants for the 20 positions and 50 for the 5.
#32
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Joined: Sep 2010
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Posts: 404
Re: Wanting to move from YYC
NS has more per 100,000 than any other province according to 2015 figures.
For several years the maritimes has come out rather well in comparisons with doctor availability.
2015. Canada per 100,000 = 228
Highest province = 261/NS. NL = 243, NB = 222.
Qc 242, On 220, AB 237, BC 232, MB 204
For several years the maritimes has come out rather well in comparisons with doctor availability.
2015. Canada per 100,000 = 228
Highest province = 261/NS. NL = 243, NB = 222.
Qc 242, On 220, AB 237, BC 232, MB 204
#33
Re: Wanting to move from YYC
I think the waiting times to actually get a family doctor is long all over Canada. Whenever the subject crops up on BE it seems to affect everyone everywhere although there will always be exceptions.
At the time we moved it was about a year for my Canadian wife and her kids. When my PR came through I didn't have a waiting period. Her doc just added me