Please google and find out.
Kijiji and CD classifieds are the best.
Temp accomodation can be a portion in a house, serviced rooms (like in a hotel) etc.. See if any college / university offers their hostels for rent (you will get a phone, mail box, continetal breakfast, laundry etc...This will work out very cheap)
Mid Nov. will be freezing hell. Just make sure that the temp. accomodation that you choose has a bus stop or subway station nearby.

Murali

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Thanks tamilkuravan.

As I'm coming with my family(husband and 1 year old baby), will university allows hostel facility for us...??

We're looking around apartments near Immigrant Service Center(7th Avenue, SW). How is the place ..??Is it good for families?? to find jobs..???

We need help from somebody, that's y we are looking for Immigrant Service Center. Hope they can guide us in many things.

Thanks,

Madam,
No one will spoon feed you.
You need to find out yourselves based on our tips. We have very few members from Calgary.

Canada is a safe place. No need to worry about safety in any place in Calgary.

As I said before, google. You are coming in peak winter. Stay close to the subway staion. As you have 1 year old baby and may be coming from Gulf, the baby will feel the difference in temperature from 50 deg. cent to - 30 deg. cent.. So bundle up.

Yeah. If university is letting out its hostels, it will allow families. Or try some private cheap accomodations. Ask in a mail or call them and find out their facilities. Canada is trying hard to get people to rent so if you have cash, you are the king here.

As far as possible try not to trust desi's. They will talk so sweetly but then ask you to join in Amway or qickstar or primerica.

Chinese provide the cheapest services (not necessarily the best)

Murali

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- Calgary is very safe place, I have personally lived there for close to a year. First winter take apartment in downtown, snow is cleared promptly and easier to walk and better connectivity. I used to stay in Timbercreek apartment (http://www.timbercreekcommunities.com/find-your-home/calgary), the apartment is clean but rent is slightly on higher side. There is a Indian grocer downstairs (speaks Hindi/Punjabi) downstairs.

There is also a apartment on 7th Ave which is mostly Indians very close to C-Train station. Most of the downtown is connected by +15 and there is a garden in TDI mall with kids play area. Shoppers Drug Mart is close by, for proper indian grocery shopping you need to go North East.

After initial stay in downtown and once you are comfortable, you can then decide to move any place you like. I personally liked to stay in SW as it was less crowded.

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Originally posted by Nimajo

We(myself. husband and 1 year old daughter) are planning to land by November 2015 and since we don't have any relatives there, i would like to seek your advise on few things

i) Myself and my husband, both having experience in Oil & Gas field. So is it good that we'll move to Calgary than to follow the crowd to GTA?

ii) Is it easy to get a surviving job in Calgary compared to Toronto?

iii) If coming to Toronto, pls. suggest a place to settle as we don't have any idea, also we don't have friend/relatives to discuss with.

iv) Is cost of living is less in Calgary- as I read it many articles??


Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

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