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Living in Canada? Take your shoes off.
January 6, 2010 – 7:30 am | Comments Off on Living in Canada? Take your shoes off.
Living in Canada? Take your shoes off.

When we first moved to Canada, one of the things that surprised me was that very few people wear their shoes in the house. Go into someone’s home, and you leave your shoes by

New Year’s Resolution: Move to Canada in 2010
January 1, 2010 – 7:00 am | Comments Off on New Year’s Resolution: Move to Canada in 2010
New Year’s Resolution: Move to Canada in 2010

Is “Move to Canada” topping your list of New Year’s resolutions this year?

If you’ve been thinking about relocating to Canada, you’ve come to the right place.

Here at Living Abroad in Canada, you’ll …

Buying a home in Quebec’s Eastern Townships
October 7, 2009 – 7:25 am | Comments Off on Buying a home in Quebec’s Eastern Townships
Buying a home in Quebec’s Eastern Townships

The New York Times recently featured a house for sale near the village of Knowlton in the Quebec region known as the Eastern Townships.

According to the Times article, “The housing stock in the Eastern …

American expat profile: Dayton Boots CEO Stephen Encarnacao
September 28, 2009 – 7:46 am | Comments Off on American expat profile: Dayton Boots CEO Stephen Encarnacao
American expat profile: Dayton Boots CEO Stephen Encarnacao

Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Stephen Encarnacao relocated to Vancouver when he took the helm of Dayton Boots, which has been making classic (and now trendy) footwear in Vancouver since the 1940s. The company’s small …

Buying a home on Prince Edward Island
August 17, 2009 – 8:01 am | Comments Off on Buying a home on Prince Edward Island
Buying a home on Prince Edward Island

Looking for a five-bedroom, six-bathroom mansion on Prince Edward Island?

The New York Times recently featured this house for sale, set on 29 acres along the Kildare River, in an article that also included …