Best Places to Live in Canada

[thegentleman]

GTA or KW

Sorry, I'm not familiar. What are these places?

But it is much better to have crappy weather and be properly employed than to live in a place with a perfect weather with no employment (and money).

I have to agree. I would absolutely be willing to live somewhere with crappy whether for a few years if the money is right. Plus taxes out here in Halifax are very high.

 

[scylla]

Sorry, I'm not familiar. What are these places?

I have to agree. I would absolutely be willing to live somewhere with crappy whether for a few years if the money is right.

GTA = Greater Toronto Area
KW = Kitchener / Waterloo

 

[thegentleman]

If you're in tech, then GTA or KW should be your aim.

Nevermind, I figured it out. Greater Toronto Area and Kitchener, Waterloo. I'm all for it to be honest. We have a friend in Waterloo who has been trying to get us to come out there for the longest time. We were just waiting to apply for Citizenship first as we heard that it would process faster as we are closer to Sydney office .

Anyway, I'm not in Tech but everyone needs a banker .

 

[thegentleman]

What do you mean? the current process is way faster than before, but the fee is higher.

You're right, I was just talking about your time frame... seems it took you 11 months to get it. I just thought that was crazy!

 

[meyakanor]

Nevermind, I figured it out. Greater Toronto Area and Kitchener, Waterloo. I'm all for it to be honest. We have a friend in Waterloo who has been trying to get us to come out there for the longest time. We were just waiting to apply for Citizenship first as we heard that it would process faster as we are closer to Sydney office .

Anyway, I'm not in Tech but everyone needs a banker .

Oh, bankers, Toronto also has the largest financial market in the whole Canada So for tech and finance, GTA has the largest market. KW has a lot of tech and startup jobs, but not so much for finance. Citizenship application takes about 10 to 12 months nowadays (in Southern Ontario), so you should be good to go by the end of next year. But as a trade off, unfortunately, the GTA and KW have some of the slowest citizenship processing offices in Canada

 

[pie_vancouver]

everyone needs a banker .

I don't need a banker, I can manage my own finances. Noc 1111

You're right, I was just talking about your time frame... seems it took you 11 months to get it. I just thought that was crazy!

I thought 11 months was already quick. I landed on July 2010, became citizen on Oct 2014, it only took 4 years 3 months to get citizenship.
I dunno how super fast is the process nowadays but if a person gets RQ then the process would take longer.

 

[fotjon]

If you do not love the cold, then weather in Canada will fast become the biggest challenge of living here. Only two places in Canada I would consider living for that reason. Halifax, or Vancouver (though I believe Victoria is not bad either.

For that matter Windsor (ON) could be taken into consideration too. Don't know about costs or jobs, maybe someone in the forum can tell more.

 

[canuck78]

For that matter Windsor (ON) could be taken into consideration too. Don't know about costs or jobs, maybe someone in the forum can tell more.

Windsor is affordable but not tons of job opportunities. It is known for manufacturing. Given the NAFTA discussions I would wait to see what happens.