Moving to Canada bc
Feb 19th 2019, 3:27 pm
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Re: Moving to Canada bc
I dont think bc will be feasible where ever we end up we wouldn't want to live in a city would prefer the suburbs. And until I am able to work to contribute dont think it would work in that area specific. We have 2 children 3 year old and a 6 month old . So would want to do activity with those, we like to eat out at least once a week. We are from the UK but live in the middle east so we are used to high cost of living. We dont drink. Our preferred area to live would be Alberta area but not much work is coming up there for construction.
Feb 19th 2019, 3:49 pm
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Re: Moving to Canada bc
Feb 19th 2019, 3:50 pm
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Median income doesn't correlate to having enough money to have a decent quality of life though, or perhaps more to the point the qualify of life someone moving to Canada wants or expects.
When you have lived in Canada for a while I think its much easier to anticipate the kind of life various salaries will buy you around Canada, and so there isn't as much difference in expectation vs reality.
When you have lived in Canada for a while I think its much easier to anticipate the kind of life various salaries will buy you around Canada, and so there isn't as much difference in expectation vs reality.
Feb 19th 2019, 4:10 pm
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Re: Moving to Canada bc
Crikey, I think you'll struggle anywhere in BC on those wages. We're shortly moving to BC from Canada's east coast, and there's no way we would even consider it without wages which were a lot, lot higher. Could you negotiate a higher salary? Or a location in a cheaper part of BC?
Obviously you will not be able to buy a house in downtown Vancouver, but I know plenty of people who rent, drive a small older car, and live a content life on far less.
Feb 19th 2019, 4:13 pm
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I spent the past 14yrs in BC without earning $90k p/yr and had a wonderful lifestyle - it's a perfectly adequate salary to live off outside the LM/Vancouver.
If that's with kids then we're clearly in for a very pleasant surprise when we move.
Everyone's expectations are different, but you can't expect a radical difference from the UK unless you achieve a radical difference to your salary.
We hadn't lived in the UK for a lot of years prior to moving to Canada, so no idea about cost of living in the UK. We spent a lot of time in the ME, and then Finland, ME is where the OP is planning to move from too.
Since moving back to England, I can't say I've noticed a huge overall difference in the cost of living to BC. Weighing up what's cheaper/dearer ends up as a wash.
If that's with kids then we're clearly in for a very pleasant surprise when we move.
Everyone's expectations are different, but you can't expect a radical difference from the UK unless you achieve a radical difference to your salary.
We hadn't lived in the UK for a lot of years prior to moving to Canada, so no idea about cost of living in the UK. We spent a lot of time in the ME, and then Finland, ME is where the OP is planning to move from too.
Since moving back to England, I can't say I've noticed a huge overall difference in the cost of living to BC. Weighing up what's cheaper/dearer ends up as a wash.
That's very different to Vancouver, where salaries are out of synch with house prices, cost of living etc.
Salary vs cost of living is surely a very important piece of research?
Feb 19th 2019, 4:14 pm
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Re: Moving to Canada bc
Argh, why can't I get the formatting to work today?! Nevermind, back to DIY 
Feb 19th 2019, 4:15 pm
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If your partner is in construction has he checked whether he will need his Provincial Certificate of Qualification to be able to work - or is he more management than hands on?
Feb 19th 2019, 4:18 pm
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Would you want to spend all the time, money and stress uprooting to make do? Personally I wouldn't, but that's individual to everyone.
Feb 19th 2019, 4:49 pm
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Yes quite, but if you're moving internationally do you want to do it to rent and drive a small older car and get by, or generally are people doing it for a "better" quality of life than that?
Would you want to spend all the time, money and stress uprooting to make do? Personally I wouldn't, but that's individual to everyone.
Would you want to spend all the time, money and stress uprooting to make do? Personally I wouldn't, but that's individual to everyone.
My Filipino side of the family gave up living in a shitty old house in a bad part of Manila earning $25USD per day to move to Vancouver. They now drive a 10 year old car, rent a two bedroom apartment, have access to good health care. Their quality of life is now 100x better in Vancouver despite only earning $20hr.
This is not a dig at anyone, just a general observation, but I have noticed that it is mainly the immigrants who come from 1st world countries who complain about not having enough money to go skiing, or not being able to afford the latest Range Rover when they first arrive in Canada. Most of the immigrants from poorer countries are just happy to be here and embrace their new life.
Feb 19th 2019, 4:56 pm
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I think this is where the lines get blurred. Most immigrants who move to Canada are doing the move for a better quality of life.
My Filipino side of the family gave up living in a shitty old house in a bad part of Manila earning $25USD per day to move to Vancouver. They now drive a 10 year old car, rent a two bedroom apartment, have access to good health care. Their quality of life is now 100x better in Vancouver despite only earning $20hr.
This is not a dig at anyone, just a general observation, but I have noticed that it is mainly the immigrants who come from 1st world countries who complain about not having enough money to go skiing, or not being able to afford the latest Range Rover when they first arrive in Canada. Most of the immigrants from poorer countries are just happy to be here and embrace their new life.
My Filipino side of the family gave up living in a shitty old house in a bad part of Manila earning $25USD per day to move to Vancouver. They now drive a 10 year old car, rent a two bedroom apartment, have access to good health care. Their quality of life is now 100x better in Vancouver despite only earning $20hr.
This is not a dig at anyone, just a general observation, but I have noticed that it is mainly the immigrants who come from 1st world countries who complain about not having enough money to go skiing, or not being able to afford the latest Range Rover when they first arrive in Canada. Most of the immigrants from poorer countries are just happy to be here and embrace their new life.
Or even not "upgrading" enough in quality of life to justify, in your own mind, the upheaval.
