where is best to live in Ontario? and what are commonwealthers?
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There are many beautiful places to live in Ontario, especially Southern Ontario. Toronto is a world class city and one of the cleanest and most attractive on the planet. If you prefer a smaller town, Niagara Falls is an obvious choice. Guelph is also very nice. If you're looking for something more bucolic, I'd select from the following: Georgetown, Fergus and Elora.\n\nCommonwealthers refers to member countries (and citizens) of the Commonwealth of nations formerly under British rule and now independent. These affiliated nations formally recognize the British monarch and remain linked by trade and other common issues. Canada is a member of the Commonwealth and Canadians can thus be referred to as Commonwealthers.
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Yes, depending on what you want to do.  For a career, there is lots of opportunity.  The cost of living isn't bad compared to most large cities.  Personal taxes are low for Canada. There is a lot of racial diversity, but most of us get along fine.  You are close to the rocky mountains.\nTraffic is bad at times.  Weather is not the greatest;  It doesn't get really cold, but the summer is a little too cold and rainy.\nWhat sort of criteria did you have in mind, what sort of things are you looking for, and what do you want to avoid?
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to get a good idea of the type of houses you can buy in auckland, have a look at www.propertypress.co.nz \nthe prices in auckland are relatively higher than the rest of new zealand.\nwe don't really have condominiums here, i don't even know what those are. there are lots of apartments in the city and in the suburbs close to the city. they are generally of poor quality, but the prices are cheap!\ngood luck!
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I would suggest you come over for a holiday so you can check out the property scene and the areas in general.  Depending on the job you might want to live just outside Edinburgh - property is much cheaper and, if you think it out, the commute is not bad (many companies are now location outside the city centre anyway).\n\nEdinburgh has the same issues as most major cities - you just need to check the culture fits with how you want to live.\n\nOne point that I cannot stress enough - unlike the poster above DO NOT (I repeat) DO NOT refer to the Country as England ... this is a massive bugbear to Scottish people and actually quite insulting (think of calling someone from the deep south a Yankee [then multiply the insult by 10!).\n\nI am sure you know but the whole country is Great Britain/UK, with England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales making up the different parts.  \n\nEdinburgh is in Scotland and the UK, Edinburgh is not in England\n\nGood luck with it - drop me a note if you need any more.
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Alberta is much better with the taxes.  For a long time there was no provincial sales tax (there still may not be).  Toronto is a very expensive city to live.  If you're thinking Toronto vs. Calgary and in the very near future, I'd choose Calgary.  But be quick, with the oil boom people are moving out there in droves and I've read that the housing prices are starting to go up in Calgary and Edmonton.
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Who cares if it's a "state-by-state" thing???  The questioner asked about the province of Ontario.  Can't any of you people read?
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Well, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue is a great little town to live in, on the water, quaint.  The campus is very separate from the main McGill Campus downtown...in fact the downtown campus students tend to make fun of the MacDonald campus, but they don't really have much connection other than the name.  MacDonald is connected to John Abbott, the CEGEP, so there are younger students around (CEGEP students are around 17-19 years old).  You're on the island of Montreal, but getting downtown if you don't have a car is long.  There's a shuttle that McGill offers between campuses in case you have classes downtown. Otherwise there's the 211 bus that will take you to a Metro stop - it can take between 45 minutes and 1 hour and a half depending on traffic.  My friend did environmental studies there and enjoyed it.  She spent her time between both campuses.  She was able to do lots of field work as well.  Montreal is a great place to live, you don't have to speak French.  In fact Ste-Anne's is in the "West Island" which is where the majority of the English population lives.  However if you want to learn French, the resources are there, you just need to take advantage of them.  Plus, if you're American even the international tuition will be cheaper than most American schools and also McGill still has its reputation as one of the best schools in Canada.  It's not easy though, you are marked harder here and there tends to be more competition between students.  Other statements about McGill are true - there's no school spirit, the football games aren't important (it is Canada after all...you're better off going to a Hockey game if you want to see a game).  The student body is made up of everyone from everywhere.  It's a very international school.  You'll get Anglophones and Francophones from quebec, tons of students from the rest of Canada, especially Ontario and all over the world. Students from Europe, Africa, Australia, South America, the Middle-East and Asia are just as common.  If you're American and planning on coming to study in Canada it's always good to be sympathetic and respectful of the country you're planning to live in.  Despite our proximity, we really are two different countries with very different value systems.
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the capital of Ontario is Ottawa,its also the capital of Canada....as for the flag.....  www.flags.com  ....
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Ontario is located on the eastern edge of Oregon, midway between Salt Lake City and Portland. It is the largest city in Malheur County.
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I work in the general area of Mayfaire.  It is North Raleigh, and there are good things and bad things about living in North Raleigh.\n\nBut the area is generally nice - mostly wooded subdivisions and apartment complexes and mixed use (small office and retail).  It is clean and safe.  Traffic can be difficult, but if you're living anywhere near the city in NY, it will seem light to you.\n\nThe apartment complex is clean and new.\n\nYou probably don't want to live there if you are working in South Raleigh, or east of town.  But it is fairly close to 540, offering good access to RTP and areas west.
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I have lived and worked in many parts of Canada, and they are all unique. Historically, Atlantic Canada was the first to develop along with Quebec. Ontario became central during the Industrial Revolution, and following MacDonald's National Policy.\n\nThe last two decades have featured a shift in development and power westward. Alberta and BC are booming. As for the very best place...Vancouver wins. In fact, Vancouver may be the best city on the planet. As Asia develops, Vancouver becomes the gateway to those markets. It is diverse, high energy and growing. \n\nAs Ontario's industry fights to evelove out of the last century (Steel, cars, etc.), Vancouver flourishes on trade and high-tech. The future is in BC.
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That depends on what you are looking for.  If you are happy in Singapore, maybe you should stay there.  Where did you migrate there from?  Canada is a wonderful, beautiful country and I love it here, but I think you should research information on the internet about Canada to see if it would meet your expectations of what you want for your lives and that of your future children.  I do know that Canada wants immigrants and particularly those who are well educated in the professions and medicine, as well as all trades.  Also, Canada is a huge country and life is very different from one area to the next, so you would need to do research to decide what area of Canada you would be interested in, as well.  Check the Canadian immigration website to learn a lot and there are other websites to look at - the information is there for the taking.  Good luck!
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Tennessee ... wonderful place to live (in places). Nashville is a wonderful town. A well-kept secret. America is the most fabulous place ever. Anyone who thinks otherwise should spend some time visiting some of the other places on earth. Try Ethiopia, Sudan, Cuba, or any other hell hole out there. No wonder we have an immigration problem - everyone wants to get here.\n\nThe Canadians have it pretty much made. They can be smug and self-righteous and know that their evil neighbor, the US, is preventing them from any serious attack. Oh, except for the home grown terrorists. I'm sure my son or grandsons will have to die baling out another smug, self-righteous country in decline like Canada someday.\n\nI grow so tired of hearing the routine contempt expressed for the US and our president. What about some contempt for Al Queda, dictators or mass murderers. To compare Bush to Hitler or the US to an oppressive regime is total ignorance ... the foolish utterings of insignificant people who are screaming out in an atempt to be significant.
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well, studying anywhere in Ontario is great. both universities are great universities and u will definitely have fun. but to get the best, take the pain of visiting maclean at http://www.macleans.ca/ look at the ranking and make your choice. have a nice time and have a great time in your decided university.
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Well, I don't know the SAFEST, because I havn't been everywhere, but I can tell you about 3 places that I have been that seem nice to raise a family.\n#1- I grew up in a suburb called Grandview Heights in Ohio. (By Columbus) It's not real big, but it is quiet, great schools, great location, no trash on the ground, kind of pricey (well...prob. not compared to CA),temperatures go from -10(with windchill) to maybe 100(those are extremes, though), we don't get a lot of snow, though weather in Ohio can be sunny one minute and rainy the next and it's mostly white.(Don't know if that matters to you) It's 10 minutes from downtown, 10 minutes from OSU and 5 minutes to shopping. Now Columbus itself is rough in some parts, but Grandview is NOT at all! Don't speed in Columbus!\n#2- I'm currently in Luna Pier, MI. It's just North of Toledo, OH. It's right on Lake Erie with beautiful homes, though there's not much right here, shopping is about 12 minutes away(freeway) in Toledo. It is truly a SMALL town!(Mostly black and white)It's pretty windy.\n#3- Moon Township, PA (by Pittsburgh) is nice, convenient and clean. Plus, they don't tax on clothes and they have no federal tax! It's by an army base. Mixed races.Nobody seems todo the speed limit, except by schools. \nNow I've been to Cherry Hill, NJ...NOT a pretty place! NJ's roads are confusing, frustrating and it's like one city after another, hardly any green. Plus, it has one of the highest crime cities in the U.S, along with Indiana. Virginia's tax is insane!!! Hopes this help a little!
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There is so much going on in that great country, that the problem is an excess of choices. For me, it would probably be Toronto - one of the most livable cities in the world. The relatively high standard of living, activities, culture, safety, cleanliness - just a cool place to be.
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Here are two Canadian schools located in Southern Ontario.\n\nRichard Ivey at the University of Western Ontario\n\nMBA at the University of Guelph