Yes.

Fantastic, I don't have to give up my cheese fix

Note however that my belief that one can get any sort of cheese, that this is a paradise for cheese, is based on shopping for cheese at the St Lawrence Market. I'm not representing that the cheese supply in Iqualuit is equal to that at Tesco.

Anything more than just cheddar is fine by me. Even if it doesn't match up to the choice at Tesco, just being able to get something a bit different from time to time is heartening.

In Calgary the Co-ops often have a British food section. Hobnobs (never heard on 'em when I lived in't UK), Picalilly, Branston Pickle, Salad Cream, Robinson's Marmalade (without the gollywogs - do they stil them?), Pataks curry stuff, Lemon Curd, Cadbury's biccies, Vimto, barley water, etc, etc. All the food needed to make a Miss Marple high tea!

Tetleys and PG tips are regularly available.

Even hand made pork pies, streak and kidney pies etc., at the farmers market!

And cheese "up the ying-yang" (as they say here!)

Calgary COOP is quite good generally and does stock some UK items, although other than Marmite I can't think of any that we get regularly.

For cheese there is a local outlet, Springbank, who have a nice range of imported cheese. I imagine you will get other similar places elsewhere.

http://springbankcheese.ca/catalog/

I'd kill for a regular supply of Victory V's

Would you really? I have someone in mind. PM please.

You have just made my day

I took a look at the link, I can't believe that they actually do Mahon and Morbier, I have to go to a relatively expensive specialist cheese shop here to get them.

So as we're planning on settling in Calgary it means I can get them for the same kinda price as I currently pay!

You can get any kind of cheese in Canada. The problem is that you often don't get a full cheese selection at regular every day grocery stores, you have to go to specialty shops for proper cheese, and it's often a lot more expensive than North American cheese. Or you'll find that there are "2 tiers" to cheese in Canadian grocery stores. There's the North American mass-produced plastic-looking orange cheese "Canadian cheddar" which is sold next to the butter. And then there's better quality, better tasting "import" cheese, which is the kind of cheese you're used to in the UK, which is often sold in the "deli" of the grocery store, but often with limited selection. And the 2 tiers of cheese is pretty standard in Canadian grocery stores. Apply that philosophy for chocolate, bread, tea, etc. If you want quality, gourmet groceries, you usually do have to find them at specialty stores. Don't apply UK grocery shopping standards in Canada - there is frequently no one store that will supply you with everything you're seeking, especially if you're trying to shop as you did in the UK.

Thanks for the heads up... I know a lot of things are gonna be different, but tbh I don't mind paying a bit extra or having to go to a specialist place, I was just worried that the only types you could get would be that vile American bright orange 'sharp' cheese or Canadian cheddar (which I do like, but it's nice to have a change from time to time). A cousin of my Grandma is a cradle Canadian and only eats Canadian cheddar, she had got me a little worried by saying that she had never noticed there being any other cheeses or anywhere specialist to buy them, but then I guess if you don't like anything else you're not exactly gonna look out for it. So I thought I'd better ask someone else in order to alleviate my rising panic

Yes very true...and I cant believe how expensive decent cheese is here!!! when I was in hte UK I loved Canadian mature cheddar.......to buy the same quality over here costs a fortune! In fact when I was in the UK a month ago I bought 3 blocks of Canadian cheddar from Tescos and smuggled it back.......yes you read correctly CANADIAN cheddar.....it was actually cheaper to buy decent Canadian cheddar in the UK than it is in Canada! something is wrong there somewhere......!!!


Oh and the only food stuff (if you can call it that) that I miss from the UK is.....REAL cask ale! all this cold fizzy and gassy stuff just doesnt cut it, that is something the UK still very much excels at. Pint of HPA please! Hereford Pale Ale....ahhhhh I can tast it now......sadly no chance of importing that...


Paul

I find shopping in Toronto different very different to the UK. Generally I find supermarkets disappointing and rather depressing. They are however clean and quiet. I continue to miss Waitrose and would still like the opportunity to buy decent produce and a really good bottle of wine in the one store. However, if you are able (or make the effort) to seek out local, more specialist shops it is quite fun and rewarding. I now have an excellent deli, a local organic store - where I pick up my non-homogenised milk (and illegal eggs) each week and am greeted by name (no, its not "pretentious english wanker"!), a great butchers etc. It has taken me some time to appreciate this, but it's a nice alternative to the 'supermarket run' and certainly to the hell that is 'Tesco Metro'

But you will still be in Calgary....

Quality twelve year old white cheddar (no, I don't know the place of origin) is eight bucks a pound at the market. I don't think this outrageous.

Wellington is widely available from the cask. Will that not do?