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Originally Posted by Sid70
Hey there,
I am here to ask a general Canadian public, what place do you think fits the best to adjust for a newcomer in Canada?
I am thinking Calgary ( living cost, tax, education, medicine wise ), Ottawa ( central, capital, nice looking, food, close to USA) , Victoria ( all bad except it's warm ).
It's about a family with high school / college kids.
And, I am an old fart 50+.
Shoot.
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I'm an even older fart, and I've been based in BC and Vancouver Island for 40+ years.
I started in Toronto, and I visited 6 years ago.
The biggest factor to which place is "best" involves your financial means.
I couldn't even recognize Toronto since my UofT days in the seventies. Condos, many sitting empty as money laundering assets for foreign investors, eat up the sunlight all day long.
Gentrification is rampant, since the pandemic started, everyone seems to be moving to the west coast. There are few rentals available, and the housing market is insanely expensive.
Of course, this may not matter if you're coming with money bags.
Either way, I would still highly recommend the west coast, Vancouver, or Vancouver Island - unpaved nature is still accessible to all.
If you like winter sports, both Vancouver and the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island are close to world class ski hills.
If you like water sports (the non-GFY kind), get a boat and a trailer, and you'll be in paradise.
Either way, welcome!
