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Would you recommend Edmonton to new immigrants? |
Travel Info Trying to decide which province/city to settle in as "newcomers". Your help would be much appreciated. Travel Tips Edmonton is very open to new immigrants. It is a very multicultural city with many nationalities represented. We have several centres where new immigrants can go for support. They help your set up health, education, housing, childcare and work. Almost anything a newcomer would need can be found there. One is located in Millwoods and another is located in Bonnie Doon - both communities are on the south side of the city and easily accessible. The Catholic society also has a new comers program where they will house you in one of their apartment buildings and then have volunteers who come and get you and show you where to shop, how to take our transit system and supply you with work permits, health cards,etc. Edmonton has clubs for new comers where they can meet other new comers. There are also clubs and societies for almost every different culture and nationality. I have to say Edmonton is a very welcoming city when it comes to immigrants and everything from learning English to helping you find work is available to you. As for the city itself - yes we have winter - some winters are colder than others but overall it's better than a lot of provinces. Our shopping is some of Canada's best - everything from discount dollar stores to high end products can be found here. Almost every community has it's own walk-in medi centre, shopping centre, banks, restaurants - almost everyone you need. Our education system is second to none - you have so many choices in regard to schools - public, separate, private, specialized. Your child can learn almost any language in school these days - it's your choice. Alberta does some advantages - no provincial sales tax (only province that doesn't) there are lots of job openings in almost every profession and trade. Edmonton is fairly easy to get to know because most of our streets are on a numbered grid system so it's easy to find places. Our public transit is still quite reasonable compared to other big cities. Our property taxes compared to other big centres is still within reason. Some of the things you may not like - housing is fairly expensive except if you compare it to Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria, etc where housing is much higher than here. Unfortunately our rental rate is about 1 1/2% which could present difficulty finding suitable apartments. The average price of a single family home resale one is approx. $350.000 (a new home is approx $425,000) and the average rent is approx. $850 for a decent 1 bdrm. I think Edmonton is a great city for immigrants as they have helped build this city to what it is today - a multicultural mega. Don't forget we have opera, ballet, museums, art galleries, community halls, swimming pools, recreation centres, miles and miles of walking and biking trails - tons of parks. Every kind of sport is represented within our community. Hopefully you'll seriously consider Edmonton as your new home has it has lots to offer. Good Luck. Others Edmonton is very windy and very, very cold in winter. The wind blasts down the east slope of the rocky mountains and sweeps across the plains. You will deal with winters that can be very tough. If you have an option I would recommend going to British Columbia. Currently the most multicultural city in canada is Toronto and it doesn't rain all the time like Vancouver. Alberta and Sask. are freezing in winter. Manitoba is boring. I'd recommend anywhere from Ontario to the East coast as a good area to be looking in. Forget Edmonton. The real estate cost alone is enough of a reason to look elsewhere. halifaxns is better lots of immigrants there and you wont feel out of place or alone |
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