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Yeah, but Alberta has a lot of empty areas, if anything, i would suggest Mississauga over Toronto. A lot of grass and very nice houses with tonnes of beautiful parks and nice apartments. And a lot less immigrants. And way more oppurtunities for good paying jobs than Toronto.Might I ask, why Toronto?
But the place is pretty nice. It's a multi-cultural city, but with that in mind. Logically, it will be very hard for you to get a job.
Many immigrants that move to Canada, head to Toronto and will probably be steps ahead of you in securing a job.
But eventually you'll get a job there.
Alberta is nicer though. No provincial taxes 8D.
And B.C is one of the best parts of Canada because of the mountains.
Anyways, might I suggest you go into Mississauga? It's a suburban city that's beside Toronto and it's a 10 minute drive if you take 401 highway.
You'll find some great cheap and affordable 2/3 bedroom apartments there starting as low as $799.
I live in Mississauga
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I should possibly change it from Toronto to generally CanadaDJ_Shad0wK1LL wrote: »Yeah, but Alberta has a lot of empty areas, if anything, i would suggest Mississauga over Toronto. A lot of grass and very nice houses with tonnes of beautiful parks and nice apartments. And a lot less immigrants. And way more oppurtunities for good paying jobs than Toronto.
I live in Mississauga
Very great community.
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There are some very beautiful churches in the GTA. I don't usually go to church, usually when I go, it has to do with school masses (I go to a Catholic school).yea i went to a church in mississauga and a lot of people were nice and helpful as far as what places to go around toronto and where to eat
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Here is my beautiful Catholic School.
Btw the apartment building in the background was just built in 2004. I tis very nice, even has an exclusive road jsut to reach the apartment that you need a card to access and open the gates
And here is the beautiful Church that I go to masses for my school. (You can obviously see teh different times these pictures were taken)
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Having moved out my self, here's what I've found:
An apartment or town house in the Barrie region (about 30-45min north of Toronto) should only put you back about 700-1000 utilities included. The closer you are to the city the more expensive rent will be.
Now, I work a call center, make 15 bucks an hour. Comes to about 1k biweekly. There are A LOT of call centers in both this area and Mississauga (I've been doing it for 3 years and have looked around). It's a solid starter job, easy to get for the most part and they typically pay 12-18 bucks the hour. French is recommended but not necessary as bilingual reps get hired quickly and take in bigger wages.
Starting fresh in never easy, and it's hard to give advice on it, but here's what I'd do:
You need to save enough for your first and last month of rent as a bare minimum as most (probably all) landlords ask for it. So as a bare minimum you'd need to have about 1500-2000 for that. On top of that, I'd recommend saving for at least 2 additional months of stay. That would give you a "cushion" for roughly 3 months of a roof over your head and food on your table.
Total goal: 4k. If you're both moving up together, I'd say do 2.5k each. The extra grand will go a long way in helping you get started with furnishings etc (or help you with moving costs if you plan to bring your own furniture)
You're a bright guy, so I'm sure you'll be prepared and do really well. Last bit of advice that I can think of is research employment in the area before hand, but I'm sure that had already occurred to you.
I would recommend Ontario over Quebec or any other province as we've had the most jobs created and high youth employment rates compared to the rest. True, Montreal is awesome, but it's better to visit the party city than live there (as an English speaking "foreigner"). I'd also recommend living north of Toronto than in the city or it's satellites as the difference in the cost of life is noticeable. Barrie region puts you far out enough to save quite a bit in rent, but still a short trip from the clubs/party life. -
IF you're going to learn French, do it as early as possible, Get atleast three years in, then if you move to a french speaking place, you will become more fluent, and even after taking a class, you don't become fluent until you spend some time in a place where people speak french to you.
6 years of French for me, and I can talk basic, and understand others, but speaking it is different. -
Hi STYX.
First of all, i'm from Montreal/Canada. I speak french but im able to communicate with my bad english hehehe (im working all day long with English customers, so it helps me to learn English hehe)
The thing you might want to know is, if you plan on moving in Montreal, don't worry about French language, yes that would be a good skill to learn but Montreal City is bilingual. From colleges, to restaurants, to shops etc.. You don't need to speak French.
If you are moving next to Quebec City, in that case, you WILL need to speak French since it's about 90% French in that city.
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Montreal has the most people who fluently speak english and french in Quebec.Hi STYX.
First of all, i'm from Montreal/Canada. I speak french but im able to communicate with my bad english hehehe (im working all day long with English customers, so it helps me to learn English hehe)
The thing you might want to know is, if you plan on moving in Montreal, don't worry about French language, yes that would be a good skill to learn but Montreal City is bilingual. From colleges, to restaurants, to shops etc.. You don't need to speak French.
If you are moving next to Quebec City, in that case, you WILL need to speak French since it's about 90% French in that city.
If you have any questions regarding rent-a-room/society etc.. in Montreal city, let me know. -
Hi STYX.
First of all, i'm from Montreal/Canada. I speak french but im able to communicate with my bad english hehehe (im working all day long with English customers, so it helps me to learn English hehe)
The thing you might want to know is, if you plan on moving in Montreal, don't worry about French language, yes that would be a good skill to learn but Montreal City is bilingual. From colleges, to restaurants, to shops etc.. You don't need to speak French.
If you are moving next to Quebec City, in that case, you WILL need to speak French since it's about 90% French in that city.
If you have any questions regarding rent-a-room/society etc.. in Montreal city, let me know.DJ_Shad0wK1LL wrote: »Montreal has the most people who fluently speak english and french in Quebec.
Uhm Shadow, I assume ax0 has more experience about Montréal ... since he lives there.
But I don't know anything about Canada so you can just ignore this post. -
I was reinforcing his statement of "if you plan on moving in Montreal, don't worry about French language, yes that would be a good skill to learn but Montreal City is bilingual. From colleges, to restaurants, to shops etc.. You don't need to speak French.", by adding that comment (which is true..)Uhm Shadow, I assume ax0 has more experience about Montréal ... since he lives there.
But I don't know anything about Canada so you can just ignore this post. -
I've just begun.IF you're going to learn French, do it as early as possible, Get atleast three years in, then if you move to a french speaking place, you will become more fluent, and even after taking a class, you don't become fluent until you spend some time in a place where people speak french to you.
6 years of French for me, and I can talk basic, and understand others, but speaking it is different. -
You could come to Windsor, it's usually warm here. We speak a majority of English. It's fairly cheap, and there are many apartments. It's also close the border [we borderline Detroit] and it would be easier for you to get here. As for a job, you could learn French [and you should be able to speak some Spanish from school] and get a job as a security guard [the ones who ask questions at the boarder and open the blockage piece of wood that blocks you driving off]. It's a good pay with good benefits.
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Green_Ranger wrote: »Having moved out my self, here's what I've found:
An apartment or town house in the Barrie region (about 30-45min north of Toronto) should only put you back about 700-1000 utilities included. The closer you are to the city the more expensive rent will be.
Now, I work a call center, make 15 bucks an hour. Comes to about 1k biweekly. There are A LOT of call centers in both this area and Mississauga (I've been doing it for 3 years and have looked around). It's a solid starter job, easy to get for the most part and they typically pay 12-18 bucks the hour. French is recommended but not necessary as bilingual reps get hired quickly and take in bigger wages.
Starting fresh in never easy, and it's hard to give advice on it, but here's what I'd do:
You need to save enough for your first and last month of rent as a bare minimum as most (probably all) landlords ask for it. So as a bare minimum you'd need to have about 1500-2000 for that. On top of that, I'd recommend saving for at least 2 additional months of stay. That would give you a "cushion" for roughly 3 months of a roof over your head and food on your table.
Total goal: 4k. If you're both moving up together, I'd say do 2.5k each. The extra grand will go a long way in helping you get started with furnishings etc (or help you with moving costs if you plan to bring your own furniture)
You're a bright guy, so I'm sure you'll be prepared and do really well. Last bit of advice that I can think of is research employment in the area before hand, but I'm sure that had already occurred to you.
I would recommend Ontario over Quebec or any other province as we've had the most jobs created and high youth employment rates compared to the rest. True, Montreal is awesome, but it's better to visit the party city than live there (as an English speaking "foreigner"). I'd also recommend living north of Toronto than in the city or it's satellites as the difference in the cost of life is noticeable. Barrie region puts you far out enough to save quite a bit in rent, but still a short trip from the clubs/party life.
Mighty helpful brother. Only language i know so far is english and spanish. I'm currently working on french however it won't be completed for another 2 years or so.
I have a few hundred in my bank so i'll begin saving as much as I can now. -
No, he is coming to Mississauga with me, not you!You could come to Windsor, it's usually warm here. We speak a majority of English. It's fairly cheap, and there are many apartments. It's also close the border [we borderline Detroit] and it would be easier for you to get here. As for a job, you could learn French [and you should be able to speak some Spanish from school] and get a job as a security guard [the ones who ask questions at the boarder and open the blockage piece of wood that blocks you driving off]. It's a good pay with good benefits.
Btw Styx, Hpx wants me and Hi to bring donuts to HQ, if you move here, wanna come? -
DJ_Shad0wK1LL wrote: »No, he is coming to Mississauga with me, not you!
Btw Styx, Hpx wants me and Hi to bring donuts to HQ, if you move here, wanna come?
We'll have to split the 10 brownie points 3 ways. That never works out, we'll not be able to redeem our 100 brownie points for a hug for a long time.. -
Yes, I'm moving near the Mississuaga area so far.DJ_Shad0wK1LL wrote: »No, he is coming to Mississauga with me, not you!
Btw Styx, Hpx wants me and Hi to bring donuts to HQ, if you move here, wanna come?
The image above is the area I would like to move to. -
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Funny you should mention that. If you know Spanish you're in good shape. Most call centers that service the US (probably about 2/3rds of them) offer that bonus to people that speak Spanish (I'm a bilingual English/Spanish rep for Sony US).
I might sound like I'm pushing a low end job a bit, but I honestly think it's the best starter out there. Let's out it this way: You get out of HS, no post secondary education and you can still land a position that get's you 15-20 bucks to sit on a chair and talk to people. No hard work at all, I'm paying/saving for school while I read the forums (as we speak btw) and read manga online. Honestly, how many people can say they get paid for that? In a year I'll be back in school while I work part time all while working less and making more than your average Joe working at Burger King.
About Mississauga and it's surrounding area... lived there, can't say I liked it too much. But the choice is yours, and there are countless options out there.
I'm sure a strapping young man such as yourself will do fine.
Chip chip cheerio
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That massive fish tank at Bass Pro is nice. Always has at least one azn baby right up against the glass with an "Ima eat you" look while the fish in there are probably thinking the same lols.DJ_Shad0wK1LL wrote: »Vaughan is a very nice area. You will be close to wonderland (has the be and Vaughan Mills (A very nice mall).
I have close family friends that live in that subdivision right behind Wonderland off of the 400. From what they tell me, it get's pretty awful living there with all the rowdy kids coming for a good time and crime rates have gone up (which are still fractional compared to the US >.> ) -
Green_Ranger wrote: »That massive fish tank at Bass Pro is nice. Always has at least one azn baby right up against the glass with an "Ima eat you" look while the fish in there are probably thinking the same lols.
I have close family friends that live in that subdivision right behind Wonderland off of the 400. From what they tell me, it get's pretty awful living there with all the rowdy kids coming for a good time and crime rates have gone up (which are still fractional compared to the US >.> )
i've been there i had a good time but their rides aren't nearly as fun as the one's in the US
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. I've spoken with two of my real close friends and so far they're really willing to go. It all goes well i'll be with both =D 
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