Where do new immigrants choose to live in their first year in Toronto?

China people, especially China people from Chinese mainland, account for a considerable proportion of the population in this city. Walking on the streets of Vancouver, you can feel the cordial atmosphere of China culture everywhere.

From the perspective of employment, there are limited types of industries here, and the service industry, mainly tourism, is developed, with very close trade ties with Asia and the United States. In recent years, the information industry has developed rapidly. According to my personal understanding, Vancouver is suitable for immigrants with good economic background before immigration, who are interested in trade and service industries and want to start their own small companies. For those engaged in information technology industry, especially software development, employment opportunities are also better. However, because there are not many industries here, the scale of industries is small, and there are many people with the same background, the employment opportunities of other new immigrants are very limited.

The cost of living in Vancouver is high, the house price is expensive and the rent is not low.

Toronto, Canada's largest city, is famous for its multiculturalism. The city and its surrounding areas are quite complete in industrial categories, including financial industry, consulting industry, information technology industry, telecommunications and equipment manufacturing industry, automobile manufacturing and assembly industry, medicine and food processing industry, mechanical processing, clothing processing and so on. On this basis, Toronto is ambitious in recent years to build the second Silicon Valley in the world, and has taken a number of measures to encourage the development of information industry focusing on software development, attracting a large number of American software developers to open branches and providing a large number of employment opportunities. It may not be an exaggeration for some media to say that 80% of information technology employment opportunities in Canada are mostly in Toronto.

The rent in Toronto is also expensive, and it has been rising in recent years. But other living expenses are relatively low. In addition, the Chinese community is also very large.

There are many financial and insurance companies in Montreal, and the high-tech development and manufacturing industry are developing rapidly, especially the information technology industry. Moreover, due to the extreme shortage of local labor, there is a great demand for all kinds of talents. Although the wage level is not very high in absolute terms, the actual income level is not low relative to the local living expenses. The living expenses such as rent in Montreal are very low, and the rent is only half or two-thirds of that in Toronto. Because of the French cultural background, this city is full of European customs and rich cultural life.

But many people still think twice when choosing to stay, mainly about French. Although all the local people can speak English, they speak French first. French is the teaching language of local schools, and English is just a foreign language. I didn't learn it until the third grade of primary school. Unless your child goes to a private English school. For new immigrants, if it is only a short-term consideration, if the children are still young, Montreal can be regarded as a place for employment.