Im thinking of moving to calgary for 5 years?

Question

i am a nurse, single mum of 2 girls (11 and 13), really tempted to make this move although ive never been to canada and dont know anyone there! (well you have to challenge yourself). i need info re calgary, i work with older people and would like to know about the facilities. also schools, rented accomodation, best quiet places to live.....anything at all really!!!!! thank you

Answer 1

Calgary is an extremely friendly place, so if you can make it here I'm sure you will make friends in no time.

I think your first hurdle is going to be securing a job.  You will need to have permission to work in Canada. I think you need to figure out the average wage you can expect to get, and then figure out if that wage can sustain you and your family.

Calgary does have a high cost of living, but I think it is worth the price.  We also have a very high standard of living. We have lots of wonderful things -- great hospitals, schools, arts, and culture.  

Why Calgary?  If you've never been to Canada at all, perhaps you should visit and make sure this is the right move for you.  It's a big country -- lots of great cities.  Many of which have a lower cost of living.

Answer 2

i live in calgary.

it's really expensive to rent apartments, cause so many people

are moving here, trying to find houses/apartments

Answer 3

Hello!

I moved here from Los Angeles 2 years ago and I love Calgary, although I don't know many people  (It's hard to have a night life with a 2 year old)

I live in the Woodbine area, which is a very nice quiet community.

My aunt works for We Care http://www.wecare.ca/careers.cfm

http://www.wecare.ca/ and they are always looking for qualified people.

Also, The Calgary Health Region is drastically understaffed, so there are plenty of openings there- they recently tried to poach my aunt to work for them for a much higher salary, but she is very loyal to We Care.

The schools here are pretty good, my nieces who attend school here are the same ages as your daughters and don't seem to have any problems.

Renting here can be "iffy" but all of the places are nice (I was used to paying too much money for run down rentals in California)

Calgary Housing provides affordable townhouses- but they are based on your income (the lower your income, the cheaper your rent) but you have to be residing in Calgary for 6 months before you qualify

http://content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Hall/...

Best of luck and please feel free to email me anytime with any other questions that may come up, and I'll do my best to find the info.

Answer 4

Hello!

I don't live in Calgary but rather, Alberta's capital, Edmonton - which is just 3 hours north of Calgary.  My in-laws used to live in Calgary before they passed away so I've visited quite a bit.

I can tell you that Calgary is more expensive right now for housing than Edmonton and, personally, I find Calgary difficult to get around.  It's gotten quite large and their traffic is horrendously busy.

On the upside, they are only about an hour or so from Banff and, depending where you live in Calgary, you can still see the rocky mountains....beautiful!

Here's a link for the city of Calgary's website ...this should help you with more information on actually living there, taxes, job outlook, etc.  Canada is a very beautiful country and its people are even more so!

Good luck!

www.calgary.ca

Answer 5

well, nurses can write their own tickets for employment in any canadian city nowadays.   Every health region is screaming for them includign Calgary Health region.  You can check out employment opps there at www.calgaryhealthregion.ca

For general info on the city and Alberta in general

http://www1.travelalberta.com/en-ab/

Come on up./.. we need you!!