Reason to move back to Canada?

thanks Steve!i appreciate any advice given.I'm training to be a computer tech.from the look of monster.ca there appears to be jobs over there still.out west would be better for jobs i agree-I'm just a little chicken on starting out where i don't know a single person.its crazy i know!lived in Calgary when i was 8 or 9-believe it or not i still have good memories of the place.maybe i could do with a bit of adventure anyway!its going to be a challenge anyway i look at it

In Calgary the labour shortage is more in non-professional jobs than anything else. I read somewhere the Premier reckons Alberta will need some ridiculously large number of people to work on the bitumen conveyor that is going to be built between Fort McMurray and Fort Saskatchewan.

There are a lot of govt. jobs and civil engineering jobs going especially. Which is not to say they're badly paid, but I do get tired of talking to people who didn't bother to graduate from High School because they can get a job driving a truck for six months a year in Fort McMurray for $100,000 pa. They may be making a lot of money but they're, erm, a little unsophisticated.

Where there's muck there's money, basically.

so here i am new to the web site , however excited by the fact that other canadians feel as passionate as i do about moving back home to Toronto ,
some brief history , I was born in the UK and emigrated out to Toronto when i was in my teens with my family ( sponsored ) after getting a great job offer in the UK i moved back in 2004/5 its now 2010 and i cant get Canada out of my mind , its home to me and i miss all the things many of you have listed , yet i felt so alone in my thoughts ,
i wanted to join this forum and add my comments however only when i have had some replies to my posting to confirm all is for real on this web site .
So until we speak again , heres a big " Hows it Goin eh "

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I am moving back to Canada because I am tired. I have been here far too long-longer than I ever expected. I hate the weather the gloom and the public transport. I hate how expensive things are and how crowded everything is here. There many MANY other reasons why I want to leave although some are more to do with me personally to be fair. I miss my Uncle, my Grandma my Cosines and Hockey Night in Canada. I miss cold snowy winter mornings and white Christmas' I miss Toronto, I miss North American TV AND Goldfish crackers. I miss Thanksgiving dinners. I miss Canada, I miss home.

Amen.

I always feel like I was the only one. It makes me miss Canada even worse - one of the doctors at the hospital where I work is moving to Canada to do his fellowship, and he keeps asking me questions about home which really make me miss it... I miss proper seasons, and the leaves turning colour, and Kraft Dinner. I miss late-night Wendy's runs with my friends, radio stations that play one genre of music, and I miss news that actually tells you whats happening in the world. Three different news stories about snow is not news.

Hey!
I must say, I sometimes feel like moving back but I quite like it here, so I don't think I will.. not for awhile anyway. But I do miss mountains!! Like I realllllllyyyy miss mountains, england has none!! And I'm from the Vancouver area so I am quite used to being surrounded by mountains! I think I also prefer the weather back home, its a bit milder than here, I live in Coventry and it has got to be the windiest city in the UK which makes it 10 times colder than it actually is! Back home they are already experiencing the beginnings of spring, which is pretty bad considering the olympics are on right now and they kinda need the snow... but here it is still freeeeezing cold and miserable! And everything back home is much cheaper, so I miss that. And I miss my family, its quite hard to live in a different country with no family around you. And I miss American tv shows! I hate having to stream them online!! And the stupid tv license you have to buy here!!! But I mean, there are alot of good things about the UK, its a whole different culture and its alot of fun, I'm sure if you live closer to London its even more fun, I'm stuck out in the midlands... I have some amazing friends here, friends I know I will have for the rest of my life, unlike the friends I have back home. And the countryside is absolutely gorgeous!! Nothing compared to mountains, but still gorgeous! And that they have cathedrals and all these other historical monuments right in the middle of a modern city, thats pretty cool, definitely nothing you would find in Canada. I like the mobile pay as you go better here too. The people are quite friendly which I find nice, except for all the Chavs... :/ I dunno, overall I like the UK, but I do miss Vancouver... Not enough to move back though... not for awhile anyway...

I have been in the UK for 6 months now and my experience has been, well as much as I would like to say horrific, not terrible but not good.

I have a fair number of British friends who told me it would be easy as pie for me to get a job here and 6 months in, with over 100 jobs applied for ranging from the NHS jobs that are in my field (ie. neuroscience) to waitressing jobs to shop jobs. I have a consistent record of employment and great references, I've never been unemployed til I moved here.

Out of those 100 jobs, I have gotten 3 interviews, two were too far away and one was in my town which I went to and was told that I was the perfect candidate, had a perfect interview yada yada yada....well if i was so perfect why did i not get the job? OH IS IT BECAUSE I'M CANADIAN and you think i'm gonna take off and not give you any sort of permanent employment. And then I get british citizens telling me to "be patient" or "i have to work and make a life for myself and try a little" ....excuse me do you not think that applying to every position i possibly can is not trying? dont think so!

I think for all the moaning that Brits do about their country doing more for immigrants then the citizens is a lot of bullshit as I am seeing Brits who are less qualified than I am get a job. For example a friend of mine who only has A levels got a healthcare position at an NHS hospital while I have a Bsc and applied to the exact same position in a different ward and got nothing.

I'm over being in a hugely populated country which is disgusting and looks more and more socialist or communist everyday with making sure that everyone has the same level of benefits. I miss Canada, I miss easy employment there, I miss my home, my family, my city, my entire life....just waiting for the plane ticket prices to go down!!!!

I'm over being in a hugely populated country which is disgusting and looks more and more socialist or communist everyday with making sure that everyone has the same level of benefits. I miss Canada, I miss easy employment there, I miss my home, my family, my city, my entire life....just waiting for the plane ticket prices to go down!!!!

Have you tried www.canadianaffair.com? My boyfriend's father was able to fly return from Canada to Manchester and back for less than
$500.

Also, I'm willing to be the reason you haven't gotten some of the jobs is because you are over qualified. I applied to McDonald's when I first arrived, even though I have relevant experience and passed their employment test thingy - but it was for an entry level position so I'm pretty sure they wouldn't hire me because I have a BSc... The worst part is that I'm trying to apply for some academic jobs as a lab tech and things... and I found out when I moved over here that the research project I did to finish my degree would've gotten me a Masters degree here! And I still can't get anything in my field.

I just found this forum and I've been in the Northeast of England for almost 5 years. I cannot wait to go home! I was only supposed to be here for 2 years but circumtances changed and I had to stay longer. I am counting down the days til I get back to Vancouver. I was there in October for a short visit and I thought I would miss something here but I didn't. I have loved visiting different places and travelling through Europe (that I will miss)and 25 vacation days plus stats but the day to day living I won't. The cost of living is crazy, I feel sorry for some of the people here. When the Olympics were on I was so homesick I could barely stand it. I'm so grateful for facebook and great phone plans. I miss sushi, kraft dinner, mountains, hockey, Wendy's, Tim Horton's, the Canadian accent, hot yoga, my house, gyms with child care, toques and my Dad. I feel like I have been living in a hotel for the last 5 years and can't wait to live in my own home again. I am going home on August 1st and I can barely stand the wait. I have met some nice people here but I always compare them to my friends back home and I know it's not fair but I do. I got to travel to many countries and even met Bono in a pub in Ireland. I know how lucky I am to have had this adventure of living in England but it's just been to long to be away from my friends and family. I will appreciate being back in Canada so much and I will never, ever take my country, friends or family for granted ever again.

That's wonderful that you are moving home and will be closer to family and friends that you long for.

But Kraft Dinner!!!

Well I better add my own experience here then too!

I'm basically here because I met my boyfriend in Canada in January 2008. When his Visa expired, I got an Ancestry Visa for the UK. I arrived in February of 2009. We lived in Nottingham for 6 months (worst 6 months of my life!) and I worked in Sneinton and St. Ann's (the crappiest areas of Nottingham) in the Health Centres (the crappiest places in the crappiest areas of possibly the crappiest city in England). The weather was always raining or overcast, people yelled at me on the streets for just looking the wrong way, brawls broke out at 7pm on a Tuesday evening downtown, and things like the council tax/tv licence/road tax/MOT/bus ticket prices/low wage, etcetera drove me absolutely crazy.

We moved to Brighton, which is so much better. It's safer, has nicer weather, and is generally less depressing. My boyfriend is now a student though so it's a bit tough on me since I'm the only one working. I feel underemployed as I'm working in a call centre for much less than what I'm worth. I still have to pay 80 quid/month for council tax and pay 10 pounds a week for a bus pass on top of the astronomical rental rates. It's so bloody expensive in this country.

In Canada, I had a job I loved with a decent income (I had to actually pay income tax just before I left, which was a first!). I lived with spontaneity and loved having $10/month electricity bills with free heat and hot water included in all rent.

It's so much easier to be happy in Canada, and I often find that I don't "get along" with people in England. I don't know what it is. I've never been so un-sociable until I moved here. I used to get along with everyone but there's something about the communication here or the culture or... something. There's definitely this underlying... subtle... something underneath it all. I always end up saying something that offends someone or it's taken the wrong way. Sometimes I feel like I'm walking on egg shells when I talk to people. I don't mean any obviously offensive comments either (ie. racist, sexist, homophobic, etc.). I can say something like, "Oh the weather's picking up today," and get some sort of remark back as if the person is offended. It's so frustrating.

I miss perogies (although Asda sells 'pierogi' which is sort of the same), Sleeman Honey Brown lager, Wal-Mart (with a mechanic, eye exam centre, car insurance, clothing, McDonald's, crafts, cramping gear, etc.), Tim Horton's (obviously), Dairy Queen, Denny's, open roads, sunshine, camping in the forest (not a field), and more!

We're sorting out a Common Law Visa so that my boyfriend can hopefully get permission to live in Canada. It looks like it's going to be a long process though so I hope I can withstand it all until then!