ADVANTAGES to being in Yellowknife (to visit & live) || Pros of living in Yellowknife 🇨🇦
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- Thanks for joining me here! I’m Cassondra, a homeschooling, Canadian mom of two living in Yellowknife, and this is a video talking about some advantages to living in yellowknife! It’s part of a “pros and cons of living in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada” video series that I hope you enjoy! This will be helpful if you want to visit Canada or if you’re planning on moving to Yellowknife. Don’t forget to check out the more dedicated videos on each topic after you’re done with this one:
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My and my wife Delores, moved to Yellowknife back in 1995, and i absouletely love it. It's so empty, which means for peace for me. Yellowknife is perfect because it is underrated but great. Also the thing about the cold - It isn't deathly cold. Sure its freezing, but it won't make you sick. We've had two daughters. Sydney And Quincy. They both love volleyball. Here i work at a train company to support my family. It's the place to be if you want nothing to bother and you just want to be left alone. Defientely reccomend considering going here, It has it's has it's pros and cons, but i think it was worth moving here overall.
Vincent Walker such a wonderful testimony.. thank you! You’re so right it’s so great! There isn’t much info on living here I find tho.. probably because ppl are just doing there own thing up here and living peacefully! I wanted to know more before making the decision to move here but I’m glad I didn’t it without knowing much! Ha! My husband says he feels more at home then he ever has before! :-)
I really want to visit Yellowknife. It looks so spectacular.
I hope you get the chance to!
Ive lived there twice yrs ago bf traffic lights or walmart.i looooved it
Ha! Hope you are happy where you are now! :-)
Your videos will be so helpful for military families posted here or other's moving here. I seriously wish, I was able to watch these videos before I made the decision to move here 7 weeks ago. I am happy you like it here!!
D Dasilva aww thanks!! That’s really nice of you to say! I wish I could have found videos before I moved too! That’s why is started to make them ha. Welcome to you too! I hear a lot of military families move here! Is that what brought you here? Hope you continue to like it once it snows lol!
Yes military couple. I'm not loving it here, hoping I will like it better in the winter lol
D Dasilva oh really? What don’t you like?
@@LifeinYellowknife I think it's due to covid as there's nothing much to do without a boat or a quad etc.. I am from Vancouver island first time I have left home in many many years. It's the adjustment I'm not loving, more specifically lol #homesick
D Dasilva no that totally makes sense!! It’s so hard with covid! Do you like hiking? We hike a lot and it’s beautiful but I like it a lot more then there is snow on the ground! Also I don’t think I would without my husband. Did you see the article about them having to shoot the bear at NJ Macpherson? We are really close and I take my kids to play there often so I was shocked! Apparently that’s not uncommon lol!!
We would love to travel there someday! Thanks for all the information!
I hope you get to!
Hi Cassondra! Thanks for making such to-the-point, fun, and informative videos! I'm an RN from Ontario and would love to hear about your husband's experience working in Yellowknife right out of school. I'd be coming in with a few years' experience and am super curious as to what it can be like to work as a nurse up there!
Hey there! Thanks so much! I’m glad you’re enjoying them! I really wish he would do a video on that because that seems to be a common question! I can tell you he has really enjoyed it so far. He enjoys the people
he works with, he enjoyed being able to work in different areas of the hospital at first (but is now on medicine as per his request). He gets plenty of overtime and gets paid very well. Some
difficult things he talks about are the actual hospital building (they have sewage come up though the drains and stuff often- it’s apparently called code brown lol) and occasionally says things about wishing they had things they needed like a rehab centre, etc- they send many ppl to Edmonton for treatments, surgeries etc. Hope that helps! :-)
Great informative video. Seems like a wonderful place to live.
Thanks so much! :-) It is great!
Thanks for the information. I know Yellowknife is a great place to work and live.
no problem! tfw!
@@LifeinYellowknife what does tfw mean?
K Z thank you for watching! Sorry! Lol
@@LifeinYellowknife That is what I thought you meant. I just wanted to be sure. Keep up the good work.
K Z ha thanks!!!
There seems to be a decent amount of work there too.....Do you have to plug your car in winter or can you rent spaces at a heated garage?? Just wondering.....great videos btw
Yes lots of work not a lot of housing! Yes you must plug your car in and even then you sometimes have to pay to have it stored inside to “thaw out”. It’s mega annoying lol
I do like this video
Thanks!
hope to move to Yellowknife in the future.
williams david hurray!!
I have also moved from southern Ontario from London to Yellowknife by driving but I fill it was so expensive for me so I moved back to Ontario and then NS.
Chaudhari Savan oh really?? I’m sorry to hear that! Thanks for sharing!!
Life in Yellowknife
Yes it is do you know any cheapest auto insurance in Yellowknife.
I lived there for like 12 days but then also I am feeling regret after moving to NS.
Chaudhari Savan sorry I don’t! But I hope to soon when we find a new car! Hopefully soon! Buying a car sucks btw. Haha! Anyway, why are you regretting it?
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It’s the worst decision that I left Yellowknife because in NS it’s like 15% sales tax and there it’s 5 and I am working in Walmart as a overnight Fullfillment I am getting paid 13.55 per hr if I would be there I will get paid 18 per hour that the difference as well tax its way more.
By the way one of my cousin is there over there he is working in Tim Hortons.
But, there is no NHL franchise there!
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Thanks for the video...how possible is a kitchen garden in Yellowknife?
celestin1984 hey there! I’ve never heard of a kitchen garden so I had to look it up but it seems like you’re just asking about an outdoor garden? I think it is certainly more difficult to grow things here because of the short growing season but it’s def possible! Many people around seem to have gardens!
Are there teaching opportunities in Yellowknife?
Absolutely!
Always been curious to learn how to hunt, fish and camp. Are there courses there that teach these things? Also, any chance you know how the dating scene is like?
Riceachu yes for sure there are gun courses and guided tours for fishing (I’m not sure about hunting though). I don’t know about the dating scene but I imagine it’s not great because there aren’t many people but that’s a total guess!
Nice
Thanks!
We are retired and planning a trip there soon. What is the cost of living other than Alberta?
That's awesome! I hope you enjoy! Are you planning to come in the winter? Here's a video of our budget and what we pay for things up here that may help to answer the cost of living question: czcams.com/video/iQF-4KhzGo8/video.html
Hi there, I live in Windsor Ontario and I am thinking about moving in Yellowknife. I just want to know about jobs opportunities and I have 4 year experience in painting and 1 year in security guard I have Ontario security guard license and fully driving license , is these are helpful for get jobs there as my background work experience. Please reply me!
Hi! Hope this helps: czcams.com/video/bjVN8rjq2Yc/video.html
Hi can you give some information about community investment program in yellowknife
Like which buisness community of yellowknife promote and what is the minimum investment they want
Hmm, I've never heard of it. Is this what you're talking about? sorry next comment below
www.yellowknife.ca/en/city-government/community-grants.asp
No i sent it on your insta
@@rohitchopra1086 I got it thanks!
I’m hoping to move there and I watched ur video on what is cost to live there, but I’m still not sure ... how much it cost to live there?
Joy Vermillion hmmm. I’m not sure how to answer that to be honest. I feel like I went really in-depth in that video. Is there something specific you’d like to know a cost on that I didn’t cover?
Life in Yellowknife I guess it depends on what the current bills are plus whatever bills u bring with u 😂 right? Hehe... 👍🏼
Joy Vermillion lol. Umm yes that sounds about right. 😂
What is the town you mentioned at 1:24?
Nunavut.. the province next door to Northwest Territories (where we are).
@@LifeinYellowknife so to ask more specifically, what was it that made you look somewhere else?
The lifestyle there seemed like too much. I just did a video comparing the two provinces you might be able to gain some insight from that!
Hello. I am a new follower. Can I ask if it is easy to get an RN license at yellow knife? I am from Ontario too.
I’m assuming you mean switching your registration from Ontario to NT? It was fairly easy yes. Just some “paperwork” and time. :-)
Thank you for your response. Thats the only thing holding my back because I am new here in Canada too and still not familiar with the process. I am also planning to go back to ontario after 3-5 years. I need to switch my license again. 🥺
i am international student in ottawa,is it hard to find jobs in yellowknife for immigrants.
I’m sorry to hear that! Hope your loving Ottawa!!
@@LifeinYellowknife i was actually asking you that is it hard to find jobs in yellowknife for immigrants or not.
I'm not sure! So sorry!