Just 01 thing to share.
Its recommend to buy the pair of nice
snow boots from a good store in Canada, its worth.
You need lot of walking in snow without hurting yourself.
The available Dhaka boots might not be appropriate for cold/ wet weather,
and the Chinese glue will come off , within months and again these are far too heavy to carry along.
One will avail free kitchen utensils from friends or you buy from a yard sale/ Garage sale mate, everyone through these away.
The other thing we missed to add from our adda was about buying bags/ luggage issue:
01. Apartments are usually tight in layout and have box beds unlike Bangladesh (You dont avail space underneath the bed).
02. Carry less suitcases, rather take cartoons with proper wrapping & labels. You can easily through them away and buy again if requires.
03. With 06 suitcases for a family of 03, (plus 03 cabin luggage) you find difficulty in storing these huge suitcases, they are expensive to buy and difficult to accommodate.
Mainul bhai, for toddlers and kindergartens one have 2/3 schooling options within walking distance (Within 1 km usually). They dont have school bus.
Someone has to walk, the problem is in winter. (Though you might have a friend to get your kids to school and back to home during rough days. But you need to pay mate
. Nothing is free. My sister earns few quids pooling two kids nearby. In summer no worries.)
For higher schools they have transport, meals for day time schooling, but you need to pay.
Just browse
Kijiji and
craigslist to get idea regarding used vehicles and for so many issues. These are fantastic web sites.
Best regards, Shumon