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think New Brunswick is as far as we'd be willing to go. Somewhere between there and Kingston.
On the map, the area between Kingston ON and New Brunswick - what places would have a "sizeable population", according to your desire? Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, and that's about it. For the hospitality industry, the Charlevoix region (Baie-Saint-Paul, la Malbaie, the new ski Club Med). Around Montreal: Tremblant obviously, maybe Sherbrooke (more French though).
St. John's isn't that bad if you prefer snow over cold.
St. John's is probably the most interesting city of its size in Canada. But as others have said it is isolated and somewhat small.
The winter weather isn't actually that bad comparatively speaking (it's harsh anywhere in Canada outside of SW BC) but what's probably worst about the climate in St. John's are the other seasons (often cool, drizzly and foggy) and the impression that some years after waiting so long for it to arrive, you actually only get a few real days of summer.
For people who value urbanity, to me the best cities in Atlantic Canada are Halifax and Charlottetown.
Saint John NB has awesome bones but was down on its luck for a very long time, though things are looking up there. Fredericton doesn't have the architecture of Saint John but has been more consistently prosperous, though it seems less intact and cohesive to me than Charlottetown is.
Moncton actually has quite a bit more urban "stuff" than Charlottetown does but its urbanity feels more gappy and incomplete than the others. In a decade or so it will probably be there, though.
St. John's is probably the most interesting city of its size in Canada. But as others have said it is isolated and somewhat small.
The winter weather isn't actually that bad comparatively speaking (it's harsh anywhere in Canada outside of SW BC) but what's probably worst about the climate in St. John's are the other seasons (often cool, drizzly and foggy) and the impression that some years after waiting so long for it to arrive, you actually only get a few real days of summer.
Having grown up there, Acajack, when you have repeated snowfalls of heavy, wet snow -- which is fun to shovel -- over a period of multiple months that can accumulate into and be measured in feet, you learn to dislike winter weather pretty darned quick. And the freeze-thaw cycle there would try the patience of a saint, to say nothing of the howling winds! Good luck walking in that.
Having grown up there, Acajack, when you have repeated snowfalls of heavy, wet snow -- which is fun to shovel -- over a period of multiple months that can accumulate into and be measured in feet, you learn to dislike winter weather pretty darned quick. And the freeze-thaw cycle there would try the patience of a saint, to say nothing of the howling winds! Good luck walking in that.
Well, St John's due to the freeze-thaw cycle actually has more snow-free days than most places in Canada. That's a plus for some people.
I wouldn't use that as any kind of metric if I were you. In the winter, St. John's is pretty horrific. You can trust me on that.
Everyone is different but I've had a lot of winter weather thrown at me in lots of different regions.
I am not that affected by the weather but I think what I would find hard is how spring arrives so late and slowly, and when it does it's so often disappointing.
For example, we're into the last half of May and St John's has no highs above 20C for the next two weeks. In fact, half the days are forecast to have highs below 10C.
I really appreciate all the info. It looks like the Maritimes are not likely to be as attractive to us. Not for the weather as much as access to other more densely populated parts of this part of Canada. So, looking more closely at Kingston then and I suppose Ottawa is worth another look, it's just that when we searched, we almost need to spend double what we pay here unless we wanna live further away and it doesn't look like things look very interesting neighbourhood-wise when you get too suburban in Ottawa. And the whole point here is to leave the province of Quebec so we're not too interested in what Hull and Gatineau are like.
Anyone know if parts of Ottawa respond to what we're looking for?
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