Hunnia said:
Dear,
I, with my husband, plan to land in Calgary by end of Aug 2012.
We are also expecting our first baby around end Nov and it makes us more nerves about coming to an entirely new place with minimum information about it.
Have so many questions like;
What kind of challenges we may have face with a 6 month permanent lady especially when winter is setting in?
What kind of housing/place is better for woman in this condition?
How to find a rented place to live and which area (crime free and with good access/transport/train system)?
Should we plan to buy a vehicle or we can survive without it there?
How much a good condition second hand pickup truck/car usually cost?
What on avg. monthly budget we should plan for a family of two + a baby?
Being Muslim I would also look for information about hilal food, Mosques and Muslim community etc
Huh...and so many more.......
PLEASE! Share your experiences advises and provide as much information as possible even beyond aforementioned questions
God bless you all
Thanks
Calgar is pretty safe all around town
For places to live i suggest you take a look at homerent .ca there are lots of places
Public transportationis very good its all under schedule calgarytransit.ca
For used cars you can look in kijiji.ca an select calgary then search
Or you can always go to a dealer and get one
The winter is cold but you just dressup and learn to live with it
Calgary is the city with the most amount of sunlight in the winter but it gets cold it varies between -10c to -50c
Visit theweathernetwork.ca or .com cant remember
He -20 and underits just a few days you alsoget chinooks that are wam winds that push the cold away ans you can go from -30 to +18 in hours. This happens very often in the winter specially last winter tat wasnt cold at all
Average -5 with just 5 days below-20
If you are muslim look around the NE there are lots of muslims up there im not so i dont know much
But there is no racisim in canada specially in calgary its all multy cultural
Hope this helps
