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Most likely we will settle in the Montreal area, due to job opportunities. I have experience in supply chain, operations, and marketing, and I speak Spanish (native), English, French, and Portuguese. My wife also speaks Spanish (native), English, and basic French.
We are looking for a calm neighborhood, family-friendly (considering our children are now 2 years old), safe, affordable, but not completely isolated from the city. We have been suggested Laval as a good option.
Can anybody give us some advice/suggestions on what neighborhoods would we should look at considering our situation?
There is also a commuter train network (trains de banlieue), but it is not as dependable for getting around at all times of the day or week. It is mostly for people who go to work downtown between 7 and 9 am, and then go back home to the suburbs between 4 and 6 pm.
We're planning to have a car, that's for sure. But we also know it's very convenient to live close to a metro station. We already pictured that, and we know we have three metro stations in the Laval area. If we chose Laval it would be close to one of those stations.
Thank you for the details on the "train de banlieue". We'll keep that in mind.
Welcome to Canada. Here's to you, your wife and children. May you all be richly blessed in this beautiful land.
Remember this, come November put on long underwear and wear them until May. Southern people just don't seem to know the benefits of wool. Wool sweaters and hats are very warm and these garments allow you to enjoy the beautiful winter wonderland that Quebec is.
My daughter in Law is from Mexico city and was always complaining about being "TOO COLD". Her and my son live in Vancouver and it's not even cold there compared to the rest of Canada. I got her wearing wool and now she's warm and toasty. She thought cotton would keep her warm. LOL
PS, The long underwear, it's cotton. Wool ones would be too ichy for sure.
Welcome to Canada. Here's to you, your wife and children. May you all be richly blessed in this beautiful land.
Remember this, come November put on long underwear and wear them until May. Southern people just don't seem to know the benefits of wool. Wool sweaters and hats are very warm and these garments allow you to enjoy the beautiful winter wonderland that Quebec is.
My daughter in Law is from Mexico city and was always complaining about being "TOO COLD". Her and my son live in Vancouver and it's not even cold there compared to the rest of Canada. I got her wearing wool and now she's warm and toasty. She thought cotton would keep her warm. LOL
PS, The long underwear, it's cotton. Wool ones would be too ichy for sure.
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Thank you for your kind message and recommendations lucknow! We'll keep them in mind.
I know what you mean about the Canadian winter. I lived in Ottawa for 2 years, during my post graduate studies. So I know what those freezing temperatures mean. My wife is a little worried about it, but with some warm clothes as you suggest, we should be fine. We'll miss the sunny warm mornings, but we truly love Canada and the cold is part of it.
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We'll miss the sunny warm mornings, but we truly love Canada and the cold is part of it.
Well, you will get some sunny warm mornings here as well. Just not during the whole year!
It was 22 C when I had breakfast outside at 7 am here in Gatineau (across from Ottawa) and the temperature in Montreal was likely about the same. We are heading for a maximum of 33 with a humidex of 42 in southern Quebec today.
Whats actually drawing you to Laval? its basically a huge area full of bungalows and urban sprawl and anywhere you go its traffic chaos, give some thought to areas closer to the downtown core such as Lachine,Lasalle,Verdun,NDG..
Your best bet is to move to a vicinity close to wherever you land a job..
Whats actually drawing you to Laval? its basically a huge area full of bungalows and urban sprawl and anywhere you go its traffic chaos, give some thought to areas closer to the downtown core such as Lachine,Lasalle,Verdun,NDG..
Your best bet is to move to a vicinity close to wherever you land a job..
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Thank you for your comments. Not sure if those areas would be a good choice considering we have a couple of toddlers.
Thank you for your comments. Not sure if those areas would be a good choice considering we have a couple of toddlers.
Those areas i suggested are some good areas that have easy and diverse ways to get downtown,where many kids go to many schools, and you can actually get by with no car at all if you so choose.Laval??you gotta see it before you buy a house there.
However until you know where you are working giving advice on where to live is missing a major piece of the puzzle...
Congratulations by the way on your acceptance into Canada,not an easy task for many..
Thank you for your comments. Not sure if those areas would be a good choice considering we have a couple of toddlers.
Laval is actually a very family-friendly place, especially if you have a car. This is true of most suburbs of Montreal. Although the city itself is not unfriendly to families either, contrary to what some people might say.
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