What do you do to become a vet in Canada?

What is like living in Canada i mean what cities are most popular ,how is the job market , overall cost of ..?

• what its like living in Canada ??? ,what cities are most popular, hows the job market, over all cost of living ,education etc.. ??? im going to college next year to study veterinary technology i wanna become a vet tech as i love working with pets i live in New York City for 5 years now , but im not a citizen im a green card holder ( im 18) im a Polish citizen now after college im thinking about moving somewhere away from NYC i though about the west coast ( like maybe California or Washington) but for some reason now im kinda stuck on Canada i never been there (will i need a visa ?? ) so the cities that i was thinking about were Vancouver or Montréal now is it hard to get a job in Canada now?? i mean i will be done with college in like 4 years so by that time im sure things will be different also what is the temperature there like ?? is it cold ??? also another thing will it be hard to find a job as a vet tech ?? and as for Montréal which language is more spoken there ??? French or English ?

• Answer:

  Canada is good. The more popular cities are Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Vancouver, St. Johns, etc. The job market is still good here. People are losing jobs but not so fast as the US, and you can still get a job relatively easily. I live in London Ontario which is a smaller city, about 380k now I think. It's really nice, and the cost of living is CHEAP. Even compared to Toronto, it's practically free so I could only imagine what it would be like compared to NYC. Right now, I pay 400 dollars rent for a really nice house (which I share). My total cost of living WITH school is around 1500/month and that's living comfortably with going to bars and stuff often. A house would be about 125k here. Minimum wage is just under 10 dollars. You can get a really big apartment downtown for under 700 dollars a month. For the same thing in Toronto you might be paying around 1400 dollars. Vancouver and Calgary (anything west) is also quite expensive to live... Vancouver is actually one of the most expensive cities in Canada to live, although it is very multi-cultural because it is on the pacific rim. Vet tech, you'd likely be looking at a 3 year college course in most places. I Don't think you need a Visa to travel to canada (you'd have to check w/ the government to be sure on that one) but to go to school you'd need a study visa and to get a job you'd need a work visa. Afterwords, it won't be too hard finding a job. Temperature, really varies depending on where you live. Vancouver is fairly mild. It doesn't get too hot or too cold. Maybe stays between -5c and 20C. Toronto and London are roughly like NYC but not too cold in the winter. It gets up to around 32C for most of the summer. (canada does get VERY hot in the summer). Montreal is a little cooler all year round, and anything more north as well. Calgary is always pretty cold.. it never really gets HOT, just warm. Montreal, French is mainly spoken, but the majority of people know both English and french, and some only know french. It's not hard for an english speaking person to get by in any part of quebec, as there are not many people that don't know at least some english. And quebec is nice too because the drinking age is only 18! A few provinces are 18 but You can drink anywhere else in Canada at 19 :) Good luck, it's a nice place to live. I love Ontario (London specifically) because it's cheap and the weather doesn't suck... oh, and tuition is CHEAP. Let me know if you have any more questions!