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Hi I am set on a move to Canada am a 46 year old nurse hoping to get job offer - yes I know it seems old to be making a move! have put house up for sale and now need job offer - only problem is cant decide where - wanted Kelowna - okenagen region for the climate but have been told it is really expensive to live and housing. 2 areas left are PEI but have been told high unemployment and the other is Calgary ? may be able to come for research trip but bit far apart to do all 3 places or should I just take a leap of faith something I am not used to doing. Looking for friendly faces to mull things over with.

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why not Manitoba:-)? nurses are in high demand over here!
:)

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Thats adding somewhere else in to the equation! guess its just that I havent heard much from anyone who has been there to be honest its funny how when you are looking you rely on what others tell you about an area I did go to the emigrate show in Edinburgh last month and they persons from there were not very forthcoming on the opportunities - do you live there?

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We are on beautiful North Shore Nova Scotia - nurses needed everywhere. Hospitals in Tatamagouche, Truro, Pugwash and Amherst. Good size family home is £50,000 - £100,000. Also NS has a Community Identified stream that could see you here within a year.

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Part of the Okanagan are quite expensive, but then expensive to what? It is more expensive than other parts of BC, but way less than others. There again parts of the Okanagan are quite inexpensive. A short commute can save a lot of money. Rather than go by what you have been told, or get told, my suggestion is to visit and research for yourself before making decision.

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If nurses are in short supply in a given region and if you can use a job offer in nursing to fast-track your entry to Canada, the general level of employment is irrelevant to you. If anything, a region whose economy is not exploding may be more attractive to you, because real estate prices are likely to be more affordable.

You're afraid of real estate prices in the Okanagan, and yet you're considering Calgary? :rofl:

If you want affordable housing, you'd be better off sticking with one of these regions:

• Atlantic Canada - meaning Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland & Labrador
  
  
• The Prairies, excluding Alberta which is expensive, so that leaves Saskatchewan and Manitoba
  
  
• Small town Ontario

Hope that helps.
x

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I am looking more for community work rather than hospital - whats the climate like there? and opportunities for my partner - he is a roofer self employed also has HGV but I believe that doesnt count over there? sorry to bombard you!

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I have just got a job at a small community hospital on the Eastern Shore of NS. They have 5 beds, a mini A+E/outpatients clinic run by local GPs and they also run the district nursing services. We are moving out as soon as we sell our house.

Nurses are in short supply almost everywhere. I had no trouble getting a post (I was offered both that I applied for) and I am similar age to you.

You should read the WIKI on nursing to give you some an overview on how to get registered in Canada.

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In most provinces your partner would need to take a driving test. But it's entirely feasible to do so. There are several British guys working as long haul truck drivers in Canada. See:

• Wiki article called Truck Driving in Canada
  
  
• Trucking forum

For yourself, see:

• Wiki article on Nursing in Canada - Oh, I see that DNS beat me to the punch on that one.
  
  
• Nursing forum

As a nurse, there are several routes that you could use to get into Canada. In some provinces you could get a temporary work permit, and then fast-track your permanent residence application. Since a nurse belongs to one of the applicable skill levels, your partner would be entitled to a spousal open work permit, which would allow him to accept any job, with any employer, in any part of Canada.

In some provinces, you could get in through the Provincial Nominee Program. This is a faster way of getting permanent resident status than the skilled worker route, which is taking 5+ years. PNP takes about a year.

I suggest you read Beginner's Guide to Canadian Immigration.

I also suggest you read Tips on using the forum.

Hope that helps.

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How did you find the posts advertised? did you apply yourself or use an employment agency Thanks

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Hi, I've sent you a Private Message about this

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Yes but there's nothing much there is there ?

Vernon and Penticton have caught up close to Kelowna prices now.

Don't epxect much change from half a mill CA for a decent shack.

R.

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I applied directly through the employers website. There is really no need to use an agency for nursing, but you could if you wanted to.

The other job I was offered was due to making an appointment to go to see the hospital and meet the nurse manager whilst I was over there on a reccie. There was no particular job advertised, but they offered me a post on the spot.

You should make some inroad on getting your training transcripts approved (see the WIKI) to demonstrate to a potential employer that you are serious. This means that you need to decide which province you want to go to as registering bodies in Canada are Provincial not national.

I can give you lots of info on nursing opportunities in NS, but if you choose another Province, others may be better placed to advise you.

Have a read of the WIKI and ask if you need to know anything else.

What is your timescale for moving out there? Where in the UK are you?

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I am in Fleetwood probably not heard of it near Blackpool North West England time scale as soon as is physically possible! hoping for end of this year or maybe thats too optimistic I am conscious of my age moving on very quickly- from the replies I have had the area of NS sounds promising will check out the website for jobs - have been advised to get job offer first then come in on work visa. Have put my house up as didnt want to be in the position of having a job to go to but home to sell however am wondering if this was right as I may well be rendered homeless

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I know Fleetwood, been there many times as a child. I am not far from you in Stoke on Trent.

If you want to check out employers in NS see http://www.cdha.nshealth.ca/ and http://www.ssdha.nshealth.ca/ and http://www.cehha.nshealth.ca/ and http://www.avdha.nshealth.ca/vrh/ and http://www.cbdha.nshealth.ca/

If I have missed any someone will no doubt add to the list

and also look at http://www.crnns.ca/ and http://www.healthteamnovascotia.ca/ for more information.