Connect2Canada is working to connect Canadians living in the United States, and to that end, we are collecting the personal stories of Canadians living abroad.
I left Nova Scotia the day of the Oklahoma bombing. So my anniversary date is well remembered - April 19th 1995. I first moved from Halifax to Port Arthur, TX. Talk about culture shock! I'm a nurse, so fulltime nursing jobs were few and far between. After 2 years in Texas, I moved to NC and loved it there. Then off to Delray Beach, FL, where I got married again. Florida is nice to visit, but too hot for too long for me.
After the hurricane season of 2004, I moved back to NC, and like I said, I loved it there.
Just prior to that decision to move, I met my Pittsburgh native "other half". Eventually he moved to NC with me, but was homesick for the "Burgh", a common aliment for Pittsburghers. They might leave, but they always come back. Maybe that's one of the connections between Canada and Pittsburgh.
There were 2 selling points for me moving here: #1 Sidney Crosby signed with the Penguins, #2 Tim Hortons coffee is available within a 50 mile drive. No more depending on my Alberta daughter sending me my supply. We just make the monthly pilgrimage to Ohio.
Now Alexander Keith's is available here at a little place near PNC park, Finnigan's Wake!!! I've been in the Burgh almost 2 years now, and love it here. I do homecare visits for new moms and babies, so I spend a lot of time on the road.
If there are any other "camrades" in the area, feel free to contact me. Picture was taken on Kelly's Mountain St Anne's lookoff. Yes I am a Caper by birth.
I moved to the Washington DC area in 1974 from Calgary Alberta to take a job with a national organization and have been in this area ever since. Both of our kids were born in Calgary, all of us have dual citizenship. I am originally from BC, graduated from UBC. My mother and sisters still live in BC. I am now retired, and although we plan on continuing to live in this area, we do plan on visiting Canada as much as possible. Right now, we get back to BC every couple of years or so. I do miss the "true north" very much, and long for coffee crisps, turkish delights, Shreddies, and Smarties.... but I do make great Nanaimo bars, which all of our US friends love! Any fellow Canadians in the DC area know where we can get any of the Canadian goodies around here? Let me know! And for those who may have lost Canadian citizenship through quirks in the Citizenship legislation, you need to look at the just passed Bill C-37 which corrects many of the problems and may be helpful to you.
I came down to work in Information Technology in New England seven years ago and loved it so much here I decided to stay! I am from Saskatchewan where my family still is. I miss them and the prairie and try to get home at least once a year. I live just south of Nashua, NH and love the Connect2Canada web site for finding out what is going on in Canada and with Canadians around here.
Hi from as far south in the US I can get without being in Mexico. In fact, my home is only about 2 minutes to the border. I am from Saskatchewan and moved here about 30 years ago to do missionary work in Mexico. I travel in and out of Mexico a lot, and get back home to Canada about every 2-3 years. I miss the Shreddies, Cheezies and Smarties from Canada. I try to get some Shreddies every time I go north and ration it out to make it last!
I arrived in the US by way of Peru. Thanks to the Canadian Government, I applied for and was accepted to go to Peru for a 6 month internship, sponsored by HRDC and administered by Langara College in BC. When my internship finished in 1999, my employer, Quebecor World Printing, gave me a full time job at their plant in Lima.
In March of 2001 I was transferred to the US, one month after marrying my Peruvian sweetheart. We have been in the US for 7 years now and have three Canperuicans (Canadian/Peruvian/American) kids. US by birth, all three enjoy Canadian and Peruvian citizenship.
We enjoy living in the US and after 7 years in the USA, I have a lot of respect for the country and the friendliness of its citizens. We do go back to Canada about every two years to visit family and friends. My Peruvian wife especially likes going "home" to Hamilton. I on the other hand especially like going back to Peru.
For the time being, it looks like we will be staying right here in Deerfield Beach, Florida.
Hello my fellow transplanted Canadians! I met my husband (an American) online in the summer of 2005 and in September of 2006, we took our long distance romance to a new level and got married. We live in Charlotte, North Carolina where we run a promotional marketing company out of our home. All of my family is in Canada spread out between Toronto (where I lived most of my life), Ottawa, and Moncton, New Brunswick. I was surprised at how much I miss the little things and crave any news from north of the border. Can't say I miss the Canadian winters though! At 50 and having never had kids, I find it a bit tough finding like-minded female confidantes but I will perservere. Maybe this site will help in that regard.
