new to Calgary

Hi guys,

I just landed in Calgary from Quebec province, I was living in Quebec a couple of years. I'm wondering if there is special administration matters to do here in Calgary within Alberta province in regard to health services or other things. Also I want to have no connection anymore with Quebec: taxes...
Please advise what to do !


Thanks in advance

Mouss

first of all you need to correpandence with regie d assurance maladie for cancel your carte soleil after 6 months from leaving quebec
secondly you must register in the health assurance card in your provience
thirdly just notice the tax office about your home address and in alberta there is no proviencial tax just the federal tax

at the end good luck and please let us knows about the situation in calgery we need more information for changing this shit of montreal

salam Mouss
sorry if i am responding somewhat late but i just saw your post .
i came across this post in another forum and here is what was written :

(Donc, je ne sais pas depuis quand l’assurance est gratuite, mais elle est. J’ai tjrs cru que c’est 40$. Mais encore ! L’assurance est valide depuis la date de mon arrivée à Alberta, avant même la date d’enregistrement. « J’ai dit que j’ai atterrai à Montréal, mais puisque je n y ai pas habité (mon adresse précédente était au Maroc), je suis dans la deuxième catégorie ci-dessous.
The effective date of your coverage will be determined based on the following:
• If you move to Alberta from within Canada your coverage begins the first day of the third month following the date you establish permanent residency here;
o For example, if you establish permanent residency in Alberta on July 12, your coverage is effective October 1.
• If you move to Alberta from outside of Canada your coverage begins on your date of arrival in Alberta, once all registration validation requirements are met.)
hope this might help you .
we wish you a good luck

ibnobatuta a écrit:first of all you need to correpandence with regie d assurance maladie for cancel your carte soleil after 6 months from leaving quebec
secondly you must register in the health assurance card in your provience
thirdly just notice the tax office about your home address and in alberta there is no proviencial tax just the federal tax

at the end good luck and please let us knows about the situation in calgery we need more information for changing this shit of montreal

salam alaikoum ibnobatuta
thank you for raising up this post, in fact me too i am fed up with montreal and start thinking about Alberta .
i have already sent an email to Azedine who moved lately to Alberta and still waiting for his response to shed some light on the albertian life style or just send us some useful links that might be useful for us to establish ourselves there .
we just hope we get an answer from anyone who is already there please give us a helping hand to make the move .

dear azitour
thanks for your comment ,actually i landed first day in toronto and they gave me some books how to stay there but i moved the same day to the hell of montreal ,now i am thinking twice to move somewhere else where i can use english and have a pretty life than here me too i am still waiting for azedine reply i alreayd have a friend who live in edmonton but he never encourge me to go there he always complain even he have 2 jobs but he said life fees so expensive than her !
lets keep in touch if any further information we can share it allah almo3in

Salam guys,

I join you as I'm also thinking about leaving Montreal for Alberta. It's complicated to know if it's worth the time and effort before doing it, but in my case I have nothing to lose.
Here is the link of Alberta Learning Information Service where you can find plenty of information: Alis Alberta.
And here is the publication Welcome to Alberta, which is also full of useful informations and tips: Welcome to Alberta.

والله الموفق والمستعان

ibnobatuta a écrit:dear azitour
thanks for your comment ,actually i landed first day in toronto and they gave me some books how to stay there but i moved the same day to the hell of montreal ,now i am thinking twice to move somewhere else where i can use english and have a pretty life than here me too i am still waiting for azedine reply i alreayd have a friend who live in edmonton but he never encourge me to go there he always complain even he have 2 jobs but he said life fees so expensive than her !
lets keep in touch if any further information we can share it allah almo3in

salam alaikoum
thank you ibnobatuta for your response .
you know what soemtimes makatfhem walou , there are people in morocco who just wish to come here , we on the other hand we are already here and we wanna flee to the english part of canada , your friend is already in edmonton and keeps complaining .
ze3ma le3fou w safi .
anyway Allah ydir li fiha lkheir.
you friend was right about the cost of living in Alberta which is higher than quebec but we dunno about the salary wages and job opportunities ,anyway we will keep in touch for sure .
take care bro

Ayoubi a écrit:Salam guys,

I join you as I'm also thinking about leaving Montreal for Alberta. It's complicated to know if it's worth the time and effort before doing it, but in my case I have nothing to lose.
Here is the link of Alberta Learning Information Service where you can find plenty of information: Alis Alberta.
And here is the publication Welcome to Alberta, which is also full of useful informations and tips: Welcome to Alberta.

والله الموفق والمستعان

waalaikoum asalam Ayoubi ,
thank you for your interest and thank you for the link it sounds interesting and by the way here is one you might want to check http://www.albertacanada.com/immigration/living.aspx .
i agree with you about the fact that it s kind of complicated to know if its worth the effort but like you said me too got nothing to lose on the contrary we can better our english and discover new horizons and lifestyles but we should not forget though to do it in a wise manner by gathering useful information .
untill then take good care

guys why we can not meet and have a cafe and warmimg our conversation to take the right way we can choose a date and place to meet and i will all the information i have and we can share the information and why not we can look for sharing rent ! if its a good idea lets mail each other goodluck

Salamou 3alaykoume
je viens de demenager a calgary il y a 6 mois avec ma famille
je trouve que c juste le loyer qui est cher par rapport au quebec mais le niveau de vie est moins cher vu k il y a juste une seule taxe de 5%.
pour l emploi vous pouvez visiter le site de connexion carriere ou se trouve des offres d emplois nouvelles chaque semaine
aussi il y a un centre for newcomers qui aide les nouvaux immigrants et surtout ceux qui n ont pas encore la nationalite canadienne .
vous pouvez aussi trouver d autres information dans le site quitterlequebec.com sur la ville de calgary.
Bonne chance a vous tous

wa3alaikoum asalam
merci beaucoup pour ces précieuses informations. jazak ALLAH khair
que pensez vous du NE ?est ce que les loyes labas sont aussi trop cher ?

moi j habite actuellement au NE
Je paye 1250$ tout inclus pour deux chambres salon avec back yard
lorsqu on est arrive ou nous a dit de ne pas louer au NE mais meme au NE il y a des endroits ou on peux louer et des endroits a eviter.
si vous avez d autres questions n hesiter pas.

hello guys ,

actually i have just read some of the ideas u shared together about moving to anglophone areas , i assure that it s so interesting and even better than staying is this crowded province , i hope i can join some of people who really wanna move to calgary or edmonton or even to vancouver , actually i have got nothing to lose , cuz i have been in montreal for 8 months , and im really fed up with this boring kind of life , and all i wanna get now it s just a strating over , so if there are any ones who have got the same idea as me let s talk together to make a plan so that we can leave as soon as we can.

slm,
I share the view of straight way, me too I'M THINKING seriously of getting out of this province and going to roc

straight way a écrit:hello guys ,

actually i have just read some of the ideas u shared together about moving to anglophone areas , i assure that it s so interesting and even better than staying is this crowded province , i hope i can join some of people who really wanna move to calgary or edmonton or even to vancouver , actually i have got nothing to lose , cuz i have been in montreal for 8 months , and im really fed up with this boring kind of life , and all i wanna get now it s just a strating over , so if there are any ones who have got the same idea as me let s talk together to make a plan so that we can leave as soon as we can.

salam ,
when do you think you can make the move ?

salam
it s gonna be during summer inchallah , in other words , july or august , cuz
i have to be prepared for that journey both financially and mentally too ,cuz
i know no body there , and it s gonna be a kind of adventure , but it s really worth making it.

straight way a écrit:salam
it s gonna be during summer inchallah , in other words , july or august , cuz
i have to be prepared for that journey both financially and mentally too ,cuz
i know no body there , and it s gonna be a kind of adventure , but it s really worth making it.

salam
untill then if i am ready i will let you know

inchallah

Hi Guys,
For these who are requesting an update. It's almost now 5 months, things are better than what I ahev seen in Quebec, especially $$$$. It's a boiling province with a lot of changes...and a lot of opportunities. People are totally different than what I used to see in qc and they are open mind.
Winter is a litle bit longer but I really enjoyed the sun, as you may know, Calgary is the most sunniest city in Canada...
All hamdollah up to know is good except a litle social life that Calgary don't have...so one you are here don't put yourself in a corner and close the door..go out and visit places...meet people...and get to know others...
the funny thing is that I missed more Morocco when I was in QC but here..I embrasse the western lifestyle...

Cheers,

Hey btw I forgot...if there is Moroccan in Calgary. I live in downtown area if somebody interested to have a coffee...please send a PM.

Thanks

shekspire a écrit:Hey btw I forgot...if there is Moroccan in Calgary. I live in downtown area if somebody interested to have a coffee...please send a PM.

Thanks

i heard that some fellow gather every wednesday night at Starbucks 17ave near melrose you gotta check it out .

shekspire a écrit:Hi Guys,
For these who are requesting an update. It's almost now 5 months, things are better than what I ahev seen in Quebec, especially $$$$. It's a boiling province with a lot of changes...and a lot of opportunities. People are totally different than what I used to see in qc and they are open mind.
Winter is a litle bit longer but I really enjoyed the sun, as you may know, Calgary is the most sunniest city in Canada...
All hamdollah up to know is good except a litle social life that Calgary don't have...so one you are here don't put yourself in a corner and close the door..go out and visit places...meet people...and get to know others...
the funny thing is that I missed more Morocco when I was in QC but here..I embrasse the western lifestyle...

Cheers,

hi bro
thanks for the update , we are glad things went well for ya .
i wanna know if you ever been to edmonton ? if yes could you please give us your feed back about the city ? i am quite sure you prefer calgary to edmonton though ):

est ce qu'il y a quelqu'un connait une organisme francophone aidant les immigrants pour trouver un logement a alberta

http://www.accesemploi.net/

Merci c'est gentil