http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repor...rticle2070773/

Interesting article about interprovincial migration. Looks like a lot of people are leaving the maritimes etc. for the oil patch again.

Sort of makes you wonder why the maritimes are so attractive to those coming from the UK.

Cheap housing and proximity to the UK do not tick all the boxes.

Proximity to the UK was, and is, not a box to tick.

I know what you mean, not a lot of direct flights.

But some seem to think it is a box worth ticking.

I suspect it is mostly about being able to have an acre or two.

Each to their own

I know it's difficult for some to believe, but it's quite possible to work in Canada and not be working in the oil/gas sector.

The maritimes are undeniably closer to the UK than anywhere else in Canada. Over the summer, Canadian Affair flies nonstop from Halifax to London.
There are no direct flights over the winter, but there are easy connections from Toronto or New York. The time difference is also only 4 hours (compared to 8 hours in Vancouver), so is much more convenient for communicating with family.
For some, the maritimes offer the chance to live in a nice house, with land, with little or no mortgage.

Just my opinion like, but there's definitely an air of snobbery regarding the atlantic provinces, not only on this forum, but alot of BC/Albertans....

^^ What he said.

No snobbery intended and yes I am well aware there are other jobs outside the oil and gas sector (I worked in one).

However it is a fact that unemployment is higher in the maritimes otherwise why would a lot of maritimers be moving west.

You are lucky you're going to a job there not everyone has that luxury.

The flight issue is not an advantage if you have to fly "back" to Toronto to get a flight to the UK now is it.

I wish you well in your move.

^^^ And also what he said.... I'm being balanced ( fun isn't it ).

Quite. We're closer to the UK than most of you. Fine and dandy between end May and end Sept when AC fly directly. Next Thursday night we fly to the UK in 5 hours or less. Not so much fun for the rest of the year when we have to fly via Halifax. Or worse still Toronto. Last December, some 8 hrs after leaving my house, I was able to think 'Oh look, I'm flying over it again. Only another 6 hours to go on this plane!'

Nfld is an interesting place in terms of jobs, economy, housing etc. The O&G driven economy is booming around St. John's. The economy in the rest of the Island is basically predicated around the Newfoundlanders who work 6 and 2 or various other combinations out in Fort Mac & other such places. Yet here in St. John's hiring people is a challenge and house prices are nuts compared to Nova Scotia.

That all being said, a headline along the lines of 'People are moving from Atlantic/Maritime Canada to Alberta for jobs' should come with a byline entitled: 'No shit, Sherlock!'

Why ever not? Some have family and friends who like to come over, and to make frequent trips back. Why would anyone who was born in UK not occasionally want to visit the place?

But it's no advantage being in say New Brunswick or even Halifax for most of the year if you have to connect through Toronto to get to the UK.

You fly 2 to 2.5 hours west in order to go east.

If you only want to travel during the period Canadian Affair flies direct Halifax/London then great but that's only in the summer months.

Even worse in Newfoundland.

Because I spent nearly 40 years there and believe I have "been there, done that". Plenty more of the world to see.

Ooh, a balanced tangram!

I'm drooling over a 5 hour flight to europe. It's too bad the OH is such a stickinmud, I'd have loved to check out the maritimes. Slightly OT but a group of ex-maritimers are transforming the Downtown Eastside, one crappy building/restaurant at a time. They seem to have been able to see the potential in the area more than the local Vancouverites could.

The difference in unemployment rates isnt huge. NS is around 9%, AB is around 6.5%. Ontario, the so-called centre of the universe, is around 8%.

According to the figures, Sask has a lower unemployment rate than Alberta, but no one seems to make a big deal out of it.