The other guy was an old person but for the younger and fitter people who are just stepping out on life's rich narrative it would be a paragon of adventure.

Firstly you must see if you even qualify to move here.

If you look on the CIC website or the WIKI on here you will see the various options.

However from the little information you give it seems as though the only option is for you to secure a job offer based on your HGV skills.

Look o the trucking section of this forum and you will get an idea of how to go about it.

It isn't easy especially nowadays but you may be able to swing it.

I don't think your wife qualifies under her occupation.

I don't think the "escape" mentality is necessarily a good thing.

You're really full of it.

Schizophrenic?

And 17 degrees!

Hi

I think it's wise to look around, have a taster of Canada, research and save! Yeah I agree it's not great in the UK but it could be greater if you plan for your new life adventure, whichever way life turns!

Look At The Bigger Picture!

Good luck

Angela.

Sounds just about right to me.

It's not schizophrenia, although doubt you have either the certification or education to make such a diagnosis. But, as I stated before, different advice to different demographics. Immigration to Canada is not for the faint of heart or the weak of stomach. One person was thus young, fit and healthy and I suspect could cope with the rigours of the harshness of Canadian weather whilst I was simply discouraging the older person for trying such an endevour less he be found in a snow bank with a broken hip or a heart attack.

old person as in beginning of 40's ..if I am not mistaken.. yikes...if someone with 40 shouldn't be allowed to start a new life with risks and chances...it's a long and boring way to the grave..no?

Hi and welcome to BE.
Maybe to help you narrow down your search, let us know what appeals to you about Canada.
Also as others have said, checkout the CIC website to see if you qualify to emigrate to Canada.
Congratulations on the upcoming wedding. My husband and I emigrated a couple of years after getting married and so far its living up to the great adventure we expected.
Look forward to chatting to you more soon.

Auld Yin, I have to say I agree with you!

When we first moved to Calgary, and I started working, all the Canadians at my place of work and elsewhere asked if we had experienced a 'Calgary Winter'. I of course said that we hadn't and then wondered what the 'Calgary Winter' they all mentioned was really going to be like.

Autumn lasted 2 weeks, winter started in November, and guess what? Its STILL winter and we're almost into April. There seem to be mainly 2 seasons in the foothills (no Calgary isn't on the praries(sp?), Summer (lasts 4 months) and Winter (the rest of the year!).

Hubby and I are going to be leaving Calgary as soon as we can (probably this time next year). Its a fantastic place to live if all you want to do is outdoors stuff, however as I have mentioned on some of my other threads, it doesn't offer a balance between cultural and outdoors pursuits. Calgary is trying to provide more 'cultural' stuff by way of endless festivals throughout the summer representing all the nationalities living here. For example there is a 'Latin', 'Afro-Carribbean', 'Cuban', 'German', 'Lithuanian' festival etc etc.

I speak to as many people as I can and ask their views (Canadian and non-Canadians) and get as much info as possible. Apparently Calgary had no festivals a few years ago so IMHO Calgary will not attract and retain oil and gas industry workers if there is nothing to do here. Not everyone wants to go skiing at a cost of £100 for the day for a lift pass, in -30 degrees!

As someone else suggested, I think going to Canada for your honeymoon is a very good idea. Visiting Canada in winter (and not just a ski resort) is even better. Do a roadtrip if you can and make sure the hire car company puts on winter tyres.

As I have said before on this site, visiting a country as a tourist is nothing like actually living there. Canada is the 4th country I have lived in .... France and Switzerland and the UK being the other 3. France I didn't enjoy much (apart from the food) because I was 14 at the time and rebellious, I travelled all over France with my parents, Switzerland was DULL, and now years later, hubby and I are giving Canada a go.

Like a lot of people on this forum, I have travelled extensively and when my hubby and I travelled to Bali for our honeymoon, we didn't stay in a honeymoon resort but stayed up the side of a volcano for one week and also in Kuta (the Ozzie surf capital of Bali) in a backpackers hotel. On Kuta beach we were constantly hassled by hawkers, the waves were too big to swim in the sea (12-15ft), and the hotel we had booked for the first week didn't have a record of our booking and so we were stuck at the airport for a few hours .... they were supposed to have sent us a car. The point I am trying to make is that no matter how idyllic a place looks in photos etc, staying in the safety of a resort won't give you a feel for the country you are in. We travelled to the north of the island (Bali) and realised that we much preferred it to the south (the Lovina area is stunning and unspoilt unlike Kuta which has been overtaken by Ozzies).

Think VERY carefully about where you want to settle in Canada. As many people have already mentioned on this site, and I am sure you already know that Canada is a vast country 3-4000 kms across and the east is very different from the west. The east is far more populated, Ontario to be exact, and Calgary is basically a frontier town before you hit the Rockies and Vancouver, and there is the odd large town like Winnipeg, Regina and Saskatoon in the middle.

Anyway, sounds like you're busy with wedding plans!! Hope you have a wonderful day and all the best......

Imagine that, a country wanting to maintain the integrity of its own licencing schemes. The impudence of it! Maybe we should all return to the UK in disgust. Canada would surely grind to a halt and send envoys to plead for our return to its benighted shores.

Canadian certification is simply about profiteering as it's certainly not about quality control.

and protectionism