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I know you should worry about a bit more than just the weather....like the employment market. Montreal is fantastic, would enable your kids to grow up with the two extra languages (or one, assuming they already speak English) and if you live out in the suburbs (and realistically you wouldn't live in the city with three children unless you were a multi millionaire) you will get a large backyard. The employment market is also very good in Montreal. You may have to squash into a small apartment for the first while, until you secure employment, but then the sky is the limit.
If you look strictly about weather, you should move to Vancouver, as they have the warmest, and most stable weather(for example, on the East Coast, you can get -30 in winter, and +33 in summer....so it gets confusing for your body). Honestly though, you get climatised. I live in Australia now, and went home (on the east coast) for Christmas one year and I was running around in a sweater outside...
My opinion, I think Edmonton is uptight, Vancouver is a thumbs up, Calgary is a bit of a party English town, then you have Ottawa which is slightly uptight, Toronto which is very cool, Montreal which is very party oriented and has the benefits of the French(but you may find it difficult to find work if you don't speak French) and the Eastern Provinces, which are pretty small and have loads less jobs(unless you have a primary job like anything health related or teacher, where you actually get premiums to get there).
Do you want to live in a small town or a large one? Maybe you should ask a more specific question once you have narrowed it down to a few cities/towns.
Best of luck - it's a fantastic country, so you'll love it! |
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