Lived on the North Shore http://www.foxharbr.com/ of Nova Scotia for nearly 3 years now. We like all of Nova Scotia, it is full of contrasts and something for everyone. http://www.novascotialife.com/ So even in a smaller province like this, choosing a location can be difficult.
A trip to the areas of Canada you may be interested in is highly recommended.
Nova Scotia sells itself. 6.30pm sunshining, cloudless sky and 8 degrees. Most of the snow gone, just big chunks of ice floating on a blue ocean outside my window.

We gained residency on the NSNP Community Identified Stream http://www.novascotiaimmigration.com/en-page1095.aspx.
It took 8 months from nomination. Living our dream!

Hi. I lived in Michigan, just over the border from Ontario. I loved going into Canada for my british goodies, and loved going with my friend to Stratford, ON for the Shakespeare festival, but after 7 long winters I am so glad I don't live there now. The winter's can be brutal...you have no idea until you've been there. Last January, for example , we were in Toronto (renewing our visas :curse and it was so cold we couldn't go outside to walk around. The kids had school cancelled due to the cold...and this happens every year from October through March....don't want to be a pessimist, and my kids loved the snow..but I really began to hate the winter.

Hey Lisa67..also from Northants..and spent sometime in TX..Corsicanna to be precise. Moving to Red Deer AB in six weeks. The winters are brutal but you know what? I can tolerate the Canadian winters far more than Texan Summers I guess we all like different things..oh and the nasty bugs in Texas....

I think everyone wants to keep Canada to themselves lol It's a great place...just check out each province and see what suits you..check out the weather, job availability etc

Good Luck

Rhodeys...must confess that this will be our first summer in Texas so I might be running back to MI by the end of it...though plan to spend a month in MI visiting friends anyway. MI is glorious in the summer.
Where in Northants ? We lived in Northampton for 12 years.

Hi Lisa

I have heard MI is lovely in Summer, I used to have a friend who lived in the Flint area. I hope you have a coolish summer in TX I have seen some spectacular thunderstorms there! I live in Nottinghamshire now but lived in Northants for around 30 years, I trained at Northampton General Hospital and worked there for 14 years.....Good Grief, where does time go I lived in Daventry and Welton Hurst.....we moved here last year I can't stand it here, I'm really looking forward to Red Deer. Enjoy your trip back to MI and as for TX keep away from those Fire Ants! They have a real bite on them

Kind Regards Julie

I am constantly amazed when I see this sort of quote. This ranks with the other quote "there is no work in NB".

All provinces have IT shortages and you do not have to choose a major city. I didn't and I have happily made a career here in NB in the thriving IT sector. Halifax NS has a large IT sector and I'll bet you could go to any of the provinces and find IT skill shortages.

Choose where you want to be then focus all your efforts on finding out what sort of work is available and what type of skills/certifications/experience is needed and GO FOR IT (no pun intended).

You won't be running back. Summers in TX are hot all right, but the landscape is amazing. You have to get that "Green is good" thing out of your mind, that all Brits seem to be ruled by (I'm presuming you're a Brit), but when you do you'll love it. Same thing with Aus. I'm with you on the winters - no way could I grow old in all that. I'd rather be sat on my verandah waiting for the day to cool down before I can go on my walk.

To the OP:

Don't be too put off by some of the posts. I thikn Iaink was right to point out that you said you liked where you live, but that doesn't mean to say you won't like where you move to as well. Life is for living, after all.

do you ever get bored of trolling the Canada board trying to disuade others from coming to Canada, because you have had the odd week here? If you love Australia so much, then why the little forays back to this board?

I know several people in Fredericton who are in their seventies and still go skating, snow shoeing and cross country skiing in the winters. I even know of a guy who still goes down hill skiing at 72.

There is a weird notion that because you are old, the winters are off limits and a time to be confined indoors. Admittedly this winter with all its snow hase been challenging but try tell that to these old folks. Our neighbours (both in their late seventies) have been raving about the snow shoeing and cross country skiing they have been able to fit in this year! All I can say is I hope that is me when I am their age!

THAT is the attitude! Good on yer

I even know someone who retired to NFLD, but then they did that after working in Ontario for a long time, which has much colder winters. I would agree it doesn't keep everyone down, although I think such weather is easier to deal with if you're raised with it. A Canadian colleague of mine has vowed never to return to Manitoba because he never wants to experience -40 again.

Poppy2

I have an interest in Canada, family there, friends and colleagues there. What's more my posts are objective and as balanced as the facts will allow. Furthermore I will post wherever I please, in whichever folder or forum I please, without people like you policing the boards strutting about telling people where they can post. I appreciate my post to you told it straight and you didn't like that much, but that's no reason to stalk me around the forums and insult me to third parties. Please be so kind to refrain from this in future, and respect me in the same way I respect you.

I suppose some people look for different things, personally complaining about the weather situation for one or two weeks out of the whole year whether it - or + 40c is something you either deal with or leave.

Everywhere generally has some pains with the local weather. Even if it is boring monotony of the same summer season all year long. Personally I love the different seasons, and I take the rough with the smooth as part of the deal of living here.

You have to read these boards with a pinch of salt. Posters range from those who:

a) can't stand Canada, wished they had never moved here and can't wait to get back to their friends and family and everything that is familiar.

b) are happily settled here and for whom Canada has lived up to all its promises.

Most are somewhere in between. Although Canada and the UK are superficially very similar they can be very different. Many posters want to vent their frustrations and what better place than amongst other Brits who may share, and at least will understand, them.

Judy wrote an excellent wiki article about adjusting to the different way of life. It should be required reading for anyone thinking of emigrating to Canada.

I think many of the posters on this forum who live in Canada are still in the "norming" phase of their process. As they become settled and happy in their new life they stop posting as much.

I am very much in the b) camp.

Can someone please tell me when the london expo is and where?