Hi
Me and my family are looking too move to Canada but we are not
Sure were? We are wanting some were that is child friendly and has
A very low crime rate?
We have two young children so are wanting to best school for them.
Also needs to have jobs available around the area.thanks

Have you ever been before? If so, where did you go and what did you like about it? If you haven't, why do you think Canada is for you?

What do you like doing? What is important to you?

Are you moving from an English speaking country ?

No I have never been before but my mother in law has, I have never heard a bad thing about Canada it looks such an amazing place, my partner is an emergency care assistant here in the UK and thinks his skills are transferable to the Canadian industry, as for places to live Ontario has taken our fancy

Yes I'm in the UK small phone small keypad sorry!

Welcome to BE! You might need to help us a little more to help you.

Ontario is around 4 times the size of the UK. It's also hugely varied - from the Hamilton-Toronto conurbation in the south (pop. 6.5 million) to the remote Northern communities not accessible by road, and pretty much everything else in between. What is it about Ontario that has taken your fancy? What is it that attracts you to Canada? Do you have a realistic prospect of being granted a visa - and if so, under what category?

The best first advice is usually to make yourself a cup of tea, sit down in front of a browser, and look through the Wiki on this site (accessible via a link on the blue bar at the top of the page). It is a goldmine of useful information: if you can't find an answer to a specific question, by all means come back and ask, but the more specific your question the more helpful our answers are likely to be.

Too many questions that need answers before anyone on this board can give sensible advice.

1. What makes you think you are eligible to migrate to Canada? What research have you done on immigration pathways?
2. What skills do you have? Are they transferable to a Canadian context? What qualifications and work experience do you have?
3. Are you a risk-taker, or risk-averse?
4. What makes you think the grass on this side is greener?

Read the Wiki (blue bar at the top), have a think about the whys and wherefores. This should help you frame questions that can be answered by those with experience. Canada is a huge, sparsely populated country with massive variations in living standards and employment prospects across its Provinces.

Ontario has one of the lowest crime rates from what I've read, we have been sat in front of a browser for a week weighing up the decision, im pretty sure my partners skills are transferable he is a fully qualified medic motor mechanic and welder.

He took a quick points checker and he had 170 points but that was with a job offer, but how likely is it that an employer in Canada would employer a British citizen still living in Canada? And as for what makes you think the grass is greener? Everyone in this country wants something for free and the country's being run into the ground

Thanks for your replys

Have you considered the North West coast of British Columbia?

Do you mean he is a mechanic working on ambulances?.

Compared to where? Just playing devils advocate, but Canada has more murders per capita than the UK does. If you're after a crime free utopia, then I don't think you'll find that anywhere in the world sadly.

So you've looked at the Skilled worker program? But regardless of how many points he had (it's not possible to get 170 so I assume that's a typo!), there's not much point focusing on it just yet, as your partners jobs aren't on the list of eligible occupations for that visa - http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigra...pand=jobs#jobs So if that's the route you want to use to get PR, you'd need to go over on a Temp Work Permit first, so maybe research that visa too?

Your comments about the reasons you think the grass is greener made me smile. I would strongly suggest you visit Canada before spending tens of thousands of pounds on moving your family there. Far better to move for the love of a country, rather than the perceived negatives of the one you've left behind, as unfortunately the same problems are everywhere.

Best of luck with it all.

Have you checked out costs of housing, taxes, healthcare and a million other things, you would be leaving, and losing all the UK benefits you currently get. Canada gets a fair bit colder than the UK, and for a lot longer each year.Travel programmes, on-line adverts for areas in Canada are all slanted to give a rosy picture, they want you to visit, the reality might well be a lot different. If you are people wo like British foods, then you can find them there, but quite expensive, read some of the threads in 'The Maple Leaf', in fact read a lot of the threads on the Canada forum, you will find both positive and negative reports about life there. Read them and see what you fell afterwards. It isn't cheap moving a family to Canada, think in terms of tens of thousands of pounds.

But he may qualify under the Federal Skilled Worker Trades, as Welder is on the list. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigra...plications.asp

If he didn't mind going to Alberta, he could get a temporary work permit without the need for a Labour Market Opinion if he can get a job offer and/or become certified (welder). http://www.albertacanada.com/files/a...steam-pipe.pdf

Yes, I realise that but the OP specifically mentioned points so was talking about the FSW prog, hence why I pointed out that he's not eligible for it at the moment! There no point in her wasting time on researching a visa that isn't for them, hopefully she would have done more research and found the ones he is eligible for.

Sorry he got 87 points on the points grid, he is a trained medic he drives and takes care of patients and classed as a first responder and an ECA (emergency care assistant) but he trained as a mechanic when he left school and did 5 years as an apprentice welder.

I kind of figured Canada wasn't a utopia for crime but 40 times the size of the UK with half the population there's bound to be a higher crime rate somewhere per person. I don't know what it is but we just feel this is what We need to do