One of the big attractions for us in moving to Canada was the weather. A lot of the UK, in case anybody doesn’t know, can be very “grey” and “drizzly”.
Having lived in Nova Scotia for nearly 16 years and coming from Wales, I can honestly say the weather here is pretty decent. Now, that’s not to say we don’t experience crappy weather events. It seems to be all or nothing in Nova Scotia.
But I know how much us Brits are trying to escape the miserable weather of the UK and when planning a new life in Canada, the weather plays an important part of the decision of where to relocate.
The one thing Nova Scotia has in its favour is that the weather is more manageable than a lot of other provinces. Although Nova Scotia has certainly experienced its fair share of brutal weather. 2003-2004 was particularly devastating with Hurricane Juan destroying parts of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and then just five months later in February 2004, White Juan, a hurricane strength blizzard dumped 50-100 cm of snow on the province. There tends to be a hurricane event every year during September through to end of October.
Generally, our location on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean means our winter temperatures are higher and summer temperatures are a little lower than other Canadian provinces.
For us, making the decision to move here based on the weather was pretty easy. We knew the west coast was too expensive, too busy and too rainy. Alberta was too cold in the winter and the summers were way too short for our liking. Ontario was an option, but we thought it may be a little humid during the summer and the winters are definitely worse than our winters in Nova Scotia.
We are prone to a disturbed, changeable weather system here in Nova Scotia.
The temperature fluctuations and the fog can be a pain. Halifax has over 100 days of mist or fog each year. It’s very normal to enjoy a scorching summer day in Fall River, where we live and head to the beach only to experience thick fog and a severe temperature drop.
If you are super curious and like statistics, you can find out the average rainfall and snow in Nova Scotia here but I often find that looking at Canada weather and living with the weather can be very different.
Before I moved to Canada, I was under the impression that Canada= cold, no matter where you went. With Nova Scotia, sometimes it is, sometimes it isn’t.
There’s a saying, if you don’t like the weather in Nova Scotia, just wait a minute. And sometimes, this is very true.
As always, shout out if we can answer your questions.
Jane & Richard
Moving 2 Nova Scotia
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Hello Richard & Jane
Thanks for sharing your ideas & experiences about different aspects of life in Nova Scotia.
I with my wife & 16 year old son have been lucky to get PR of Canada. We will be landing in Halifax, Nova Scotia in May 2020. I intend to live HRM. My wife is an ECE.
I want your advice about the process and choosing subjects for my son who will be coming to Halifax after finishing his 10th grade here in India.
Also as per my limited knowledge, I can figure out that all public schools in Canada provide quality education. Still if u can help me shortlist couple of high schools and a good neighbourhood to live in the catchment area of these schools.
The main reason of migrating is provide one of the best education in the world. Hence, little apprehensive about schools.
Thanks
Mukesh Mangla
Hi Mukesh. Hopefully you are still on track with the move here given the current Corona virus situation. If you could email us at info@richardpayne.ca we can discuss areas and schools etc.