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I will be relocating to Ontario soon (haven't been there before) but considering the high cost of living in this place, does anyone please have a suggestion as to which part/town in Ontario that has an affordable standard of living and at the same time decent enough to raise young children.

I've looked up Hamilton, Kingston, Ottawa. I think Toronto might be expensive. Anyway I will welcome any suggestions.

thank you

Specializes in ICU, Trauma, Neuro, Informatics.

I know what you mean about the young american kids causing trouble and not being able to handle our strong cdn beer. that is pretty much the major tourism there.

i stayed at the dayz inn on th emain street with some buddies to go to the auto show and we had to sign an 18 page agreement meanwhile all these kids were running up and down the hallways and stairs like grade school kids early i the morning. Didn't quite get that.

I wouldn't live in detroit just work part time there. And maybe some hours at the hotel dieux.

Gun shots I am accustomed to as I currently work on the trauma medicine unit at one of the busiest tc's in toronto.

I guess ill see how it is next year.

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Specializes in Psych, Informatics, Biostatistics.

My family is from Ottawa (Stittsville). The Bradleys have a long history in the area. Family originally had property in Bytown, then moved out to the Log Cabin (around the Huntclub). You will see signs for the Log Cabin since its a Nathional Historical site. They resettled farther out. Its neat to go back and at least tour the old cemeteries. Think Ottawa might be hurting in this economy and the Nortel layoffs. Big problem is not being Frankophone.

I am thinking of relocating to ON from Phili. I am thinking of Guelph, Waterloo, Niagara Falls or Midland as well as parts of the western GTA. I am finishing off library school, but would like to continue so it might be nice to be close to UofT or UWO.

Question: I read where nurses with over 22 years experience get 6 weeks vacation in ON. Any idea if a regional health unit will give me the six weeks? I have been a nurse since 1984. I would think each region would be able to grant me this request, depending on how desperate they are.

Thoughts?

Thanks, Kevin

Thank you all for the info. From all I've heard and researched so far I think I'll love Ottawa, but yea the big issue is the bilingual. I had interviewed for a job there but they needed a bilingual candidate.

Anyway,no matter where I start off from I'll always have my eyes there, in the mean time I am going to look into taking a French class to improve my versatility.

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.

A couple of things leap to mind. Ontario doesn't have regional health authorities at this time. But they do have a fairly strong union which encompasses most acute care facilites and LTCs too. They won't likely have any problem giving you credit for your 22 years' experience and therefore drop you on the pay ladder right at the top. But vacation is usually a seniority based item. Have you looked at the cross country comparison stickied to the home page for this forum? ONA has no provision for portability of seniority from any other jurisdiction. Their vacation provisions allow for 1.25 days (8 hour) per FTE-month worked in the first year, 15 days per year (8 hour) in years 1-3, 20 days in years 4-13, 25 days in years 14-23, 30 days in years 24-28 and then 35 days after that. They means years within that union. Actuall, if you look at the rest of the comparison, Ontario's contract is near the bottom for many provisions, making it less attractive to 'new' nurses from anywhere. Especially when the cost of living is factored in.

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Hi i'm thinking of migrating to canada, was originally thinking vancouver but visited toronto and liked that better and was also told ottawa was nice. I trained and qualified in england and have been working for 5 years now. How would i go about the process of moving to any of these two places and how easy is it to find jobs as an international nurse?

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
Hi i'm thinking of migrating to canada, was originally thinking vancouver but visited toronto and liked that better and was also told ottawa was nice. I trained and qualified in england and have been working for 5 years now. How would i go about the process of moving to any of these two places and how easy is it to find jobs as an international nurse?

Starting point would be here https://allnurses.com/forums/f108/internationally-educated-nurses-very-important-read-first-323075.html also depending on your training will depend if you have enough hours in all areas as Canada is more generalist to specialist training like the UK

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I've lived in Toronto most of my life, Kingston during university and Ottawa for a year. Each has its advantages. I love the winters, I'm a true Canadian girl, so Kingston and Ottawa were great for that. Also, they're very efficient with snow clearing...Toronto isn't so great for that. But I love living among many cultures, Kingston is fairly homogenous with some variety in restaurants etc., Ottawa is better, but Toronto definitely is the best for that. I guess it's all about what you are looking for in a city. Good luck!

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I live in Toronto, it is very expensive. But I went to school in Waterloo (often referred to as Kitchener-Waterloo twin cities), which is 1 hour drive away and I must say that it is a wonderful city. Small enough to be charming, but big enough to find things to do. There are also 2 major universities in the city, which help it's economy and gives your kids the option of staying at home while going to uni. when they get to be that age. London, Ontario is another place you might consider, it's 2 hour drive from Toronto.

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thanks, got the application form through from the cno so gonna go from there and see what happens. wish me luck.:nuke:

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