Hello everybody,

Thanks for looking at my post and hope you can give some advice;

We are a family of three (our little one is just about to turn one) and we are looking in to possible immigration to Canada (just speaking with consultants) I have lived and worked in Alberta and visited British Columbia but this was all purely based on one year working visa where I took time out and did hotel work etc when I was much younger to have a break (almost 15 years ago!) However I would like to hear from families who have moved out and choosen towns/cities/areas to bring up there family please.

We currently live in a small town where we look on to rolling hills, green trees and is a lovely place. I espically am not a huge city person and like my green space, however I understand this is the best place to find work so happy to commute if needed. I think we are very flexible and very keen to move to Canada and have the best quality of life for our daughter.

I look forward to hearing from you

Hello .

First, forget “consultants” for the time being!

Start by reading, re-reading, then reading again the wiki here:
Category:Canada : British Expat Wiki

Also read:
Do you want to come to Canada, or extend your stay?

Then come back here, and ask again . Your question - as it stands - is far too broad for a coherent or consistent answer.

Many thanks for your reply and links 😁 I will be back 😉

You wanna move counties just for your daughter? You sound like you live in the most perfect place. Am I missing something here.

Yeah she wants to move Countries not Counties as she thinks it will be a better quality of life for her daughter. Im sure I have seen this before on threads similar to this. We are moving for the children.

Is there something wrong with your quality of life at present?

Sorry I ment to say country, my eye phone is getting smaller as I get older lol There needs to be a better reason or it just won't work IMO

You might need to consider where you can get work to support yourself. Living in the countryside is all very nice but often employment is hard to come by.

As a wise man said "you can't eat scenery".

Bear Grills can

If you've already lived in Alberta, the answer is obvious, why make your life harder?

IMO the best cities to live in in Canada are Calgary or Ottawa. Vancouver is too crowded and expensive, Toronto is too crowded and getting to be too expensive, Montréal has too high taxes and too much snow during the winter.

If the OP actually does move to Calgary, just make sure that you became BFF with Steve as, he, I think we would all agree is an amazing font of all Canadian knowledge (indeed knowledge in all aspects of life worldwide)- the man is an absolute genius. I'm not sure that we would cope without him if he god-forbid ever return to his beloved UK homeland.

If he however suggests a cozy night in watching the "fab local television"., not that English crap, then it would probably best to make your excuses and leave fairly rapidly

While Steve undoubtedly has some controversial opinions (surely the claim that there is good television in Canada was a joke of some kind) isn't he substantially correct about Canada's major cities? Cost and weather do count against them.

Nope. Deadly serious.

From a thread about watching UK TV
To be fair, though, it's not that he thinks Canada is better for TV so much as North America and what can be accessed from being in North America.

But he does think that Brit TV is considerably worse. That's come across many a time.

I moved to Canada with my Husband (Canadian Citizen) and our Son (he was two when we moved). We lived in a small town in Southern Alberta for the first year. I did not enjoy it, but I grew up in a city, not big by Canadian standards, but big enough. We ended up moving to Toronto and have now lived happily here for 3 years. We picked a school area we liked before moving and looked at apartments in that area. We pay a little more but we have a decent sized apartment which we rent so when something breaks we don't pay to fix it!

The right neighbourhoods are cosy and less of a "big city" feel without being too far from anything. We live close to Liberty Village. The transit is pretty good in my opinion despite what you may hear.

I think it's a great place to raise my son. I love being downtown and although it can be expensive, I know people doing it as single parents that are managing just fine!