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| Subject: Imm. to plains provinces (Sharon's input sought) |
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Immigration to lesser-populated plains provinces. Sharon´s input would be appreciated here . . .
This is not a question as much as a discussion point. I am probably one of the few people that would not immediately go to Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver. I want to settle in one of the lesser-populated plains provinces, because of their similarity to the places I have lived in the past in the States. My only fear is that I won´t be able to find a job in that area, because opportunities would be more limited.
Do you think immigrating to such places is realistic and are immigrants less welcomed there then in the big hubs?
Thanks,
AJ
[10-02-2005,10:10]
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AJ |
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(in reply to: Imm. to plains provinces (Sharon's input sought))
yes. big opportunities in Calgary, Alberta with a good economy.
[10-02-2005,13:16]
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sharon |
(in reply to: Imm. to plains provinces (Sharon's input sought))
I used to live in Regina Saskatchewan before I came to Nanaimo B.C. It??s my first ??land of living sky?? in Canada. I mean, yep, they have less population than Nanaimo. It??s prairie province, everything is related to agriculture, wheat, however, I do see some immigrants over there. If you used to live in that kind of province, why don??t you self-employ, like buy a farm or buy a business. I drove around to some isolated community before. Surprise me, some town maybe everybody is from German or Ukraine several decades ago. People are friendly to us, I think, no problem I have been to Swift Current, Moose Jaw, Saskatoon; they are not too big, not too small. They do have big box like Wal-Mart, Real Canadian Superstore.
I think if you want to find a job, sure you can find some over prairie province. I just talked to Mid-Island Co-op (I am not sure if you guys know this retail store) HR manager over a local career fair yesterday. According to what he said, Regina or some prairie cities are their distribution centre, and if your interest is related to nature resource, petrol, prairie maybe your best choice.
I don??t mind if let me work in those places, snow, cold is not a problem for me. I experienced that environment before. It??s full too. When the lake frozen, you can actually play hockey on the lake.
Another thing you can be aware is Saskatchewan actually is the first province, which introduced provincial healthy plan, let universal heath care, can be benefit by everybody no matter she/he is poor or rich. I still keep my Saskatchewan care card even it??s expired for a long ago. For residents who live in Saskatchewan, no matter you are Canadian or not, automatically give you care card free. In British Columbia, I have to pay 56dollars a month for premium unless your company pays for that.
Anyway, good luck, same as you, I would not think moving to Vancouver these several years, even I gonna get PR soon. I like my town Nanaimo, small, friendly people.
[10-02-2005,13:24]
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Yijie |
(in reply to: Imm. to plains provinces (Sharon's input sought))
Petroleum industry will keep running running running
[10-02-2005,13:32]
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Yijie |
(in reply to: Imm. to plains provinces (Sharon's input sought))
Thanks Yijie,
Regina has been on my list.
AJ
[10-02-2005,15:28]
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AJ |
(in reply to: Imm. to plains provinces (Sharon's input sought))
I have no idea what kind of major and what kind of jobs you wanna do in the future. However, because of less labour and residents over there and good social service over small towns, don?t need worry too much. You can purchase a house in Regina less than 100,000. Not only Regina, cities like Winnipeg, Saskatoon, or even Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, Medicine Hat, those are very neat towns in summer. Girls are nice in the bar too.
[10-02-2005,16:55]
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Yijie |
(in reply to: Imm. to plains provinces (Sharon's input sought))
Sounds about right -- a lot of parallels with the high plains of the United States. Except the girls part :-). I am a public relations practitioner, so I can pretty much fit in any medium to large organization. Since Regina has about 200,000 people it has got to have those. A house under 100K huh? Nice.
[10-02-2005,18:52]
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AJ |
(in reply to: Imm. to plains provinces (Sharon's input sought))
Yijie,
I forgot to ask. What were you doing in Regina? Are there any good schools over there to get a graduate degree once I land?
AJ
[10-02-2005,19:03]
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AJ |
(in reply to: Imm. to plains provinces (Sharon's input sought))
have a look. http://www.macleans.ca/universities/
[10-02-2005,19:12]
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sharon |
(in reply to: Imm. to plains provinces (Sharon's input sought))
Thanks Sharon
[10-02-2005,19:38]
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AJ |
(in reply to: Imm. to plains provinces (Sharon's input sought))
Regina has lots of government stuff, administrative stuff, you may like them, universities? Yep, I studied at U of Regina before, it´s same as any universities in Canada
[11-02-2005,01:17]
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Yijie |
(in reply to: Imm. to plains provinces (Sharon's input sought))
hi,
Iam a grad student in Univ of Saskatchewan. I started recently and its a great school for Engineering. Its got good research and its cheap too. For international students, this is one of the cheapest schools. I love it and recommend it to u.
[11-02-2005,08:39]
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