What's the average age
 

Just a thought, what is the average age for people to apply for perm res to canada?

I'm 37 years old and sometimes wonder if i'm a bit long in the tooth to apply!!!

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37 - you gotta be joking, right ? Have a word with yourself :rolleyes:
The world is your oyster. After all, you have some experience of picking the harvest ? :D

Rich.

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?????????????? Pass my zimmer frame

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[QUOTE=mrrod]Just a thought, what is the average age for people to apply for perm res to canada?

I'm 37 years old and sometimes wonder if i'm a bit long in the tooth to apply!!![/QUOTE
Never too old to start a new life........we are 55.....and 56 years young. :)

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Oi! I was 37 (less 12 days) when I applied.

<admittedly, I was landed six months later>

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47 and 50 when we applied,, when we get there?? 57 and 60??? :(

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You're past it mate. I was 36 when I applied! :D (But 37 when I landed)

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26 for me, and Mr Cov-Canuck (aka OXOCube) is 30. We'll be emigrating at our current ages.

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Are you being agest???? I am 41 years young and having a great time. If I remember correctly we get maximum age scores. 37=old?????? :confused: where did that come from.

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37 To old...............will you just grow up. :p

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Quite right! You're as young as the woman you feel.

<hang on; she's older than me....>

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As long as you are not to old to out run the snow otters and Ice weasels you will do fine. A lot of the food over here is soft and sweet so even dentures work well.

But consider the following when trying to live a long and happy life:

Travel to Heaven
This 85 year old couple, having been married almost 60 years, had died in a car crash. They had been in good health the last ten years mainly due to her interest in health food, and exercise.

When they reached the pearly gates, St. Peter took them to their mansion which was decked out with a beautiful kitchen and master bath suite and Jacuzzi. As they "oohed and aahed" the old man asked Peter how much all this was going to cost.

"It's free," Peter replied, "this is Heaven."

Next they went out back to survey the championship golf course that the home backed up to. They would have golfing privileges everyday and each week the course changed to a new one representing the great golf courses on earth.

The old man asked, "what are the green fees?".

Peter's reply, "This is heaven, you play for free."

Next they went to the club house and saw the lavish buffet lunch with the cuisine's of the world laid out.

"How much to eat?" asked the old man.

"Don't you understand yet? This is heaven, it is free!" Peter replied with some exasperation.

"Well, where are the low fat and low cholesterol tables?" the old man asked timidly.

Peter lectured, "That's the best part...you can eat as much as you like of whatever you like and you never get fat and you never get sick. This is Heaven."

With that the old man went into a fit of anger, throwing down his hat and stomping on it, and shrieking wildly. Peter and his wife both tried to calm him down, asking him what was wrong.

The old man looked at his wife and said, "This is all your fault. If it weren't for your blasted bran muffins, I could have been here ten years ago!"

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[suspected stalker/beast] :D

Rich

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I'm 33, applied just before my 32nd birthday. Will still be 33 (with a month to spare) when I land.

37? That's OLD!!! :p

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We're 33 & 32, will probably be a year older when we land.

37 & 41 aint old, but I'm glad I'm 33 :D

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Boy oh boy -I will be 57 and the boss will be 65 in February - are we mad!! ;)

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Isnt that like the pot calling the kettle black? :D

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24 when I applied, I'm turning 25 today, but god knows how old if and when I land...28? 29? 30?! :rolleyes:

Adele xx

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Happy Birthday! :D:D:D

Hopefully you'll not be retired by the time you land... *grin*

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Hehehe...no, not at all! :D What I define as old, is always an age at least 4-5 years above my own. :p

My mum asked if I was planning to stay in Canada the rest of my life, and I told her I didn't think I'd stay to grow old there. She wanted to know what I meant by 'old', and I told her "around 50". *grin* She's past 60, and wasn't too happy with my answer. :p

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I was 22, is that too young?

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21 here, not applying for a vias though. :)

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You are as old as you feel. If you feel 80 then don't move, if you feel 37 then go for it, we were 38 when we moved

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That is an interesting quote.

If I feel someone younger than me - apart from the slap in the face does that make me feel that age??? if my wife notices the red mark on my face I am sure I will feel a lot older :D

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Oh FFS! :mad: 37 is not old! :mad: I'm 37 :D and a few months ago I received British PR (I'm Canadian). I don't feel old at all.

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Lol, didn't mean to offed anyone with the age, just needed some reasurance to all this applying and waitng, i won't be applying for another four years yet as i need to get the qualifications up to scratch, unless i'm offered a job there first lol.

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38 here

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30 when I originally applied (spousal sponsorship)

31 when I landed in Vancouver and got PR status.

41 when I finally used it and moved here.

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We seem to be falling into three camps here:

1) Young and foolish
2) Early mid-life crisis
3) Older and foolish (you don't retire to here; you retire out of here)

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older and foolish me, some things you never grow out of

er -- (probably a mistake asking will get refered to loads of previous threads but here goes) whats wrong with retiring to canada??

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It gets cold. Snow has to be shovelled. Old Canadians avoid that by retiring to America.

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so the answer is staff??

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Ha! We lived in a condo town house for a few years. That was nice, a firm came and cleared the complex, including our front step and backyard picnic table, while we were still in bed.

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Personally for us probably a variance of [2]

Kind of a ...."life crisis"....knowing that one has to do "something" before it's too late for a range of life options and knowing that that something has to be done before conditions deteriorate beyond our ability to achieve the "something".

Thinks "should've done this years ago" but knows that wasn't possible at the time and that the last few years have put in place the building blocks of experience and financial capital to achieve the "something" while still having a level of security and protection of existing Q-O-L in the process.

:D

Rich.

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Thanks! Had a good day yesterday, and am off to Amsterdam for the weekend!!! Just getting on with enjoying life for now, Canada will (hopefully) happen eventually ;)

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Or to western Canada, specifically Vancouver Island.

Many retiring from the US there too, trying to flee the Bush administration etc

We "retired" here in our early forties, why? ... because we could.

Not all retirees are old.

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Didn't you post a while back that you were thinking of moving to BC later in life ?
I took that to mean that you were in Calgary for the moment for work related reasons. Maybe that's wrong but I suspect you're using a novel definition of "retired". Do you, or your partner, currently have full time paid employment ?

On edit : I don't dispute that BC is a retirement destination, I just think more Canadians go to the sun belt states.

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We chose Calgary because of its proximity to the mountains, good quality schooling, excellent facilities and we have friends with children here. Had we not had children we could just as easily have moved to Victoria, Kelowna or the BC coast.

Once the kids have flown the nest, we will look at Victoria/Kelowna etc again.

We're retired on the basis that we can live off our investment income. However, to keep our minds active we both do consultancy work in our respective fields. Not full time though.

There was an article in the Globe and Mail recently about the new definition of retirement. Many baby-boomers are taking packages/early retirement but are still too young to sit in an armchair drooling so top up their income and keep their brains ticking over by consulting or voluntary work.