Hi,


We rent near Van (Pitt Meadows) currently but are looking to move somehwere more affordable (wherever that may be) We are not city people and not a fan of Vancouver. Also find eveything so expensive.


I am fortunate that I am an experienced automation electrician so it doesn;t seem to difficult to find work, its just finding that area. I have been offered a job in Ontario which is an option at the moment but we need to review the area in more depth to see if it will be suitable for such a big move.


Any thoughts on smaller cities/towns??


Thanks

Won't you tell us whereabouts in Ontario is the job offer? That would allow better quality responses.

Temiskaming Shores

If anyone here can offer a quality response concerning Temiskaming Shores, I'll be quite surprised. That's a long way up.

Is t your plan to do a reccie to there before you decide to move there. It is in the far north of Ontario so you would experience isolation and long, very cold winters.

It would do moderately well in a game of Scrabble if on a triple word square..

It's a proper noun so you'd face a challenge.

I would claim it was a Canadian outdoor sport where you had to knock frozen moose poo into holes in the ice, using a child's hockey stick to score - I reckon that sounds fairly convincing

I've been to Temiskaming, New Liskeard and Kirkland Lake but only visiting for a few days (my former mother-in-law was from there and wanted photos of the family burial plot etc),

They are really quite small and pretty far north! The city of Temiskaming Shores (amalgamation of 3 towns) had a total population of 10,400 in the Canada 2011 Census. . I quite liked New Liskeard, situated on the lake with a beach and a couple of pubs but I'm sure it's much different in the depths of winter to what it was like in summer. The locals at all 3 locations I found to be very friendly and helpful, if that's of any use to you! I stayed at the Waterfront Inn: http://www.waterfrontinn-ontario.com/ - of the towns in that area I much prefered NL.

I would definitely suggest a recce visit before committing yourselves.

Dear Lord! Have you lost your mind? Maybe do some research on Temiskaming before deciding whether to move there. It's a long way from anything!

That's what I love about BE, I'm always finding something new! Trust Siouxie to have actually been to the place It's website looks nice, but I note that all of the pictures are taken in summer. It looks fantastic, but a winter recce might be a good plan...I'd never have ended up here if I'd visited in February

Looks gorgeous.

I lived in a remote place when I first came to Canada. But it wasn't that remote. I could get to Halifax in about 3 1/2 hours.
The thing that happens when you're an outsider is everybody knows your business...

One summer (2007 IIRC), I had to travel several times by road from Toronto to Timmins and often stopped for a break from the driving at New Liskeard.

It has it's merits (one of which is affordable housing ) but nothing would induce me to even visit in winter. I think I remember that lmartin's wife was brought up there so he might comment if he ever stumbles across this thread.

You called? it's merits? Really!

I only visited a few times and now all family who were there (the inlaws) have sensibly relocated to Hamilton. I like the small town feel up there, and it is cheap though I did hear real estate was going up due to mines reopening. Quite pleasant in the summer though I recall being woken up by a bear tearing down a screen door one night. The lakes are nice. It actually never felt horribly isolated. Airport in Timmins and the thrill of a day trip to Rouyn-Noranda... As you say though I wouldn't even visit in the winter. And they are long. And cold.