Ep. 44 - Relocating to Newfoundland? Here Are A Few Things You Need To Know.
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- Welcome to my 1 year anniversary episode of Andrews Answers. Today I share some facts and dispel a few myths about living in Newfoundland. If you know someone moving here or if you are from Newfoundland and are always getting the same questions please feel free to share.
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Thank you; this was informative. I live in Toronto, and I'm seriously considering relocating to Corner Brook when I retire next year. Newfoundland is such a beautiful province!
My mom was from Weybridge (Foster's Point). She always spoke of her Newfoundland with great love.
As someone in GFW, we're a nice town. Used to have a salmon for a sign. Now, it's just, "Perfectly Centered." Cuz apparently we're dead center of the province?
thanks for the informative video, I plan on starting my own family In Stephenville as my dad's side is all from Newfoundland. I've discussed with my girlfriend many times and both of us are sick of city life in Barrie, Ontario due to everyone from Toronto filtering down here causing more expensive housing, more construction and higher cost of living overall. Even though taxes are higher due to the shipping methods even as I've hit my 20's I'm still considering on leaving Ontario. Gonna be taking a week trip to Newfoundland in 2024 mostly to see how the lifestyle is and to meet all of the family members I haven't gotten the chance to meet, and to see my dad as I haven't seen him in a few years since he lives there (we do keep in touch though)
Great video thanks! And the ECT - we did the whole trail from Portugal Cove to Cappahayden back in 2018, can’t wait to return it was truly wonderful! EDIT: also the friendliest people I’ve ever met anywhere in the world!
I’m from the U.K. and his accent sounds like a combination of Irish, Scottish and Canadian.
I’m Canadian ( Vancouver since 9 years old , but born in Winterpeg /Winnipeg). His Newfoundland accent is very slight and actually not very pronounced as he’s an obvious city dweller ( called a “townie” in Newfoundland)and post secondary educated and I can distinguish in his pronunciation that he has lived on the mainland for several years in his lifetime , such as probably in Toronto.
A typical Newfoundland accent is much more of a deep Irish type brogue and they speak much faster , especially in rural smaller communities . In rural communities in Newfoundland outside the Capital city of Saint Johns I found it very difficult to comprehend what people were articulating to me, but they are the most congenial , gregarious, genuine people in all of Canada 🇨🇦 and I love that province and its natural beauty and the beauty and character of the people therein are the very best in all of my entire country , be they urban or rural they are great people . ✔️👌🏻
@@cal2062You wrote a great comment! Hello to you from a fellow Vancouverite! I am also from Vancouver for many years now, (born in Europe) I noticed you have lots of insight into what Newfoundlanders are.. Could you tell me, what was your impression of St. Johns as a city.. Especially for someone from Vancouver, what does it feel like, to live there? Public Transit? Access to supermarkets? Coffee shops, weather?Is it really that windy?
Our people are mainly from the west countries of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Newfoundland is unique in North America
@@cal2062 better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
@@cal2062 I'm Scottish and watched old video clips from locals and your observation looks spot on for me ..edit..comment is a reply to storm skies..
Those home prices really aren't too bad compared to the Pacific Northwest. In the Portland area, you're looking at an average home price of $550K in American dollars. Even in the smaller cities it's getting up there. In Eugene, which is about the same size as St. Johns, you're looking at $400K American for a median home price. And the BC side of the border is way more expensive -- comparable with southern California prices.
Newfoundland seems like a great place, and the coastline reminds me a lot of the Oregon coast with all of the trees and sea cliffs. Last time I was there was about 25 years ago, and I just loved it.
I want to move home so badly. With homes here in Austin averaging 400k USD (for anywhere you'd want to be for a very modest size) 300k CAD sounds like a dream!
Newfoundland is a paradise I’ve been there once and never have forgotten it .
I live in the ostensibly most desired place in Canada that being Vancouver but you can’t get even a 400 square foot bachelors condominium apartment for 400 K here and all detached run down homes start at one million dollars on the worst side of the city ( the value is in the precious land here)
@@cal2062 return to the land of fish and mummers. We will welcome you with open arms. Once the pandemic passes, of course
The lower 48 of the USA, so hyper-inflated now, (and at the moment, sweltering hot with no rain) this video is going to continue to get views, it has been waiting 3 years to get. Good advice, that all the NL beachfront homes you see here on CZcams for sale for $100k, are a long way from civilization, and you can't bring your stuff on a plane when you migrate there. Ha ha. Thanks for an enjoyable tour!
Be prepared for cold springs. Summer doesn't get sensible until mid-July
Thanks for sharing, I actually love NL it's a city I"ll to live in with my family when I'm blessed with the opportunity to move there hopefully next summer. Shout out from Nigeria.👨👩👧👦❤
Very nice video. Thank you. RS. Canada
Thank you, I found this very interesting
I spent some time finding reasonable info about moving to NF. Eventually, I found your video. Thanks very much. We are planning to move out from Hamilton to St. John for our retirement.
Old school presenting, I kind of like it.
Dad told us kids,he had 8 that one day newfoundland shud have a causeway on the straits of belle isle.this wud have the effect of sending the Arctic current away toward Europe and allow the warm gulf stream to get closer to our province (our country (;-).
That said,the book ,around the rock is a must.
Thanks for this informative video..great job
I am from Arizona-- this seems like heaven! Things here were cheap, but not anymore. Housing there is actually cheaper than in Phoenix or Tucson. Thanks for the video!
It is a paradise. I live on the opposite end of Canada right on the Pacific Ocean in Vancouver Canada ( right above Seattle) most of Canada are envious of Vancouver but I adore Newfoundland as my favourite province in Canada, it used to be very cheap to buy homes there but now that they have offshore oil rigs and the oil industry there then prices went up but a couple hundred thousand is nothing for a house compared to Vancouver where a falling down rat trap is a million dollars , you can’t buy anything in Vancouver in a detached home for less than a million dollars as the smallest sized property is a million just for the land . Vancouver is right up there with Hong Kong in terms of one of the most expensive real estate in the world
What Hollywood actors pay in Beverly Hills or Burbank ect is just normal pricing in Vancouver for everyone . Where I live in the most costly area in all Canada a suburb called “West Vancouver “ there is no such thing as a detached house under 4 million dollars and that’s for just an old home built in like the 1960’s , as it’s the land that is astronomical here , once you go up the mountain then the houses are new and then 7 million and up hence 10 and 20 million is normal for new large detached homes in West Vancouver with ocean view on the mountain called “ British Properties”
Hence 200 or 300 thousand dollars for ocean view homes in Newfoundland are new homes big old and that’s dirt cheap in comparison to Vancouver
The air is like pure oxygen in Newfoundland
@@cal2062 beyond pure oxygen. If you live close to rushing water, like Grand Falls Windsor, or Twilingate, it's pretty much having direct spray to your body. And trust me, as someone who lives by a big fat river, I go down there sometimes to just take in the scent of the water, and clear my head out. Its tranquil. Even if some people here can be a bit jerky. Blame the paranoia of Facebook and rotational worker discimination
Yo a 3bdr house in victoria can be 400+ with oceanfront in certain neighborhoods reaching a million 4(bdrm)
I just realized this but It looks like somebody cut out the land where Lake Superior is now and then threw it in the ocean and called it Newfoundland
Wao, thanks for the detailed description of Newfoundland. I hope I get a job there soon that will bring me over. (I personally love the fact that there's no snakes) and is a family friendly place. Thanks
When you said it's gonna cost a couple hundred thousand to buy a home I laughed 😂. Moving from Toronto to buy a home for a couple hundred thousand. Yes please 🙂 mortgage free under 40 sounds like a deal
You didn't mention about the job opportunities and prospects of finding work, which if actually the most important factor to consider when one decides to move to NL. Hope to see a video about it.
If there were jobs there, most of us wouldn't have elected to leave to find work.
@@genregurl That is why i moved to Ontario & not NL.
Our province has historically had a high level of unemployment.
The reason why so many Newfoulanders left the province was for employment.
In 2020 it was 13.7% just behind the territory of Nunavut at 14%.
Thank you!
Happy Anniversary Andrew! Great video.
Help me Vancouver is killing my soul
Get out while you can. I left Vancouver last year.
Thanks Andrew!
will be landing in a few week time
Thankyou sir ..really informative video.
Thanks for the nice video.
cant w8 to be there again my lovely island 😍
I hope one day you might tell us what the job prospects are like. That, more than anything, would determine if most people make the move there or not
Not a lot of jobs b'y
Great video! I am from Ghana, hoping to relocate to study in NL university
Thanks for the video. Greatly helped us find information about NL :)
As someone who has lived in different places all over Canada. It's a " myth " that the martime's or NFLD are cheaper places to live.
It's no different then living north of Toronto in cottage country. North of Quebec city. Fort Mack..Drugs are on the risk all across Canada along with chrime rates.
Multiculturalism is taking over. Land Tax's are on par with Northern ONT and Alberta, NB. NS. If you live near a populated area. Your gonna pay about the same. Tax's are also over all higher in the East.
Yes the over all wadge's per jobs are lower East of Quebec but that is Quickly changing and about the only difference. When comparing rural places in Canada.
Hi sir, I am coming to study in Memorial university
Who is going to newfoundland?
Thank you. We hope to migrate to NL .Can you guide us
Newfoundland sounds like a great place to live and work. I wonder what the educational system is like for students here. I live on Long island, New York and there are some similarities between here and there. Great video :)
They're both islands. They both have people. ...some trees...
education is kinda weird, we're behind in some ways but lead the world in others, university is ridiculously cheap here compared to other places (if you're from here)
@@troycrann3933 and if youre not from there? :)
@@marcspector9188 still very cheap, Memorial university is a really good university in st John's yet it's very cheap for international students
I might consider going there for grad school I haven’t ruled out that possibility
Great place to RETIRE ❤
200 000 for a house is nothing lol
You didn't talked about the memorial university of newfoundland.
I relocated 2 yrs ago. I'll give you advice I never got. If you are hoping to find a job, go to the east side stay away from the west. No work hard to find
Thank you! Where can I found out about the birth climate in Newfoundland? How many hospitals? C-section rates? Do many choose home birth? Are there many homebirth midwives?
I am a midwife in training from New Jersey... Husbands father owns land there and we have been thinking about moving there. My husband is a very skilled mechanic. So... how would you all like to have a hard-working mechanic and loving midwife live with ya?
You are better to contact or search the Newfoundland Heath authority instead of asking on CZcams.
There's at least one hospital that delivers babies in the Western Health district; two in Central Health; one in Labrador-Grenfell region; and one in Eastern Health. I could be missing hospitals that have maternity wards, though.
There are certain obstacles to overcome to become a midwife in NL. I believe there is only one practicing midwife currently in the entire province.
How about migrating to newfound land for single person in work visa? Was planning of applying for a provincial nominee program in newfoundland, still considering things like rent, transpo and food. Do you think the salary can sustain those?
It really depends on the salary. I'd suggest you'd want a minimum of $40 -$50K per year as a single income to cover your monthly costs.
How much is rent of 1- 2 room house outside city center?
1000 and up. heat and lights not included.
@@otahu26 he said outside city center, I've seen many listings for a roommate looking for a shared house for 1000 even less in the city center
700 to 800 dollars a month not including utilities my friend just rented a one bedroom apartment in Clarenville everything included 700 dollars a month he was lucky to find that deal
What can 600K get me there?
I've wanted to go to Newfoundland for 40 years. I've never made it past Sydney, NS, but I'll get there someday. $304,000 for a house in St. John's? You couldn't buy a phone booth in Vancouver suburbs and sleep standing up for that price. $3.60 for two litres of milk? That's $4.90 in Vancouver. Two ways in? I thought it was three. Come by boat, come by plane and Come-By-Chance. Nope, tuned out when you suggested people kill your wildlife. Bye
what's wrong with hunting exactly?
Our people kill our wildlife in British Columbia as well even more so!! Our provincial government slaughters wolves by the thousands year in and year out from low flying helicopters to cull the pack numbers down killing 80 percent of the total wolves and our province lets foreigner American and Chinese sport trophy hunters come shoot what ever wildlife the hell they want anything to make a buck off licences, and other costs .
You live here in Vancouver or Victoria and you don’t even know that our province of British Columbia is the very worst offender of all in all of Canada for slaughtering wildlife ?!!
Dig your damed head out of the sand and wake up and stop pointing fingers at Newfoundland where they don’t hunt for sport but instead for sustenance in rural communities when your own back yard stinks the worst !
Our Caribou numbers in B.C. are so depleted due to our habitat encroachment , mining , forestry clear cutting and in Vancouver and suburbs such as “Coquitlam” we shoot bears every damed week almost , constantly because Vancouver morons leave their damed household garbage out even though they are instructed adnausem not to year in and year out and we keep building homes taking away the bears natural forest and all the way up the damned mountain where I live in West Vancouver house right to the damed top of the mountain hence no where fit our wildlife to go buy get shot by our stupid ironically named “ Conservation “ officers !
@@cal2062 Hello there Common Sense. Your name appears to be a bit of a misnomer. You're a very angry and misguided person and full of assumptions.
First, my only complaint above was that the person in the video invited people to go kill their wildlife. I wasn't pointing the finger at Newfoundland at all, just this particular person in this particular video.
Second, there's nothing in your first paragraph that I don't disagree with, so I don't understand why you've decided to direct so much anger towards me.
Third, I don't know why you're assuming where I live. I don't live in Vancouver or Victoria.
Fourth, from the same paragraph, in fact the same sentence, "you don't even know that our province of British Columbia is the very worst offender..." How do you know what I know or don't know about it? I haven't commented on which province is the worst.
Fifth, "Dig your damed [sic] head out of the sand and wake up and stop pointing fingers at Newfoundland..." You're a very angry person, but it would be much better if you focused your anger on people that disagree with you.
Sixth, once again, I was NOT pointing the finger at Newfoundland.
Seventh, "...when your own back yard stinks the worst!" Again, you don't know where I live.
Eighth, maybe "damed" wasn't a typo. You spelled it that way twice.
Well, then you spelled it correctly finally, but then you screwed it up again after that.
You sure put a lot of effort typing all of that to yell at someone who agrees with you. For your information, I don't even live in BC.
Good day.
@@juliansmith4295 I agree with you, we should respect the opinions of others and as a normal person, we must used pleasant words... God bless you....
@@juliansmith4295, I thought Calvin sounded pretty drunk or stoned, LoL.
Poverty, that's the reason I left nfld
No racoons and skunks. Awesome. I can't walk out my door at night without a gang of shifty eyed racoons plotting to kill me.
We'll get you one day.
@@greatdune3174 What's crazy is your the first person to know who Jeffrey Dahmer is.
@@e.t.9868 Now, I don't want to alarm you. But I don't understand where Jeffery Dahmer came into this conversation. Other than it being your name, and the name of a serial killer.
I wish we had the coons. They're cute and fluffy
I thought he would mention the Newfoundland dogs
The breed actually originates in Germany.
Thank you!