Better city for an international student, Calgary or Toronto? (rent, loan)

[manpreet84]

Hi,

I would like to know which city is better for an international student (India). I would be doing Post-diploma in managment.(2 years)

I am looking for the following points :

1. Job opportunities after finishing my study.

2. Higher salary after finishing my study.

3. Availabilty of part time job while studying.

4. Higher salary in part time job as well.(i would need to pay off my education loan, submitt my 2nd years Tution fees and take care of my living expenses).

5. Cheaper living expenses for e.g. Clothing, transportation, groceries and day to day expenses(I know house rent are somewhat similar in both the cities)

As far as i know both the cities have good public transportation system in order to transit with in the city.

I would like to know Water and Electricty bill are generally included in house rents or not?

Please guide me on the same.

Thanks,

Manpreet

[kkgg7]

Toronto.
Calgary is a one-industry city.

[ThroatGuzzler]

Calgary, fastest growing city in the country. Toronto is extremely crowded.

[manpreet84]

Originally Posted by kkgg7

Toronto.
Calgary is a one-industry city.

I know it is only one industry city i.e. Oil. But there are various departments in Oil industries as well.

What about part time jobs while studying and transportation system in both the cities?

[Robynator]

I will be honest. I have not visited Toronto and have only briefly visited Calgary, but Calgary is a much more car-dependent city, and it is much more suburban by nature. Toronto is much more dynamic in terms of transportation systems, however, Toronto is equally sprawling, but with a much more energetic downtown.

I wouldn't be too concerned with part time jobs though - I imagine you can easily obtain one in either city, depending on what you had in mind. Restaurant work, retail work, office work is pretty easy. Toronto would have more numerically simply because the city is about 5 times larger than Calgary.

Unfortunately not many Canadians use this board so you might not get a lot of responses from people who have a lot of experience working/living in both Toronto and Calgary. I hope a few others will chime in though.

[Robynator]

I would also ask this question in the Toronto forum.

[manpreet84]

Thanks mate, I should ask this same question in Toronto forum as well.

[David001]

definitely Toronto. I think rent will be higher, but you'll be able to find deals on everything else. If you enjoy city life, it's TO.