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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by MummyJaygirls: 6:49am On Feb 07, 2020
mikkyphp:
Depends on ambition. Do you want to run things and rub shoulders with the best? Bigger pay and prestige? Or you're just OK with making a living and living a chilled life? The choice is yours...

Commute isn't a big deal, 35mins train from Mississauga to Downtown Toronto.

All this talk about lower cost of living is relative and a trade-off with competitive pay and unlimited opportunities.

Enjoy...If you choose Ontario, hit me up make i buy you 2 bottles of your favourite when you land... grin grin

Buahahahaha, oshey! Shoulder rubber. Talk say u dey find babe, no dey derail person from her plan.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by kinglee007(m): 8:38am On Feb 07, 2020
Come o, it's been a while since i heard landing gist here. We don dey gradually turn this thread to visa inquiry thread. Abeg, morals are being boosted here o!

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Crummy: 10:43am On Feb 07, 2020
Hello everyone, please I would like to know how feasible it would be for a non medical student, to study to be a medical lab assistant in Canada and get a job.....i would be very grateful if I can get like a cost analysis and time duration possible to achieve this....

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by hayor2014(m): 12:48pm On Feb 07, 2020
MummyJaygirls:


People with CPA don't go to Calgary?

I don't understand ooooo
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by hayor2014(m): 12:55pm On Feb 07, 2020
Bigger pay and prestige ( brother calm down), pay in both provinces is about the same and tax is higher in Ontario, cost of living is higher.
I would advise anyone with options to had to Ontario now though cos the job outlook on Alberta is really poor.
Conversion from ACCA to CPA , based on a friend's experience, takes about 6 months, start from Naija to cut the waiting time.




mikkyphp:
Depends on ambition. Do you want to run things and rub shoulders with the best? Bigger pay and prestige? Or you're just OK with making a living and living a chilled life? The choice is yours...

Commute isn't a big deal, 35mins train from Mississauga to Downtown Toronto.

All this talk about lower cost of living is relative and a trade-off with competitive pay and unlimited opportunities.

Enjoy...If you choose Ontario, hit me up make i buy you 2 bottles of your favourite when you land... grin grin

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Jesusbabygirl(f): 1:26pm On Feb 07, 2020
Everygirl:


I have ACCA so I intend to convert to CPA. Why not Calgary? Lower cost of living, more chilled lifestyle, open spaces etc.

I can live in city centre and not have long commute like from GTA to Toronto downtown. All based on research sha.

At the end of the day, I really don't know for certain where I will end up. I have about a month to decide.

Any ideas for what else to consider?
Do you mind if I ask a question about CPA, etc. I have an undergrad degree in Materials Engr but I worked in Nigeria for 3 years as a Strategy Analyst..Then I came to the US and got an MBA and Master of Finance. Now, I work (less than a year) as a Financial Analyst (my job is like a 50/50 blend of Accounting and FP&A). My question is will I be able to do CPA without an accounting degree? Will my Master of Finance suffice? I am avoiding doing a CPA in the US since I am not sure of staying here and Canada is most likely my final abode. Please advise, thanks.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by SlowlybtSurely: 1:30pm On Feb 07, 2020
MummyJaygirls:


Buahahahaha, oshey! Shoulder rubber. Talk say u dey find babe, no dey derail person from her plan.

This woman! When you go change? cheesy cheesy
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by slushy: 3:49pm On Feb 07, 2020
kingkhalil:
Morning seniors.

Got PPR and should be coming with my family by summer. Stuck between choosing Alberta and Ontario. I heard rents are cheaper in Alberta, the minimum wage is higher than ontario and they pay less taxes. However, I am concerned about job opportunities. Studied law and i don't know if there are readily available paralegal jobs in Alberta that i can do while i take steps to getting enrolled to their Bar. Wifey studied Economics, and is looking at Admin Roles whiles she gets additional qualifications.

So what do you advise? Ontario or Alberta?

Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Fortissimo502: 4:34pm On Feb 07, 2020
Crummy:
Hello everyone, please I would like to know how feasible it would be for a non medical student, to study to be a medical lab assistant in Canada and get a job.....i would be very grateful if I can get like a cost analysis and time duration possible to achieve this....

Why go for med lab assistant (MLA)? It's better to go for med lab technologist (MLT). Much better pay and much better job prospects.

To study MLT you don't have to be a medical or science student but you'll need to have taken biology and chemistry in high school or university. If you haven't taken those courses, you can easily do them online or in night school.

Admission requirements for MLA are much less stringent. You probably don't need any science courses or you might be able to make them up after admission or something.

The whole process should cost about $20K and take between three to four years if you're going for the MLT. For MLA, you should be in and out in about a year at a fraction of the cost for MLT (maybe $6K?), but I'd strongly advise against that career path.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by kiari: 5:47pm On Feb 07, 2020
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Crummy: 7:14pm On Feb 07, 2020
Fortissimo502:


Why go for med lab assistant (MLA)? It's better to go for med lab technologist (MLT). Much better pay and much better job prospects.

To study MLT you don't have to be a medical or science student but you'll need to have taken biology and chemistry in high school or university. If you haven't taken those courses, you can easily do them online or in night school.

Admission requirements for MLA are much less stringent. You probably don't need any science courses or you might be able to make them up after admission or something.

The whole process should cost about $20K and take between three to four years if you're going for the MLT. For MLA, you should be in and out in about a year at a fraction of the cost for MLT (maybe $6K?), but I'd strongly advise against that career path.
thanks a lot for the clarification, but I decided to go for MLA because I thought i would be done on time so I can get a job fast to support myself and then go on to study nursing in school... What do you think about this?
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by chilinkenergy: 10:25pm On Feb 07, 2020
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by ultrazone(m): 10:31pm On Feb 07, 2020
Crummy:
thanks a lot for the clarification, but I decided to go for MLA because I thought i would be done on time so I can get a job fast to support myself and then go on to study nursing in school... What do you think about this?
If nursing is your final destination, going for Health Care Aid is better.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Liposure: 11:18pm On Feb 07, 2020
jen2praise:
no snow yet in toronto
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Dessdess: 11:21pm On Feb 07, 2020
How easy is it for someone to work as Health care aide and also study for nursing at d same time.
ultrazone:

If nursing is your final destination, going for Health Care Aid is better.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Habbeys: 12:18am On Feb 08, 2020
MOVING WEST (Musings of a Nigerian)
I often wonder in those rare moments when I think, what sacrifice really means. I suppose I conflate it with duty (at least that is what I think) By duty and/or sacrifice, I mean duty to one’s family (wife and kids) or sacrificing one’s comfort for their wellbeing! Thinking about it, I suppose duty and sacrifice is what a father properly so called should and must do. This is even more so where, as I am, one is situate in a place far from the warm embrace of familiarity.
Growing up in Nigeria (the country of my birth which I love dearly almost to the point of pain) I really did not see the point of leaving the country for another land not for any reason but because I did not feel there was any life or comfort on offer beyond the seas that needed my purchase.
After school (university) and armed with a law degree, I was quite comfortable and maintained a decent enough living to maintain a family and service my habits. So, what changed?
Well…, there isn’t a straight (or direct) answer to that question. It will have to be a cocktail of answers but to put it simply, I wanted more but as I have come to realise wanting more comes with its own difficulties particularly where there is the “little question” of family. As most fathers/husbands would agree, the moment you marry and have kids and you invest your emotions in those endeavours as you rightly should, you become weaker (in a good way) and you also become stingier (kids and wifey first before others) Don’t judge me please, my parents are late! It is for this reason that the security and wellbeing of my family almost ran me nuts during the uncertainty of the period leading up to the 2015 General Elections in Nigeria. It was after the drama of that period that I saw the sense in a relocation which also brought about the apprehensions that attend such decisions.
What will I do when I get there considering my qualifications as a legal practitioner? Will I have to change career? What will my wife do? Will the challenging situation of an immigrant (as I would soon become) affect my relationship with my wife? What about the kids, oh God, the kids; what will become of them? How will they fare? Can/Will I make a success of myself? These and many more are those legitimate questions one needs to ask oneself but the answers can only come about when one conducts an annual general meeting with oneself and being less selfish in one’s future outlook and simply ask, What is best for the family? Are you living your life in this new land to redesign a future for yourself and your family or are you simply trying to make an impression for those ‘left behind’? Truth is, many of those you left behind don’t care, some do sincerely care, some will snigger at you pretending to care, some are happy they are rid of you (particularly your debtors) but looking at the bright side, the world will be drab without an admixture of these saints and sinners. I, along with Mrs. resolved before my consideration of the above queries never to go and live in another country as illegal immigrants, so getting the right documents took the better part of six months before leaving Nigeria.
I have moved west going on two years, any regrets ooh certainly, as I am human. I wish every day for the sun, the music in the laughter of the Nigerian, the smell of suya (skewed meat marinated in spices and served with dried pepper) wafting through the nostrils, the distant calls from the minarets, the dance, the stories (gist) and so much more. You realise it is those little things you miss the most.
I like it here too, the organisation, the sense of direction, the care for children, the quality of the schooling, the care for the next man. I guess you cannot have it all. I love Nigeria and love it here (I guess you can love two at the same time; bloody polygamist) but in all I would say it’s been worth it so far.
The kids are well settled and at the end of the day, it is about them. Most of the fears about them and their upbringing may be me projecting my insecurities on them, maybe not, time will tell. It has been interesting thus far and I guess I still have many more miles to run as Shakespeare said, “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves”
Adeniran Ajagbe.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by MummyJaygirls: 5:53am On Feb 08, 2020
SlowlybtSurely:


This woman! When you go change? cheesy cheesy

I've changed o lipsrsealed wink
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by NaijaCanadian28: 8:00am On Feb 08, 2020
Kdamnhot:
Hello guys, this would be my first time traveling to Canada . Please I would like to find out from anyone's experience if am likely to encounter issues if I carry anti malaria and anti allergy medications?

I don’t know if you will encounter issues but you don’t need them. The mosquitoes in Canada don’t give malaria and if you have allergy, anti-allergy drugs are OTCs so they are easy to get.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Tantolu: 9:07am On Feb 08, 2020
NaijaCanadian28:


I don’t know if you will encounter issues but you don’t need them. The mosquitoes in Canada don’t give malaria and if you have allergy, anti-allergy drugs are OTCs so they are easy to get.
.

BETTER COME WITH IT...If the malaria parasite already in your blood decides to show his self, you can gladly take care of it.you have no problem travelling with antimalaria.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by safex(m): 9:24am On Feb 08, 2020
NaijaCanadian28:


I don’t know if you will encounter issues but you don’t need them. The mosquitoes in Canada don’t give malaria and if you have allergy, anti-allergy drugs are OTCs so they are easy to get.
I used to think there were no mosquitoes in Canada at all cool
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by salford1: 3:18pm On Feb 08, 2020
safex:

I used to think there were no mosquitoes in Canada at all cool
I know there are mosquitoes in Alberta, Sask and Manitoba. I can't say for other provinces. They just suck blood like the naija ones. The bites are very itchy too.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by missnigeria: 3:33pm On Feb 08, 2020
Good day all.

Am planning to relocate and work legally in Canada in the next few months. Please what advice can you give?.

Any useful information on how to go about it.
How difficult is it to get job? Life style and the settlement Pattern. How much should I budget for my basic traveling allowances (BTA).Any agency or Canada recruiter

Your useful advice is highly welcome.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Threemg: 4:14pm On Feb 08, 2020
-6⁰ in Sage Hill Terrace NW Calgary as captured this morning from our Apartment.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by adetunj1: 4:16pm On Feb 08, 2020
Good day all,please what is the timeframe for SINP nomination when ITA is obtained
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by mikkyphp(m): 8:08pm On Feb 08, 2020
I'm married madam.

MummyJaygirls:


Buahahahaha, oshey! Shoulder rubber. Talk say u dey find babe, no dey derail person from her plan.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by mikkyphp(m): 8:40pm On Feb 08, 2020
Let's be cognisant of the info we give out here. Salary/Income Tax is higher in Alberta
For a $75K salary job, your Average tax rate is:
Alberta:
Marginal tax rate: 30.50%
Average tax rate: 25.38%

Ontario:
Marginal tax rate: 29.90%
Average tax rate: 25.23%
To learn more: https://www.eytaxcalculators.com/en/2020-personal-tax-calculator.html

Also do a comparison Salaries: https://ca.indeed.com/salaries/certified-public-accountant-Salaries,-Ontario

Also, the opportunities (by statistics ) and probability of landing your dream job quickly are much higher in Ontario. Even you have alluded to the cooling economy in Alberta.
hayor2014:
Bigger pay and prestige ( brother calm down), pay in both provinces is about the same and tax is higher in Ontario, cost of living is higher.
I would advise anyone with options to had to Ontario now though cos the job outlook on Alberta is really poor.
Conversion from ACCA to CPA , based on a friend's experience, takes about 6 months, start from Naija to cut the waiting time.




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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by MummyJaygirls: 1:55am On Feb 09, 2020
mikkyphp:
I'm married madam.


Happy married life sir

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by travelland(f): 7:45am On Feb 09, 2020
Threemg:
-6⁰ in Sage Hill Terrace NW Calgary as captured this morning from our Apartment.

This kind of weather makes someone prefer to remain indoors. Is anybody doing online business full time?

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Jaypey21: 7:50am On Feb 09, 2020
Please how long does pte exam score takes.
How many days

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by alphaNomega: 11:02am On Feb 09, 2020
salford1:

I know there are mosquitoes in Alberta, Sask and Manitoba. I can't say for other provinces. They just suck blood like the naija ones. The bites are very itchy too.

But... How do they survive the subzero temperatures?!

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by iameneekle: 11:33am On Feb 09, 2020
It depends! Some ;weeks and some;months. Mine took 6 months.

adetunj1:
Good day all,please what is the timeframe for SINP nomination when ITA is obtained

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