Hi,

New on here and just looking for some advice if you don't mind.

Myself and partner are in the early stages of emigrating to Canada in the near future. My partner has Canadian citizenship through her mother. Were not yet married but will be married early next year.

Q1. Will there be any issues with her getting a passport and if im her husband will there be any issue with me getting to stay in the country.

My partner is a Social Worker in a fostering agency and would like stick to this field if at all possible. I work in IT in the aviation sector at present but dont have any qualifications to say so. I worked in aviation all my life and switched to the IT maintainence side recently.

Q2. How much of a demand is there for a Social Worker/Fostering in Canada at the moment. I know it will depend on location etc.

We know the weather in Canada can be harsh but we both don't mind the snow if we know we will get a good summer (prefer better than the uk's summer)

Q3. Where is likely to give us all 4 seasons like the UK but with a higher temperature in the summer.

Regarding property we were planning on not selling our house in the UK and renting for the 1st year or 2 and finding out if life in Canada is for us.

Q4. What are the rental prices like in Canada (obviously location dependent). We would more than likely stay away from the big cities as like here in the UK im sure the prices are high. Also what is the sale market like? Similar to the UK i.e will a £250,000 in the UK be the equivalent size etc. in Canada (suburb/out of town locations).

We awill also be bringing Juno our Hungarian Vizsla dog with us. We use dog walkers and dog boarders at the moment if we go on holiday or out of town.

Q5. Is there such a service in Canada similar to the UK?


Sorry, think that's quite a lot of questions i've got there but hopefully someone can give us some insight into life in Canada.

Thanks for any help offered.

Stuart

It's a bit t like someone from Samoa saying "I'm thinking of moving to Europe, where's nice"? You'll have to be a little more specific. Where is your partner from, for example?

Hi,

Apologies for being so vague.

We have pretty much narrowed down our search to ON or BC. This should hopefully narrow down our scope for searching and obtaining advice. I would also say the southern parts of both provinces where the weather will be less brutal for us soft Scots folk LOL.

I have family who live in Hamilton, ON but i dont think the weather there in the summer is that great. Vancouver I've heard can be very wet most of the year.

My partner has citizenship through her mum but has never lived in Canada herself. Her family is originally from Collingwood.

We just looking for a better idea where would suit us best.
Thanks.

I can only offer limited help on your 1st & 5th questions. The rest, as Rivingtonpike points out, is all a bit vague...

Hi Shirtback:

She was born in the UK but she has her Citizenship card and commemorative certificates (issued in 1988 and with her maiden name not her ex husbands name which she now uses). We have lived together for 6 years now (would be easy to prove). Updated the last post to narrow down where we were looking at moving too.

Thanks

Then she can apply for a passport directly (I linked in my first post).

And can apply to sponsor you as a spouse even if you are not yet married, because you're considered common-law.

I'll leave the "where should we go live in Canada"/climate/rent/job questions to others .

Thanks for your help. Much appreciated.

South West British Columbia has this climate. That said, for the last few years we have had to go up into the mountains to experience much in the way of snow.

Wet in the fall/winter. It is warmer and sunnier than the UK in the summer. See the heatwave thread in the Maple Leaf.


As you say, very location dependent. As a huge generalization, in most parts of Canada you will get more house for your money in Canada. Vancouver and surrounding areas are more like London and Home County prices. I understand Toronto can be very expensive too.

If you do the obvious move, I know of an excellent dog/other pet if she must, walker, boarder, day visitor, close to Collingwood. Will also feed chickens.

As long as you don't mind the bugs too much, nor sweating in the humidity summers in southern Ontario are lovely. Avoide the snow belt, lake effects snow areas and the winters are ok.

Define 'not great'. I live about 20km from there and I love our summers. If you have an issue with very hot weather then maybe not for you.

In Ontario, anywhere north of Barrie and you're looking at about 5 months of snowfall.

Winters will be harsh even for a boy from Glasgow.

We rent a 2 bed property in a rural area where there's no public transport for 1,000 a month and that's very cheap. You can expect to pay a lot more if near to a town.

I dont mind the snow as long as i know i will get a hot summer. I like having 4 seasons but in Scotland summer is pretty much wet and not much sun. If its hot in the summer i would be more than happy with that.

We barely get a snowy winter in Glasgow now. Its, rain, rain, rain most of the time. gets very dreary after a while. Looking for some proper seasons and Canada seems to have that.

Know exactly what you need ....SUN !

Calgary has over 300 days with sun a year... (Cold or hot) Now warm to you and me is anything over 15c !!!
19c today and 25c tomorrow here in Calgary... West is best.