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The Alberta oil and gas fields are cutting back on employment, due to the low price for crude oil, world wide. Some oil drilling locations have been shut down, until the crude oil price moves up.
Toronto, as the largest city in Canada has jobs. The problem is that YOU have to have superior education and actual working experience, to get the good ones. Recent University grads with little or no actual working experience in their field, are going to have problems being hired, as all ways.
For the woman from Spain.....your husband will NEED to speak English to be employable in Toronto, as that is the language of business here. Unlike the USA, Canada has few Spanish speakers.
For the person who commented on all the expensive homes along the highway from Niagara Falls to Toronto. That part of Ontario has a very high average annual income, compared to the east coast cities that you mentioned. It has been a long standing tradition for young people to leave the Maritimes, to come to Ontario, or the western Provinces, to make a living. About a third of all the people in Canada live within a 200 mile radius of Toronto. The population of Ontario and Quebec combined is about 60 percent of the national total of 35 million people. That explains some of the concentration of employment and commerce in southern Ontario.
Toronto has the head offices of all the Canadian major banks, plus the corporate offices of about 60 percent of all the major corporations that do business in Canada. Add to that the Provincial Government ministries, and the Federal Government's local offices, and you have a huge concentration of high paying white collar jobs here. Add to that the City of Toronto's work force, at about 90,000 people, including Fire Police, EMS, transit, public works, water and sewage, parks and rec, roads, and hydro, and that alone represents a huge employment market. The add the private retail sector, hotels, food service, and transportation, and you have more employment possibilities.
It all comes down to the same basic question. What skills and education do YOU have to offer a employer ?
I keep hearing Toronto has a great job market in Canada and then I hear Toronto is not at a good place economically. Really how hard is it to get a job in Toronto? Especially compared to other cities in Canada? I know Calgary is probably the best city for jobs but I'm not quite sure where Toronto lies as I hear different opinions from everywhere.
Not good. Even if you get a job, taxes and the cost of living are so obscenely high it's almost impossible to live anything but a very basic life.
Not good. Even if you get a job, taxes and the cost of living are so obscenely high it's almost impossible to live anything but a very basic life.
Depends on the job.. If its a low skilled, low paying job sure.. Otherwise if you are skilled and can make good money(like anywhere practically) things are fine. Rent is pretty affordable in Toronto (at least for me) as are day to day costs. I'm doing more than alright here and travel 2-3 times per year overseas. Than again I went to College for 3 years and had realistic expectations at the start of my career. Got an entry level job, worked my butt off and moved up!! Like any place, individual results may vary.
Depends on the job.. If its a low skilled, low paying job sure.. Otherwise if you are skilled and can make good money(like anywhere practically) things are fine. Rent is pretty affordable in Toronto (at least for me) as are day to day costs. I'm doing more than alright here and travel 2-3 times per year overseas. Than again I went to College for 3 years and had realistic expectations at the start of my career. Got an entry level job, worked my butt off and moved up!! Like any place, individual results may vary.
Well you sound like you're doing very well for yourself - congratulations. I envy that. I don't know very many people (any?) who aren't either just barely scraping by or working so hard they're driving themselves into the ground.
Well you sound like you're doing very well for yourself - congratulations. I envy that. I don't know very many people (any?) who aren't either just barely scraping by or working so hard they're driving themselves into the ground.
Really - I suppose if you live beyond your means than yes.. Sure if I paid a mortgage on a 1 million dollar home or driving a top of the line Mercedes, i'd probably be just scraping by too..
My partner and I rent a two bedroom 1000 sq ft apartment for 1250 bucks per month. This is not hard for us to carry at all.. Leaving plenty left over for living expenses. I know some people scraping by but I know plenty who are doing well.. The one's doing well usually have some sort of industry demand skill/education and they have patience and stick with their job, work hard and move up the ladder. If I was scraping by on a crap job - i'd simply look to industries that are in demand and invest in training for the skills required to make myself more marketable to those well paying jobs. They're out there but it does take some work. This is the case with most places - at least Toronto has a large and diverse economy - there are many places that are really feeling the hit because one industry is in decline.
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