Which of these destinations should my family & I move to from U.K.?

My wife is a nurse.My kids are 5 & 9.
I'm a dairy processing manager.
Not looking for really cold weather...lol
or
mosquitoes


Please feel free to ask me questions or call me names & point me in the right direction..

I'm new so be gentle please...

BC. Do you like rain?

rain is o.k. how deep...how often? lol

PS.... Vancouver or certain coastal areas doesn't mean the entire province of BC!

It rains only once a year in Vancouver -- all winter.

But I take NessieOggy's point that coastal BC is not the whole of BC.

And the prospect of rain doesn't stop me from wanting to move to the coast. I love those broad-leafed evergreens that they have out there. The coast has banana trees, for goodness' sake.

Your wife could write an exam and become a registered nurse in either Alberta or BC. She could enter Canada on a work permit and, because she is in Skill Level O, A or B on the National Occupational List, you could get a spousal open work permit. That means that you could accept any job with any employer in any region of Canada. That gives you a huge advantage.

If you are a dairy processing manager, I would venture a guess that the Fraser River Valley, just east of Vancouver, might be a good spot for you. Suggest you use the forum's search function to look for places like Langley, Chilliwack, Abbotsford. Well, that would be a starting point at least.

Hi, we are on Vancouver Island and absolutely love it. It depends on what you are looking for but it is very scenic and laid back here. There is http://www.viha.ca/ for the Health Authority and for dairy processing try http://www.islandfarms.com/ Good luck

But those are the only bits that don't get really cold!

If you don't like the cold or mozzies i'd go to Texas.

Seriously, i'm in Alberta and I love it despite this morning being -9 and its not yet winter and I live the sunniest part of Canada! and the Mozzies only left about 2 months ago, carrying the Pronghorns in their claws with them. Her indoors would have no problems getting employment as a Nurse although there are a few hoops to jump through, getting her Quals recognised. Pay is better is Alberta and the taxes are lower. As for Dairy management I think you'd be stuck with BC (not as bad as it sounds) Alberta is in the main geared towards eating the end product, although there are a few smaller dairy farms around my neck of the woods.

Regards

HH

Are you serious about the mozzies lasting until Autumn? Here, we only really have them at the start of the summer, once they have hatched. By mid summer, they have dispersed quite a bit..........thats when the Lancaster bomber dragonfly's come out to get them !!!

This year has been quite bad, they arrived in or around Apr and we still were having reports of West Nile at the end of September, to be fair I do live in a very rural area outside of Med Hat.

No person who has lived in Houston would make that statement.

But I do realize there's more to Texas than Houston.

Many thanks for replies & links most helpful..

I bit of a hiccup on the horizon is my wifes parents.They've told her to make the move but she is their only daughter(they have a son) & is really stuck as to what to do.

I'm trying to present this to her as best as possible withou putting too much pressure on her.

My wife & I dicussed this a few years ago & only now have her parents mentioned anything like it.


The move would be best for our kids & us there's no real reason to stay here.......

Thanks again TnP

If they've told her to move, what's the problem?

TnP, most of the people on this forum are dying to get out of the UK or have already left the UK and, for the most part, are happy to have done so. Don't expect to be bombarded by objective opinions here.

Another point is that this is a matter for discussion between you and your wife. How strangers on the Internet can mediate between you is not immediately clear to me.

But, to the extent that you are going to listen to a bunch of subjective loonies, at least listen to both arguments. Hang out on this forum, and also hang out on the Moving back to the UK forum. Find out why other people moved back to the UK from Australia, Canada, etc.

*chuckles* We were talking rain, weren't we?! Personally, I actually find it colder on the coast sometimes. I live in a fairly dry climate, so when in the Lower Mainland during the winter, I tend to feel the chill from the moisture in the air.



Oggy