Many people moving to Canada often wonder where they would settle.This is a big question and a life changing question and yes answer too is difficult because it depends on many variables like your family size, savings, education and relatives in Canada.
Let's talk about everything here in detail:
When I entered Canada - we were just two - My husband and me. We got approx $20K with us as savings. Was it enough? Well, depends. It was my fees for my Master's degree and we got initial support from my grand parents. We stayed with them for about two months.
I know we moved out pretty soon after my husband got job for $40K which was a big deal for us in 2012. Even moving from Ireland to Canada, gave us a cultural shock. Because we were stupid enough to spend extra on irrelevant items. The stuff we could buy from dollar store for $1, I would swipe my credit card at Walmart for $5. Never realized that taxes are excluded in Canada, because they were all included in Ireland.
Things were definitely different, but we pulled it through. Then came the lay off period - after 4 months my husband was laid off. No other option but to move to west from east. Should I say - I regret? - May be or May be not. I joined him a year later. My husband earned almost triple he was making in ON. Alberta gave me everything I wanted - a secure job, a big single family home, citizenship, two little boys - but what it also snatched from something from us - it was our peace and happiness.
In order to find peace and happiness, we started travelling. We used to make like 5-6 trips to Mexico and US so that we can escape the boredom here. I talked to many people and they like AB (again it's because their situation is different than ours), but do I like it? I still don't know.
The reason is pretty simple - our needs. When we moved to west, our needs were to secure ourselves financially (we were just thinking about money). Economic downturn in Alberta has affected my family so much that my husband has been in 8 jobs in the past 3 years after losing his permanent job in 2016. I have no friends and relatives as they are all in Ontario. For how long can I sustain the lifestyle I am living right now? I cannot go on vacations like this. I need stability.
Stability is the key to find where you want to settle. Don't make your decisions depending on what people say/advise. Do your research and settle yourself where you think you can manage to survive.
If you have friends and family in SK, or AB or ON - move there and settle there. Initially it will be hard. ON definitely has competition, but you will survive. If you think moving to some other province can help you - make your call.
You need to consider all the variables because each city/province has their pros and cons and you need to find the balance and compromise.
Hope this helps!
Shruti
