Hi we are planning to immigrate to British Columbia, Canada. I'm Indian and I have lived in England for 12 years. We visited BC few years ago and totally fell in love with the place for the scenery and beautiful mountains, we throughly enjoyed our canadian road trip. After all these years in the UK, we are seriously thinking to immigrate to Canada. We have a pretty good lifestyle here, my husband is a Family practitioner (GP), decent wages, a nice house and two young kids. But the quality of life in UK is slipping. We like to spend more time with the kids, outdoors, skiing, nature trails etc. There are plenty of opportunities for my husband in Canada, we have checked health match BC and Canada immigration and they are desperate for UK trained family physicians and the pay is decent too.
We loved Vancouver and how multicultural it is, but after doing lots of research the 'Multicultural' aspect seems to be a bit overwhelming, I have read lots on the internet about how Canadians are not very welcoming to Asians etc...We never felt any racism when we visited and we always commented how nice and friendly the Canadians were. This was in 2007, has something changed since then? Or was I just a tourist and these things didn't affect me? I totally despise living in ghettos and love to integrate with the community. Working and living in UK we have been able to do that to a great extent and have numerous friends from all backgrounds. What quality of life can I expect in Vancouver? I'm also worried about the gang related crimes, would it be safe for my children? Should we just cross Vancouver off the list and look somewhere like Victoria or even Calgary, Alberta? Any advise would be great.