Living in other parts of Canada

[gingerbee]

Is it a people shortage or a salary shortage then

While $20/hr sounds decent, that's below a "living wage" https://www.ontariolivingwage.ca/updated_2024_living_wage_rates for the vast majority of the province.

There's a shortage of people. Once COVID was over, most of these companies got back to it, many of them expanded their operations, it seems we have lost a fair amount of people who use to do those jobs. where they went no clue.

Rent and bills, 20/hr in Orillia and Barrier is very do able, I mean if you wanna be flash and spend all kinds of money on crap you don't need then no its not, $10 star bucks coffee 3 times a day ain't happening, if that's what some call their standard of living, but it is for sure possible and many do well. That's $20 to start.

 

[ZZLEE]

Kanata has lots of teck jobs from Dell call centers to high end jobs . Rent is a bit expensive . I have a friend who making good money is an assembly job. Ottawa it self has allot o government jobs .

 

[Marzipan]

what about Flinflon? you can become a hermit!

 

[ZZLEE]

What is your skill set . What type of job are you looking fore . What would you do if you could do anything ? Where would you be if could be anywhere ?

 

[freeagent]

Winnipeg has a lot of trees, its a nice city. It has its problems sure. And winter does suck a bit, but it makes you a man, and if you are lucky you will get hair in funny places. There are good jobs here. I would rather live here than Edmonton. I lived in a small town outside of Calgary. I miss Alberta. But I love Winnipeg for some ungodly reason. It is beautiful in the summer though. I have a bunch of family spread out in Ontario, they are all well to do and all that. Beautiful province. I would avoid the GTA myself.. but only because I don't like big cities. I did live there when I was a little kid though.. it was an adventure.

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Roads are shit here too

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Good transit service if you need it

Mostly

 

[Shadowmeph]

Well, as someone who grew up in Toronto, the No tree thing I think is funny, not sure where you got that, but still funny.

so I would suggest Toronto and the surrounding area 2hrs in any direction, I am in orillia about 1:20 north of Toronto and there is not a single place in my city that is not hiring right now, you name it most likely there doing it here or in barrier and all need people but the same is pretty true of Toronto just way more people going for the same job. Just about all cities around the big T are expanding/growing, there is a shortage of all trades/labour/warehouse/factory/trucking, I have never known anyone who is looking for a job within 2 hrs of me and not finding a job. The problem with Toronto is the cost of living, IMHO. Many places around Toronto are not bad as long as you take your time looking.

Rents in Orillia and Barrie are not cheap, but they have come back down to normal levels since the COVID bubble. A very good friend of mine just got a place in Orillia, great neighbourhood, 5 bedroom, 2 bath/4 piece and 2 piece for $2800 all in. Another friend of mine runs a blower/extruder at a plastics producer down the street from me, they have trouble keeping people just to pack boxes and sweep the floor for $20/hr, it seems after covid Orillia/Barrie lost a lot of people from the job market, not sure where tf they all went.

I think this depends a lot on your field of work, if you have one and if you want to stay in it. good luck

wow in the Vancouver area that like maybe a 1 br apartment with own parking with ta few of a building across the street. I remember long ago when the Toronto area was the most expensive place to live in Canada now I am sure its Vancouver area, I think 1 br dark dingy Illegal basement suits outer lower mainland around where I live with shared laundry parking on the street ( if your lucky enough to find a spot) go for 1500 per month and those are not very good places to live

 

[SugarJ]

So anywhere in Canada is going to have colder winters than Vancouver. One thing I've found in my travels is that -30 in the interior of BC and Alberta feels similar to -10 in Vancouver due to the air being much dryer. At my friend's cabin in 70 Mile House three weeks ago, it was -7 in the morning. Sun was shining. I was wearing a long sleeve t-shirt under a hoodie and jeans, was outside for over an hour without feeling cold.

Toronto is very humid in the summer, uncomfortably so for me. There's trees around, but no mountains visible like in Vancouver area. You see the odd hill in the distance but it's mostly flat for someone that's used to the North Shore / Coast Mountains we see here.

I've liked the time I spent in Calgary and have often said that if I wasn't living here that would be my next choice.

 

[Cannon Fodder]

So anywhere in Canada is going to have colder winters than Vancouver. One thing I've found in my travels is that -30 in the interior of BC and Alberta feels similar to -10 in Vancouver due to the air being much dryer. At my friend's cabin in 70 Mile House three weeks ago, it was -7 in the morning. Sun was shining. I was wearing a long sleeve t-shirt under a hoodie and jeans, was outside for over an hour without feeling cold.

Yup, the dryness DOES factor in..... some sunny winter days back in Manitoba seemed not as bad as some wet winter days out here.

Toronto is very humid in the summer, uncomfortably so for me. There's trees around, but no mountains visible like in Vancouver area. You see the odd hill in the distance but it's mostly flat for someone that's used to the North Shore / Coast Mountains we see here.

I've liked the time I spent in Calgary and have often said that if I wasn't living here that would be my next choice.

Like my uncle, that lives in Calgary, is fond of saying, "Calgary's the only place where you can slip on the ice, fall down in the mud, and get up & dust yourself off".

 

[JD]

Toronto is very humid in the summer, uncomfortably so for me.

I'd say its humid year round now, winter tends to be more wet/damp/rain in recent years. I also feel like we have more cloudy days than sunny ones. All these towering structures I think have really amped up the "heat island" effect too.

 

[Marzipan]

I'd say its humid year round now, winter tends to be more wet/damp/rain in recent years. I also feel like we have more cloudy days than sunny ones. All these towering structures I think have really amped up the "heat island" effect too.

Ontario, in almost its entirety, is humid!

source: friends from all over Ontario complaining about how humid it is.