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on 26 Apr 2016
Morning, I am a South Africa citizen looking to immigrate to Canada with my family. We are about 5 (3 adults and 2 teenagers)in our family. With us being in our 45 plus age group we wonder if this is seen as a hindrance to immigrating to another country. My partner is a Police Office and I work as a Project Administrator. We should be able to have ±CAD7500pm independent financial support for 6 months till we are able to find work. Would this be viable? Obviously we will have to be frugal and be very strict in our budget to be able to not be a burden on our host country. I am sure that we don't have to explain the reasons for our immigration, we just want to be able to provide a better future for our children while we can.
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Regards,
Cayley
Our page on Moving to Canada is a good introduction for prospective expats. If you look along the sidebar of that page, you'll see there are individual sections for various aspects of life in Canada, and at the bottom of that sidebar are a number of cities: Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, and Waterloo. Each of these also has its own subsections, so it's a good way to explore the possibilities of which city would suit you best.
Since you mentioned investing in business, you may also find the Doing Business in Canada page useful. For an overview of visa options, please see Visas in Canada. Lastly, check out our guide on Buying Property in Canada.
Best of luck with your move.
Regards
Meagan