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Videos like this may not be sexy, viral or clickbait, but the amount of VALUE they provide is immense. Thanks for taking the time to record and publish this Igor!
Igor, for a small channel like yours, I must say, I'm pretty impressed at your quality content. And for a small UA-camr like you, earning a lot of subscribers. Igor, you just earned a new subscriber. As an American, I feel Canada is the place to be. After all, it's one of the best countries in the world. Keep up with the great work and have a great time in Canada.
I would prefer to say that Alberta is the best place to live in Canada if you are an immigrant. I also lived and worked in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, great cities and great nightlife, but not really what you are looking for when you left your own country, where you had tons of fun (Especially if you come from South America) For us, immigrants, quality of live, decent jobs, security to raise your kids and good salaries are number one priorities. BTW, I also missed the Rockies and Banff a lot, when I returned to Toronto and Montreal for a while during the oil crisis in 2016. Nothing is perfect, but Alberta is pretty close to perfect if you remember why you came to Canada in first place.
I am planning to move in Canada(I am from Kosovo, probably you don't know where that is lol) and I am worried sick if I can make it there, what city to move in, can I find a job, find a place to stay that is not that expensive as I read all over internet. It gives me anxiety when I hear people that say it is very hard but I think it is just because people are very lazy now days. The only reason why I want to move there is because of the corruption and low standard of living in my country. So if I would find the same thing whats the point?! I am wondering which is the best province or city to move and I am doing reasearch all over internet, so far Quebec sounds great but I can not speak any french at all. So I was thinking Vancouver, Surrey or Burnaby as my spouse wil study in Simon Fraiser University. Hopefully all the negativity it goes away and I can make it to Canada. All the best to you
i lived in Calgary for 6 years, recently moved back to Toronto, Calgary is a great city, definitely a great place if you do not like 1 hour traffic jams, Cheaper insurance premiums, cheaper gas, higher wages, friendlier people. The problem with Calgary or Alberta in general is its reliance on Oil and gas, when the price of oil tanks everything goes downhill, if you like short dry summers and harsh cold winters Alberta is it,
How are you liking it in Toronto? I am actually thinking about moving to Calgary from Toronto. I have a decent Engineering job in Toronto, but having hard time saving cause of high cost of living. Just don't want to live my entire life pay cheque to pay cheque. Thoughts?
Enjoyed your video on Calgary. Native born 70 years ago. I agree with most points made. The road building in Calgary is actually quite good. Our problem here is somewhat unique in that we experience extreme temperature fluctuations from 35 below one day, then a week long Chinook wind comes along taking temps to10 or so above zero, then back down to arctic cold again. You can not believe what that does to asphalt. Hence we need time in the nice weather to fix it. Just sayin'.
please sir can I have your mobile contact, I want to come over there to work as a physiotherapist but I need some one who can just invite me. I will really appreciate
Its not that nightlife sucks, its the urban sprawl has chased away all density so u don't see anyone or any incentives from people to party downtown after 5pm on a weekend. Like Calgary stampede time u realize Calgary has the potential to have a good nightlife but poor city planning has killed the vibe.
I am from Ireland and have lived here for 4 years. This wont be very well structured but I'll add a few random thoughts. The roads throughout the city are like Sarajevo after the war. Every road it seems has work being down and its a pain in the ass. I have a friend who works for the city and said they have a road system thats built for 750k people, currently it has a population of over 1 million and they are struggling to get it up to date. It saves a whole lot of hassle if you take the long route around stoney trial, a ring road around the city even if it takes longer because if you hit a traffic accident (I'll get to that in a minute) you'll wait for hours. Never seen so many d bag drivers in my life. Cant drive for shit and suffer the worst road rage I have ever seen...Then when they get out of the car its hey, how are you doing today, sorry about that lol But for the most part the people are friendly in general. There is a real spirit of entrepreneurship out here. It is in many ways still the new world, trying to get established. I think thats a great thing and its more positive than Ireland. If you are that way minded it will click with you. The city sprawl I find totally boring. You can get lost in the endless maze of suburb roads and you wouldn't know if you're in the SW of the city or the NW. Houses that look the same, same few selection of cars and trucks in every driveway. Its very controlled, peace officers who will be at your door if you dont cut the grass the exact length thats deemed acceptable for the neighborhood. lol Everyone wants to try and keep up with the jones kind of attitude. Its very diverse which has its good and bad parts. Playing soccer in the summer I have meet many people from around the world. Guys who fled Iraq as kids, Europeans, Asians, South Americans, Mexicans etc. it has been fascinating to learn their history and I like to ask real questions. I think they were a bit taken aback but quite happy to open up and talk about these topics. Getting such insights is very interesting and it makes a connection because I have noticed multiculturalism leaves pockets of communities that don't mix here. Close to the mountains. The most incredible scenery you can imagine and also little villages like Bragg Creek, about 20 mins west of the city are great escapes. Winters can be long and brutal. People fit a lot in during the shorter summer months and then hibernate in the winter and binge on netflix. Thats been interesting, I kind of like it. You dont feel guilty watching tv when its -30 out. As much as I like the mountains I miss the ocaen and it can feel like Im landlocked sometimes. I have had mostly a great experience even though the economic downturn has been tough. I will tell people about the positives of Calgary and anyone interested thats its a great place to try out. I made many friends who I will be in contact for good here. I will whoever move back to Europe, I miss the culture and the seasons.
Thanks for your insight, been pondering over the thought of choosing Calgary when i move to Canada next year. But I have a gut feeling it's going to be a good decision.
@@stevenson68478 thanks for your reply brother....it would be nice if we chat over the watsap,that would be great actually!!!I am a student and planning for bow valley College..watsap please?
Agree with your points! I would add that it can be dry here (low humidity) compared to Toronto, also Calgary gets lots of sunshine (most among Canadian cities). It's tough to make new friends here though..
One aspect of Calgary that I really think needs to be told are the urban parks. In Calgary, we have a very extensive pathway system that extends through the entire city along the rivers. In many cities areas of waterfront are privately owned, but in Calgary it's mostly parks, paths, walkways and public spaces. As an example, I can commute on my bike to work over about 10Km and only be on roads for less than 1Km (or less actually). That's pretty good. Even when I do have to be on a road - there's a bike lane. Mostly it's park. Plus - we have a number of attractions for families that are world class. Oh - and also important. We have the most educated workforce. So plenty of smart people - this then gets reflected in the culture.
I live in Calgary and I dislike it. Honestly, it's not the city itself I just dislike big cities. I moved here for the girlfriend and her kids. Just a week ago we bought 9.4 acres of forested land in New Brunswick. A far as big citys go, Calgary is quite clean and the people seem quite nice.
Affected Ryan yeah good point but Tbh I never met anyone who likes the east coast. Calgary and other big cities are pretty cool unless were talking about canadas worst city. Winnipeg. Lol
Brant Stewart I lived in Charlottetown, Moncton and Halifax. I would have to say they are great. I do also miss Vancouver island mostly for the weather.
my family is moving there in the summer and we’ve been going to calgary, banff, vancouver for four years in a row now and we’ve finally decided that we wanted to move from our home in winnipeg. we are so excited to move out!! love your videos!
@itstaya Calgary is an amazing city, decently affordable homes as well! I would stick to the city centre, NW or SW of Calgary as they are more affluent neighbourhoods but still affordable. If you want something close to the LRT train stations, Banff Trail is a great community, it's also only 10 minutes to downtown surrounded by lots of parks and has a variety of homes to choose from. Here are some homes in the community if you are interested - felixchan.livelovecalgary.com/results-gallery/?hood=2361213&sort=listprice_asc&status=A
People who depend on the city they live in to make them happy are misguided. Remember the old saying, "People are about as happy as they make up their minds to be".
Stopped at the 30 second mark, a Russian is not going to tell me what is and what is not good about Calgary, when he films this in Canmore and Banff (where I live), that would be like filming a Vancouver video in Whistler (both where I have lived too). This is how Americans and others think Calgary is tiny town like the picture of the resort town of Banff which is 100 km away from Calgary and is behind him in the opening 10 seconds, I went no further cuz I know a foreign quack when I see and hear one.
@Twat face Then you're a fucking idiot because America has the highest rate of obesity among developed countries. You even have more obese people then China and China has over 1 billion people! LOL! Secondly, America also has the largest military in world by far, and also by far guns per person at over 300 million. So tell me, fuck head, where do you fail to see the connection now?
I live in Calgary, Alberta, too! :) I agree with the negative about the boom and bust cycle here, because oil is a large part our economy. I know the province has been trying to diversify its economy, but it's a slow process.
Road construction and repairs are certainly an issue due to the short construction season, but overall, the roads and highways in Alberta are superior to the rest of Canada. I have lived in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, and Alberta. I have visited every other province and none of them have the quality of roads that Alberta does.
Living in Toronto, Ottawa, Gatineau (QC), Vancouver and Calgary the last 7 years - would have to agree with much of what you have said about Calgary. I have seen a lot of people who have been laid off from Oil & Gas Companies have had a tough time landing work within the industry. Like you said, I know people who have left the province after the downturn in Oil & Gas. Still, Rent is much cheaper in Calgary than Toronto and Vancouver. I have to say, Gatineau, Quebec, had the cheapest food prices and rent prices of any of the cities I have lived in, however, salary and jobs are limited in Gatineau. Calgary is still a city with opportunity, although, Vancouver and surrounding areas did have quite a lot of job opportunities when I left in the summer of 2018. Thanks for your videos - on point and very accurate about your analysis about Calgary.
I came to alberta in 2012 looking for work and for a few years things were good but the cost of living is very high. Now I am unable to find work and the utilities are 3x as much as when I first arrived so I am forced to leave in search of work again!
I live in Ottawa. I would like to move away from Ottawa when I am done school. Calgary is one of my choice. I prefer the weather in Alberta that the heat in Ottawa.
I read few articles that the best cities to live in are: 1. Vancouver 2. Toronto 3. Calgary 4. Quebece. I'm looking forward to living in between Vancouver or Calgary. I'm young woman, 20, who plans to work and continue my study by age 23. I love to be living in peaceful and nature places and I also love watching movies and hanging out with friends. I'm a Muslim so I'm okay without pubs or nightlife. I asked someone the safe place to immigrate in Canada because I'm Asian and I'm Muslim so I'm a bit worried about that, but he didn't help me enough. I'd love to hear your opinion and see the comparison between Calgary and Vancouver in the next videos. Your videos are great and helpful by the way. Stay healthy! :)
Thanks for your video, I was living in Canada for 2 years in PEI, now I'm in the UK but I am from Peru ahhaha. There is no perfect place in the world, but I am decided to move to Calgary to settle down there because I went there before and I saw the most important things for me : nature, safe and quiet place, good education and job opportunities. At least by that way I can mix my life between Canada and South America.
I lived in Toronto and Montreal and I currently live in Calgary and like you I love nature and the bike paths and short drive anywhere in the city. Thanks for sharing.
To all the idiots in the comments saying that calgary suck: I have been living in this city for 14 Years and love it! Great culture and a very safe city. I also want to say that you can't just judge a city on its "nightlife" considering nightlife isn't important to everyone.
Hi Igor. I really enjoyed your video. I am a prospective immigrant that hopefully can become an Albertan in the next year. Hope to meet you some time so you can teach me and my wife more about this beautiful province. God bless From South Africa
Bravo Igor! Wonderful video and great vlogs , I have watch a few of them! by the way welcome to Canada on congratulation on your status and becoming a canadian!! keep the good work young man!
I am surprised when he said rent and cost of living is high in Calgary , living in Vancouver I have been planning to move to Calgary due to the crazy real estate market here.
Calgary is high rent ect compared to Winnipeg or Edmonton. Compared to Toronto and Vancouver it's definitely cheaper rent. In Winnipeg lots of people that move here is after dealing with high cost of living in Vancouver or Toronto.
Your views and opinion are very helpful. Your pros and cons are a very good way to get honest information to make a clear decision. I really like the transparency in the facts. Good job. I would decide to live here just because of the facts are laid out. It is beautiful, the oil is a good point. The quieter side of life is great, the less congested traffic routes all over are a seller.
I am Canadian and in my opinion it is one of the best countries to live in. That said, Calgary is not my favourite city. The road system sucks and gov. agencies seem to make hoop jumping a sport. Everything is harder there in the province of Alberta. Out of all the provinces I have lived in Que.and Ont. were my faves. I am in B.C. Now and it’s ok. but not as easy as the other two. Just my opinion.
nwodom louis hi there. Where are you from? I looked into it for you, and all you have to do is contact the Canadian Alliance of physiotherapy regulators. You can find the contact info online. If you are already a physiotherapist they will tell you what you need to do depending on where you are from to certify here.it is a great profession and I wish you the best of luck. If you have any more questions about Canada feel free to ask me or anyone here on this site. Canada is an amazing and welcoming place to live.
@Gabriel Lunoch. We designed it that way. More and easier government services invites more people that want them increasing the burden. We're happy you like it when you are happiest living off the government especially if its not here. That being said, improvements should be made to things like AISH, but that is for people that truly require assistance, not the lazy types that choose to not be productive. We prefer those people find it elsewhere. "No camping in the safety net" is our motto.
I was prepared to get defensive about my city. But, you made valid points for both good and bad. I hope that you've checked out the various parks and trails within the city limits, although it is nice to escape to the mountains once in a while. I had been away for 13 years from Calgary area and I missed my mountains so much all those years. I'm so glad to be back.
Toronto beats Calgary hands down in ALL ways. I lived in Calgary for five years, and missed Toronto every day. There is so little to do in Calgary, lousy transportation, a dead downtown, and NO culture. The best they can do is the Stampede, which I liken to the Exhibition (or what I remember of it cuz it's nothing like it used to be) with chuck wagon races. Toronto is far more interesting and lively.
Excellent video, registered occupations is another issue along with having to retake your examinations due to not recognising overseas qualifications which is really annoying and expensive having to take more courses. I agree the roads are terrible during the peak commuter times, I have been here 11 years and I can see a change in Calgary, agreed apartment rentals are very high. Summer is really nice when it arrives !
ive been to the place where he is right now, it was a wonderful hike up the mountain amazing view, Banff is a nice place and i wanna go back there. living in alberta is pretty great considering we don't have Provincial Tax unlike BC where everything is much more expensive
Hi Igor! Thank you for making this video. I currently live in Toronto and am planning to move to Alberta next month. Toronto definitely feels a very busy place with tight schedules and there are not really many places to rewind in nature close to the city. Sure Alberta has that as a plus! And also people of Alberta.. I feel they are more friendly and easy going. What do you think?
Los Castañeda is Calgary really that white, I've only been there a few days in the summer, and as I live in Edmonton where many of the neighbourhoods are mainly non white... and I had assumed Calgary was the same or similar
@Lara Croft: in full agreement with you. This Los Castaneda character is exactly the race baiting type that belongs in Onterrible. He sure seems like the type of guy that would instigate something and quickly point finger at everyone else. @Janhavi Mahadik: We have a great diversity of cultures in Calgary. You are welcomed if you intend on putting your nose to the grind stone and contribute to society instead of depleting its resources, keep your business your business and be mindful and respectful of others. Ignore the ignoramus types like Los Casteneda. His hatred is something that belongs in Toronto.
Not any more. Alberta has recently received under the program and Ontario used to bail out Alberta before the Oil industry. And the national economy has never "relied" on Alberta, that is just a pipe dream that you have bought into.
The truth in your mind only. It would seem that you are the one who is whining - whining about sending "our hard earned taxpayer money" somewhere else to help others. That is a common attitude, in corporate Calgary more than the rest of the province.
Most of the "transfer payments" which is what I believe you are referencing, are mainly from the wealthier citizens of the province the money is going to. But yes, Alberta Saskatchewan and Newfoundland are the "have" provinces in Canada and do help out the rest of Canada.
This only happened during oil boom. ON's economy used to outpaced that of AB when we had a strong manufacturing sector until most of them got outsourced or shipped out. AB's economy is not diversified enough to withstand another oil crash. ON's economy is more diversified, e.g. Finance, IT, manufacturing, service. With Doug Ford elected, ON will be great again.
Your info was fantastic .I have lived in Calgary for 14 years and learned lots .I hate the snow here specifically having to drive in icy conditions and having to walk on snow and not being able to go for walks because of having to walk on ice or the weather being too cold .I have lived in Vancouver and also St Albert Edmonton. This is my favorite , good things R prices of houses much lower ,bad things people R not very friendly and it is hard to find friends .
ThatOneEmoGirl you might be right you live there but London only gets 1400 yearly sunshine hours by contrast to Calgary’s 2350 sunshine hours. So on the face of it it seems brighter, although I understand you get harsher winter temperatures. With that said, I think the show there looks amazing, and there’s snow in Calgary about 50 days in winter ! That’s a lot of snow
ThatOneEmoGirl ThatOneEmoGirl you might be right you live there but London only gets 1400 yearly sunshine hours by contrast to Calgary’s 2350 sunshine hours. So on the face of it it seems brighter and less miserable than England, although I understand you get harsher winter temperatures. With that said, I think the show there looks amazing, and there’s snow in Calgary about 50 days in winter ! That’s a lot of snow
Thank you for the very informative video. I recently thought of moving to Calgary (from Melbourne, AUS), but I decided not to, due to the harsh winter which I won't tolerate well...
I have lived in Calgary for 30 years. I was in Montreal and parts of Ontario and Nova Scotia as well. I like Calgary the best for all the positive reasons you mention. Montreal has amazing night life and restaurants but I was tired of living there after 20 years and needed to experience more of Canada...also the politics there will drive you nuts. Ontario is very nice but I was transferred out west. Nova Scotia was very hot and humid in summer but so nice with all the small towns and friendly folks. Calgary's expensive though...but you get lots for what you pay for in my opinion. I am concerned that people have become colder and less friendly over the years too, probably normal as a city grows in size. Calgary is very spread out and it can take 45 minutes to go from the far N.W. to the far S.W. in no traffic! Work is available for qualified people but for unskilled labour in the city there is not much that pays well. Very good place if you have a trade or profession. Transit in Calgary is not very good. You need a car here.
@@rinlapatasa Don't even consider Montreal if you don't speak French. Right now Calgary's economy is terrible...so not many jobs. Hopefully the future looks better.
Given what you know about me: Nationality: Filipino Age: 28 IELTS General: 8 out of 9 Single never married CRS score: 438 Education: Evaluated by WES Canada as equivalent to a post secondary education of 3 years or more PNP: none Canadian work experience and education: none Occupation: Accountant Would you recommend BA Philosophy in University of Calgary to me? Would you encourage me to apply for a student visa?
As a city, Calgary is cleaner, Calgary is more wealthy, Calgary has less tax, Calgary has much more outdoors and provincial parks theyre everywhere, Montreal is more historical,
The healthcare system in Alberta (now in 2021) is in complete shambles. That being said I am leaving Ontario in spring 2022 because the cost of renting or buying a home/land is astronomical. I am less concerned with taxes as our public services require them to function. I am also an outdoor person who doesn't care to be surrounded by people anyway so I will get along just fine living there. I'd leave now if I had the money but I will do better if I save for another year.
Downtown is a black, vacuous dead zone ,albeit, improving. Plus 15s are great. Weather can go up or down 30 degrees in 24 hours or less. Keep headache tablets nearby.
Calgary is very cold and boring, expensive and nothing to do. I was planning to move there but after visiting for a few times I changed my mind. There's no jobs there anymore either. I used to date a guy that lives there and he have to go up north on the oil field to work for more than 9 months of the year eating nasty camp food with no life. Wouldn't recommend moving there.
Yes it can be cold in the winter, and it can be expensive compared to other Canadian cities, but any city can be boring if you don't look for things to do. The jobs in Alberta have suffered with the oil crash, but this is nothing new to Alberta. Jobs come and go with the price of the oil. I've worked in the oil industry for the past few years, and I get to talk to allot of people about other camps they've worked at. From what I hear, there are only two half decent camps where you get your own room, and the food is half decent. Others are very cheap in both the room, and your housing. Some camps make you hot bunk in a closet sized unit big enough to hold a bed where you must take all your belongings with you, and share that room every single day while at site. I've also heard some bad stories about the shared bathroom situation. This type of work is not for everyone, but you do get little extra pay for the inconvenience.
I love Calgary. Its safe and clean, and an overall really good place to live. But I wanna leave, because its so damn boring here. We have an okay zoo, okay science centre, a couple museums, a terrible football stadium, a hockey stadium everyone hates, and Calaway Park. Most of the fun stuff eithet doesn't exist, or is hard to get too. Not just that, the people here are so incredibly boring as well. Yes people here are very polite, but that doesn't make them freindly. Everyone here acts the same as eachother, nobody is really that interesting. We even voted no to the winter olympics, because we cant be put on the map. All we're known for is the Stampede, which comes and stays for one week in the summer. Its just so dull here! Altough we have access to the mountains, which is pretty awsome. I just wish people here weren't so lame and boring. Nothing goes on here its pretty sad, especially for a city well over a million people.
hey man i just recently found your channel and its soo helpful. can you please do a comparisson between alberta and british columbia or calgary and vancouver?
Everyone who makes videos on Calgary then shows them walking around by the mountains. There’s no mountains in Calgary !!!! Calgary is surrounded by farm fields. Like 90% of Alberta. Farm fields.
I can see the mountains from our house and be there in 20 minutes. And we have two beautiful rivers full of different kinds of trout and other fishes. You can rent ANY kind of outdoor gear and enjoy an endless # of trail systems.
I love the city I lived there for 12 years. Great place. I just notice in the videos related to it they always show the mountains as if they are in them. Which they may be at the time but if they are then they’re not in Calgary.
Every morning I wake up and see the beautiful rocky mountains, I can be there in 25-30 minutes, when they're that close and part of your everyday life you can claim them. The mountains serve a large portion of Calgarians.
In terms of major cities - Calgary is very close to the outdoors. I can be in Kanaskis from my front door in Calgary faster than I can get from one end of Vancouver or Toronto to the other. About 30 minutes or so. Also - you can go 4 directions. What I mean by that is that you can go North, West, East, and South and see different scenery and environments - it's pretty cool actually. That said, I've lived in several smaller places that are probably best: Whistler, Banff, and all over Vancouver Island. That's small town versus city though.
Disagree with cost of living housing now is 3 to 5 times cheaper than in toronto. Hell Niagara Falls a city of 90k has more expensive housing than Calgary.
I moved to Calgary from Montreal in 1981. I consider myself a Rene Levesque refugee. I have been very happy here. While winters can be harsh here, they are much better than in Montreal. Much less snow and much sunnier skies. Politics in Alberta are somewhat strange, Quebec controls the politics of the whole country so, I can understand the frustration that Albertans have with the equalization payments that they make but get little say in the running of the country. Also, the dry cold of Alberta is much easier to take than the damp cold of eastern Canada.
I moved back to Calgary 3 years ago after being away for about 16 years. Overall I like it. But there are downsides like cost of living and a good amount of people asking for money. You will learn to say 'no' if you haven't already. Good part is there is lots to do and see. You can go to Banff, explore the 'Core', visit Calgary zoo, stop by the many malls all throughout Calgary, etc. Oh and of course theres the annual Stampede. Great place to live but do be careful about the people you come across. They will make up any excuse to ask you for money so always decline unless theyre willing to part with something valuable temporarily. You need to be sure they'll actually pay you back.
The Canadian prairies (and Calgary is still classified as being on the prairies are about the same as the Siberian steppes. Extreme temperature variations (like Siberia, the worst on the planet) make it a difficult climate to adjust to because the temperature fluctuations can happen daily not just monthly or yearly. Go back and review the 1988 Winter Olympics, it was +17C on day and some events were delayed because of winds and dust (in winter remember). It is far from perfect.
Lol winter ❄️ has its own schedule can b Russia one day can be Vancouver next or can even Chinook breezed w Mexico weather for few days. Never predicted or the same either. This year we had no spring so right away got into summer.
Cheaper gas in Alberta was a history, to be frank now a days, the gas prices in Toronto and Calgary are more or less the same, sometimes Toronto as cheaper price when compared to Calgary. Canada's most of the oil come from Alberta, but yet, now a days albertans, we in Calgary pay more than Toronto, why is that, only god knows. may be because of the cat fight between Alberta and Bc Premiers..
oh wow. this is pretty good. i live in calgary. i lived here since 1971. there are 2 points you made that i would disagree with. 1) saying that Alberta has no provincial sales tax leading to an HST. we do have a provincial sales tax its just hidden in the price of the things we buy. almost 100 years ago we had a vote where most people in the province stated that they prefered to have the sales tax hidden. we didn't want to look at it. the 2nd point is the impression you gave that Alberta has the cheapest alchohol in the country just because we are cheaper than toronto. in fact the city of montreal and the maritimes in general are both cheaper than we are that way. other than those 2 points i'd say you're spot on right for all of it. thanks.
Great video. I am in Calgary too! The thing about the oil industry fluctuation, I have a saying "Diversify or Die" so everyone in Alberta have 2 or more noncompeting career tracks so that they can survive the economical fluctuation. My appliance repairman had a real estate license. I knew a man who was a welding inspector and a construction foreman. As for the homeless, I interviewed homeless people, they worked and did't get paid. Alberta has over 10,000 who were not paid by over 2000 companies listed on the Labor website. There's a lot of exploitation. The Chinook. The hurricane force winds which is why most women wear pants instead of skirts and dresses. LOL. You didn't mention the Calgary Stampede! It is in the first half of July. The public transportation is better than most places and the bus drivers are really nice and better drivers than Montreal. I RV on the outskirts of town and take the public transportation downtown so no traffic issues.
seenu gk if you cant speak French then Ottawa isnt a good place for you because 90% of jobs require you to be bilingual but its a government city so jobs are good and secure
My dad has lived there for 13 years now he's originally from Winnipeg.All he has to live on is 1830. a month with that being said he pays 33% for rent ,he pays 33% each month for his drugs .Although he gets that Alberta supplement he gets his old age and CPP and supplement equals 1830 a month.Although he gets cheap bus pass which he doesn't use very often that's the only thing that's cheap being $18 a Year YES A YEAR NOT MONTH. I didn't believe it either.but he figures it costs him about $4000 more a year because the rent is higher and the pills.In manitoba he paid $250 deductible for his pills and the rest are covered which he takes blood pressure thyroid insulin and he pays a third of that every month in Calgary .So a senior living off just old age and cpp and the Alberta supplement it does cost a bit more to live in Calgary.Just saying
I so love your videos. I like you Igor, you are a great human being. I really enjoyed this vlog about Alberta, very informative. I will probably move to there too. Keep on creative great stuff! 😎👍
Hi. Yes it seems that there must be opportunities for entrepreneurs to start small fun parks around the city, perhaps public indoor swimming centres, mountain climbing practice centres, in-door archery centres, and bush walking clubs that take people to the mountains for day trips.
Hey Igor, great video as always! :) Im coming to Calgary next friday, Im so excited, you are boosting my moral with every video! :D But I'm a bit worried about finding a good job, since I don't have much experience in one field, I've been working a lot of different jobs and based on that I am just worried will employers in Canada even consider me?
Gigs 1mc: If you have a good work ethic and can show up on time for your job every day, you will have no problem at all finding work in Calgary. The city is very spread out (close to 50 km from the north to the south city limits) so owning a vehicle for transportation is quite important. Calgary is a very cosmopolitan city with many immigrants from around the world.
Just moved back to the States after spending 2 years in Calgary. I don’t miss it. Federal income taxes are high, the cost of everything is more expensive (+20% vs USA) so that kinda kills the low GST of Alberta, Calgary has zero nightlife for a large city, the winters are wayyyyyyy too long and deathly cold (chinooks don’t exist, sorry), and the cowboy garbage gets really old and cheesy. I understand that some of these are federal critiques but still. As an American the biggest plus was the beauty of the mountains (which are 45 mins away), but so many minuses kill Calgary for me. Vancouver is where it’s at IF you can find a good paying job.
All your points are spot on - just to add on that the across the prairies you'll notice politics are much more conservative, with some exceptions in university areas and tourist areas (Banff/Canmore/Jasper/Waterton) but not nearly as much as rural USA. Calgary and south is semi-arid (dry) which is generally a good thing - much less flys/mosquitos (!!!) than most all of rural Canada and more sunny days and less rain and snow (50% of annual rainfall in June!). It also means much less lakes and you have to water lawns and trees or they will likely die (see trees in the background). I also have to emphasize both how much Chinook winds mediate winter weather - 25%-50% of the winter is effected by it - and most really only need winter tire traction for ~2-4 weeks a year. HOWEVER when it goes bad it's really bad and freezing/thawing makes for horrible icy driving (triple your commute time!) for those 2-4 weeks.... like you should take a winter driving course/be Scandinavian bad. Best place in Canada for anyone with seasonal effective disorder, etc - one of the worst for seasonal change/altitude effected disorders (migraines/MS/etc). For those saying Calgary is in the prairies - Eastern half of the City is - western half is firmly in the Rocky Mountians foothills and at elevation. Bragg Creek/Canmore/Ghost lake are so close people commute...
He mention making a quick buck and leaving a couple times .....it's happens alot from other Canadians and foreigners....I guess we ll always best province in Canada
It's racism. I live in a smaller town outside of Calgary and people here still refer to black people as the N word (and seriously mean it too). I almost spit my food out the first time a restaurant manager used the word casually in a sentence while talking to me, and that's not even the worst of it. We have Indian and Filipinos in my town and the things said about them are crazy insane as well. I have seen it in several towns in AB (I work in a career that has me move every few years so I have seen a lot here). Downtown Calgary isn't so bad, but stay in the centre urban areas if you want cultural diversity and acceptance.
Living in canada is stress; high tax and no job so, how can you live here? eating earth and air. health care system? you have to wait. no dental? you will be of no teeth.
Same thing about Ukraine: stress, no health care system AT ALL, hard work and low salaries (if you're lucky enough to get it in cash equivalent. Mostly, employers squeeze maximum use for minimum money. Sly bitches.... But, in general, Ukraine is okay, compared to Russia. At least, UA has beautiful nature, nice people and the most important thing - freedom.
Also, health care system of Germany is just disgusting. F.e. to visit a dentist, you are to wait for like 60 days, even though patient's health insurance is expensive. My friend had to wait 6 months to fix her tooth! It also seems like doctors don't even slightly know what to do with patients. Old lady I used to work for (like a maid, cook, cleaner, gardener and so on) had injured her toe and the wound wasn't healing fast. This lady had diabetes, the same as her mother, grandma and other family members (means that lady had it in her genetic code). But doctor had decided to keep his patient for 3 weeks in hospital with diagnosis "mysterious disease that wasn't identified yet" (he was kinda family therapist of this lady for the last 15 years and her family, of course). Only when an illegal maid-worker (me lol) without medical education mentioned possibility of diabetes according to general genetic picture of those lady and her family-tree, doctor FINALLY decided to analyse lady's blood and found there diabetes. Suprise,yay! After three weeks in hospital. I am sure that the doctor was not so dumb as he tried to be. It was a method of earning money, that's it. I never blame German doctors for working as they work. This is only a reflection of European system, that prefer to motivate those who work longer (more time doesn't mean more quality) than those who can optimize processes and complete bigger amount of work.
In the most extreme sense, Calgarians can be described as politely racist. As a long time calgarian who grew up here and is of asian minority, I have been singled out, discriminated or back handed countless times during my youth and young adult years. Mainly by middle to upper middle class white girls in my schools. I went to a high school that had fed alot of well off families including a large jewish population in the SW. There were so much fake smiles and 3rd or 5th wheel follower stance I experienced before enough was enough. I was being reminded of where my 'place' was when trying to fit in as a Canadian or else congregate with people of my own kind in their own groups. I chose to fight that stigma/default programming and build as much as I can with native Calgarians to some success. Most of my cherished friends who I have today are white jewish males lol, I have lost touch with all the so called 'elitist white girls' I tried so hard to become friends/intimate with. I have learned so much as not to be so naive around high class households who may not act so much in the school commons. It has also improved my confidence and expectations for white women as there aren't many asians who still desire to be with a Canadian woman as majority just settle with their own. This is what it was like to grow up in Calgary as a immigrant in the 1990-2000s. Certain areas did have heavier minority populace like the NE which yes could of changed my outlook, but I also would of missed out on a yuge life learning experience. The integration into a societal class in CALGARY as an immigrant is difficult but important as those lay the seeds for success as an adult as many of the well raised Caucasians do enter successful careers (+-75% O+G) and are an invaluable asset for minorities like me to get those connections that is needed, whether professionally or politically to become a part of that 'class' structure. So maintaining friendships and contacts is quite important, this can be said for generational minorities growing up thru the school system or a fresh immigrant who moved here to work as some of these traits exist in the workplace as well. There is also a pervasive texas style, cowboy hat and spur boot wearing baby boomers who run the city via various boards to this or that organization whether corporate or community driven who seem to make decisions based on what their socially conservative brains think is the best way that heavily emphasizes economics and low cost for maximum profit returns. That phrase "OLDE BOYS CLUB" comes to mind. Despite fresh minded millenial driven research and global examples to use as references for large capital projects, the collective reaction is 'good for them, that's not how we do things here etc' BUNK! At the end you get a square bottomed solutions that lacks imagination but fits as many people or tenants as possible creating a mediocre but tolerable product which becomes a missed opportunity. This 'hold down' of sorts has taken me to a major cross road in my life where in my mid 30s I may have to seriously relocate to another city whether Van or TO or even MTL. No relationships, no friends,(Most actually moved to Van/TO) just a number at my robotic segregated workplace and persistent western cowboy identity fueled by pickup trucks, draught beer, and douchieness not to mention high divorce or infidelity rate per capita. Those who were lucky enough to settle down in their late twenties in a house out in the far suburbs actually got the Calgary game right where there is solace to the trenches of a under appreciated lonely downtown life. Our building regulations are also some of the worst in the country. Despite being free of any major disasters other than the odd flooding and robust rules based off national guidelines, this relative stability and routine-ness creates a new level of complacency by nit picking creativity to interpretational extremes which drags on and on with appeals or multiple rounds of review that cost both time and money, creativity must honestly be suppressed so the most standard of things can proceed without controversy or the 'black and white layers of bureaucracy' decision making nature of our civic depts. That seems to be how you get things done in this city, play it safe, don't do something that nobody here will understand despite what is already happening elsewhere. That is one of the major reasons investments into our economy has not diversified enough to absorb the resource rollercoasters, maybe except tourism where there is a boom mostly driven by work visa residents 1 or 2 yrs in. This city has some more growing up to do Even after we went thru one of the worst recession in decades.. I feel as if IF I was white and had the existing qualities as I do as an asian, there would of been no doubt that I would of settled down by now and maybe even become an alpha male in the workplace, relationships and social economic structure. For now the best way is to speak up and share this knowledge so minorities can make this 'Calgary game' work without becoming marginalized or exploited in this right wing society. Interestingly I have heard Edmonton is not as bad as Calgary as it is more blue collar and the attitudes there including drivers and workplace culture are a bit more tolerant or open even. So I won't single out Alberta as a whole, oh and we are Rat and Cockroach free!
I'm a white man who was born and raised in Calgary. I also had terrible trouble with upper middle class white women. They are terrible. To everyone. There is no secret group of white people insiders they are actually nice to. They suck. Period. It had NOTHING to do with you being Asian. But wow I just finished reading the rest of your post and that describes my life experience to a T. Also worked downtown. Isolated just like you describe. I agree with 100% of what you said about missed opportunities for the city, shitty committees with low cost solutions. Last year left Calgary in my mid 30s for Ottawa. I can tell you as a white male it wasn't any better for me. It actually makes me angry being here looking at what I missed out on in life.
Thank you for the effort and thought that you put into your post. I would agree with most of your points and will add a few of my own. Calgary, in general (we have to generalize as there are good and bad everywhere) is a city that is full of itself. Calgarians have a nasty habit of turning the subject of any conversation into something about Calgary. They have quite an inferiority complex and mask it by talking about themselves a lot. Politically, they lean to the right and there's a lot of "every man (and Company) for themselves. They have a large number of national head offices for the size of the city and the corporate attitude is everywhere. There are many other cities that are far more laid back than Calgary. They also play up the Country and Western theme because their history included a number of large ranches in the area, but don't be fooled, when I lived there for a few years, I rarely saw a cowboy hat. The only real clue is the over abundance of pick up truck and the accompanying idiotic driving habits. If you like urban sprawl, you'll love Calgary. There are very few trees as you approach the city from any direction except the west and that continues once you arrive. The city is just hilly enough so that the small trees that are here cannot cover up the sprawl. The dominating color in Calgary is BROWN (not talking about skin color as I like a darker shade myself). The downtown is almost all brown and the hills around the city and outside are also brown because of poor soil (hence ranching and not so much farming), little precipitation, and more wind on average. The odd year when you do get more rain (hardly ever) the hills green up a bit and you can see the difference. If you travel out the the hills west of Nanton and look back towards Calgary, the land looks quite desolate and depressing. I could write a book but the last thing I'll mention is the stupid quadrant system they use for addressing. Firstly, they use number streets and avenues so that your resident address ends up sounding like a cell block and it's possible to have 4 of the same addresses in the city with the only difference being the quadrant marker - quite unimaginative. My advise is to look elsewhere where the climate is more pleasant, things are greener and they have more than 100 years of history preserved.
Yes yours and others bring up great points and I appreciate the time and hopefully some reflection from my long post. I heard somewhere Calgarians were the most entitled people in the country per capita, wouldn't disagree..The dryness here is bad, I get bad dry skin conditions where I sometimes need to stock up on specialized moisture creams every winter. Areas like my neck, nostrils, scalp, arms and LIPs crack and chafe which is really annoying. Though I try to be optimistic that most of my life experience here has been relatively ok and trouble free, it certainly lacked the consistent excitement and energy that would of been akin to living in a more cosmo city. And of course being felt like an outsider that is left behind especially on the social front jaded me out the most. Some areas I admit were my fault, most others not so hopefully I find a way out of this soon..Glad that I was not the only person to experience this type of segregated life in this city, and for those who got out and relocated elsewhere, I tip my hat to you..
53greenhill Calgary feels like an American city, and I don't mean it as a compliment. I too find the quadrant system and the street system strange. I LOL'd your comment about how your address sounds like a cell block number. That's the one I noticed right away was the endless string of numbers to make up an address and when I'd start giving my address to folks back home ( toronto) they'd be yelling, stop! stop! stop! because addresses would sound like an endless list of numbers. Addresses just aren't that complicated there. I agree 200% on the quadrant system --- I think it's idiotic. I liked the mountains well enough, I loved going out to Canmore and Banff, but if you don't camp, or hike, or like outdoorsy things, Calgary is not for you. You will be as bored as I was. And I was pretty bored.
Hi I am a Calgarian living in Quebec for 9 months now. I agree with you for almost every opinion you have shared other than the roads and constructions. Honestly, roads here in Quebec are worse than Calgary. There is always constructions going on in Montreal everytime I have visited the city. And when it comes to government work, I believe pretty much everywhere in the world the work is always slower than private companies. But other than that, great video. I am also an extrovert. I have wonderful friends in Calgary. If you are still in Calgary we could meet up and discuss further more :)
@@vimalcurio That's a good idea if you can afford it. I'm pretty sure, you can find another video for Vancouver city as well. That may help you as well. But nothing beats personal experience. Goodluck!
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I would prefer to say that Alberta is the best place to live in Canada if you are an immigrant. I also lived and worked in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, great cities and great nightlife, but not really what you are looking for when you left your own country, where you had tons of fun (Especially if you come from South America) For us, immigrants, quality of live, decent jobs, security to raise your kids and good salaries are number one priorities. BTW, I also missed the Rockies and Banff a lot, when I returned to Toronto and Montreal for a while during the oil crisis in 2016. Nothing is perfect, but Alberta is pretty close to perfect if you remember why you came to Canada in first place.
Nice one.
Agreed
How con i rive to canada ..😭🤲
Could you help me please .
I am planning to move in Canada(I am from Kosovo, probably you don't know where that is lol) and I am worried sick if I can make it there, what city to move in, can I find a job, find a place to stay that is not that expensive as I read all over internet. It gives me anxiety when I hear people that say it is very hard but I think it is just because people are very lazy now days. The only reason why I want to move there is because of the corruption and low standard of living in my country. So if I would find the same thing whats the point?!
I am wondering which is the best province or city to move and I am doing reasearch all over internet, so far Quebec sounds great but I can not speak any french at all. So I was thinking Vancouver, Surrey or Burnaby as my spouse wil study in Simon Fraiser University.
Hopefully all the negativity it goes away and I can make it to Canada.
All the best to you
@@genckee greetings from Montréal
@@Canadianpatriot2024 greetings to you too. How is life in Canada ?!
i lived in Calgary for 6 years, recently moved back to Toronto, Calgary is a great city, definitely a great place if you do not like 1 hour traffic jams, Cheaper insurance premiums, cheaper gas, higher wages, friendlier people. The problem with Calgary or Alberta in general is its reliance on Oil and gas, when the price of oil tanks everything goes downhill, if you like short dry summers and harsh cold winters Alberta is it,
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How are you liking it in Toronto? I am actually thinking about moving to Calgary from Toronto. I have a decent Engineering job in Toronto, but having hard time saving cause of high cost of living. Just don't want to live my entire life pay cheque to pay cheque. Thoughts?
Enjoyed your video on Calgary. Native born 70 years ago. I agree with most points made. The road building in Calgary is actually quite good. Our problem here is somewhat unique in that we experience extreme temperature fluctuations from 35 below one day, then a week long Chinook wind comes along taking temps to10 or so above zero, then back down to arctic cold again. You can not believe what that does to asphalt. Hence we need time in the nice weather to fix it. Just sayin'.
please sir can I have your mobile contact, I want to come over there to work as a physiotherapist but I need some one who can just invite me. I will really appreciate
What about public transit? How does it compare to Portland, OR where you can get anywhere anytime easily?
Good point, i thought about that too
Its not that nightlife sucks, its the urban sprawl has chased away all density so u don't see anyone or any incentives from people to party downtown after 5pm on a weekend. Like Calgary stampede time u realize Calgary has the potential to have a good nightlife but poor city planning has killed the vibe.
I like this guy. He is very genuine and sober.
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Me too and he has a nice wife and he has a name that fits many nationalities ;=0
i having a feeling that this bro igor smokes weed a lot.i mean he is chill as always
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I am from Ireland and have lived here for 4 years. This wont be very well structured but I'll add a few random thoughts.
The roads throughout the city are like Sarajevo after the war. Every road it seems has work being down and its a pain in the ass. I have a friend who works for the city and said they have a road system thats built for 750k people, currently it has a population of over 1 million and they are struggling to get it up to date. It saves a whole lot of hassle if you take the long route around stoney trial, a ring road around the city even if it takes longer because if you hit a traffic accident (I'll get to that in a minute) you'll wait for hours.
Never seen so many d bag drivers in my life. Cant drive for shit and suffer the worst road rage I have ever seen...Then when they get out of the car its hey, how are you doing today, sorry about that lol
But for the most part the people are friendly in general.
There is a real spirit of entrepreneurship out here. It is in many ways still the new world, trying to get established. I think thats a great thing and its more positive than Ireland. If you are that way minded it will click with you.
The city sprawl I find totally boring. You can get lost in the endless maze of suburb roads and you wouldn't know if you're in the SW of the city or the NW. Houses that look the same, same few selection of cars and trucks in every driveway. Its very controlled, peace officers who will be at your door if you dont cut the grass the exact length thats deemed acceptable for the neighborhood. lol Everyone wants to try and keep up with the jones kind of attitude.
Its very diverse which has its good and bad parts.
Playing soccer in the summer I have meet many people from around the world. Guys who fled Iraq as kids, Europeans, Asians, South Americans, Mexicans etc. it has been fascinating to learn their history and I like to ask real questions. I think they were a bit taken aback but quite happy to open up and talk about these topics. Getting such insights is very interesting and it makes a connection because I have noticed multiculturalism leaves pockets of communities that don't mix here.
Close to the mountains. The most incredible scenery you can imagine and also little villages like Bragg Creek, about 20 mins west of the city are great escapes.
Winters can be long and brutal. People fit a lot in during the shorter summer months and then hibernate in the winter and binge on netflix. Thats been interesting, I kind of like it. You dont feel guilty watching tv when its -30 out.
As much as I like the mountains I miss the ocaen and it can feel like Im landlocked sometimes. I have had mostly a great experience even though the economic downturn has been tough. I will tell people about the positives of Calgary and anyone interested thats its a great place to try out. I made many friends who I will be in contact for good here. I will whoever move back to Europe, I miss the culture and the seasons.
Thanks for your insight, been pondering over the thought of choosing Calgary when i move to Canada next year. But I have a gut feeling it's going to be a good decision.
@@stevenson68478 hello bro...I am planning to move out to Calgary...need your assistance if you don't mind😊
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@@stevenson68478 thanks for your reply brother....it would be nice if we chat over the watsap,that would be great actually!!!I am a student and planning for bow valley College..watsap please?
Agree with your points! I would add that it can be dry here (low humidity) compared to Toronto, also Calgary gets lots of sunshine (most among Canadian cities). It's tough to make new friends here though..
Why is it tough to meet new friends?
One aspect of Calgary that I really think needs to be told are the urban parks.
In Calgary, we have a very extensive pathway system that extends through the entire city along the rivers. In many cities areas of waterfront are privately owned, but in Calgary it's mostly parks, paths, walkways and public spaces. As an example, I can commute on my bike to work over about 10Km and only be on roads for less than 1Km (or less actually). That's pretty good. Even when I do have to be on a road - there's a bike lane. Mostly it's park.
Plus - we have a number of attractions for families that are world class.
Oh - and also important. We have the most educated workforce. So plenty of smart people - this then gets reflected in the culture.
I live in Calgary and I dislike it. Honestly, it's not the city itself I just dislike big cities. I moved here for the girlfriend and her kids. Just a week ago we bought 9.4 acres of forested land in New Brunswick.
A far as big citys go, Calgary is quite clean and the people seem quite nice.
Affected Ryan yeah good point but Tbh I never met anyone who likes the east coast. Calgary and other big cities are pretty cool unless were talking about canadas worst city. Winnipeg. Lol
Brant Stewart I lived in Charlottetown, Moncton and Halifax. I would have to say they are great. I do also miss Vancouver island mostly for the weather.
I LOVE the east coast!!😍😍😍😍😍
You guys just never lived in Ukraine xD
my family is moving there in the summer and we’ve been going to calgary, banff, vancouver for four years in a row now and we’ve finally decided that we wanted to move from our home in winnipeg. we are so excited to move out!! love your videos!
@itstaya Calgary is an amazing city, decently affordable homes as well! I would stick to the city centre, NW or SW of Calgary as they are more affluent neighbourhoods but still affordable. If you want something close to the LRT train stations, Banff Trail is a great community, it's also only 10 minutes to downtown surrounded by lots of parks and has a variety of homes to choose from. Here are some homes in the community if you are interested - felixchan.livelovecalgary.com/results-gallery/?hood=2361213&sort=listprice_asc&status=A
We will move to Calgary from Winnipeg.... Winnipeg is crazy place for live! I understand you...
@@jelenasintai2491 Wow. Congratulations and welcome to Calgary. Are you interested in knowing more about the neighborhood?
People who depend on the city they live in to make them happy are misguided. Remember the old saying, "People are about as happy as they make up their minds to be".
Makes video about Calgary, films 45 minutes away in Canmore 😂😂😂😂
snowcat might as well be in BC
snowcat your the best
Stopped at the 30 second mark, a Russian is not going to tell me what is and what is not good about Calgary, when he films this in Canmore and Banff (where I live), that would be like filming a Vancouver video in Whistler (both where I have lived too). This is how Americans and others think Calgary is tiny town like the picture of the resort town of Banff which is 100 km away from Calgary and is behind him in the opening 10 seconds, I went no further cuz I know a foreign quack when I see and hear one.
pretty intolerant towards foreign quacks ha?
@@canadaauroraborealis3958 What IS Calgary like?
Alberta is a great place to live. 😍
U-Haul Calgarys health care is amazing
every place has its ups and downs. Personally I don't really like AB
it's not free, you pay it with your taxes.
That's like saying the impersonation of an American is fat people and guns.
@Twat face Then you're a fucking idiot because America has the highest rate of obesity among developed countries. You even have more obese people then China and China has over 1 billion people! LOL! Secondly, America also has the largest military in world by far, and also by far guns per person at over 300 million. So tell me, fuck head, where do you fail to see the connection now?
I live in Calgary, Alberta, too! :) I agree with the negative about the boom and bust cycle here, because oil is a large part our economy. I know the province has been trying to diversify its economy, but it's a slow process.
Hello
Hey thank u bro , m an Indian Christian and me and my mom planned to move to Alberta in 2021
How did it go? Managed to get there despite corona?
I lived in Calgary for 2 years, my favourite city in the world! I wanna move back there soon again.
So do I.
Road construction and repairs are certainly an issue due to the short construction season, but overall, the roads and highways in Alberta are superior to the rest of Canada. I have lived in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, and Alberta. I have visited every other province and none of them have the quality of roads that Alberta does.
nice grid system easy to find your way around dont need maps tell that guy to buy a truck and dont drive like an idiot and dodge the pot holes
Living in Toronto, Ottawa, Gatineau (QC), Vancouver and Calgary the last 7 years - would have to agree with much of what you have said about Calgary. I have seen a lot of people who have been laid off from Oil & Gas Companies have had a tough time landing work within the industry. Like you said, I know people who have left the province after the downturn in Oil & Gas. Still, Rent is much cheaper in Calgary than Toronto and Vancouver. I have to say, Gatineau, Quebec, had the cheapest food prices and rent prices of any of the cities I have lived in, however, salary and jobs are limited in Gatineau. Calgary is still a city with opportunity, although, Vancouver and surrounding areas did have quite a lot of job opportunities when I left in the summer of 2018. Thanks for your videos - on point and very accurate about your analysis about Calgary.
I came to alberta in 2012 looking for work and for a few years things were good but the cost of living is very high. Now I am unable to find work and the utilities are 3x as much as when I first arrived so I am forced to leave in search of work again!
@@holgerdanske2081 annnnnd shes gone
I live in Ottawa. I would like to move away from Ottawa when I am done school. Calgary is one of my choice. I prefer the weather in Alberta that the heat in Ottawa.
In 2016 ,we moved to Calgary fr Vancouver and we never look back.
We live and worked in Vancouver for almost 30 yrs and it's so expensive.
I read few articles that the best cities to live in are:
1. Vancouver
2. Toronto
3. Calgary
4. Quebece.
I'm looking forward to living in between Vancouver or Calgary. I'm young woman, 20, who plans to work and continue my study by age 23. I love to be living in peaceful and nature places and I also love watching movies and hanging out with friends. I'm a Muslim so I'm okay without pubs or nightlife. I asked someone the safe place to immigrate in Canada because I'm Asian and I'm Muslim so I'm a bit worried about that, but he didn't help me enough. I'd love to hear your opinion and see the comparison between Calgary and Vancouver in the next videos.
Your videos are great and helpful by the way. Stay healthy! :)
Vancouver is very expensive to let you know, I’d pick Toronto or Calgary
Thanks for your video, I was living in Canada for 2 years in PEI, now I'm in the UK but I am from Peru ahhaha. There is no perfect place in the world, but I am decided to move to Calgary to settle down there because I went there before and I saw the most important things for me : nature, safe and quiet place, good education and job opportunities. At least by that way I can mix my life between Canada and South America.
Same here!
This is the most honest videos about Alberta (Calgary) and I love it in Calgary thank you for the wonderful video,
The biggest problem here is that we get 7 months of winter
Hey
That's great
Toronto says hi
For me that I love winter, this is a benediction
April 28 and theres a fricken blizzard blizzard outside! I honestly hate Calgary weather
Calgary needs way more pubs. There should be pub within 15min walk of your house its no wonder we can't ever meet people.
Calgary just needs more outdoor activities like amusement parks etc but other than that it is a very nice and calm city.
I lived in Toronto and Montreal and I currently live in Calgary and like you I love nature and the bike paths and short drive anywhere in the city. Thanks for sharing.
To all the idiots in the comments saying that calgary suck:
I have been living in this city for 14 Years and love it! Great culture and a very safe city.
I also want to say that you can't just judge a city on its "nightlife" considering nightlife isn't important to everyone.
what options of nightlife there is in Calgary? Because to me a pub or something like that is pretty enough
i lived in calgary for 11 years, amazing place amazing people. moving back this year
For sure ,any place can suck if it doesnt meet your priorities. Calgary lacks certain things but all tolled its an excellent city.
I live in Calgary and I have to say your not wrong. Well done pro/con list.
i was born and rased in calgary and I love it here!
nah I moved here for a year w mah fam from toronto and its shit b
What an Idiot you must be!
Very on point!!! Been living in Calgary for 5 years now, I love the city but I totally agree with everything you said. Great video mate.
Hi Igor. I really enjoyed your video. I am a prospective immigrant that hopefully can become an Albertan in the next year. Hope to meet you some time so you can teach me and my wife more about this beautiful province.
God bless
From South Africa
Come on up, It really is a great place to live. Cheers!
Welcome if you come
I love living in Calgary it's it's so fun and there's so much to explore!❤️
Yassss! I too love living in Calgary. My home town!
Bravo Igor! Wonderful video and great vlogs , I have watch a few of them! by the way welcome to Canada on congratulation on your status and becoming a canadian!! keep the good work young man!
I am surprised when he said rent and cost of living is high in Calgary , living in Vancouver I have been planning to move to Calgary due to the crazy real estate market here.
Calgary is high rent ect compared to Winnipeg or Edmonton. Compared to Toronto and Vancouver it's definitely cheaper rent. In Winnipeg lots of people that move here is after dealing with high cost of living in Vancouver or Toronto.
Your views and opinion are very helpful. Your pros and cons are a very good way to get honest information to make a clear decision. I really like the transparency in the facts. Good job. I would decide to live here just because of the facts are laid out. It is beautiful, the oil is a good point. The quieter side of life is great, the less congested traffic routes all over are a seller.
I am Canadian and in my opinion it is one of the best countries to live in. That said, Calgary is not my favourite city. The road system sucks and gov. agencies seem to make hoop jumping a sport. Everything is harder there in the province of Alberta. Out of all the provinces I have lived in Que.and Ont. were my faves. I am in B.C. Now and it’s ok. but not as easy as the other two. Just my opinion.
Gabriel Lunoch please sir can I have your mobile contact I want to work as a physiotherapist in Canada, can you guide me on this line
nwodom louis hi there. Where are you from? I looked into it for you, and all you have to do is contact the Canadian Alliance of physiotherapy regulators. You can find the contact info online. If you are already a physiotherapist they will tell you what you need to do depending on where you are from to certify here.it is a great profession and I wish you the best of luck. If you have any more questions about Canada feel free to ask me or anyone here on this site. Canada is an amazing and welcoming place to live.
@Gabriel Lunoch. We designed it that way. More and easier government services invites more people that want them increasing the burden. We're happy you like it when you are happiest living off the government especially if its not here. That being said, improvements should be made to things like AISH, but that is for people that truly require assistance, not the lazy types that choose to not be productive. We prefer those people find it elsewhere. "No camping in the safety net" is our motto.
I was prepared to get defensive about my city. But, you made valid points for both good and bad. I hope that you've checked out the various parks and trails within the city limits, although it is nice to escape to the mountains once in a while. I had been away for 13 years from Calgary area and I missed my mountains so much all those years. I'm so glad to be back.
Calgary beats Toronto......
Well yea, but thats not really an accomplishment.
BAGHDAD beats Toronto, the village closest to north pole beats Toronto, HELL BEATS TORONTO.
nah is you fried? Come to flemo or scarbz then
Nothing in Toronto and ESPECIALLY Scarborough...when you're an adult! 😉
Toronto beats Calgary hands down in ALL ways. I lived in Calgary for five years, and missed Toronto every day. There is so little to do in Calgary, lousy transportation, a dead downtown, and NO culture. The best they can do is the Stampede, which I liken to the Exhibition (or what I remember of it cuz it's nothing like it used to be) with chuck wagon races. Toronto is far more interesting and lively.
Excellent video, registered occupations is another issue along with having to retake your examinations due to not recognising overseas qualifications which is really annoying and expensive having to take more courses.
I agree the roads are terrible during the peak commuter times, I have been here 11 years and I can see a change in Calgary, agreed apartment rentals are very high. Summer is really nice when it arrives !
ive been to the place where he is right now, it was a wonderful hike up the mountain amazing view, Banff is a nice place and i wanna go back there. living in alberta is pretty great considering we don't have Provincial Tax unlike BC where everything is much more expensive
Prairie mountain?
Glad you like it here !
i guess Alberta works for an introvert like me.
any reason???
Ikr
@@naveen1699 duh!? introvert like being alone
Alberta is a big province. If you like to be alone, you should move to a small town.
You’d LOVE it here. As a born and raised Calgarian myself, you’d love it here. Trust me
My son is going to be an international student there soon. After watching this vdo , hope he loves this place 🥰 . See you soon.
Hi Igor! Thank you for making this video. I currently live in Toronto and am planning to move to Alberta next month. Toronto definitely feels a very busy place with tight schedules and there are not really many places to rewind in nature close to the city. Sure Alberta has that as a plus! And also people of Alberta.. I feel they are more friendly and easy going. What do you think?
Los Castañeda is Calgary really that white, I've only been there a few days in the summer, and as I live in Edmonton where many of the neighbourhoods are mainly non white... and I had assumed Calgary was the same or similar
@Lara Croft: in full agreement with you. This Los Castaneda character is exactly the race baiting type that belongs in Onterrible. He sure seems like the type of guy that would instigate something and quickly point finger at everyone else.
@Janhavi Mahadik: We have a great diversity of cultures in Calgary. You are welcomed if you intend on putting your nose to the grind stone and contribute to society instead of depleting its resources, keep your business your business and be mindful and respectful of others.
Ignore the ignoramus types like Los Casteneda. His hatred is something that belongs in Toronto.
Thank god i clicked this video. Very insightful
Check out equalization payments. Canada's economy relies on Alberta!
Not any more. Alberta has recently received under the program and Ontario used to bail out Alberta before the Oil industry. And the national economy has never "relied" on Alberta, that is just a pipe dream that you have bought into.
53greenhill I just stated the truth. If you don't like it go whine somewhere else.
The truth in your mind only. It would seem that you are the one who is whining - whining about sending "our hard earned taxpayer money" somewhere else to help others. That is a common attitude, in corporate Calgary more than the rest of the province.
Most of the "transfer payments" which is what I believe you are referencing, are mainly from the wealthier citizens of the province the money is going to. But yes, Alberta Saskatchewan and Newfoundland are the "have" provinces in Canada and do help out the rest of Canada.
This only happened during oil boom. ON's economy used to outpaced that of AB when we had a strong manufacturing sector until most of them got outsourced or shipped out. AB's economy is not diversified enough to withstand another oil crash. ON's economy is more diversified, e.g. Finance, IT, manufacturing, service. With Doug Ford elected, ON will be great again.
Your info was fantastic .I have lived in Calgary for 14 years and learned lots .I hate the snow here specifically having to drive in icy conditions and having to walk on snow and not being able to go for walks because of having to walk on ice or the weather being too cold .I have lived in Vancouver and also St Albert Edmonton. This is my favorite , good things R prices of houses much lower ,bad things people R not very friendly and it is hard to find friends .
Only thing I hate about Calgary is the long miserable winter xD
ThatOneEmoGirl you might be right you live there but London only gets 1400 yearly sunshine hours by contrast to Calgary’s 2350 sunshine hours. So on the face of it it seems brighter, although I understand you get harsher winter temperatures. With that said, I think the show there looks amazing, and there’s snow in Calgary about 50 days in winter ! That’s a lot of snow
ThatOneEmoGirl ThatOneEmoGirl you might be right you live there but London only gets 1400 yearly sunshine hours by contrast to Calgary’s 2350 sunshine hours. So on the face of it it seems brighter and less miserable than England, although I understand you get harsher winter temperatures. With that said, I think the show there looks amazing, and there’s snow in Calgary about 50 days in winter ! That’s a lot of snow
Your videos are great and have a unique perspective of immigration to canada
I love the mountains!
Thank you for the very informative video. I recently thought of moving to Calgary (from Melbourne, AUS), but I decided not to, due to the harsh winter which I won't tolerate well...
I have lived in Calgary for 30 years. I was in Montreal and parts of Ontario and Nova Scotia as well. I like Calgary the best for all the positive reasons you mention. Montreal has amazing night life and restaurants but I was tired of living there after 20 years and needed to experience more of Canada...also the politics there will drive you nuts.
Ontario is very nice but I was transferred out west. Nova Scotia was very hot and humid in summer but so nice with all the small towns and friendly folks. Calgary's expensive though...but you get lots for what you pay for in my opinion. I am concerned that people have become colder and less friendly over the years too, probably normal as a city grows in size. Calgary is very spread out and it can take 45 minutes to go from the far N.W. to the far S.W. in no traffic! Work is available for qualified people but for unskilled labour in the city there is not much that pays well. Very good place if you have a trade or profession. Transit in Calgary is not very good. You need a car here.
Well said. I am confusing between study inMontreal and Calgary.
@@rinlapatasa Don't even consider Montreal if you don't speak French. Right now Calgary's economy is terrible...so not many jobs. Hopefully the future looks better.
Very good video. I have lived in Calgary for 11 years. I agree with all your points.
Add another +, as a calgarian I’d be glad to buy you a beer here.
Given what you know about me:
Nationality: Filipino
Age: 28
IELTS General: 8 out of 9
Single never married
CRS score: 438
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Would you recommend BA Philosophy in University of Calgary to me?
Would you encourage me to apply for a student visa?
I came to Calgary half a year's ago from Montreal, great place for live but just a little quiet...haha
hey! i live in montreal and want to move to calgary if you can answer some questions it would be awesome :)
As a city, Calgary is cleaner, Calgary is more wealthy, Calgary has less tax, Calgary has much more outdoors and provincial parks theyre everywhere, Montreal is more historical,
The healthcare system in Alberta (now in 2021) is in complete shambles. That being said I am leaving Ontario in spring 2022 because the cost of renting or buying a home/land is astronomical. I am less concerned with taxes as our public services require them to function. I am also an outdoor person who doesn't care to be surrounded by people anyway so I will get along just fine living there. I'd leave now if I had the money but I will do better if I save for another year.
As always best video and hard work keep it up man 👍
Downtown is a black, vacuous dead zone ,albeit, improving. Plus 15s are great. Weather can go up or down 30 degrees in 24 hours or less. Keep headache tablets nearby.
Calgary is very cold and boring, expensive and nothing to do. I was planning to move there but after visiting for a few times I changed my mind. There's no jobs there anymore either. I used to date a guy that lives there and he have to go up north on the oil field to work for more than 9 months of the year eating nasty camp food with no life. Wouldn't recommend moving there.
Yes it can be cold in the winter, and it can be expensive compared to other Canadian cities, but any city can be boring if you don't look for things to do. The jobs in Alberta have suffered with the oil crash, but this is nothing new to Alberta. Jobs come and go with the price of the oil. I've worked in the oil industry for the past few years, and I get to talk to allot of people about other camps they've worked at. From what I hear, there are only two half decent camps where you get your own room, and the food is half decent. Others are very cheap in both the room, and your housing. Some camps make you hot bunk in a closet sized unit big enough to hold a bed where you must take all your belongings with you, and share that room every single day while at site. I've also heard some bad stories about the shared bathroom situation. This type of work is not for everyone, but you do get little extra pay for the inconvenience.
nasty camp food haha some of the best food I've ever ate
I agree with you completely. The only thing I really dont like here is the winter. Too long and too cold.
I love Calgary. Its safe and clean, and an overall really good place to live. But I wanna leave, because its so damn boring here. We have an okay zoo, okay science centre, a couple museums, a terrible football stadium, a hockey stadium everyone hates, and Calaway Park. Most of the fun stuff eithet doesn't exist, or is hard to get too. Not just that, the people here are so incredibly boring as well. Yes people here are very polite, but that doesn't make them freindly. Everyone here acts the same as eachother, nobody is really that interesting. We even voted no to the winter olympics, because we cant be put on the map. All we're known for is the Stampede, which comes and stays for one week in the summer. Its just so dull here! Altough we have access to the mountains, which is pretty awsome. I just wish people here weren't so lame and boring. Nothing goes on here its pretty sad, especially for a city well over a million people.
hey man i just recently found your channel and its soo helpful. can you please do a comparisson between alberta and british columbia or calgary and vancouver?
Everyone who makes videos on Calgary then shows them walking around by the mountains. There’s no mountains in Calgary !!!! Calgary is surrounded by farm fields. Like 90% of Alberta. Farm fields.
I can see the mountains from our house and be there in 20 minutes. And we have two beautiful rivers full of different kinds of trout and other fishes. You can rent ANY kind of outdoor gear and enjoy an endless # of trail systems.
I love the city I lived there for 12 years. Great place. I just notice in the videos related to it they always show the mountains as if they are in them. Which they may be at the time but if they are then they’re not in Calgary.
Every morning I wake up and see the beautiful rocky mountains, I can be there in 25-30 minutes, when they're that close and part of your everyday life you can claim them. The mountains serve a large portion of Calgarians.
Mountainous terrain is 20 minutes West of the city limits. Banff is an hour.
In terms of major cities - Calgary is very close to the outdoors. I can be in Kanaskis from my front door in Calgary faster than I can get from one end of Vancouver or Toronto to the other. About 30 minutes or so. Also - you can go 4 directions. What I mean by that is that you can go North, West, East, and South and see different scenery and environments - it's pretty cool actually.
That said, I've lived in several smaller places that are probably best: Whistler, Banff, and all over Vancouver Island. That's small town versus city though.
Disagree with cost of living housing now is 3 to 5 times cheaper than in toronto. Hell Niagara Falls a city of 90k has more expensive housing than Calgary.
10 reasons why you shouldn’t live in Calgary
10. There
9. Are
8. No
7. Cons
6. To
5. Living
4. In
3. Calgary
2. at all
1. The drivers in the NE
What about the drivers??? (Pls explain lol... i wish i get it..)
1 what ??
dear god yes
I moved to Calgary from Montreal in 1981. I consider myself a Rene Levesque refugee. I have been very happy here. While winters can be harsh here, they are much better than in Montreal. Much less snow and much sunnier skies. Politics in Alberta are somewhat strange, Quebec controls the politics of the whole country so, I can understand the frustration that Albertans have with the equalization payments that they make but get little say in the running of the country. Also, the dry cold of Alberta is much easier to take than the damp cold of eastern Canada.
Knowledgeable video.would like to see more video. Thanks
I moved back to Calgary 3 years ago after being away for about 16 years. Overall I like it. But there are downsides like cost of living and a good amount of people asking for money. You will learn to say 'no' if you haven't already.
Good part is there is lots to do and see. You can go to Banff, explore the 'Core', visit Calgary zoo, stop by the many malls all throughout Calgary, etc. Oh and of course theres the annual Stampede.
Great place to live but do be careful about the people you come across. They will make up any excuse to ask you for money so always decline unless theyre willing to part with something valuable temporarily. You need to be sure they'll actually pay you back.
Great video my Russian buddy :))) Can't wait to move to Canada and Calgary looks perfect! Is winter worse than our Russian winter?
The Canadian prairies (and Calgary is still classified as being on the prairies are about the same as the Siberian steppes. Extreme temperature variations (like Siberia, the worst on the planet) make it a difficult climate to adjust to because the temperature fluctuations can happen daily not just monthly or yearly. Go back and review the 1988 Winter Olympics, it was +17C on day and some events were delayed because of winds and dust (in winter remember). It is far from perfect.
Thank you!
Lol winter ❄️ has its own schedule can b Russia one day can be Vancouver next or can even Chinook breezed w Mexico weather for few days. Never predicted or the same either. This year we had no spring so right away got into summer.
Bhandari yoga, Calgary has huge yogies community. Very welcoming 2
LOL
SPOT ON! Good points!
Cheaper gas in Alberta was a history, to be frank now a days, the gas prices in Toronto and Calgary are more or less the same, sometimes Toronto as cheaper price when compared to Calgary. Canada's most of the oil come from Alberta, but yet, now a days albertans, we in Calgary pay more than Toronto, why is that, only god knows. may be because of the cat fight between Alberta and Bc Premiers..
It's 1.79$/liter now in Van and 1.19$/liter on Calgary. History, right.
Now u can buy tesla tho
@@vimalcurio lol every Tesla car needs battery power, where does this comes from. Electricity is generated by burning fossil fuels mostly in Canada.
@@lb8101 oh damn! I hope Elon musk solar company do something there soon...
@@yuri.vasilchenko lol
oh wow. this is pretty good. i live in calgary. i lived here since 1971. there are 2 points you made that i would disagree with. 1) saying that Alberta has no provincial sales tax leading to an HST. we do have a provincial sales tax its just hidden in the price of the things we buy. almost 100 years ago we had a vote where most people in the province stated that they prefered to have the sales tax hidden. we didn't want to look at it. the 2nd point is the impression you gave that Alberta has the cheapest alchohol in the country just because we are cheaper than toronto. in fact the city of montreal and the maritimes in general are both cheaper than we are that way. other than those 2 points i'd say you're spot on right for all of it. thanks.
You should see the bad roads in Montreal...haha
Great video. I am in Calgary too! The thing about the oil industry fluctuation, I have a saying "Diversify or Die" so everyone in Alberta have 2 or more noncompeting career tracks so that they can survive the economical fluctuation. My appliance repairman had a real estate license. I knew a man who was a welding inspector and a construction foreman.
As for the homeless, I interviewed homeless people, they worked and did't get paid. Alberta has over 10,000 who were not paid by over 2000 companies listed on the Labor website. There's a lot of exploitation.
The Chinook. The hurricane force winds which is why most women wear pants instead of skirts and dresses. LOL.
You didn't mention the Calgary Stampede! It is in the first half of July.
The public transportation is better than most places and the bus drivers are really nice and better drivers than Montreal. I RV on the outskirts of town and take the public transportation downtown so no traffic issues.
Omg. I live in Calgary
OMFG!!!!
DOM1N8T0R Same
Same man
FerBoy 35 me too
Same here
I've been to Calgary but I've never realized the beautiful mountains!
Which city is better for IT JOBS Calgary or Ottawa ??? Thanks
I can't answer this one. Ottawa gas great opportunities.
seenu gk if you cant speak French then Ottawa isnt a good place for you because 90% of jobs require you to be bilingual but its a government city so jobs are good and secure
seenu gk nanavut is great place
Ни то ни другое. Ещкщтещ, Монтреаль или Венкувер
probably ottawa
My dad has lived there for 13 years now he's originally from Winnipeg.All he has to live on is 1830. a month with that being said he pays 33% for rent ,he pays 33% each month for his drugs .Although he gets that Alberta supplement he gets his old age and CPP and supplement equals 1830 a month.Although he gets cheap bus pass which he doesn't use very often that's the only thing that's cheap being $18 a Year YES A YEAR NOT MONTH. I didn't believe it either.but he figures it costs him about $4000 more a year because the rent is higher and the pills.In manitoba he paid $250 deductible for his pills and the rest are covered which he takes blood pressure thyroid insulin and he pays a third of that every month in Calgary .So a senior living off just old age and cpp and the Alberta supplement it does cost a bit more to live in Calgary.Just saying
Pro: It's not God forsaken Vancouver.
Whats wrong with Vancouver if you dont mind me asking?
@@nala6846 The cold people.
I so love your videos. I like you Igor, you are a great human being. I really enjoyed this vlog about Alberta, very informative. I will probably move to there too.
Keep on creative great stuff! 😎👍
There are no cons!!! Calgary is awesome sauce!!! 💛🧡💛🧡💛🧡💛
Only con is nenshi
I just love to be in Calgary, it's so much of fun and peace here... Love doing camping, hiking and what not?
Hi. Yes it seems that there must be opportunities for entrepreneurs to start small fun parks around the city, perhaps public indoor swimming centres, mountain climbing practice centres, in-door archery centres, and bush walking clubs that take people to the mountains for day trips.
Hey Igor, great video as always! :) Im coming to Calgary next friday, Im so excited, you are boosting my moral with every video! :D But I'm a bit worried about finding a good job, since I don't have much experience in one field, I've been working a lot of different jobs and based on that I am just worried will employers in Canada even consider me?
Do not worry you will find something. :)
hopefully! :D Keep up the great work!
Gigs 1mc: If you have a good work ethic and can show up on time for your job every day, you will have no problem at all finding work in Calgary. The city is very spread out (close to 50 km from the north to the south city limits) so owning a vehicle for transportation is quite important. Calgary is a very cosmopolitan city with many immigrants from around the world.
Sounds very comforting. Thanks a lot!
If you are willing to work there will always be work
Just moved back to the States after spending 2 years in Calgary. I don’t miss it. Federal income taxes are high, the cost of everything is more expensive (+20% vs USA) so that kinda kills the low GST of Alberta, Calgary has zero nightlife for a large city, the winters are wayyyyyyy too long and deathly cold (chinooks don’t exist, sorry), and the cowboy garbage gets really old and cheesy.
I understand that some of these are federal critiques but still. As an American the biggest plus was the beauty of the mountains (which are 45 mins away), but so many minuses kill Calgary for me. Vancouver is where it’s at IF you can find a good paying job.
Can u make video on other provinces like Saskatchewan
Richa Sharma there would be nothing to really talk about
Whats that? Lol
No point talking about Sask. - nothing there !
All your points are spot on - just to add on that the across the prairies you'll notice politics are much more conservative, with some exceptions in university areas and tourist areas (Banff/Canmore/Jasper/Waterton) but not nearly as much as rural USA. Calgary and south is semi-arid (dry) which is generally a good thing - much less flys/mosquitos (!!!) than most all of rural Canada and more sunny days and less rain and snow (50% of annual rainfall in June!). It also means much less lakes and you have to water lawns and trees or they will likely die (see trees in the background). I also have to emphasize both how much Chinook winds mediate winter weather - 25%-50% of the winter is effected by it - and most really only need winter tire traction for ~2-4 weeks a year. HOWEVER when it goes bad it's really bad and freezing/thawing makes for horrible icy driving (triple your commute time!) for those 2-4 weeks.... like you should take a winter driving course/be Scandinavian bad. Best place in Canada for anyone with seasonal effective disorder, etc - one of the worst for seasonal change/altitude effected disorders (migraines/MS/etc). For those saying Calgary is in the prairies - Eastern half of the City is - western half is firmly in the Rocky Mountians foothills and at elevation. Bragg Creek/Canmore/Ghost lake are so close people commute...
He mention making a quick buck and leaving a couple times .....it's happens alot from other Canadians and foreigners....I guess we ll always best province in Canada
lol ... "canadians and foreigners" :D :D :D :D :D wth r u a siksika? :)))
I Igor, the situation of roads still, it will be nice make an update of these pros and cons. Regards
Racism is huge in Alberta. I moved here from the Southeastern USA (NC) and have experienced more racism in Alberta than in the States.
Kaitlyn Gatineau I am sorry to hear that I have been in Alberta for 7 years and I find it a wonderful place. Good job opportunities and great people.
It's not racism it's just people voicing their opinions. There are no actions of racism.
It's racism. I live in a smaller town outside of Calgary and people here still refer to black people as the N word (and seriously mean it too). I almost spit my food out the first time a restaurant manager used the word casually in a sentence while talking to me, and that's not even the worst of it. We have Indian and Filipinos in my town and the things said about them are crazy insane as well. I have seen it in several towns in AB (I work in a career that has me move every few years so I have seen a lot here). Downtown Calgary isn't so bad, but stay in the centre urban areas if you want cultural diversity and acceptance.
Just in the North joe, and Calgary certainly isn't a shithole.
Joe Schmoe there’s that good old racism people are talking about. Well done dumbass.
Thanks Igor. Keep it up 😜
Living in canada is stress; high tax and no job
so, how can you live here? eating earth and air.
health care system? you have to wait.
no dental? you will be of no teeth.
you forgot....propaganda. "...at least it's better than the states". lolz.
Same thing about Ukraine: stress, no health care system AT ALL, hard work and low salaries (if you're lucky enough to get it in cash equivalent. Mostly, employers squeeze maximum use for minimum money. Sly bitches.... But, in general, Ukraine is okay, compared to Russia. At least, UA has beautiful nature, nice people and the most important thing - freedom.
Also, health care system of Germany is just disgusting. F.e. to visit a dentist, you are to wait for like 60 days, even though patient's health insurance is expensive. My friend had to wait 6 months to fix her tooth!
It also seems like doctors don't even slightly know what to do with patients. Old lady I used to work for (like a maid, cook, cleaner, gardener and so on) had injured her toe and the wound wasn't healing fast. This lady had diabetes, the same as her mother, grandma and other family members (means that lady had it in her genetic code). But doctor had decided to keep his patient for 3 weeks in hospital with diagnosis "mysterious disease that wasn't identified yet" (he was kinda family therapist of this lady for the last 15 years and her family, of course). Only when an illegal maid-worker (me lol) without medical education mentioned possibility of diabetes according to general genetic picture of those lady and her family-tree, doctor FINALLY decided to analyse lady's blood and found there diabetes. Suprise,yay! After three weeks in hospital.
I am sure that the doctor was not so dumb as he tried to be. It was a method of earning money, that's it. I never blame German doctors for working as they work. This is only a reflection of European system, that prefer to motivate those who work longer (more time doesn't mean more quality) than those who can optimize processes and complete bigger amount of work.
Toronto's night life often gets on the news,bang,bang
In the most extreme sense, Calgarians can be described as politely racist.
As a long time calgarian who grew up here and is of asian minority, I have been singled out, discriminated or back handed countless times during my youth and young adult years. Mainly by middle to upper middle class white girls in my schools. I went to a high school that had fed alot of well off families including a large jewish population in the SW. There were so much fake smiles and 3rd or 5th wheel follower stance I experienced before enough was enough. I was being reminded of where my 'place' was when trying to fit in as a Canadian or else congregate with people of my own kind in their own groups. I chose to fight that stigma/default programming and build as much as I can with native Calgarians to some success. Most of my cherished friends who I have today are white jewish males lol, I have lost touch with all the so called 'elitist white girls' I tried so hard to become friends/intimate with. I have learned so much as not to be so naive around high class households who may not act so much in the school commons. It has also improved my confidence and expectations for white women as there aren't many asians who still desire to be with a Canadian woman as majority just settle with their own. This is what it was like to grow up in Calgary as a immigrant in the 1990-2000s. Certain areas did have heavier minority populace like the NE which yes could of changed my outlook, but I also would of missed out on a yuge life learning experience.
The integration into a societal class in CALGARY as an immigrant is difficult but important as those lay the seeds for success as an adult as many of the well raised Caucasians do enter successful careers (+-75% O+G) and are an invaluable asset for minorities like me to get those connections that is needed, whether professionally or politically to become a part of that 'class' structure. So maintaining friendships and contacts is quite important, this can be said for generational minorities growing up thru the school system or a fresh immigrant who moved here to work as some of these traits exist in the workplace as well.
There is also a pervasive texas style, cowboy hat and spur boot wearing baby boomers who run the city via various boards to this or that organization whether corporate or community driven who seem to make decisions based on what their socially conservative brains think is the best way that heavily emphasizes economics and low cost for maximum profit returns. That phrase "OLDE BOYS CLUB" comes to mind. Despite fresh minded millenial driven research and global examples to use as references for large capital projects, the collective reaction is 'good for them, that's not how we do things here etc' BUNK!
At the end you get a square bottomed solutions that lacks imagination but fits as many people or tenants as possible creating a mediocre but tolerable product which becomes a missed opportunity. This 'hold down' of sorts has taken me to a major cross road in my life where in my mid 30s I may have to seriously relocate to another city whether Van or TO or even MTL. No relationships, no friends,(Most actually moved to Van/TO) just a number at my robotic segregated workplace and persistent western cowboy identity fueled by pickup trucks, draught beer, and douchieness not to mention high divorce or infidelity rate per capita. Those who were lucky enough to settle down in their late twenties in a house out in the far suburbs actually got the Calgary game right where there is solace to the trenches of a under appreciated lonely downtown life. Our building regulations are also some of the worst in the country. Despite being free of any major disasters other than the odd flooding and robust rules based off national guidelines, this relative stability and routine-ness creates a new level of complacency by nit picking creativity to interpretational extremes which drags on and on with appeals or multiple rounds of review that cost both time and money, creativity must honestly be suppressed so the most standard of things can proceed without controversy or the 'black and white layers of bureaucracy' decision making nature of our civic depts. That seems to be how you get things done in this city, play it safe, don't do something that nobody here will understand despite what is already happening elsewhere. That is one of the major reasons investments into our economy has not diversified enough to absorb the resource rollercoasters, maybe except tourism where there is a boom mostly driven by work visa residents 1 or 2 yrs in. This city has some more growing up to do Even after we went thru one of the worst recession in decades..
I feel as if IF I was white and had the existing qualities as I do as an asian, there would of been no doubt that I would of settled down by now and maybe even become an alpha male in the workplace, relationships and social economic structure.
For now the best way is to speak up and share this knowledge so minorities can make this 'Calgary game' work without becoming marginalized or exploited in this right wing society.
Interestingly I have heard Edmonton is not as bad as Calgary as it is more blue collar and the attitudes there including drivers and workplace culture are a bit more tolerant or open even. So I won't single out Alberta as a whole, oh and we are Rat and Cockroach free!
I'm a white man who was born and raised in Calgary. I also had terrible trouble with upper middle class white women. They are terrible. To everyone. There is no secret group of white people insiders they are actually nice to. They suck. Period. It had NOTHING to do with you being Asian.
But wow I just finished reading the rest of your post and that describes my life experience to a T. Also worked downtown. Isolated just like you describe. I agree with 100% of what you said about missed opportunities for the city, shitty committees with low cost solutions. Last year left Calgary in my mid 30s for Ottawa. I can tell you as a white male it wasn't any better for me. It actually makes me angry being here looking at what I missed out on in life.
Thank you for the effort and thought that you put into your post. I would agree with most of your points and will add a few of my own. Calgary, in general (we have to generalize as there are good and bad everywhere) is a city that is full of itself. Calgarians have a nasty habit of turning the subject of any conversation into something about Calgary. They have quite an inferiority complex and mask it by talking about themselves a lot. Politically, they lean to the right and there's a lot of "every man (and Company) for themselves. They have a large number of national head offices for the size of the city and the corporate attitude is everywhere. There are many other cities that are far more laid back than Calgary. They also play up the Country and Western theme because their history included a number of large ranches in the area, but don't be fooled, when I lived there for a few years, I rarely saw a cowboy hat. The only real clue is the over abundance of pick up truck and the accompanying idiotic driving habits. If you like urban sprawl, you'll love Calgary. There are very few trees as you approach the city from any direction except the west and that continues once you arrive. The city is just hilly enough so that the small trees that are here cannot cover up the sprawl. The dominating color in Calgary is BROWN (not talking about skin color as I like a darker shade myself). The downtown is almost all brown and the hills around the city and outside are also brown because of poor soil (hence ranching and not so much farming), little precipitation, and more wind on average. The odd year when you do get more rain (hardly ever) the hills green up a bit and you can see the difference. If you travel out the the hills west of Nanton and look back towards Calgary, the land looks quite desolate and depressing. I could write a book but the last thing I'll mention is the stupid quadrant system they use for addressing. Firstly, they use number streets and avenues so that your resident address ends up sounding like a cell block and it's possible to have 4 of the same addresses in the city with the only difference being the quadrant marker - quite unimaginative. My advise is to look elsewhere where the climate is more pleasant, things are greener and they have more than 100 years of history preserved.
Yes yours and others bring up great points and I appreciate the time and hopefully some reflection from my long post. I heard somewhere Calgarians were the most entitled people in the country per capita, wouldn't disagree..The dryness here is bad, I get bad dry skin conditions where I sometimes need to stock up on specialized moisture creams every winter. Areas like my neck, nostrils, scalp, arms and LIPs crack and chafe which is really annoying. Though I try to be optimistic that most of my life experience here has been relatively ok and trouble free, it certainly lacked the consistent excitement and energy that would of been akin to living in a more cosmo city. And of course being felt like an outsider that is left behind especially on the social front jaded me out the most. Some areas I admit were my fault, most others not so hopefully I find a way out of this soon..Glad that I was not the only person to experience this type of segregated life in this city, and for those who got out and relocated elsewhere, I tip my hat to you..
You LITERALLY read my mind
53greenhill Calgary feels like an American city, and I don't mean it as a compliment. I too find the quadrant system and the street system strange. I LOL'd your comment about how your address sounds like a cell block number. That's the one I noticed right away was the endless string of numbers to make up an address and when I'd start giving my address to folks back home ( toronto) they'd be yelling, stop! stop! stop! because addresses would sound like an endless list of numbers. Addresses just aren't that complicated there. I agree 200% on the quadrant system --- I think it's idiotic.
I liked the mountains well enough, I loved going out to Canmore and Banff, but if you don't camp, or hike, or like outdoorsy things, Calgary is not for you. You will be as bored as I was. And I was pretty bored.
Hi I am a Calgarian living in Quebec for 9 months now.
I agree with you for almost every opinion you have shared other than the roads and constructions. Honestly, roads here in Quebec are worse than Calgary. There is always constructions going on in Montreal everytime I have visited the city. And when it comes to government work, I believe pretty much everywhere in the world the work is always slower than private companies.
But other than that, great video. I am also an extrovert. I have wonderful friends in Calgary. If you are still in Calgary we could meet up and discuss further more :)
That's great. Would you recommend me calgary over Vancouver?
@@vimalcurio Calgary is smaller and less expensive. But colder and dryer. Depends on your lifestyle. Calgary is also less busy.
@@Arushd4441 oh I see then I'll visit both and I'll decide then
@@vimalcurio That's a good idea if you can afford it. I'm pretty sure, you can find another video for Vancouver city as well. That may help you as well. But nothing beats personal experience. Goodluck!
@@Arushd4441 sure 🙂 thanks