Re: Moving from UK to Quebec?
 

Hi,

They are on Montreal island, how good is the Subway system around here? Seems like that would be the better option!

Re: Moving from UK to Quebec?
 

Hi,:goodpost:

Thank for the response! If you don't mind me asking whereabouts in Quebec did you live to get to Montreal for work? The property is far cheaper there than in the UK! And is the commute not longer from Ontario into Montreal? Thanks for the advice RE the winter commute, we considered looking at public transport for the winter (but of course that could have cancellations) What areas would you suggest in Montreal for renting and am I right in thinking most people use Kijiji?

Re: Moving from UK to Quebec?
 

Remember one thing ............ public transport is not always anywhere near as good or convenient as in the UK ............. it's a much bigger country and distances can be huge.

Metro within Montreal is pretty good, but I have no idea how good it is to the outer suburbs, or out to where you are thinking of living.

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Ah okay, Thanks Scilly... I guess we will have to put it to the test getting to different areas when we visit early next year. Surely It can't get worse than our trains?! :rofl:

Re: Moving from UK to Quebec?
 

yep ................. no trains :rofl:

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Not far off our service! :rofl::thumbdown:

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It really will be. You can get pretty much anywhere in the UK by bus/train/coach, including to little towns all around, and could feasibly travel all around the UK by public transport. Not an option in Canada! :lol:

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Yeah it was more a dig at the current train problems were having currently! Cancellations all around! :thumbdown:

We're thinking of doing a few different air bnb locations over the 2 weeks we will be there next year to try and get more of a feel for things!:fingerscrossed:

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Yes, that is nice. But you have to have a bob or two for the train.

My mate just went with his wife and their two kids to Bury St Edmunds from Bristol. By car was £40 in diesel and the cheapest train tickets (longer journey) were £280 a month in advance with restrictions about which trains they could get. And possibly additional costs between arrival and departure stations in London?

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That's if it isn't cancelled at a minutes notice!:p

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Goodness only knows how it was that much, my husband regularly travels from London to Cornwall for £20 when we go down there for the weekend! We do book with plenty of advance notice though, prices can rise dramatically nearer the time. They're done in the same way as airline tickets i.e. really cheap to start with and then as they sell out, get more expensive.

Given we can fly to Paris, Rome, Venice etc for £50, I certainly wouldn't pay £280 to go to Bristol. :lol: But just as with a cheap flight, you have to book a long time in advance, and at least it's an option to get around everywhere for those without a car.

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Just did a quick test London to Plymouth return, going today. Cheapest was £74.50 for one.

In a week's time it was £41 total. Quite a bit cheaper, albeit on specific trains. Same price in a month.

Also tested Bristol to B St E for a month's time. Cheapest fares coming up are indeed £70 for one. Remember they were four. Perhaps there was some family deal available with a packet of Tide or something. I remember getting some sort of deal with a purchase of some kind. Might have been Persil now I think about it.

You might do if you wanted to return home. :rofl:
Yep, that's me. :nod: I remember going to London by train for the day when I could afford it on my pocket money!! Round about 1970.

I know some time in the 90s it was £18 but it was far cheaper to get the "shoppers" coach run by Baker Dolphin travel company to Harrods and back from Marble Arch/Hyde Park for about £6.

That Bristol to London day trip now is coming up as cheapest £68.90 - booked for in a month's time. It's an eye-wateringly £30 to £50 more if I want to get there before 10.15am :ohmy:

The Baker Dolphin coach still does it which is nice to see @ £25.50 return. Certainly preferable to between £68.90 and £118.90. My pocket money wouldn't have stretched that far. :rofl:

Re: Moving from UK to Quebec?
 

Hi .
When we first arrived we lived in Hudson a charming village about 40 min commute int0 Montreal .It was quite Anglophone .We didnt live downtown Montreal.When we moved to Ontario The commute from just over the border into Montreal was about an hour .Trains are expensive and out of the city the Public transport is not reliable .The subway is good in Montreal and the bus ,but again standing waiting for a bus in -20 is not pleasant .
We both work in Ontario now we live an hours drive from both Ottawa and Montreal

.Most rentals will require first and last months rent in advance .Real estate agents do rentals and Kijiji and the Montreal Gazette used too not sure now .
Points to note everything is different ...house insurance ,car insurance - your no claims will mean nothing and you have to change everything when you move from one province to another .
May be worth getting a note from your bank re credit rating as we had no credit rating when we arrived and used our UK cards for a while .Also dont give up your UK bank account as we have noticed people returning to the UK later have trouble also its saves transfer.
Canada is a great place to live and it gives you the chance to do lots of things that would be expensive to do in UK and Europe especially if you like the outdoors .

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Hi Burlys,:goodpost:

I will have to check out Hudson and see what it is like... I think we are slowly starting to narrow down the list of places we like to get to a more convenient commute time which we have said 40 mins max so this falls just inside that bracket. :thumbup:

I can imagine waiting in -20 isn't the most pleasant thing in the world!:thumbdown:
What would not getting our credit rating do would this stop us from being able to do stuff? Just out of interest?
I read we would be able to apply for a Canadian credit card to build our Canadian credit score if we wanted to...is this correct or would we still need copies of our UK one?

Yes we love the outdoors... a major plus for us moving out to Canada! Where we live currently there isn't a lot to do outdoors... normally means a 30-40 minute drive somewhere just for a nice walk!

Thanks

Re: Moving from UK to Quebec?
 

Well, Quebec is a French predominant Area, We moved to Montreal from Glasgow. My important suggestion os to Learn the basics of french and you’ll get off on the right foot with those you meet. rest of thing depends on your salery.:thumbup: