Thread: Canada

Welcome to the boards of Britsabroad lyndamc :)

Hopefully someone will reply to you on this before too long. What're your immigration plans?

If you are happy where you are, I'd say don't do it and stay put. I made friends over here and Brits as well, and family and long term friends remain in the UK but we keep in touch via facebook and email and will always be in touch and friends in any case as I see it.

Plumbers won't have any problem finding work, and you can run your own business doing it, which is even better. Commonly over here, more and more people are turning to their own businesses which works well from all I can see, I nearly did myself but when you rent they don't allow it from home unfortunately and I can't afford to buy a home of my own (single Mum as the ex failed to take responsibility until more recently but has opted to stay in the UK and I am not moving back myself, son was born here too).

I find those that feel happier here prefer it here, and those who were already happy back in UK tend to miss it and some go back again.

Try a long holiday over here first like a month, to get a good feel for the place, then decide. I visited Canada twice, once in Ontario for a week or so, and then Vancouver, and then I knew which place out of the two was for me.

In any case, don't rush if making a permanent long term move, there is no rush. I say money is better here, and goes further for sure, you are not taxed so much here compared to the UK and personal freedom is better.
But I lived in the South of England where it is more expensive anyway. I hear other brits say it is more expensive here but they lived in cheaper parts of the UK I found out.

Seems like sound advice. I usually tell people a similar kind of thing about coming for an extended holiday, when they talk about moving here. Living in a place isnt the same as a holiday is.

From one Southerner to another, where abouts were you from in Southern England?

Oxfordshire? Meh, you're a Northerner compared to me!

With all that moving around, the wandering nature was bred into you.

Originally I'm from Kent.

Yeah I do miss it and I go back a couple of times a year. My regular visits back there are the only thing that keeps me sane.

Yeah I'm sure having an infant makes things more complicated and expensive.
Have to admit that I go into London everytime I'm home too... and I try to get over to France for a day if I can as well.
It always seems to be a rush to fit in seeing everyone that I want to see (and don't) before I have to leave to come back again.