dunniflat

hello everyone ,i hope you can help me ,my husband has been given a job at a farm in Bowden,Alberta.
there are five of us altogether and a collie,three young children ,we are waiting on work permit and he plans to come over end june (so husband expects).
his wages form the month will be 3,500 cad........please how do you think that will last?we will be coming over with some savings to hopefully buy eventually but intend to rent for the first year anyway!...any help or advice appreciated.. ..thank you x

Danny B

That's about $20 per hr based on a 40hr week, not sure what you mean by how long will it last?
All depends on your outgoings I guess? how much is your rent? if you are living rent free on the farm you will be quids in.

dunniflat

thanks for reply danny,
we will probably be renting , and apparently should expect to pay about 1000 cad or more maybe ?im concerned its not enough to kep 5 of us and our dog!

dunniflat

we are hoping to maybe have the first years rent in advance.
so you reckon that should kep us quite easily without rent?we may eventually have a mortgage to pay to come of this and i suppose there is always a chance of a wage rise ?

cov-canuck

Is that before or after tax?

That actually seems pretty low, but I guess it depends on the job. OH and I each earn more than that (no kids), and that pays for our mortgage, bills, one car loan (the other was paid outright) and a little bit extra for savings each month, but we're in the GTA which I would expect has a higher cost of living.

dunniflat

thanks for replying,im seriously worried now about how we are expected to manage!especially since you and your oh earn more individually with no kids!!omg!think will need to have a serious chat about all of this again !!

thanks

dunniflat

oh thats before tax also !!

rwin

Is it a year round job or seasonal?

dunniflat

its a year round job permanent full time ..extra hours high season etc""

dingbat

I would not chance it with three kids and a dog. I earn slightly more than that and struggle financially with very few debts, five kids and a dog. If you are paying for your own medical and dental, you will have less than $2500 a month to live on. Take off your estimate of rent - take off car insurance and other standing costs...food which is expensive when you have to feed growing kids...you won't have enough to do anything but live from pay cheque to pay cheque.

scrubbedexpat091

Thats about what my wife and I make combined, no kids but we have 2 dogs and 3 cats, we make our bills but we never have anything left for fun.

But our rent increased 45% this year and it accounts for most of our monthly exspenses.

dunniflat

we will have our medical and dental paid !do you still think we would struggle?hubby really wants to give it a try ,just need honest advice!!thanks !

dunniflat

do you mind me asking how much your rent is ?i understand if you dont want to say,just thought it might give me a better understanding of how far the money may stretch?
thanks

britishvixen21

You can check out rents here

www.viewit.ca

and how much you will be paying, personally we are like Cov we bring in that amount and we are just the two of, and we jsut about have enough to get by have $50 a week spending money each and pop a bit away for emergencys,

and we bring that in AFTER tax.

I think either youl have to go out and work as well, or i wouldnt even bother, youl be struggling to make ends meet. i know $3500 seems like a lot but thats only 1,255 quid. can you live off that a month in England?

dunniflat

we actually live in scotland !i think cheaper than england!doesnt seem too bad actually ,livable for a wee while i would hope!
thanks for the link but the job is in bowden so we would need a house there or innisfail.
do you happen to have any more possible links for us to try?