British Colombia- Cool place to move? What is it like?

Question

I'm canadian from Quebec thinking of moving with the west side. Ive never been there. I am 21 and i want to live in the city. What is the cost of living over there and how easy is it to find an appartment?

Vancouver is a thought because its really the only place i know over there, what are some other cool cities with plenty of good jobs for students? I would also like to attend college there. What are my main options in that region?

thank you very much,

Answer 1

Other cities would be Victoria.

Kelowna is getting slightly bigger, but i wouldnt really consider it a city.

Cost of living is pretty expensive, but still fairly similar to Montreal. There are always lots of places on the market, and real estate cost is going down.

Your options for Universities in Vancouver are: UBC (probably the best out of all of these), SFU, and Emily Carr if you are into Art.

Victoria has UVIC

Answer 2

B.C. is very expensive to live in. Jobs are also scarce, but being a student you dont' need to worry about that. I am not sure about housing, but I am sure that you can find a dorm or apartment. B.C. is beautiful!

Answer 3

Vancouver is a good city to live in but not very cheap. Apartments and housing is a bit pricy. You might be able to find a one bedroom apartment for 1000 a month near skytrain station in Burnaby. Downtown is a lot more expensive maybe around 1400 or so.  The more you go to the East it gets cheaper. Coquitlam and Maple Ridge and langley are cheaper but further from Vancouver. You can probably get a basement suite in Vancouver south for around 700 or 800. Shared is always cheaper though. There are two main universities. UBC and SFU. They're both pretty hard to get into but depends how your academic standings are. SFU is in North of burnaby available to most of Vancouver and burnaby by Bus and skytrain. UBC is in West of Vancouver with many buses ending there. Most people go to college first. Langara college is in Vancouver south and Douglas college is in New west minister and another campus in Coquitlam. Douglas is close to skytrain but Langara's skytrain station finishes in 2009. Finding job is not that hard depending on your experience. Construction jobs are available almost everywhere. Food costs are still quite lower in contrast to other cities. You can usually buy cheap grouseries from local chinese or Indian stores. The weather is usually very nice. Not a lot of wind chill, or snow and not that cold in the winter and not that hot in the summer. BRing an umbrella with you since it'll be raining a lot. Other cities of BC are good too especially on the Island but I would say better for old people. Good luck if you decided to come here.

Answer 4

Not sure where Canadian Girl lives, but most of BC is DYING for breathing bodies to work! There are TONSSS of jobs around here.

I'm in Victoria, and you will have noooo problem finding a job. However, rent is expensive, and we have one of the lowest vacancy rates in the country.

Can you be a bit more specific college wise. Is there a specific program/area of study that you are interested in? There are TONS of colleges/uni's out here.

SFU, UBC, UVIC, Royal Roads, Camosun College, Capilano College, Douglas College, Vancouver Community College ect ect

Here's a website with a list of Colleges/Uni's in the area!

http://www.choosebccolleges.ca/

Malaspina College-University

http://www.mala.ca/index.asp

Good Luck!!

Answer 5

Vancouver and Victoria or Kamloops are the best options. Kamloops is the cheapest to live in. It's pretty easy to find apartments as long as you have the money to pay for them. There's lots of office jobs in Vancouver and Vancouver is a great place for students. It rains a lot, though, just so you know!

Answer 6

If you try Vancouver, be warned: The cost of living there is high.