KFras17

Hello all

Just under 2 weeks until we get on our one way flights. We will be staying in a temporary home in Markham until our stuff ships over.

Just wanted to hear people's opinions on places to permanently live, we had been looking at aurora but it doesn't have the greatest transit links to markham

Ideally areas that within a 30 to 45min commute on public transit, a good area for families, good schools, and also areas where British expats opt to live

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Twitcher1958

KFras17

Hi twitcher

Thanks for the reply!

That sounds convenient. In terms of commute time from brooklin to Markham, do you know how long?

Il be working just of enterprise boulevard about 5 mins from the go station (unionville)

Thanks for your time

Twitcher1958

KFras17

Ok thanks, I will take a look at that

44 mins seems OK as from aurora it looked more like an hour

In terms of what is in brooklin, does it still have all amenities, things for kids to do etc?

Twitcher1958

Don’t know what you would be looking for exactly but it’s a town that attracts young families. Plenty of parks and baseball diamonds around, skating arena, recreation centre in Whitby, good transport links to city but easy access to countryside- Durham Forest to the north, other conservation areas to the east. My kids are older and were never ones for organized activities, but there seems to be plenty of dance schools, gym places, self defence classes etc available for kids. Schools also offer good range of activities out of school hours like band, ski club etc. I’m frequently amazed by the wealth of different activities that children seem to do.
Probably worth at least checking out when you arrive - let me know and I’ll show you round.

Twitcher1958

Siouxie

You can use this tool on GOtransit

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Triplinx

Novocastrian

Brooklin would be better than Aurora in many ways, but have a squint at Richmond Hill which is better than both. (I lived there for 22 years).

KFras17

Thanks all, really appreciate it

In terms of brooklin over aurora, was there any particular reason behind that? What's the differences?

I have looked at richmond hill, but was slightly put off by one of the people showing us round as they said the children could feel quite isolated as it's primarily Asian demographic. Is that true?

I'm really keen for the children to experience more diversity than they have in the UK, but I don't want to go too far to the point they struggle to settle and find it hard to form social circles


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Novocastrian

No. Markham is primarily Chinese but RH is mixed. There are Iranian/Persian areas, other ethnicities all over but the town is not dominated by any single one of them.

Anyway, who cares?

KFras17

Cool that's good to know, thanks

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Will_PA

Is there a reason you're not planning to drive? Not sure what you're used to, but Toronto is nothing like London for transit, let alone Markham. And winter can be dangerously cold to be waiting for a bus.