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hi there
so this is my first post,sorry if it has been asked before..
so i currently living in vancouver on a work permit.i have applied for my canadian residency. once i have been accepted i would like to move away from vancouver.
my trade is bricklaying..so there are just a few questions i have
1. what kind of wage will i be looking at?
2.is work easy to come by?
3.what happens in the winter? do the construction sites close down?
toronto would be my first choice,but id be happy to take advice on other parts of canada.
so this is my first post,sorry if it has been asked before..
so i currently living in vancouver on a work permit.i have applied for my canadian residency. once i have been accepted i would like to move away from vancouver.
my trade is bricklaying..so there are just a few questions i have
1. what kind of wage will i be looking at?
2.is work easy to come by?
3.what happens in the winter? do the construction sites close down?
toronto would be my first choice,but id be happy to take advice on other parts of canada.
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My brother worked here, in Toronto, as a bricklayer, illegally, for maybe seven years before marrying a Canadian. That was a while back. At the time winter work was available, under giant heated tents, but getting that work was fiercely competitive.
He originally came on holiday, mentioned that he was a brickie in the pub and was offered a job for cash money and stayed. iirc his original wage was $25/hr laying blocks, it went up a bit after he got better connected but then he went off on his own building chimneys.
I don't imagine the flow of work has changed, he'd pick up jobs in the Longest Yard up by Eglinton, they'd usually go for one factory or warehouse and then he'd be back looking for another job.
He originally came on holiday, mentioned that he was a brickie in the pub and was offered a job for cash money and stayed. iirc his original wage was $25/hr laying blocks, it went up a bit after he got better connected but then he went off on his own building chimneys.
I don't imagine the flow of work has changed, he'd pick up jobs in the Longest Yard up by Eglinton, they'd usually go for one factory or warehouse and then he'd be back looking for another job.
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Re: toronto
thanks for the reply.
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Re: toronto
Hi
Sorry I can't answer your questions with specifics,however; we have just returned from Toronto and I can say there is an enormous amount of constuction going on. There are condo/apartments being built everywhere so I would have thought there would be more than enough work for you.
By the way, we loved Toronto,unfortunately the property prices are way out of our budget!
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Deeny
Sorry I can't answer your questions with specifics,however; we have just returned from Toronto and I can say there is an enormous amount of constuction going on. There are condo/apartments being built everywhere so I would have thought there would be more than enough work for you.
By the way, we loved Toronto,unfortunately the property prices are way out of our budget!
Regards
Deeny
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Re: toronto
thank you for your reply.
are the property prices really that high over there..i have just moved to canada myself you see,so dont really know whats goign on.but i got told that every thing is heaps cheaper in toronto.
are the property prices really that high over there..i have just moved to canada myself you see,so dont really know whats goign on.but i got told that every thing is heaps cheaper in toronto.
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Re: toronto
Hello again
We haven't been to Vancouver so I can't compare with Toronto.What I will say is that we found eating out cheaper than the UK but the general price of clothes,CD's,books etc the same as the UK.We met with a couple in Ottawa that said they felt the cost of living to be around a 1/4 cheaper than the UK.
House prices were scary-a look around a few estate agent windows and a property paper showed the average price for a 3 bed apartment $1 MILLION CD, a house apprx 1 1/2 - 2 million! We were looking at housing for a family,your needs will be different,and therefore prices would be different.
This was also right in the centre,it gets cheaper as you go out.
With a lottery win we would be buying a place near the harbourfront tomorrow!
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We haven't been to Vancouver so I can't compare with Toronto.What I will say is that we found eating out cheaper than the UK but the general price of clothes,CD's,books etc the same as the UK.We met with a couple in Ottawa that said they felt the cost of living to be around a 1/4 cheaper than the UK.
House prices were scary-a look around a few estate agent windows and a property paper showed the average price for a 3 bed apartment $1 MILLION CD, a house apprx 1 1/2 - 2 million! We were looking at housing for a family,your needs will be different,and therefore prices would be different.
This was also right in the centre,it gets cheaper as you go out.
With a lottery win we would be buying a place near the harbourfront tomorrow!
Regards
Deeny
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House prices were scary-a look around a few estate agent windows and a property paper showed the average price for a 3 bed apartment $1 MILLION CD, a house apprx 1 1/2 - 2 million! We were looking at housing for a family,your needs will be different,and therefore prices would be different.
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Re: toronto
yeh you always pay more in down town areas..im just renting as i dont really know where i want to live yet.but when i got to van,i was looking to rent down town and it was just ridiculous.
in vancouver its pretty cheap aswell..but again it all depends on where you are..like where i live i pay say 20 bucks for a jug of beer.and i can walk 10 mins down the road and i pay 14 bucks for a jug..
so for a 26 year old,single male...where would you guys reccommend living in toronto
in vancouver its pretty cheap aswell..but again it all depends on where you are..like where i live i pay say 20 bucks for a jug of beer.and i can walk 10 mins down the road and i pay 14 bucks for a jug..
so for a 26 year old,single male...where would you guys reccommend living in toronto
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Re: toronto
Well that is good news.
Sorry to have misled you,we only looked in a few windows, obviously the wrong ones!
If that's the case there may be hope for us then.
Deeny
Sorry to have misled you,we only looked in a few windows, obviously the wrong ones!
If that's the case there may be hope for us then.
Deeny
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Re: toronto
yeh you always pay more in down town areas..im just renting as i dont really know where i want to live yet.but when i got to van,i was looking to rent down town and it was just ridiculous.
in vancouver its pretty cheap aswell..but again it all depends on where you are..like where i live i pay say 20 bucks for a jug of beer.and i can walk 10 mins down the road and i pay 14 bucks for a jug..
so for a 26 year old,single male...where would you guys reccommend living in toronto
in vancouver its pretty cheap aswell..but again it all depends on where you are..like where i live i pay say 20 bucks for a jug of beer.and i can walk 10 mins down the road and i pay 14 bucks for a jug..
so for a 26 year old,single male...where would you guys reccommend living in toronto
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Re: toronto
ha ha ha ha..yeh im straight and strangers sounds good.
thats what traveling is all about ..right
thats what traveling is all about ..right
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Yes, it's something I've greatly enjoyed. Apart from Yonge and Eg the area around the St. Lawrence market might suit, lots of bars around there and you could walk to the "entertainment district" where there are many more bars and clubs.