5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Moving to Ottawa

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In this video we explore the 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Moving to Ottawa. Curious about the great things and some of the challenges of Living in Ottawa Ontario, Living in South Ottawa and Living in Canada? We cover them with the inside scoop on what it is like when living, moving or relocating to Ottawa Canada with a focus on the areas of day to day lifestyle. Whether for work, play or get-away!
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@Kythlo Жыл бұрын

This is helpful, I’ll be moving to Ottawa in March next year. Nervous but excited!

@LivingInOttawa Жыл бұрын

Best of luck on the move Devyn!

@pamgodsoe9076 Жыл бұрын

I loved living in Ottawa, it is a beautiful city

@Saint3188 Жыл бұрын

I might be moving there in April and I'm nervous about it too but I simply love in BC anymore and it's time for a change.

@LivingInOttawa Жыл бұрын

@@pamgodsoe9076 Agreed!

@cpwong7977 Жыл бұрын

Ottawa for sure is the most beautiful city in Canada👍! Rivers, Rideau Canal, river locks, Parliament, fire works, Winterlude festival, tulip festival…… Weather wise; global warming made Ottawa one of the best cities to live in Canada these days. Winter is getting shorter and shorter each year and the coldest is now below 20 degrees compared with below 40 thirty years ago! Summer will be very hot though but only for four to six weeks. It's true that most of the restaurants in Ottawa are not worth what you paid for! It's no harm to dine out once a while 🤣! Ottawa is my hometown for 50 years😊 I did live in Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver before, every city for two to ten years. Ottawa is my final destination…☀️

@LivingInOttawa Жыл бұрын

CP Wong! It certainly has some great spots but Canada is also beautiful. Best!

@pamgodsoe9076 Жыл бұрын

Loved the size of Ottawa. Had great friends and the children enjoyed the activities. I was back there last month for a family wedding, at a beautiful restaurant e18hteen, ByWard Market. My nephew is the Executive Chef there and he was the groom. I don’t find the traffic bad but I now live in the Bay Area and before that NYC

@LivingInOttawa Жыл бұрын

Love E18hteen and dinners in the ByWard Market. The traffic really is easier than most major cities. And once we get the LRT running properly things will get better. Cheers.

@frederickzoreta6617 Жыл бұрын

Been living in O-town since I arrived as a Permanent Resident. This was back in Oct 2nd, 2010. I have no friends, no relatives nor any form of contact when I arrivef here. Now it's Feb 6, 2023 as I'm writing this. I LOVE this city! I dunno what is it. I just fell in love and really can't see myself leaving.

@LivingInOttawa Жыл бұрын

Amazing. Glad to have you! No city is perfect but too many people focus on negative - whether it's the city, or social media, or other people. It's unfortunate - there are a lot of positive things happening around so many people and et we focus on the negative. Glad you are enjoying it. Been here since 1973 and I love it too!

@murtazagondal4918 Жыл бұрын

Visited Ottawa last month. Loved the city . Definitely lots of activities and fun city.

@LivingInOttawa Жыл бұрын

I agree! Glad you enjoyed it!

@alonzorodriguez8878 Жыл бұрын

2:55 I visited my family there and went Rideau mall, the people were so kind. I miss this. I’m in Toronto and it the total opposite 😢

@LivingInOttawa Жыл бұрын

Come visit anytime Alonzo!

@anomanderrake8693 Жыл бұрын

Im thinking of moving near Ottawa, we have 2 young adults that will probably go to college there. But we also have a 10 year old daughter. We were thinking about getting a house in Dunrobin which is not too far from Ottawa. We do not want to live anywhere close to downtown but we like the proximity of its services. We want a house with an intimate and big yard but not in a farm area or a place where its not nice. We want nice, welcoming, kind of private property in a safe and nice neighborhood. What are your thoughts about this if I may ask you? About schools for my little one and so on. Thanks for any pointers. We will need a realtor to help us out I presume :)

@LivingInOttawa Жыл бұрын

That’s exciting news! I love Dunrobin area. So many great little areas around there. Probably best for us to connect via email to have a conversation. Please email me at admin@living-inottawa.ca and we can setup a video call to discuss further. Best.

@sifakalonji6242 Жыл бұрын

I really want to move to Ottawa with my family but nervous and scared 😅

@veroniquecharlie6408 10 ай бұрын

What I love the most of Ottawa is the food including Farmboy grocery store. I live in Orleans and this part of the city is very boring, but great for families.

@LivingInOttawa 10 ай бұрын

There is good variety in Ottawa. One of the benefits of living in the capital with many diplomatic representation here.

@eileenchang2096 Жыл бұрын

I love living in Ottawa! Very easy access to Hull is another advantage. The Ottawa river dividing the two provinces is so beautiful. Unfortunately I’m moving away to BC soon. I don’t want to leave Ottawa 😭😭🥺

@LivingInOttawa Жыл бұрын

Sorry to see you go! Sometimes you don’t appreciate what you have until you have lost it.

@eileenchang2096 Жыл бұрын

@@LivingInOttawa I know! Now I feel every day I’m still here, it’s like a festival! I hope one day I’ll be contacting my friend, saying: I’m moving back to Ottawa next year….

@eileenchang2096 Жыл бұрын

@@GHOSTVAPOR please tell me how! I’d love to know more

@mihirgoswamii 9 ай бұрын

I’m from Toronto and I recently took a trip to Ottawa last week and I fell in love with the city! The second I got back, I realized that Toronto isn’t the same anymore. There’s too many wild things going on every day, everything is extremely expensive and I’m struggling to afford rent. Thinking of moving to Ottawa at the end of this month to enjoy more nature, lesser people, lesser traffic and less rent. What do you guys think?

@LivingInOttawa 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment. It’s always great to hear other people’s opinions. Best.

@joeblack888 2 ай бұрын

If you want move to Ottawa from Toronto, 5 things you need know: 1. Ottawa winter is way colder than Toronto. 2. Ottawa grocery is way expensive than Toronto. 3. Find a job is way harder in Ottawa than in Toronto. 4. Ottawa airport is tiny compare with Toronto airport and you can not direct fly to any Europe major city. 5. If you don't know French, you have little chance work for federal.

@herlsone Жыл бұрын

#1 Ottawa is Cold... Proceeds to show video of Quebec.

@LivingInOttawa Жыл бұрын

Hey Herlsone. Not sure if that was intentional by any means just coincidental. Best.

@Camilo2002xxx Жыл бұрын

Ottawa is a really beautiful city, but unfortunately, it is horribly expensive too. Even if you want to rent a simple room at a non-luxurious place in DT Ottawa they will ask you to pay in the range of CAD1,000 to CAD1,500 per month. Owners will also ask for the first and last month. You are 40 or older? You are male? You are not a student? well, landlords would not want you, then be prepared. There are many suburbs that are marketed as Ottawa but are actually far (Kanata, Orleans, Gloucester, etc.) I have never been to a place where people are so expert in abusing their position as government-fed employees. Bureaucracy behavior also contaminates employees of private companies (say banks) who turn into kind but lazy bureaucrats. The latter makes customer service in Ottawa one of the worst I ever found all over the Americas, there are exceptions of course. The Small Claims Court is by far one of the worst and most inefficient in Canada, at a point that you cannot believe you are in a developed Country. Needless to say that the months I lived in Ottawa were a very bittersweet experience that I do not want to repeat.

@al8775 Жыл бұрын

The reason why is because only 30% of it's population are from Ottawa while the rest of it's residents are from out of town..

@magnabaddelta-thriller5603 Жыл бұрын

I would go to Alberta

@Ava2969ny 4 ай бұрын

@Camilo2002xxx - why wouldn't a landlord want a tenant over 40 is they can pay the rent?

@wjameswright 10 ай бұрын

Ottawa is a beautiful City. I lived there in the 80s for 5 years. Those were the party times (I was in my 20s) Hull was our go to and cabs were our friends. I missed the club scene in Ottawa because i was in Hull. I also workd for Sam The Record Man in Ottawa so new all the new music and sold to DJ's ...I was there when CDs came out and that was awesome too

@LivingInOttawa 10 ай бұрын

Loved Sam the Record Man. Fond memories.

@erlinasoriano890 Жыл бұрын

Very well said, we love Ottawa, the BEST !!!

@LivingInOttawa Жыл бұрын

Thank you Erlina!! I agree!

@wizardsuth Жыл бұрын

It would have been useful for me to know that Ottawa's transit system has a transitway, i.e. a set of roads reserved for buses. I wasted so much time taking the most direct but slowest buses to and from the downtown because I didn't know there was a high speed route three blocks away. Now much of the transitway is being replaced by light rail, which should have happened decades ago.

@LivingInOttawa Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@Saint3188 Жыл бұрын

I am considering moving to Ottawa soon for school and change because BC is getting to be far to expensive and unstable to live in now I know Ottawa is also considerably expensive too and I have my concerns about it especially with employment I will be living in shared accommodation to save on rent so please let me know what you think?

@LivingInOttawa Жыл бұрын

Saint318 - I completely understand. It's an emotional process uprooting your life and moving from one end of the country to the other side. I can let you know many have done it and have made it work. If you are looking at room rents and the cost of living between Vancouver and Ottawa then you will be ahead of the game financially while living in Ottawa. If you are in small town BC then I would assume it would be more expensive in Ottawa for restaurants, groceries, gas, public transit, etc. It's a difficult one to answer without more details. Best.

@mmorden9938 Жыл бұрын

We moved from Northern Ontario to Ottawa…. Love it soooooo much. Love almost everything about the city except for the damp cold in the winter!

@PeterTwolan Жыл бұрын

@@mmorden9938 agreed. The damp cold can be a bit much. Although that should be gone by tomorrow at we dip to -27. Rather it be dry and cold. This close to freezing and damp is worse then the real cold and dry.

@JANCOff1al Жыл бұрын

Winter isn’t long it’s just 6 months of snow

@JANCOff1al Жыл бұрын

Summer isn’t short it’s just 2 month’s long

@JANCOff1al Жыл бұрын

People aren’t mad/bad they just hate living there

@jamalgrant9335 8 ай бұрын

I practically grew up there an I'm from NY so I'll say this people from Ottawa are super funny but they can be rude in a hilarious way, u probably wouldn't even know their being funny

@LivingInOttawa 8 ай бұрын

That’s good to hear! Love it.

@petermitchelmore2592 Жыл бұрын

Expensive houses?

@adanzium Жыл бұрын

Would you recommend a new immigrant to move to Ottawa?

@LivingInOttawa Жыл бұрын

Depends on you - do you want to move to Ottawa? What are your hopes in terms of occupation? What are your expectations of the city? Are you by yourself or with family? There are a lot of variables. Moving to Ottawa is right for everyone - it's a personal choice.

@etiennegiroux9146 Ай бұрын

Also born and raised in Ottawa. Nightlife truly sucks. Who is so insane to pay $140 to go at the blues festival? Or the balloon festival for same price. To make me happy, I need to leave this city many times a year to enjoy better weather and much cheaper outings. Shameful!!!

@LivingInOttawa 19 күн бұрын

Nightlife is lacking for sure. But a great location of home base to run to Toronto and Montreal for fun and special events but Ottawa can be great for certain people and families. If you are looking for dance clubs and nightlife not the right city for you. If you are looking for outdoor activity, quality of life, safety, balanced life - then Ottawa is a good option.

@gjmarc 6 күн бұрын

I think you missed something... if you are moving to Ottawa it is important to have a knowledge of the French language. (better to be bilingual)

@JesterFace9 4 ай бұрын

Ottawa is full of potential but is let down by its car-centric and sprawled nature.

@eskil1u 4 ай бұрын

If you are from a major metropolitan city, dont move to Ottawa

@saifraeef Жыл бұрын

I am 27 years old and can work..I want to live and work in Canada..it is big and it will not become crowded if I live in it..please spread this message of mine

@MsElke11 Жыл бұрын

You lost me at "It's COLD from NOVEMBER to MARCH" (and at "TURDEAU LIVES HERE!")

@LivingInOttawa Жыл бұрын

Have to be truthful! Best.

@kardoviyan3898 Жыл бұрын

at all is not could;

@anonnon4737 Жыл бұрын

If you're thinking of moving to Ottawa.....don't. Ottawa is the most boring place I have ever lived and outside of the people at the universities, the people are as boring as the city. Ottawa only exists because of the War of 1812. In that war, the Americans attacked Toronto, which was the nation's capital, and burned the parliament buildings to the ground. Our government moved the capital to Ottawa because it is further back from the border and on a hill, so harder to attack and easier to defend. Ottawa is not on a trade route, so it has no organic industry, the majority of people are employed by the government, and that ethos of mediocrity and laziness that permeates the public service also permeates Ottawa. The city core is dead after 6pm because all of the government workers live in the suburbs. ByWard Market can be lively but it tends to be populated with university students and tourists. The other problem with Ottawa is that it is overrun with homelessness and crime. You will see drug addicts doing crack and injecting heroin on city sidewalks and the police do nothing about it because the mayor is ultra left wing. The rampant drug addiction and homelessness spurs crime and twice in the three years I lived in Ottawa people tried to mug me. Moral of the story.....don't move to Ottawa.