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Forum: Canada
May 13th 2026, 3:32 am
Replies: 1
Views: 551
Posted By Lychee

Re: 3-4 days getaway around Victoria day weekend with kids?

Have you browsed the Destination Ontario website? I find they're an excellent resource for this sort of thing, especially their section on regions of Ontario:

Discover the Wonders of Ontario,...
Forum: Canada
Mar 17th 2026, 4:55 am
Replies: 15
Views: 3,064
Posted By Lychee

Re: 27M from Hull - Thinking about Vancouver or Toronto

One last thing that’s quite different between the two is the food scene.

Toronto’s food scene is driven by its diversity. It’s one of the most multicultural cities in the world, so you can...
Forum: Canada
Mar 17th 2026, 4:37 am
Replies: 15
Views: 3,064
Posted By Lychee

Re: 27M from Hull - Thinking about Vancouver or Toronto

One other thing that’s worth wrapping your head around is just how far apart Vancouver and Toronto actually are.

The distance between them is roughly 3,300–3,500 km. That’s about the same as...
Forum: Canada
Mar 17th 2026, 4:33 am
Replies: 15
Views: 3,064
Posted By Lychee

Re: 27M from Hull - Thinking about Vancouver or Toronto

You’re asking the right question, because Vancouver and Toronto are not interchangeable. They are completely different lifestyles.

The simplest way I’d describe it is this.

Vancouver is...
Forum: Canada
Nov 4th 2024, 3:11 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,324
Posted By Lychee

Re: Useful websites and links for NP wanting to move to Canada

First start is to teach yourself Canadian geography: learn the names of the 10 provinces and research a bit about each province - the major cities of that province, the climate zones and topography...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 26th 2024, 10:35 am
Replies: 43
Views: 15,231
Posted By Lychee

Re: Why are the potatoes so rubbish?

There's also the longer growing season in (coastal) BC. Not sure if that has to do with it, but it must? Folks forget that most of Canada has a similar growing season as Siberia. Coastal BC has a...
Forum: Canada
Aug 21st 2024, 5:24 am
Replies: 4
Views: 2,037
Posted By Lychee

Re: British mortgage advisor interested in moving to Canada

Most people from the UK have little awareness of Canada's provinces, but most day-to-day operations in Canada are managed by the province and the provincial government, not the nation of Canada and...
Forum: Canada
Jun 12th 2024, 7:36 am
Replies: 21
Views: 7,228
Posted By Lychee

Re: Moving to Saskatoon

Good to hear!

I think, however, the main difference is that where you currently are, if you want to escape and venture into a big city, or a more built up environment, you can quickly and cheaply...
Forum: Canada
May 29th 2024, 6:05 am
Replies: 21
Views: 7,228
Posted By Lychee

Re: Moving to Saskatoon

I'm not sure if you appreciate where you're moving to. It's an extremely isolated and rural part of Canada. I think for somebody moving there from the UK cold turkey, you're in for some real culture...
Forum: Canada
Apr 2nd 2024, 5:31 am
Replies: 15
Views: 2,875
Posted By Lychee

Re: Moving to Canada, and becoming a teacher

While immigration falls under federal jurisdiction (the Government of Canada oversees immigration requirements), teaching falls under the provincial jurisdiction. Each province (and territory)...
Forum: Canada
Mar 25th 2024, 5:35 am
Replies: 23
Views: 6,369
Posted By Lychee

Re: Move from UK to Vancouver - can I afford it?

$70,000 is enough if you have a partner who is making more than you or you intend to live with roommates. It is an awful salary if you intend to live on your own. One bedroom apartments are...
Forum: Canada
Mar 18th 2024, 8:14 am
Replies: 33
Views: 8,686
Posted By Lychee

Re: Should I move to Canada or Not?

True, however I should have emphasized that I meant somewhere different in culture, geography, climate, etc. In the UK, you can pop over to Spain and it does not look or feel like the UK. You pop...
Forum: Canada
Mar 18th 2024, 5:55 am
Replies: 33
Views: 8,686
Posted By Lychee

Re: Should I move to Canada or Not?

Canada's culture is more like America's than Ireland's. Consumerist, colonial, and car-centric. And like the USA, there is no universal experience of Canada. Canada is vast and where you end up in...
Forum: Canada
Feb 28th 2024, 6:25 am
Replies: 15
Views: 3,580
Posted By Lychee

Re: Brit debating taking job offer in Canada!

I was last in Toronto a year before the pandemic, but it's famous for its live music, theatre performances, festivals, restaurants, and bars that stay open late. I can't speak for nightclubs. Perhaps...
Forum: Canada
Feb 22nd 2024, 6:24 am
Replies: 15
Views: 3,580
Posted By Lychee

Re: Brit debating taking job offer in Canada!

Are you ready for cultural change in a subtle way? Toronto's great if you want to embrace an urban Canadian lifestyle and are career-oriented. If you're coming to Canada to pursue an outdoorsy...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 9th 2024, 4:10 am
Replies: 43
Views: 15,231
Posted By Lychee

Re: Why are the potatoes so rubbish?

This is not a Canada problem. This is a "you're buying the wrong potato at the wrong store" problem.

Or it could be a Canada problem, depending on where you are in Canada. Some parts of Canada...
Forum: Canada
Aug 15th 2023, 5:13 am
Replies: 26
Views: 4,936
Posted By Lychee

Re: Canada move

Absolutely agree with you here.

And yet, so many are drawn to Canada for places that are thousands of miles away from where they eventually move to. So many are drawn to Canada for the idea of...
Forum: Canada
Aug 14th 2023, 8:28 am
Replies: 26
Views: 4,936
Posted By Lychee

Re: Canada move

That's been my observation too. Few folks from the UK can interpret scale when looking at a map of Canada. All the map tools in the world are available and still folks from the UK rarely grasp the...
Forum: Canada
Aug 11th 2023, 7:55 am
Replies: 26
Views: 4,936
Posted By Lychee

Re: Canada move

Your math is off.

Red Deer to the US border is only 400 km, not 2000 km.
The Alberta BC border is also a 400 km drive away from Red Deer.

It's very possible to travel to the USA and other...
Forum: Canada
Aug 4th 2023, 4:45 am
Replies: 26
Views: 4,936
Posted By Lychee

Re: Canada move

What is it specifically about Red Deer or Edmonton that you find appealing? It’s hard to make other recommendations without knowing some more details.

Have you been to Canada before? What sort...
Forum: Canada
Jun 26th 2023, 6:43 am
Replies: 8
Views: 5,267
Posted By Lychee

Re: Nurse moving to Canada

Immigration to Canada is under the jurisdiction of the federal government (the Government of Canada) while nursing regulations fall under the jurisdiction of each individual province (the Government...
Forum: Canada
Apr 13th 2023, 12:05 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,861
Posted By Lychee

Re: which city in Ontario? UK nurse looking to move!

If you're concerned Ottawa's boring, I'm not convinced Barrie or Orillia are going to solve your problems. Ottawa has more going on immediately nearby than either Barrie or Orillia, and it has...
Forum: Canada
Feb 8th 2023, 8:01 am
Replies: 26
Views: 4,108
Posted By Lychee

Re: East vs West

From my understanding, it's less about the weather and more about the length of the seasons. On Vancouver Island, you're not dealng with snow right now and it's fairly green. Your earliest spring...
Forum: Canada
Jan 7th 2023, 6:13 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,798
Posted By Lychee

Re: School system in British Columbia

Three things for your consideration:

1. The Fraser Institute is a libertarian-conservative Canadian public policy think tank. Their agenda is to undermine the government-funded public school...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 30th 2022, 6:10 am
Replies: 51
Views: 6,290
Posted By Lychee

Re: when your accent becomes a figure of speech

It's French. Ouvre la lumiere is "turn on the light" in French, but it literally translates to open the light. My anglophone ex from Montreal used to say it all the time. I have never heard it said...
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