FIVE STRANGE THINGS about living in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories!
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2024
- Thanks for joining me here! I’m Cassondra, a Canadian mom of two living in Yellowknife, and this is a video talking about some funny things about living up north here in the Northwest Territories! I get a lot of questions on what people need to do to immigrate here from other countries and I'm so sorry guys, I know nothing about our immigration laws here in Canada! I plan to do a bit of research and do a video on it if I can! Let me know if that's something you're interested in down below in the comments! Thanks guys! Also, don't ask me about the northern lights...we've tried a hundred times and haven't been able to see them! Haha!!
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Just an FYI for everyone who is new here.. I've recently done some videos talking about the "pros and cons" of living here since we've been here over six months now! That may be something you'll enjoy if you've enjoyed this one! :-)
I remember waking up during midnight thinking it was morning, ended up making breakfast and other stuff then my parents came downstairs and asked me what the hell I was doing up this late. Lol
Swift hahaha I believe it! That’s too funny!
When we moved here from Vancouver, it shocked me when it was midnight and it still light out, and the opposite happened in winter, Soooooo trippy.
Vincent Walker hahaha! I bet! How often do you go back to Vancouver? Was there a big temperature difference or pretty much the same?
Yeah. I’ve been living in Yellowknife for 9 years with my parents and brother and we alllllll get confused when the times start changing loll
Learned something new today :) Thanks for sharing all this information
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Hi Cassondra, I live in Toronto and seeking a escape destination! Keep posting, you have delightful persona.
udi s aww well thank you! Check out my vid from today to see what Yellowknife is like in April if you’re thinking of visiting! I’ll do one every month so that hopefully ppl planning a visit will be able to choose what month they want to visit with details about what it’s like! My sister in law is in Toronto! We’ve been many times! I always admire people from Toronto! I just wouldn’t do well with all the people and with how busy it is!
Try Nelson, BC.
Thank you, for sharing in youtube.We were looking for more information Yellowknife.
Well you’ve come to the right place! Ha! If you have any specific requests let me know! And you’re welcome! :-)
@@LifeinYellowknife ,Can I contact via instagram?
So sorry I didn't see this! You could for sure! @lifeinyellowknife
Wow, I wouldn't even think about things like mascara if I moved near you! This was so interesting.
Samantha Aimee hahaha yeah I think most people feel that way lol!
Hi 😊I was from Toronto, Yellowknife 1990-2015 give or take, love it.awsome people,got to meet various amazing persons, thanks for your vids 😊
Very cool! Thanks so much for commenting!
Helpful information. Thanks. You have a very pleasant personality 😊 I have subscribed to the channel.
Thanks so much!
On a NWT video binge Nd this was nice. Stay safe out there.
mpedzi031 aw thanks so much! You too!
Very informative video and my jaw dropped on the floor when I heard about those house prices, I thought London was expensive but that blows London out of the water
HAHA! Yeah, it's nuts eh?! You make a much higher income here but yikes! I mean utilities are like $1000 per month! It's wild. We can't decide whether or not to buy a trailer or not.
Hi from Mexico. I´ve been to Yellowknife once and it was something diferent. I went there in winter and cold temperatures were something I had never felt-
Haha!! It’s an experience for sure! Especially coming from Mexico I imagine!!
Have to drive with headlights on all the time in Yukon too. Makes sense though because it's hilly/mountainous and you can pass cars infrequently sometimes.
Is that where you are, Yukon? Maybe it's the same for all the territories! :-)
Yes I heard of the 24 hours daylight:) I like your video. Thank you.
We are almost 24 hours of daylight here in the summer! Thanks so much for watching!
@@LifeinYellowknife My pleasure.
Although the speed limit is 45km/hr, you can basically drive to anywhere you are going in less than 10 minutes. I liked the slow speed. If freaked me out after about 4 years there when we went to Seatle and had to drive on the freeway with a _million_ other cars. BTW, when we bought, we bought a trailer. on Catalina drive. Our third month there, it went down to -52C with no wind.
You are so right! 45 feels way too fast depending on the day!! So did you find it was a good investment? It freaks me out a bit when I hear ppl talking about keeping the house in good shape in comparison to owning a house in other provinces..for example doing the roof more frequently, the super high utilities, etc. We can't figure out if it would be a good investment or not. How many years were you here again? People are saying this is the coldest winter in a long time but it hasn't been THAT cold! haha!!
My only visit to Yellowknife was a driving trip from Detroit, MI.. Prior to my coming into town a CF18A landed hard on a wet runway next to the road into town that runs by the edge of the runway and dislodged a live missle close enough to the roadway that they decided to close the roadway.. The air force had to wait out an explosive team from Cold Bay before they could do anything.. I got stuck in that backup on the hwy for hours, the RCMP even popped by taking soda/pop orders from people stuck in traffic., finally they decided to get everyone to drive through a perimeter gate onto one of the runways, passing the jet and missile at a safe distance and race down that runway towards a different airport gate exit. That was fun. Then while leaving a few days later about 100 miles s of town I blew a tire at 3 AM (it was pretty light out), un packed my luggage , changed the tire and after packing everything back up and was about to leave I noticed a big brown bear maybe 1800 feet away up the hill side watching me as the sun crept over the horizon. It's amazing for a town of under 20K population just how many tall buildings it has. Go anywhere else and a city that small everything is 6 stories or shorter.
Wow!!! That’s quite the story lol! Yes, lots of people are surprised by the tall buildings! It is a little strange! Lol!
This was so so interesting. I love your makeup very pretty (: For sure learned a few things today haha WOW houses are expensive for real I could never lol I thought about going to canada maybe for a vacation oh maybe one day lol Thanks for sharing this I would have never guessed most of it haha
Sadie haha! Glad you enjoyed it! You should def come to Canada for a vacay! Maybe Toronto or Calgary or something though where there is more to do! It depends on what you’re into I guess! If it’s outdoors stuff this is the place!
I was just wondering if Great Slave Lake is ever warm enough to swim in. Love the videos!
Yes it is. Thanks so much!
That moment when you’re watching a random video on your city and see your photos popping up haha! Homes here are expensive!!! I’ve shot so many that I’m starting to forget which ones I’ve been in!
Oh you took the photos for the real estate sites you mean? That's neat! I always assumed the agents took them! Ha, maybe we will run into each other one day when we are ready to buy a house 80 years from now! lol!
I grew up in YK. I really want to bring my kids up some day. Such a gorgeous place.
I hope you get to when things get back to normal! :-) Thanks for commenting and watching! :-)
Strange thing - In Bulgaria, actually whole eastern europe you must drive with lights on. Maybe overall safetry I guess.
Ha, good to know we aren't the only strange ones in the world! ha!
It really helps with judging distance and visibility, even in broad daylight. It sounds strange but it when you compare cars without headlights to those with, it makes a surprisingly large difference.
And in Scandanavia too. Yes Bulgaria is awsome
Planning to come visit from Alabama (US) in late Dec 2022 for our 15th wedding anniversary going to stay in Yellowknife for 3 days and Blachford Lake Lodge for 3 days looking forward to it so much!
Oh wow!! That’s really cool! That’s one of the coldest times! Good for you! I’m not familiar with the lodge but I’m sure you’ll have a great time!
Make sure to go fishing 🎣
@@JoeDirtsDaddy___7 actually changed the dates to February 18th 2023 and leaving February 23 or 24th now. I can't wait the wife is not so happy about the COLD lol. But I think she will be fine. We are going to rent clothes when we get there.
Love your channel Cassondra ! I'm a vlogger here in Iqaluit.
There are definitely some quirky things here too!
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Amazing! Iqaluit is def more exotic than here it seems!! That was where we first started looking at moving when we were considering the north but we didn't think we could hack it haha!! I'll check out your channel as well! Thanks for subbing! :-)
You have to drive with your headlights on at all times throughout Canada. I grew up in the 90s and 00s in Ottawa and it was the law even back then. All cars for a number of years in Canada have had their headlights come on automatically.
False. You are not legally required daytime running lights in Ontario.
You the cutest! 😂 And btw, I'm loving the new couch!!!!!
HAHA, anything is great compared to our old one eh? LOL! Yeah, we love it too!
That’s interesting... cos I was born there and go sometimes during the winter and summer and I never known much about Yellowknife at all
Oh cool! I'm glad you found it interesting! Where are you now?
@lifeinyellowknife I live in whati and me and my family go there for family counselling or have family time, it’s a 3 or 2 hour drive from whati to yk, I mostly go there with my brother
@@ivychan8730 gotcha! I'd love to visit the areas surrounding Yellowknife one day. :-)
B.C> and Alberta also are headlights at all time also .
Really? Well we certainly broke some laws on our trip up lol!!! Ooops! Thanks for watching!
Nice!!
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I live in Timmins ON, and our weather is not anything like Toronto, though not quite as cold as Yellowknife but the same dry cold, just pointing that out...Thanks!
Perfect! Thanks for that perspective! I'll admit I've never been very north in Ontario!
Samuel Hearne was first recorded explorer trader to visit your town. They dog rib and copper Indians are native to your area. I'v seen pictures of the Great Slave Lake, beautiful place, i hope to visit one day
I hope you get to visit one day too!
You should have moved to Thunder Bay its much cheaper to live than anywhere else in Ont Great Video, keep warm and stay safe on those crazy roads lol
We’d def consider that if we were to ever move back to Ont! Even with the high cost of living I do feel like we are probably saving and making more here tho between the higher salary, overtime opportunities, homeschool cost coverage, northern living allowance, grants to pay off our student loans (they will be totally covered between the two grants for Chris nursing school), etc. There are a ton of financial benefits!
Does the government of yellowknife pay your student loans upfront? The entire thing or just partially?
No you have to come back here and work after and they pay off a certain amount per year you stay.
Thank you so much for these videos - I might be moving to Inuvik next year, and it is really difficult to find good solid information about what life in NTW is actually like! There's lots of shots of pretty landscapes and so on, but no nitty gritty of the day to day...this is so useful!!
I'm so glad it's helpful although I'm really not sure it would compare to living in Inuvik! I don't want to steer you wrong! From what I've heard the smaller communities are quite different! Best of luck to you though!
@@LifeinYellowknife Oh for sure:) but some of the things you were talking about can be extrapolated - and there's literally nothing at all that I can find on Inuvik itself. So thank you!
Did you end up moving to Inuvik?
@@BrandonDeon If I go, it will be in the summer. Still waiting on confirmation!
Welcome. I am from Ontario, Canada(Sudbury)
My father in law is from Sudbury! It’s probably not much different! Ha! Or are you here? Lol
im going backpacking wiht my fiance in yellowknife in a week or so. any suggestions and tips . i hear its super safe and friendly up there. im from Toronto Ontario as well.
So what do you mean by backpacking? Like you’re living out of your backpack and staying in the city or you’re going out into the wilderness? If you’re going out into the wilderness i wouldn’t say it’s super safe! Are you aware of the travel restrictions? I guess that would be my first tip because we aren’t really open for tourists without restrictions/ quarantine etc. I’m not really sure about any more tips in general! If you want to know something specific let me know! I hope you have a great time!
Number one is because guess what when it’s winter it’s like midnight all the time
Titanic Big boat lol! Thanks for watching!
hi, I hope you are doing well. could you filming out side , like market , streets, prices, big stories like wallmart is there?.
thank you
I have tons of videos like this. :-) Check out some of my playlists about yellowknife maybe- Yellowknife by month videos or Moving to Yellowknife, Visiting, etc.
I have not seen you for a long time. Where is your new video?
Ha I’m working on it for sure! I’ve got to get my butt in gear! Thanks for this extra push!
I'm American and have wanted to visit Yellowknife and the Northwest Territories for awhile now, provided the border between the two countries ever opens up again. Do you know if there are direct flights there from Toronto? Actually, isn't the border of the Northwest Territories even closed to other Canadians as of now due to coronavirus?
Hey! I’m pretty sure you’d have to stop in Edmonton or somewhere first! Not many places would have a direct flight here. Our airport is quite small. And yes our borders are closed unless you come and immediately quarantine for 14 days. So that’s obviously not ideal for travellers. I do hope this all ends soon so that you can make it up for a visit. I have a “visiting Yellowknife” playlist you may want to check out in the meantime! All the best!
@@LifeinYellowknife All right, thank you. Visiting Alberta is something that would be interesting too. Maybe next summer hopefully I could make it.
During non-covid times, there are multiple daily flights from Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver, and weekly flights from Ottawa. Both Calgary and Vancouver have lots of connection flights from major US hubs.
Summer is amazing for freshwater fishing, however you will not be able to see the Aurora Borealis until late August. Avoid October and November as it is the months of cloudy and snow.
@@liangchen1392 I know the lake it's on is called Great Slave Lake. Do you know if there are guided tours of the area?
@@crepesoftime there are lots of tour companies around yellowknife. You can look them up from spectacularnwt.com
Why is housing so expensive there? I live in New York and I feel like thats comparable to houses in my area!
So what.. you don't think it's as nice here as New York? Joking, joking. I honestly have no idea. I know they have trouble because there isn't much land that they can build on (I think because of unresolved land claims from the Native population?) I'm not exactly sure though. And it costs a lot to build and maintain houses here I'm sure that has something to do with it.
Its because its so expensive for building supplies, contractors, the building seasons isn't as long either. The land itself is also very expensive(200,000 plus) for absolutely nothing on it, you need to blast the rock and then start to build. It adds up super fast.
Is it hard to sleep when it is light 24/7??? Lol I feel I would struggle with that because I need pitch black to sleep
Yes it really is! We have a room darkening shade plus black out curtains and it’s still not enough. I’m going to try a sleep mask.my husband has an easier time because he works shift work but the kids are the ones who get so messed up. Hahah I find if we try to wind down in the bedrooms for a while that it’s easier because it’s dark enough but if we don’t give them time to wind down it’s a struggle for hours. Also you’ve really got to pay attention to the time because you feel like you want to do things and be productive because it’s light and then won’t realize it’s so late if that makes sense. It does def mess you up a bit!
In prince George people put tin foil on their windows to keep the light out
Are these trailers in parks ? Why the HOA fees? And why are house prices so crazy
Not really in parks. There is one place called the Northlands where there is a group of trailers (you can search it on my channel if you’d like- I did a tour of it). The housing prices are so high possibly because of the salaries here...possibly because it’s hard to own land (you can lease it), possibly because it’s expensive to get materials shipped here to build homes.
How about the job opportunities in Yellow Knife for the migrant foreigners.?
Par Besh you can search my past videos or click on the playlist “‘moving to Yellowknife” for some more things that may be helpful but this is what you asked for specifically: czcams.com/video/2rg1NqVvv44/video.html
Weird they do not plow after storms
Ha, it is kind of weird. We don’t have many storms though. I guess it’s because they’d just be plotting everyday for seven months to keep the roads clear. Hahaha
why did u move to YK from ON?
My husbands job. :-)
The daylight hours fact was so crazy! I can't imagine having such extremes with such little daylight in the winter and having it light all the time in the summer. That would be so strange!
Ha, that's what everyone said and says to us but it hasn't really phased me so far. The only thing is that the kids have trouble going to bed sometimes because it's still light but we just need to do a better job of blocking the light out. Thanks for watching btw!
I wanna go to the Northern Territories and make a living there. Is there any referral program to make it possible? I feel that just applying is not working.
PS.: I am Canadian.
I'm so sorry but I'm not familiar with what is required to immigrate! Best of luck! It's probably def hard/impossible right now with all that's going on.
@@LifeinYellowknife lol I'm Canadian, mam.
Mike Nukem sorry some of us Canadians can’t read! 😂😂😂 So you confused me with the referral part.. that’s what made me think you were asking about immigration. Anyway!! Haha. I am not sure why when you are applying you are not hearing back.. maybe it would depend on the field of work you’re trying to get into? I know for my husband he had to apply a few times to get a job through the government and it took a super long time! We were prepared to go ASAP but it took months. I know that’s still not helpful I’m sorry!
@@LifeinYellowknife Thank you!
Thats how I am aplying and knowing it takes time brings some light to it. I will keep applying!
@@mikenukem Oh good! Best of luck!!
You have a speed limit 45 and you find it different. In my city, Junagadh (India), many places mention 30 kmph, people drive at 60 and............................BOOOM...
Punit Bhatt Lol it’s more the 5 at the end that is strange. Sounds scary to drive there! Lol
@@LifeinYellowknife In small towns of India, driving is as difficult as you run on the ice without wearing snowshoe. Just imagine.
What is about Yukon ?
Kamlesh Pal Yukon is the territory beside NT. I haven’t visited yet but I hear it’s beautiful too!
If I come there on tourist visa can I get job there . then can I live permanent
pankaj sharma im not sure about that sort of thing sorry!
Northwest territories is the best territory. My family moved from saskatewhan and i have no regrets! It might be cold, but if you have a nice cozy home, its totally worth it to see the northern lights!
Ha, we have yet to do that! We've driven out of the city a few times but nothing spectacular. My husband even got an app on his phone telling him when you can see them best lol and still nothing. I think we just don't stay up late enough lol!!! But yes, you are right it is so beautiful! We considered a move to Saskatchewan too but I'm glad we chose here in the end!
Do you believe in big foot(yeti’s)?
not really. :-)
Nice .. Love from India❤👋
Suvojeet Mukhopadhyay thank you! So cool you’re watching from India! I appreciate it! :-)
@@LifeinYellowknife Welcome 🙂
There is only one minus of Yellowknife for me - that I am not there
Haha nice! There is still time! Come on out!
Yellowknife sounds like sweden 😎😂
Ha does it? 🥶lol
Does it?, done swedish lapland in Jan. Hav'nt been to Yellowknife, not yet and it beckons
Those housing prices are California prices >.>
Ha oh yeah? Yikes!
i think its true and yes you need to wear water proof mascara
Where are you from? Have you travelled here or live here? Thanks for the support!
yes i live in yellowknife
@@emilyhutchings4748 Awesome! Well thanks for watching!
no problem
Thanks for asking. We had 3 confirmed cases here in Liberia, and about 30 suspected cases too. The restrictions are already in place but not lock down cause we can move around
Wow! Well stay safe! xo
i ama lookign at a govenrmetn job witht eh GNWT the salary sems goood 120,000 dollars, 12000 bilingual bonus and 3700 Northern Allowance finished my political sicence degree in St thomas univeristy in fredericton
Awesome! I hope it works out for you!
Why did you move from Ontario to Yellowknife
For my husbands work. He got a full time nursing job here with a good pay and we couldn't find full time coming out of school in Ontario. :-)
@@LifeinYellowknife very good ! Congrats! I am actually looking forward to migrate to Canada through finding job and sponsorship from a regional province . But I don't know much about job opportunities in the IT sector in the northwestern territories. Especifically in Yellowknife. Do you have some idea about that ?
cristian monasterio unfortunately not! The jobs that I see are online. I don’t know anyone in IT. You can watch my jobs video for ideas of where to look but beyond that I’m not sure. Best of luck!
@@LifeinYellowknife thanks !!👍 I'll do some research online. If you hear about a job opportunity in IT let me know ,😉👍, I actually live in Peru. But I am from venezuela. I found Canada a very good place to live and stablish with a family . I'll watch your videos also to get more info about Yellowknife . 👍. Keep making videos !
cristian monasterio thanks so much! Will do!
I m Bulgarian and I just saw in google maps north canada. I was curious about population, territory etc. For the gooood s saaake who will live in 2 000 000km territory and 38 000 population. There is no alive soul there lol
This is hilarious!!! My husband and I got a good kick out of this! There are no roads for most of the territory so it would be hard to build haha...a lot of native land claims as well. I'm pretty sure outside of Yellowknife it's really just reserves. It is really weird though you are so right! hahahah!
Bozhidar Petrov it’s called slave lake because of the slavey people that used to live here.
@@LifeinYellowknife (｡ŏ﹏ŏ) slaves there at this cold.
Bozhidar Petrov no I think you misunderstood me. The slavey people.. like a group of people.
@@LifeinYellowknife ohhhh
Canada is a place I would love to visit someday and yellowknife sounds like a great place to visit! but living there would be a whole other story expensive as hell! lol Great share :)
haha! Yeah pretty expensive! Thanks!
how about racial discrimination? is there black people or i can be the first black people to live in yellowknife.
That's a common question I find. There are tons of different cultures and nationalities here. Most of the people who live here seem to be from other places! It's very diverse. :-)
@@LifeinYellowknife The Muslim community built a mosque in Yellowknife.
I live
Titanic Big boat you live in Yellowknife? So cool! Maybe we will run into each other one day! Ha!
@@LifeinYellowknife ya
I feel like I seen you before
Kadenghpo Lemon lol you may have 🤷♀️
When is Ice Road Truckers coming back to TV
LOL. I have no idea!
Just curious, how is the COVID19 situation over there
No, great question! We've only got one case in the whole territory so far (it's here in Yellowknife). I think most people are trying to stay home. The hospital is taking lots of precautions. My husband is screened every shift before work and they aren't letting any visitors etc. How is it where you are?
Why would you wear makeup when it’s that cold?
DANIEL RICKEL hahahahahaha!!! Great comment! I don’t always but I like to look presentable when I can! 😉😂
Wow, let’s buy a new build trailer in the USA for $80,000, tow it up to Yellowknife and sell it for $600-800,000 dollars, sorry, I believe that’s what their doing to you guys. Check out ( AugustaWoods.com ) here in Michigan
Ha, yeah it's crazy! To get land up here is so difficult too, so even if you could buy a trailer from someone else you'd probably never get land to put it on lol! I'm exaggerating a bit but it's just expensive.
The thumbnail was the most interesting part of this video.
HAHAHA aww well I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it!
Seems way overpriced for such a place and the elements to live in??? Such a willingly controlled environment this Canada is???
Rm Rm I think it’s beautiful really, and free. I guess we are willingly controlled yes! Haha!