Relocating to Canada

Have you ever been to Vancouver? Do you have any ideas about where you want to live, work? Can you afford housing there? Are you moving as a single or with a family?

These are all things you need to consider before moving. I've seen people move to BC and love it whilest others have loathed it and returned to the UK.

Don't let the travel brochures fool you. Yes, you can sail, ski, and golf all in the same day but it is a very expensive place to live.

I'm a Canuck, now residing in the USA, and a Nursing student to boot,lol. I lived in Victoria BC for nearly 10 yrs!! Its across the water from Vancouver (1.5 hr ferry ride) Vancouver is a big city and can be pricey to purchase a house. Weather is great for the most part, of course "great" has different meanings for each person. A quick google will lead you to the average temps per season. I do believe BC has lower provincial taxes than many provinces and their Nurses are in the upper bracket with regards to pay,but one still has to figure in the higher cost of living. Best of luck

It can rain from October to March. Grey, damp, drizzle.

Yes, one hotel in Vancouver ran a "guaranteed to rain" promotion in January a few yrs back, lol Lots to do in BC. 1 day you can be out in shorts, and the next day downhill skiing!! I rarely wore pants in Victoria,of course I figure anything above zero celcius to be short wearing weather,lol

I remember one year when it rain was a daily event for those months. Day after day of wet, damp, drizzle. Your umbrella becomes an extra limb.

After awhile you wished it would just snow,lol I miss Victoria!! I now reside just outside Washington DC. far too humid here, and to many people!!

It sounds weird but I prefer the snow and cold in winter now. I was just saying the other day that -4C wasn't that bad.

- 4 is perfect. Not too cold but cold enough to keep it from being wet.

Maybe a tad cooler, so the salt doesnt melt the ice, thus ur car stays clean. Was back in Saskatoon over Xmas, first few days were freezing, was like -45C with windchill, and yes, Edmonton gets like that as well. plus they have a sucky hockey team!! Go Flames go,lol

I'm a Canadian nurse living in Manitoba (province of only 1 million people).

I have visited Vancouver and found it very crowd, busy and not friendly. To boot it's expensive to live. I have friends that live there and say rent is quite high. I think your high salary will go towards a lot of rent unless you have shared accommodations. It's more mild than Manitoba, that's for sure but I have decided I'll take the cold - whatever degree winters over a winter of grey, dreary, rain. Our winters have lots of sunshine compared to BC.

I would look into how much apartments are, how close you would live to your place of work, do a quick calculator on your income and living accommodations and see if you will break even.

As well don't let all that discourage you. It's a personal preference to live there. Lots of my Manitoba friends live there and love it even if it's expensive. More to do there year round than in Manitoba.

Hope this helps a little.

Good luck

Hieb:nurse:

I am a RN from UK,planning to relocate to Vancouver, Canada.Will that be a good decision?I am registered with CRNBC,haven't taken CRNE.Is there any easy ways to move? Please advise

There's no "easy" way to move to any country, you have to follow the requirements of the province you're wanting to go to. Having aid that many Provinces are actively recruiting right now - there was a full page spread in the RCN newspaper last week for Alberta.

As has been said - do your homework, visit the place & do your research. Many Provinces have good websites which will tell you all about house prices, taxes, laws etc etc.