Can you tell me more about the neighbourhood in Vancouver, Canada?

Question

Me and my wife are planning to move to Canada, however, we need some more detailed information about the city. Here are

some questions that I need to know:

1. Which city/neighborhood that is the best to live and to raise a family in Vancouver, Canada? (Also affordable....^o^)

2. I want to live near the city that also offer the good school for my kids later on....could somebody give me more information about it? (we haven't have a kid yet, but planning it soon...)

3. Where to rent an affordable apartment for 1 bedroom?(according to question #1)

4. What bank that gives a good interest rates and easy to use it everywhere?

5. What is the good IT company in Vancouver, Canada? My interest job would be as an Help desk support, System analyst, and anything that related to the hardware and software.

Thank you so much guys to help me answer my questions!

H.Y

Answer 1

Operative words:  "Family, school"

North Vancouver, if you are willing to travel a bit, the farther East, (that is in North Vancouver), towards Deep Cove you come, the more family oriented it becomes.

The area is fantastic with mountain, ski hills, bike path, loads of schools.....

But you are away from the upbeat life of downtown, nights are quiet, and if you have to work downtown, crossing the bridge may get on your nerve after a while.

Answer 2

Check out the residential areas that are closest to the University of British Columbia Campus.

University of British Columbia has a lot of IT activity - so ou can get information there.

Answer 3

Vancouver West is probably one of the best places to raise a kid. I like Kerrisdale. However, it tends to be expensive. Contrary to what some people might say, East Vancouver isn't all that bad anymore. I have a cousin that lives on east 49th I think and they love it! Some neighborhoods are worse than others, but it is much much cheaper than the west end. West Vancouver is great, but again, rather expensive and you can't really rent anything. North Vancouver is cheaper than west vancouver, and a bit safer than east van. My advice is to come to Vancouver and look around to find neighborhoods that you like! Also, stay away from Surrey, Burnbaby etc. but you can check them out if you do come up here. They are cheap, but not actually in the city itself.

Places to stay away from: Downtown Eastside, and thats pretty much it.

Vancouver west and east vancouver are districts of vancouver while West Vancouver and North Vancouver are sepereate cities, but only a 5 minute drive over the bridge away from downtown. Surrrey and Burnaby etc. are further away from the city. There are good schools everywhere.

Be warned: Like anywhere really, Vancouver teens do drugs and there is a lot of pot going around. Drinking and smoking are normall amongst teens. Im not sure about the west side and east side, but I know that West Vancouver>North Vancouver (concerning drugs) and I am pretty sure that the Westside>eastside (better than meaning less, or strictly pot,drinking,smoking) I think that the Westside is better than North Van too, but dont hold me on that. And not saying that everyone does hardcore or any drugs, im just saying that its there, like everywhere.

Answer 4

Ok well Vancouver is one of the most expensive cities in North America to live in... so dont expect anything cheap!!!

The cheapest in BC is - Abbotsford (not part of the GVRD)

Langley is a very nice city, and has everything you need. Yet not as hectic as Vancouver, and very affordable.

Aldergrove is a small town between Langley and Abbotsford, very safe and small neighbourgood feeling. Great place to raise kids, and has 3 elementary schools and one highschool.

Langley and Aldergrove are only about a 45min-1hr drive from Vancouver.

try bcclassifieds.com for apartment listings.

OR

Langleytimes.com

TD Bank is a great bank to use, located everywhere.

Vancity, also a great bank, located everywhere.

sorry cant answer your #5 question.. refer to the classifieds for more info on that.

Hope that helps!!