10 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD MOVE TO IQALUIT, NUNAVUT
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- In this video I talk about 10 reasons Iqaluit, Nunavut is an awesome place to live! If you have any other questions, please leave me a comment!
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I read that people have been living there for at least 15,000 years.,.without the internet too !
😂😂😂😂
What about in the 16th century?
@@zimmergameszimmerc6077 we don't talk about 16th century Canada
Impossible
We have been living here for more then 500,00 years bro.
How much of that territory is inhabitable? Answer: Nunavut
Thanks Gavin!
gottem
Darynne Hagen It’s a territory but at this point a province and a territory are pretty much the same thing
#11 Chuck Todd's nickname is NumbNuts.
Ok
I’d love to see Iqaluit, Nunavut becoming one of the next big developing areas of Canada and the world. The biggest thing holding Iqaluit back from becoming the next big place (maybe like an Edmonton, Calgary or even like a Montreal type city) is the long harsh winters. If more people, more corporations and investors came into Iqaluit, I think that place would develop into something special.
I also agree that there is a high potential for development.
I think the people there like it how it is
The climate change is helping this. Northern Alaskan sailing of cargo ships will be coming thru northern port towns of the Yukon, NWT, Nunavut and around quebec, NFLD to the Atlantic.
Canada has icebreakers working on routes as the northwest passage will be the future panama canal route for the north from the Pacific ocean to the Atlantic!
There will be huge growth up north in the future!
@@Matt-zp1jn if almost anything has to imported from far away? with all the rising costs of transportation in the future?
I think she was trying to convince more people to move there so she could have more friends up there XD
I had more friends in Iqaluit than in Ontario 😛 you’re guaranteed to make lifelong friends there! Amazing people.
@@OliviaIrwin4 Fair enough! I have also lived in a small community before and I found the same thing, much more intimate - everybody knows everybody - whether that is desirable or not ! :P
Olivia, great little videos. Another reason to move, of course, is the small amount of COVID for the time being. I like the way you suggest that Iqaluit is a small town. I moved up there in 1975 when its population was about 2500 people. Now, that's a small town, and you REALLY knew everyone just by their parkas, snowmobiles or the way they walked. I was both a teacher at Nakasuk, the Fire Chief and a site coordinator for EMO. My wife was a Public Health nurse. We both retired in 1999 but saw Nunavut come to fruition. We still have many Inuit friends and use Facebook a lot with them from Ontario. Keep up these videos. I love to see the progress of this "small town".
Would love if you did a video on the shopping/restaurants in Iqaluit. Show what is available and the prices.
merf64 this is definitely on the list of videos I’d like to film! :)
Waiting for the videos of Iqaluit showing markets, shopping mall, and the spots which we must visit.
Wife and I are currently thinking about moving to Nunavut from Ontario. Your video was very helpful.
3 years later, are you in nunavut?
Your hair is so pretty❤️
Who cares
Fuckya Lookin at lol thanks!
@@caesarsneezer6992 wow, rude
@@zachmoerman4165 if Justin bieber was the narrator, would you say his lips were dreamy? I doubt so. She's not sitting there to titillate your visual inclinations, so what's the purpose of commenting on her hair. Personally, I think her hair looks natty and unwashed, but I don't give a damn, and especially don't give a damn to make a statement on you tube
@@caesarsneezer6992 damn you sound jealous
I would love to visit Iqaluit.
I just find the prices to be extremely expensive. Its 2000 for the tickets alone and I imagine i would be spending maybe 1500 on the hotel and food.
Funny enough I was looking at prices and it's actually much cheaper to travel across Canada to Anchorage, Alaska than to visit Iqaluit.
Totally expensive! Which is unfortunate, but yes- it’s cheaper to travel to a beach in another country than here! 😛
the 2nd reason i can relate to. the hate the hot weather with a passion. i live with my dad and grandma and she doesn't turn on the a/c on often in the summer. i need a fan in my room when i try to sleep to help me cool off.
Thank you for being a little more positive about moving to Iqaluit. Perhaps when you have spent a few more years there you will be able to discuss more community oriented aspects. Again, ask a local to teach you how to pronounce “Iqaluit”.
I enjoy your videos. Years ago I was an announcer with the CBC there. Even had Peter Gzowski as a guest once. Bryan Pearson of Arctic Ventures was a friend.
I lived in Arviat Nunavut for 7 years I’m from Nova Scotia my dad worked as a high school teacher
Joseph’s comment still has me rolling in laughter.Thank you!
Im in Toronto... I'm freezing my ass off loading trucks in the winter! No thank you
I'm from Markham and i rather freeze my ass here and pay for items for a cheap price.
A few hours.north of Toronto personally and I love the colddd
@@TomGeek1980 same bro because I can be cold
Iqaluit sounds lovely. I would love to experience a real winter wonderland.
It is definitely a little winter wonderland :) I'm excited to have Christmas here!
The snow storms are bad
I was born in Barcelona and I still live there:
I have problems with high temperatures and humidity (think on the climate there), I'm allergic and asmatic (think on the pollution and the trees at spring), I have atopic skin (think on the UV indexes), I like relaxed places and not big cities...
I've been born in the WRONG place.
I'm very interested in Yukon, Nunavut, NWT and Churchill (Manitoba).
Conclusion: I have to choose between Iqaluit and Whitehorse (hard hard decision for me); I know both cities very well, I've been in every single street on Google Maps, and I'm in love with both cities.
what about freezing temperature? isn t is bad for your asthma and allergies? in my case I tend to get sick at winter
Lived in Iqaluit from 87 to 90 .. Loved it.. You mentioned drinking.... The Zoo !! and the Leigon were the two drinking places back then. Population was 3000 at the time . A flight was $ 722.00 return. to Ottawa..The people were fantastic ! the food stores at the time were the " Bay " and Arctic Vultures ( Ventures ) .. The Snack was the popular place for fast food.. I was also a member of the Iqaluit Fire dept. Worked for CBC at the time...
Was a GREAT time.. Totally recomend it , if you have a job there .. Expensive.. YES.. But..
you can get things faster there than in the South..
Graham Warrington very cool! Things have definitely changed but the snack is still our go to! Have you been back since you moved?
@@OliviaIrwin4 Have not been back... I know now that the " Road to Nowhere " is all built up. When we were there we would load up our VW beetle and head out there to the little stream at the end ( then) for a picnic. We lived in 671B at the time. The post office at the time was in the "Highrise " There weren't many post boxes at that time.. Now I see it is quite large.
I don't know if I would want to go back , even for a visit as Iqaluit is now so large. I did get to discover a lot of the Baffin Island as twice a year would do a trip to all the communities on the Island as a part of routine maintenance of the CBC radio and TV transmitters. A lot of seat time in the HS748's and Twin Otters. The furthest I was up on the island was Pond Inlet. Did a few trips to Igloolik and Rankin Inlet also. Even looking at Google earth I see Iqaluit has changed so very much !! Again had a great time there. BTW... I was able to get a lot of O/T when there which allowed me a 1 month out in the summers and a couple of weeks in the winter.. We would fly to Ottawa on First Air and then rent a car for a month. Would get a new car , and with Federal unlimited miles would but about 10,000 Km on in the month out. We had a son born in Iqaluit. Because I was on the Fire dept and ambulance service as a volunteer
when it came time to deliver ... the doc , a lady Doctor from the UK said to me... "You get down here and do this " !!! That was the greatest experience of my life !!! .
You guys have fun and you will have a life time of memories.. It is not too often that a child can say " I was born in Iqaluit NT " Most here in the south can't even spell Iqaluit correctly... Alys want to put the u after the q .....
Graham Warrington & Olivia...Thanks for sharing your memories and experiences, it just amazed me that the Olivia’s vlog (i.e great work) is paying off and being a source of inspiration for many of us...past and present generation meeting place and boast for the rest of us. I’ve been very hesitant for so long to make the move and grab a position in the Public Health (field) but this videos and both your comments are cementing my motivation...hopefully I’ll leave Edmonton for a fresh experience in Iqaluit in the near future. Good videos👍😎
Graham Warrington so interesting to read! I love hearing people’s experiences of living here. The majority of the people we meet love living here, which says a lot. Although we don’t plan to stay here forever, it’s a pretty cool adventure! And amazing your son was born here too! :)
Jaja Sebutata thank you!! I get a lot of negative comments about these videos 😛 but also a lot of positive ones about how they helped people make the decision to come here or not, which is amazing! I have no doubt if you do make it here you’ll have a great experience! :)
I used to tan and swim there at Sylvia Grinnell Lake. You can burn as the sun is close and right on top of you :D Hope you are still enjoying it. I miss it!
Seriously!?
What about tourism, especially for Americans? If an American, such as myself, vacationed in Iqaluit for a week, where would we stay, what would we do, what would it cost, etc?
I used to live in Resolute. It wasn't uncommon to reach -80F in the winter. I miss living there.
i am loving this place,i was born in the place called da yang shu in china (chinese meaning is a kind of tree called "big poplar") that lies in northeast china, and is also the coldest place of china, so i get used to that climate,not a little fear about that, and even more interesting ,i am living in sanya china now ,the unique trorpical city in china! it is from the coldest to the hottest ,that is funny ! nunavut is a much more beautiful territory,,maybe someday i wiill move to the solo and charming nunavut !
I'm a doctor, 25 years old & I'd love to work there, let's see what happens
Doctor at 25? Wow must be genius!
I will stay in Florida. Too cold for me. Love the area but I like sun
Thank you for sharing. I wonder if you can see lots of Northern Lights up there? If so, that would be an AWESOME reason to be there, to move, I don't know, but to stay there a while, yes!!
Is there places to go swimming or to go to the gym!
Iqaluit ain’t crazy special, but the Inuit from there are pure. The harsh reality of Nunavut is always overclouded by events and parties. I live in Iqaluit and it feels like I need to survive up here, not living. Cold most of the year, warm for 3 months.
Lived in atlantic where sea meet land...Iqaluit look awesome to live a real life
No trees sounds good to me. I hate raking leaves!
how's the internet there? (upload/download speeds) :) great video btw!
Great video, would love to visit that area someday.
It’s a pretty cool place!
Why did you move?? I'm loving these!
I'm working on it, for "investigative and research officer - for french officer" i'm waiting for the interview, i'm from Ottawa too, but specifically "Gatineau" :-)
Very cool! Good luck with the job :)
i love cold weather! unfortunately i like it sydney it can get hot :(
I very rarely visit the arctic during winter. These places are brutally cold.
It was actually better than we expected! Definitely some days that take your breath away, but not as many as I thought there would be.
It's actually more cold down south. It's cold up north, but it's a dry cold. So it's more tolerable than down south.
I honestly hate the heat 😅 it got extremely hot and even fatal in July 19 this summer in London got to 40c which is the hottest ever recorded in the uk
I live iqaluit !!
I'm from Croatia and i would love to live there. And i like the fact that Iqaluit needs workers. I need to escape hot and corrupt Dalmatia.
What is your mobile number
Ok cmon Croatia is better, except split, split is gross, it looks like they tried to put a communist city in the Mediterranean and failed ultimately. You know what, move there, escape split.
@@pankajsharma4165 wtf why? Hahaha
I am from Croatia and i will porably move in nunavut
Trust me you’ll fall into depression real quick if u ever move there
Nice vids. I’m in Western Newfoundland. Cheers
Thank you! Glad you’re enjoying them :)
Same here stephenville crossing
I'll move there as long as there is no virus spreading there.
Still 0 as of today
Who cares if the harmless thing is there, it’s beautiful
I want to visit all the northern terrioties in general. The farthest i've ever been into canada was Niagra falls and i was just a toddler then.😢 You Canadians sure do have a beautiful country. I plan on visiting again whenever i have the funds to
Great videos! They are very informative. I'm supposed to be transferring there within the next few month.
Thanks for the heads up.
Very surprised that warm weather bothers you. When it's cold, my body doesn't move well; warmth and heat are priceless in my life.
Good video!! Excellent narrative.
P.s. I would move far away from drunks, lol.
Supposedly its over crowded, not enough bathrooms, lots of substance abuse, poor housing. However, it is beautiful, but at the same time (again, i heard) that the living conditions are pretty bad. Please correct me if im wrong. Great video and experience
it's true If you point it out they will attack you call you racist send hate mail and tell you to leave.
Are you allowed to live there permanently?
I love this! The lack of humidity almost makes me want to move! Floridian humidity kills me!
Heather McCarthy I hate humidity! I always feel rotten when the humidity is high 😷
i iqaluit is so beautiful
Im working on transferring my rn to QC and ON and would love to work in Nunavut for a period of Time...maybe not forever, but youre absolutely right, not too many people Will expérience this culture
I’m an RN and I’ve been thinking of doing the same thing! Seems like such a unique opportunity!
Is there a hotel
Thank you for the video ♥️
Hi...what about schools for children....how r they....available there
I was very much hoping you were excited and actually had pros because I was like “oh is there a good reason to move there?”” but literally nothing you said or the way you said it sounds like you actually think it’s a pro.
I hope to see more videos of you involved in the culture and maybe more mention of the indigenous people, clothes, food,Culture, land issues all of which Im sure is hard to break into, but that would be a much more interesting and educational angle for other Canadians especially!
I don’t think me not sounding excited is a justified reason for me not thinking these are pros lol. This is the way I speak, if you were to see me on Christmas opening gifts and being excited, this is still the way I speak lol. When I made this video I had only lived in Iqaluit for 4 months, and definitely didn’t know enough about the local culture to discuss it. If I ever do feel like I’m able to speak on those things, I will. It’s very important for me to respect the Inuit and their culture, way of living, and Iqaluit in general so I won’t be talking about those things unless I feel like I’m in a position to do so! Thanks for watching.
Olivia Irwin ally of that makes some sense lol
I was just like “ooooh a whitey like me, maybe I SHOULD MOVE TO NUNAVUT let’s see what she says!” And it’s like ‘mmmmmm Theres drinking, hmmmm lots of hunting....work, yup there’s work...” and I’m like “....none of this sounds like fun”. Sigh...I’ll stay in Winnipeg.
I hope there is something cool out there to do and you find it! Lol
I love the head a lot but the cold is really interesting!
Zimmer games Zimmer c thank you! :) I love hearing about living in other parts of the world. Personally I love fall and spring, of course the two shortest seasons in Canada! 😛
I've grown up in Florida my whole life. I get chilly when the weather is 75-70 and and once it's in the 60s I'm cold and shivering. Fahrenheit not Celsius. Hahahah I don't live in a fire.
Hello there! I would like to move to iqaluit from Europe. Do you know if it's easy to find a job there and is it well paid? Please let me know.
Totally depends on what industry you’re looking to get into! Generally the wages here are relative to the higher cost of living :)
hello, i am planning to move as well from EUrope .Did you end up going?
Wow!! No trees, tho?!! Whoa!!??!!
It is so pretty!!
How much would you need to make a year to be comfortable and still save money?
I wasn’t there for very long so I’m not the best person to ask, but we couldn’t afford to stay there long term with only one of us working full time. I was at home with our son and we definitely would have needed 2 incomes to make it work for longer!
Ikaluate 😭
Need to have a very solid income, very expensive. Good video
I watched the whole video waiting to see that detail but nooooo. I am guessing COL is probably even worse than my nation's Alaskan COL. Yeah yeah its a unique place and never gets hot and its small population so people know each other- why even go into that without describing how one can make a living in such a remote area which likely has a narrow economy missing many sectors due to the distant location and extreme weather. Given a different video mentions Iqualuit rent being the highest in all of Canada OP does the audience a disservice glossing over just what people that get to town could do for work to keep living there
1. How bad are the mosquitoes during the summer? I know they are horrible in Alaska. I cant imagine it being much better in Iqaluit....
2. How dangerous is it to hike alone in the wilderness without a gun? I mean....arent there polar bears that will attack you?
They are pretty bad! I got lucky this past summer, as they were better than other years.
I wouldn’t want to run into anything and have to defend myself! I would only go out on the land with someone who was experienced, which is way I never did. Not only for that reason but I’d think it would be pretty easy to get lost.
maybe travel there but definitely not to live😎
Looking to move here in a few months, Iqaluit has about 3000 more people than where I'm currently at lol
Born and raised in Canada and never have I had someone say they wanna move Nunavut
We are going to come for a visit one day!
Hey... there’s actually a UA-camr in Iqaluit.... I never seen u before tho
if you don't sugar coat Iqaluit and paint it in a perfect light you will get so much hate I suggest you don't make UA-cam videos there.
The the bars ever have live entertainment such as bands, solo musicians, piano players, etc? Are there any pianos in Iqaluit?
I am moving there in a few weeks to work a job for a year (also from Ontario, like you). Would love to get connected floor some advice. Love your videos by the way.
How's the life there now?
Would love to leave society one day and live up there and live of the land.
You can't live off the land lol. It's too damn cold. Unless you only eat fish all Winter.
@@skinnyfeels6769 exactly, seals etc.
Is it legal to bet online sports both traditional and daily fantasy?
How do you afford for food up there? I hear that it’s expensive to buy food from a grocery store. Also, greetings from Vancouver
Thank you! We buy as much as possible on Amazon, and I usually go to the store without a list, buy what's on sale that week and then decide what to make! There are occasional deals and you get used to the prices of the essential items, but amazon is a life-saver!
Olivia Irwin I would love to see a "what I eat in a week" or grocery haul video including the prices!
ThorntonLacey awesome idea! I’ll definitely work on doing this :)
I believe the population earn a much higher income than usual to compensate for the high prices.
Are there any jobs in Nunavut that accept foreign nationals? A subscriber from PH🇵🇭
I'd like to know this as well. I noticed that quite some of UA-camrs based in the north of Canada are teachers, and that's what I aspire to become.
Thank you very much for the video 🤗judging on your last videos, doesn't look that you guys still living there, did you move back to Ontario?
I really think Nunavut is a cool place. Do they mainly speak Inuktitut or English more?
Rufus The Spaceman ! I hear English more!
I’m a teacher and I’m looking for the highest paying community in Nunavut. Any information.
Im 13 and i really want to be a bush pilot when im older, see you there
Are there ski hills nearby?
Nope! I have seen people cross country ski though :)
Thanks for the video! This really makes me want to visit Iqaluit now!
Mikey Mike I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for your comment :)
Thanks for sharing.
are there Tim Hortons, McDonals's, Arby's, Pizza Hut or Sushi bars nearby there?
There are Tim Hortons and a kfc here!
Any IT opportunities?
I would move in for an IT job
*F O O D P R I C E S*
Nothing sounds more fun than paying 12 dollars canadian for a box of cereal.
hogus bogus if you move there you actually get paid by the government so you can pay for those extra expenses.
@@wisemage0 that sounds extremely expensive
Is it dangerous to bring your small daughter?
im not sure but the prices for food there may be dangerous.
How people with asthma and all live in such cold weather 😵
I didn’t get so much as a cold living there!
All goods in Iqaluit are the most expensive in all of Canada, because Iqaluit is a Hermit town, located in a huge remote island way up in North Eastern Canada. There are no roads to get to that huge Island. There are only 2 ways to get there and that is by plane or by ferry, through the Northwest Passageway.
I wouldn't live there but I would visit there, in the summer, only.
people take care of you ; how did you feel that way with a brand new baby?
I'm considering moving there to teach, I was wondering if you know much about the schools?
Congrats on your baby
thanks for your channel, im never complaining about the weather in toronto ever again haha. i was always curious how people lived in iqaluit though like it seems like a fairly modern canadian small town nothing too bizarre
I tried living like an Eskimo, but I just wasn't Inuit...
Olivia is that true that Nunavut has a very low tax and remote tax relief ?
Nunavut has no territorial sales tax, only GST. Residents do get a northern living allowance!
Hi, thanks for the informative video.
Do you think they hire international workers in Nunavut
@elimar008 😉
People must go fishing there, yes? What is the fishing like? It must be good, as it's in the North.
not2tees yes there is fishing! I know a lot of people go fishing at Sylvia Grinnell Park. I haven’t been here for a summer yet, but I’ll definitely get some footage of it this summer! :)
Why in the world would any one move to the middle of an ice desert
Hate the outdoors, hunting, isolation, tundra, don't touch alchohol.....not the place for me lol.
Are there polar bears near the town?
Hi, Is Iqaluit nunavut offers permanent resident program for foreign worker who wants to settle down in Iqaluit? Could you enlighten me pls thanks
Cool video
you should visit middle east some day in summer...lol
what do you do for work