It’s Victoria Day here in Canada today.

For most Canadians, the hol­i­day is the unof­fi­cial start of sum­mer, with bar­be­cues, beach pic­nics, or week­ends at the lake (at least if the weather cooperates).

But …

Forbes recently ranked The Cheapest Canadian Cities To Buy A House, and the winner?

It’s cer­tainly not Vancouver, which posted the largest price increase of Canada’s major mar­kets in the first quar­ter of 2010.

And …

If you’re new to Canada or if you’re think­ing of set­tling here, you’re not alone.

More than half a mil­lion new­com­ers – per­ma­nent res­i­dents, tem­po­rary work­ers, and for­eign stu­dents – came to live in Canada …

Most new­com­ers to Canada set­tle in the country’s largest urban areas: Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal.

Yet accord­ing to the MoneySense 2010 Best Places to Live survey — which rated 179 Canadian cities and towns …

Vancouver-​​​​based social media exec Rochelle Grayson — an expat who’s lived in Germany and the U.S. as well as in Canada — recently blogged about what she called “Vancouver’s Challenging Business Environment.”

She …