Rooander

Hi everyone

We have lived here in Canada for the last 8years but are planning to move back to the UK within the next couple of years.

Has anyone done this? And if so how hard was it?

rivingtonpike

where in the UK would you intend to move to? And where in Canada are you moving from?

Rooander

Moving out of Saskatoon and back to my hometown of Hastings.

magnumpi

Have a look the Moving back to UK page, many have done the same

Moving back to the UK - British Expats

Rooander

OK Thanks

cheeky_monkey

i moved back to the UK in 2014 after living in Canada for 5 years..i have recently returned after 2 1/2 years back home.

Kentonmag

My Son who was 2 year old when we moved to Canada from the UK in 1991, moved back to live in the UK last September at age 28. The only thing he needed was to get a home address in the UK before he could apply for a National Insurance number. His girlfriend went over with him but since she is only Canadian she applied and received a 2 year working visa. They had an apartment (flat in England) and jobs within 3 weeks of arriving there.

Paul_Shepherd

What made you move back to Canada after 2 and half years?

cheeky_monkey

well in the back of my mind..i was only going back home temporarily.....i was set to come back in 2015 and had a job lined up in Calgary etc but life happens.

The main reason for coming back however was the realization that financially i would be better off in Canada..although i had a good job and a well paid job in London i couldn't get back on the housing ladder and the amount i could save each month was minimal..if i keep my head down and my nose clean for the next 20 years here i can do alright and should be able to retire with some degree of financial security.

wonderwoman

I'm considering a move back to the UK, it definitely seems like I'll be taking a step back financially and property wise, my heart says move but my head says "think of the money!"

wonderwoman

I'd be interested in your motivation for moving back? I'm at the ten year mark and it's recently became a topic in our house

Kentonmag

Actually it depends where you currently live in Canada whether you would be better off financially moving back to the UK. House prices in the UK have stagnated for about 3 years now and have took an extra hit because of Brexit. If you happen to live within a 100 klm radius of Toronto you've made at least 40% on your property value in those same 3 years. The current exchange rate is 20% better for buying Sterling with Canadian dollars than it was one year ago.
I can say that in my 26 years of living in Canada this would be the best time financially to move back. I've looked and can afford property, over there, that I could only dream of living in when I was living in the UK.

wonderwoman

I'm in Alberta, I brought in a boom, my house has increased but not by as much as I'd like lol! I can afford to buy, but the trade off is a smaller house than what I left in the UK, but hopefully in a better area....... I'm just penny pinching all the costs, as I hate losing money 😂

MarylandNed

Yep - we did it after 7 years in Canada. It wasn't particularly hard as our 2 kids were 3 and 2 at the time. We sold our house in Canada (just outside Toronto) and rented in the UK (London). Bit of a pain trying to open a UK bank account (we closed them when we left the UK and didn't have proof of address when we returned). We lasted 2 years in the UK. We enjoyed living there but after about 18 months we started to get itchy feet again. We realized that we missed North America and wanted to bring the kids up there. About 6 months later we were in Maryland.

Canuck74

If you stay away from the south and southeast you will be fine,