Who's from Canada? I got some questions ^_^

I know there's quite a booming scene in Nova Scotia I'm considering making that my permanent home. That or BC

 

BC is really expensive.

NS might not be bad. I personally like Montreal the most (Toronto works but Montreal has a charm to it).

 

Citizenship? Where did you come from? And I guess you're studying as well, freshman (judging by your missing citizenship) or advanced?

I'm not sure what else I could ask right now, but I appreciate your help. I'll come back to you when I have more questions about Vancouver in particular :033:

It as a package to Germany. I wonder why it is so expensive, shipping to the US from Germany isn't that pricy at all. I remember that I once won a vinyl from a Canadian ebay seller and he said it would cost 40$ or so to send it here - the vinyl cost me 3.95$, lol.

I like that idea, you can always count me in for gaming & film meets

So Vancouver has one or even more than one decent arcade? That's great news! It's been ages since the only arcade in my city shut down.

@British Columbia
I know it is pretty much the most expensive place in Canada, but the UBC is the only University that offers a full-term Asian language course in Japanese. I had no choice ;-)

 

NS FLAT OUT ROCKS !!!!!!!!!

Although the hurricane a few years back did massive damage.

I think if you were shipping to Japan and back it would be cheaper in BC but I don't know for sure.

 

I'm not from Canada, but I wish to move there too one day. Not gonna happen unless I marry a Canadian girl, no other way (But god damn, those Canadian girls!). BC/AB is nice, especially Edmonton if you like Cities or Vancouver island if you're looking for more of a country retreat.

 

Okay lets trade LOL.

I'll come live in England, you here in the arm pit of Ontario.

Out west is too expensive though. 1+ million for a house that would be 200k+ here in Ontario, nuts I tell you, nuts!

 

It's really amazing how fast time passes by. I've started this thread about three years ago and there's been some progress. We STILL have not been approved permanent resident status! The Canadian government is as slow as it could possibly get. How can that shit take 1,5years+? It's just a simple form that has to be approved dammit. Lots of money depend on it yet they care shit and you can't even phone and ask them or it'll be even slower.

Well, the rant aside, I'm really excited about the oncoming three months. I'll start boxing up my entire game/magazine/monitor/arcade/console/comic/dvd (O_O) collection as well as all the other stuff I and my family possesses from May 8th - June 8th. Then it'll be put into a 40 foot container and shipped across the Atlantic ocean until about the 3rd-4th of July, when it'll arrive in Edmonton where my parents and I are going to live for the next couple of years. Well, mostly my parents, because I am going to study 1300km away in Vancouver.

I'll be on campus of the University of BC in Vancouver on August 15th, 3.5 months from now on. Are there any members from Vancouver (Opethfan, right?) on this board? Would be cool to meet up, although I can't contribute anything gaming related because my collection will stay in Edmonton all the time >_<

But I recall that many users here share my fate - working all around the globe and having a huge collection somewhere in mom's attic, stashed away in boxes. ^_^

 

Good luck with your studies, and I hope you will feel comfortable in your new environment!

 

Get ready for sky high rents !

 

I've always wondered how difficult it would be to move to Canada or North America. Anybody ever done it? Is it expensive?

 

Ask me in two months from now and I'm one of those who did it.

The price depends on what you want to move. We're three persons plus all of our belongings (minus cars, which we'll sell) - that's about 2/3 of a 40 foot container. A 20 foot container would have been about 6500-7500 Euro (depending on the company), 40 foot is 7500 Euro (again, prices can go up to 9000 here. There's some room, and of course you can try to bargain a bit). For that price the container will be put in front of our house, employees will carry in all the furniture and boxes we packed, and it'll be delivered right to the door of the new home - included is all required paperwork et cetera.

If you want to live there you need a job though. If you've got a job, they'll grant you a work permit. But if you want to live there (i.e. not thrown out of the country if you're fired), you need permanent resident status. And once again you have to shell out some coins... but it's nowhere near as bad as in the US. Hell, if we in Germany had such restricting rules about immigration, we'd have no immigrants. My parents really tried to immigrate to the US in the 1980's, but they just figured it would be too much of a financial challenge.

 

I'd like to move later in life, I don't particuarly like living here. Thankfully for the past few years I've lived light. I had my video game collection, bed, clothing desk and computer in less than 8sq ft after my brother moved in. If I was to move I'd probably be taking a bit of clothing my computer. desk (Which is flat pack) and money.. I have a pretty large DVD collection but I'd sell that off anyway as it'd be useless over there what with the region restrictions. I figured in the way of appliances (fridges and tv's and shit) I could sell off what I have here (or will have by then) and rebuy across the pond.

I want to do Video editing. Hopefully the qualifications I get will count for something over there.

Somebodies going to end up pointing something out that I'll miss. Calling it, I'm knackered.

 

I did, I moved from Leeds to Calgary. It is very expensive, especially if you come to study. If you get work permits I suppose its not too expensive. The visa application process is very tiring too, and as ave says, you can not phone them and ask about your application. Funny thing is, once you are here, you can call immigration and they give you all the advice you need and are super helpful.

 

Really? I wouldnt be able to stand all the frenchies. They piss me off to much and I live in the Capital.:lol:

T.O. is where its at!

VGM out...

 

Are you living in Quebec City? If so that is an entirely different thing then living in montreal. Downtown Montreal when I lived there was becoming more and more anglophone (unless you head to the east end of the city). Sure you have to put up with the dumb shit French laws the province tries for force down people but most people are pretty cool on it.

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P.S., I miss dagwoods. =(

 

Look guys, an old thread!

In response to ave's age old question about my citizenship, I'm a British citizen, came here about 10 years ago with my family. I have a half English, half Canadian accent; or what the locals like to call "Australian".

Permanent Residence is a pain to get, and once you get it you have to (and I shit you not) go to Peace Arch, walk across to the American side, get THEM to fill out a form, and come back into Canada.

I sent off my citizenship application last week. Now I wait 19 months (according to CIC).

In regards to my studies, I'm taking random courses at Douglas College right now. Not really sure what I'm doing, so I took time off, and back on, etc so now I'm working and going to classes full time.

 

Important things you need to know about Canada, check the graph

 

According to that graph there are still more Canadians all in all who say "Eh", Eh?

 

For sure the most retarded post I've ever read here....

 

Dunno, I have heard that distinctive 'eh' sound pretty much every day since I got here.

And isn't Montréal supposed to be the party central of Canada? At least there people can go out until after 3am! I am still shocked that bars and clubs shut down at 2-3am here in BC, how can people cope with that? :dammit: