I'm still in the process of getting my PR. While waiting for it outside of Canada, I'm doing my research about housing costs in various provinces and cities. I initially wanted to settle in Vancouver due to its relatively warm climate and beautiful nature, but now I realized that owning a home in Vancouver, Toronto or even in Ottawa is near-impossible except you're really rich. It feels like Vancouver and surrounding areas are for two groups. Extremely rich, and servants who'll pay almost all their wage to their post-medieval land
LORDs for a right to 'live' there as long as their LORDs.. I mean land
LORDs allow them to do so. We can debate how this problem can be solved? What caused it? How can we prevent it? for days if you'd like, but since we're not politicians in the Canadian parliement, it is nothing but a waste of breath for all of us.
I found that while a small studio apartment near Vancouver where you shit and eat in the same room costs 400k CAD, it's actually possible to buy an entire house with a garden, and a small garrage near cities like Montreal and Halifax. (Edmonton, Winnipeg, Saskatoon are relatively affordable too but I have no interest to live in these cities) Now I'm really considering to change my landing city just because of the ongoing housing crisis in Vancouver, Toronto and Ottawa. I don't wanna pay someone else's mortgage to make them richer and be treated like shit to the end of my days as a renter.
Here are some examples I randomly picked in the last 5 minutes(All are 10minutes drive to downtown at max):
Vancouver apartment for
370k CAD (1+1 small apartment)
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/23595299/310-2012-fullerton-avenue-north-vancouver
Vancouver apartment for
399k CAD (1+1 small apartment)
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/23656959/210-270-w-1st-street-north-vancouver
Montreal house, literally a short walk away from downtown Montreal with special car park and garden for
299k CAD
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/23697501/1150-rue-duvernay-longueuil-le-vieux-longueuil-montréal-south#view=neighbourhood
Montreal house,with large garden and a car park for
280k CAD
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/23687664/10385-av-audoin-montréal-montréal-nord
Halifax house with large garden and a car park for
299k CAD
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/23669036/212-school-street-dartmouth-dartmouth#view=neighbourhood