Re: Why Canada?
 

You didn't want to run narcotics in Colombia?

Re: Why Canada?
 

Came here for 9 months on a university exchange as a 19 year old back in 2009. A year later I dropped out of university (I was doing totally the wrong course) and came back to work as a nanny for two years on the IEC visa. At the start of my second year I met my now husband who is sponsoring me for permanent residence. We haven't said that Canada will be where we stay "for good" but for now it makes most sense for us to be here.

Re: Why Canada?
 

Czech Republic would have been an easy choice immigration wise :lol:

Re: Why Canada?
 

The accident of being born here.... :lol: I guess in that regard Canada chose me.

Re: Why Canada?
 

Official bilingualism.

Re: Why Canada?
 

Not back then.

Central African Republic or Congo would have been a thought but she'd been to Africa before.

Re: Why Canada?
 

Comoros Islands or Christmas Island ?

Re: Why Canada?
 

Carlisle, Cumbria?

Re: Why Canada?
 

Bizarrely, that's where we moved from!

Re: Why Canada?
 

My daughter is hoping to move to the C.A.R. as, of course, are so many people.

Re: Why Canada?
 

C. is busy translating an unpublished manuscript written by a fairly obscure French explorer/adventurer in the very early 20C (pre-WW1). He travelled to Bangui overland from the Cote d'Ivoire and had all sorts of fun.

I suspect very little has changed there since. Best of luck to her.

Re: Why Canada?
 

I really liked Vancouver and was relieved to find both good ale and passable cider there, as well as a decent climate (it was xmas when I went there) and excellent skiing.

So I moved to Toronto.

Eh?

Re: Why Canada?
 

An ex who I was going to get PR through. I went ahead and got it on my own anyway.

Re: Why Canada?
 

Canada sort of just happened, just like the US did 30+ years ago. The move from Noway to the US back in the day was because of my US Citizen and now ex wife.

The move to Canada was job related, as the team I was heading up in New York was being relocated to Montreal, and I was offered the opportunity to relocate. Since my current wife and I had been discussing getting out of New Jersey for a while anyway, we accepted the opportunity. Been here for a year now, and don't regret it one bit. We are just starting to look into the different avenues to Permanent Residence now.

Re: Why Canada?
 

Wanted to start a new life, due to personal reasons, wanted to get away from.... believe it it or not......too many good memories in UK, (which i knew i would never be able to relive).

I had really enjoyed vacations in Canada in the past, so decided to make it permanent, it suits my lifestyle way more than the UK does, i get to do things i could only dream of doing back there.

And the "kids" never featured once in the equation! lol