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Which state are you immigrating from?

Also Canada is not all it is cracked up to be. It is a pain to get too, expensive, and you might find yourself regretting it. If you love Canadians I assume you have visited here before so you must have some idea how things are? In any case if you get here and find that you hate it at least you have been warned.

I'm not going to paint a rosy picture for you I usually never do because I have heard too often about people coming here and we didn't fulfil our promises or their dreams. You are going to have to work hard and toil. You might not make a lot of money to start with. Your education might not even be accepted. The government is going to rip you off. People are going to rip you off.

As long as you understand welcome to Canada and God Save the Queen.

   

mmricci, I would keep the US citizenship just in case you don't like Canada. And it is a shame you are leaving the US for that reason. Oh well. To each his own.

   

   

Keep it. Just put your US passport in your safebox and use the Canadian one as you go. Being a dual citizen is a gift...especially a US-Canadian one.

I don't let the stupidity of my country's government discourage me and force me to give up the citizenship that I earned by birth.

   

Living here is vastly different from visiting here... I'll give it that.

I have a friend from Seattle who moved up here to go to Vancouver Film School and he had visited here plenty of times before... thought he absolutely had to live here because Canada is the greatest country, blah blah blah. I fear that his visits which were filled with me & all my friends & his friends thinking that he was "The coolest guy ever" gave him a warped ideal on what living here would be like.

He moved up here, discovered that while his friends think "he's cool" that it doesn't mean "everybody" thinks that way and there's also LOTS of cool Canadians as well that he'd have to compete with. He's glad to be going back to the states, is the ultimate decision.

Every situation is different though

Myself, I've lived on the mainland for a year now and I've lived "in BC" my whole life. I was always somewhat afraid of the downtown area of Vancouver, I avoided it at all costs except to travel through it on my way to the ferry terminals... or on my way home from the ferry terminals. Yesterday my boyfriend & I decided we were going to play tourists in the city, after both of us having lived here for a year & neither of us actually spending any time in the city. It was an eye opener. I have a new respect for the city on my doorstep, a new perception of it, and I'll probably spend a lot more time there

Nothing is as it seems.

   

Indeed.

If All those years of cretien corruption couldn't drive one from their country of birth then nothing on earth could do it.

Canadian eh.

   

Alberta has all the jobs and some of the lowest cost of living. However, someone recently released a report that puts 4 (pretty sure) of our Canadian cities inside the top 25 places to live in the entire world. Welcome

   

weeeeellll ummmmmm not really but maybe the 26th according to citizens of famine , and war inflicted countries .

I'm not really a fan of dual citizenship because Canadians and Americans use it whole-heartedly to shaft each others country , although as said earlier it is a gift to both Americans and Canadians and also one should not be foolish about giving up something which is your birthright . If you have issues with Bush or your local government then fight back . Give Canada a try before you make any hasty decisions , Its a great place .We like most americans (little more than half) but pretend to hate them all, when really we just hate corporate america and Bush . He can come visit too but he should at least show some respect and bring potato salad for supper and at least pay the $10.00 gate fee when he visits our first national park like everyone else has to.

   

What?!? Where?

   

Alberta has one of the highest cost of living in Canada

   

I agree, when I lived in Calgary/Edmonton in 2001 it was reasonable. Not anymore. Even the smaller towns have high rents.

   

I keep hearing this but havent seen it yet,maybe my idea of a small town is different then others.
Less then an hour out of Calgary you can rent a nice place for about $375.00 without utilities.
I guess if it doesnt have a timmys or a 7/11 some dont consider it a town but trust me there are lots of small burgs with affordable houseing,you may have a half hour or more commute but small price to pay.

   

I'm looking in places that are closer to the work. Leduc, Hinton, Spruce Grove, I'm sure there are a few places that are affordable but not many. BC is no better though. Atleast southern BC isn't.

   

One of the highest maybe but not even close to Nunavut where a box of cereal is $10.00,a loaf of bread is $7.00,same for a head of lettuce. Box of beer is $200.00 or $250.00,depending on the season.

Nope,we got it pretty good here in Alberta.

   

When I was pipelining I was all over central and southern Alberta and thats what the guys do,rent a place for 3 months at a time or so in one of the small towns nearby.Not even an hour from Calgary and bet most Calgarians havent even heard of or drove by any of these towns.

Hear ya on southern BC Sparwood and elkford are about the only places affordable now in the elk valley and forget about Fernie unless you have a half million in your jeans,should have bought there 10 years ago. But then you allmost have to be a contractor or be in the union in BC anyways to make it if your skilled trades.

   

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