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Moving to Ottawa? Relocation resources for Canada’s “cool capital”
August 9, 2010 – 7:30 am | No Comment
Moving to Ottawa? Relocation resources for Canada’s “cool capital”

If you’re relocating to Ottawa, we’ve got some resources for you.

We’ve updated our Living Abroad in Canada: Ottawa page with a list of resources about Ottawa jobs, real estate, schools, and more.

And if you’re…

500,000 new residents came to Canada in 2009
May 17, 2010 – 10:48 pm | One Comment
500,000 new residents came to Canada in 2009

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 in 2009.

Best places to live: Canada’s Top 10 cities
May 6, 2010 – 9:01 am | No Comment
Best places to live: Canada’s Top 10 cities

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 on…

Wanted to interview: American relocating to Canada for work
April 28, 2010 – 3:14 pm | No Comment
Wanted to interview: American relocating to Canada for work

Are you an American who just moved to Canada for a job?

Or an American looking for work in Canada?

Then perhaps you can help with the following inquiry that I received today from…

More American expats give up their citizenship
April 28, 2010 – 7:15 am | One Comment
More American expats give up their citizenship

From the New York Times:

Amid mounting frustration over taxation and banking problems, small but growing numbers of overseas Americans are taking the weighty step of renouncing their citizenship.

Why? “…Frustrations over tax and banking