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Sure, these are the things the OP needs to consider during negotiation. I personally would decline a $40k salary in their circumstances unless I badly wanted to come here.

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I'm an Assistant Manager at McDonalds. :)

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Perhaps, then, you would find the BMI useful...

http://www.oanda.com/currency/big-mac-index

According to this infallible method, your GBP 25K is worth $C 42.5K
:)

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My gross salary in CDN was almost exactly twice that of my UK one in GBP. I feel I am not quite as comfortable here as I was in the UK (net salary I think will be less than the UK though hard to determine due to the approximate tax system here and the daft EI/CPP rules which increases my net salary significantly later in the year). However, I am also in Toronto rather than Norwich.

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That's an incredible tool, thanks for sharing that! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

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Ah, burgernomics. That actually puts the GBP/CAD rate pretty close to reality. Readers should pay attention to the footnote:

The fact that Canada is an undeveloped backwater is well documented.

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You're welcome. Please note it's a completely flawed method though.

Ah mean ye canna gan doon the Bigg Market satorday neets 'fyer in Saskatchewan, can ye?

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God bless you sir, however, I am not of geordie origin, am a yorksherman!

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Good God! A Yorksherman (sic)? How come they let you manage (OK assistant manage) a MacDonald's in Toon then?

Bloody foreigners are ruining the place. Theor's bonny Geordie lads wanting wark y'know.

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I suppose on the plus side your grocery bill won't be too high cos you can eat at work :thumbup:

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You could use this to help Salary calculator

You plug in the relevant info and gross salary in CAD and you'll get a rough estimate of net income

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I believe ( but i may have you confused with somebody else)from other posts you have made Mc Donald's is supporting your visa application, i take it in that case you are entering Canada as a transferred company employee and will get your visa via that route.

For that to happen, by law Mc Donalds and other companies like that have to pay you a salary that is on a par with other staff employed at the same level, so if you can find out what others are paid at the same grade as you that will give you your salary answer, rest assured they will not pay you more than anyone else at your level just because you came from the UK.

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lol, they love me! however, they can't understand me:thumbdown:

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Thanks for that Ian, you aren't getting me confused, after help I received from this site though, I was enlightened to the fact I cannot use intra-company transfer route. Instead I will be using the SK skilled worker route. :fingerscrossed:

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potentially useful sites:

http://www.livingin-canada.com/work-...es-canada.html

http://www.labourmarketinformation.c...sel_criteria=0

start with this, see if you are being offered a fair wage, then check the town/city to get specific real estate data, utilities costs..etc to see if it all adds up for you.

good luck