Reaction To Living in Canada: Average Neighbourhood vs Expensive Neighbourhood

[@bornstndnupntalknbak]

This is just such a small portion of Ontario. We can fit 14 scotlands inside Ontario 😊

[@cpaton1284]

To be fair a lot of ontario is dense forest , rather than residential

[@marcstlaurent3719]

The truck you were wondering what it is is called a Hydrovac unit , the procedure is also caused Daylighting . It’s used to excavate soil when backhoes cannot be used because pipelines and buried utilities are present as they can be damaged with those types of equipment . The downside is it’s slower and much more expensive as the trucks use high pressure water and large suction to suck up dirt and rocks . I owned two of those and did that type of work for 20 years .

[@Colin32269]

I worked with Badger Daylighting at BrucePower 20 years ago.. Quite loud,wet,mucky and cold in January at -20 on Lake Huron it was lol...

[@derekhorlock1976]

I drove the water truck chasing the Vac unit and sometimes got water from the nearest town which I paid for, was reimbursed, and sometimes a small lake or pond, worked in the Alberta oilfields, was good money but long days and away from the family to much which eventually lead to divorce but that's life

[@davidleaman6801]

The winters in Canada play hell with the roads. Time passes before repairs are completed and then they just redo the whole road once it gets to a point.

[@jillyathon9456]

Canada has hot summers, very cold winters and a lot of gravel from the last ice age…thus the ground heaves at the temperature differences..especially if they happen quickly…then how much rain at the time also factors in. Roads r repaired year round here..mostly spring and summer.

[@comptont23]

First. And this is my hometown; Port Perry ON, about an hour outside Toronto. They showed Canterbury Commons which is on a golf course and then mix of Castle Harbour and Honey Harbour Heights neighbourhoods. Those houses range, used to be able to get them between $1-2 MM but the one they showed probably $2.5 MM but it’s been a while since I looked, equivalent house in Toronto depending on neighbourhood and lot size probably closer to $10-12 MM.

[@echobeefpv8530]

I live in Winnipeg, and I wire new homes ( I'm an electrician ). New homes in nice neighborhoods go for around 400K to 1 million, depending om size and outfitting. An average used home in a average neighborhood ( middle class ) would be around 350K to 500K.Very ballpark figures, and you can find very expensive homes ( above 1 mil ) and cheap homes, but the cheaper the house , the worse the neighborhood. Parts of Winnipeg are downright dangerous, just like most cities. The roads here are horrible.

[@SteveMenardDesignDXM]

I would call this a middle-to-upper middle-class neighbourhood. We also display our flag much less than Americans. I'd suggest that you check out subdivisions that are closer to the center of town in cities. You'll see older homes and in some places more run-down areas.

[@thinkpadBentnoseTheBlind]

housing prices are way above local assesments for certain. my house went from a 2 bedroom bungalow worth 180k and it has 2 1/2 acres.10 years later it is worth 350k+ and would have a bidding war. this is in the Boonies though in rural areas. my buddys house in Halifax south end was 500k when he sold it 8 years ago and now is worth a cool million or more. it is making many young couples and families not able to acquire a home at all unless they both make over 60k/yr each at least. Rent prices are crazy too in the city or rural areas.

[@cherrypickerguitars]

I live in Kelowna BC where the houses in the rich neighborhoods cost several million $ and are amazing! Ordinary houses in ordinary areas cost $700,000 to $900,000. It’s all relative to location BC means “bring cash” Peace

[@RodRuth]

I'm originally from the Sunshine Coast in B.C., and I absolutely agree. Noticing your name; I am also a guitar player...lol

[@cherrypickerguitars]

@ Hey! Keep on pick’n! I love the Okanagan! I’m in Winfield, between Kelowna and Vernon, in what’s called “Lake Country” now. I’m 67 and have lived in 5 provinces, but choose to live here, despite the expense. I feel truly blessed to live here! Love the Sunshine Coast, love the Island, even love the lower mainland, but the Okanagan is it for me. I’ve been here since 2013 (from Ontario) and it took 2 years for my guitars to stop “groaning” over the dryness! lol. Merry Christmas, where ever you are! Peace

[@dwh58]

Spider cracking is common in all asphalt roads in Canada, water and freezing temperatures create cracks ( frost heaving ). Those are hydro vac trucks using water to dig holes and sucking up the water and dirt ( high pressure jet digging ).

[@susieq9801]

Right. The temperature can go from 50 or 60F to freezing in 24 hours. Roads don't have a chance.

[@paulthomas3035]

Pretty much everyone is missing the point - yes this is an upper middle class neighbourhood where the typical home is $1mil + in cost today. The issue is that salaries are maybe $100k for a good job, that means a 25-30 yr mortgage MIGHT just make it. Everything is out of proportion to 10-15 years ago, and out of line with 30-40 years ago. Its got to stop where the biggest $ gets the homes, regardless of where the money came from.

[@lizturner267]

I live in Oakville, Ontario. Population is 233,000, it’s west of Toronto, 1/2 way between Toronto and Niagara Falls (about 1 hour to each). We are known as the “richest town in Ontario”. The median price for a home here is $1,680,000 but that honestly gets you a starter home for your first step on the property ladder. When we moved here 30 years ago our “starter” home was $150,000, when we upgraded 17 years ago to a beautiful, leafy neighbourhood our house cost almost $600,000. We'll be selling in the spring as the kids have finished school (finally) and moved on so we want a condo for hubby and I, the recent appraisal was for over $2.5 million. The dream of young families settling here has been priced out of reality which is sad as my kids would love to start their families and bring up their own kids here. Getting your foot on the first rung of the property ladder is tough here but worth it if you can. I grew up in Sault Ste. Marie in Northern Ontario and you can get a decent home there for $200k still.

[@terryomalley1974]

That first subdivision in Port Perry, ON was a fairly typical Southern Ontario suburban neighborhood. Recent immigrants generally tend to settle in inner city areas because housing rents are a but cheaper, but also because there's usually more if their fellow countrymen/women in larger, urban centres than in suburban neighborhoods. The reason homes even in affluent subdivisions are less than for similar houses (square footage, amenities, etc...) is because of lower population density and supply and demand. Simply put, higher population density and demand (big cities) versus lower population density and demand (smaller, more remote suburbs).

[@elvishemeon389]

Ontario is Huge. The province represents so many geographical differences. Obviously size and population dictates property values. Most cities now have suburbs being built on the outskirts. Most are middle class earners. I'm out in the country but am just 1 hr from downtown Ottawa. I am near a large river but not on the river. On the river means a property well above 500 thousand dollars. I'm in what would be called a bedroom community. Most everyone commutes to the city for their jobs. I purchased back in 2000 for just over 100 thousand. Today It's valued at about 400 thousand. That's some idea as to where prices have gone. Long story short, the further out you can go and still be able to commute, the less the price.

[@sherrysutcliffe678]

I live 20 Mina from Port Perry. Average cost to buy a house in this section of Port is over a million dollars!

[@johnandrews3568]

The average house price anywhere within a two hour drive from Toronto is about $1.2 million. A number of factors have sent real estate numbers insanely through the roof the past decade. A house in a smaller town, say Grimsby, could have been purchased for $3-400K 10 years ago is now over a million.

[@jeremykershaw]

My parents live 10-15 minutes from a very well off area in Toronto where Drake has his mansion and Gordon Lightfoot was his neighbour

[@shinjofox]

Type of neighbourhood and what they look like will vary widely across the the country. Even in Southern Ontario the first area is an older suburb likely 1million + for a house here. Starter or New homes in Southern Ontario are typically large homes on tiny lots or Townhouses with no real land. If you can afford a house, They would still be close to a million the Greater Toronto Area is very expensive to buy a home. The second area is even more expensive, Those places with the big lots would have been rural home lots sold to build on for the wealthy now those are going to be 2,3 4 million likely more. Many small rural areas will have neighbourhoods like this. It does make me pleased to hear that as an immigrant he has not experienced any prejudice in moving to Canada.

[@pskovca]

The cold weather does a number on asphalt roads. Generally the cities are ok with removing potholes and such.

[@finnishcanadian3375]

Housing prices especially in Southern Ontario like Port Perry are ridiculously high. Even the first homes shown in a suburban area can be close to a million plus as they still looked fairly big.

[@rrain3375]

I live in Toronto next to Lake Ontario. Premium priced. Port Perry is a very pretty town. Single detached homes change price depending on the size of lots. Like mine is 50’x100’. More than an acre will double the price of the house. The estimated value of mine is $1.3 million last December.

[@youtubasoarus]

Those houses are likely between 1 and 2 million canadian dollars. Pretty average neighborhood by the looks of it. The larger houses in that second neighborhood are probably 3-5 million or more. I've seen some crazy neighborhoods around the GTA with houses approaching 10 million+. There are some MONSTER houses in certain nooks of the GTA like the "bridle path" ones.

[@krnstc]

I would say the majority of places have well kept lawns & clean streets. There are pockets here & there of neighbourhoods that are more scruffy but they aren't a majority. What was shown in the video IMO was mid to upper income homes.

[@AnvilHammer-br1xp]

Those first homes in Port Perry looked like about 850K - 950K Can. upper middle class

[@Pickles1955]

I live in a small town west of Victoria BC and I left Victoria because the cost of housing. Even in wee Sooke newer homes are on average 1.1 M. Sooke is rural with fishing and forestry history.

[@chrisgraham2904]

Port Perry is a viable Ontario town of a little less than 10,000 people, about 85 kilometers north east of Toronto on a man made lake. There is an "old town" section with a wide diversity of homes, from small frame bungalows to large Victorian homes. In this video you see the newer subdivision developments of the town, which are about 15 to 20 years old, built upon previous farm lands. Most homes in the Average Neighbourhood are priced just over $1 Million dollars, so they are still out of reach by many, particularly young, non-professional couples. The larger homes and lots of the Expensive Neighbourhood probably range between $2 to $2.5 million dollars, but in a city like Toronto, a similar home would be priced in the $4 to $6 million dollar range.

[@robertfraser845]

the town of port perry is just north of the city of oshawa it was back when i owned a boat and had it in one of the marinas was a very small town most people in toronto would have never heard of port perry now its just as costly to own a home as it is in the outskirts of toronto and areas east of toronto many people have moved away from the larger built up towns and city areas and the home building has just exploded in all these areas all people from around the world have been welcomed to CANADA as we always have. the roads can be a real challenge to keep up due to the cold and heat in summer but for the most part most roads have been well maintained and resurfaced on a regular basis many immigrants just like my parents did when we came to canada from the UK in 1967 start in the larger city areas and move into the smaller built up areas

[@Colin32269]

My mum n dad brought us to Canada in 73 from Scotland,now 50 years later...I'm moving back to Scotland to escape this country.Im going to go explore my dads old haunts am gonnae get work, and am gonnae live of steak pies, fish n chips and Irn Bru❤❤

[@Colin32269]

I leave in April

[@heatherlegary7453]

I live near Winnipeg. Our roads are subject to severe freeze-thaw-freeze (repeat), and this causes a lot of shifting. The potholes are bad, especially in spring. We have roads under repair all of the time. I don’t believe our Government is willing and/or able to build better roads.

[@ashi133]

Barrie is close to the GTA (greater toronto area) but if you want to see what the majority of people in Ontario live like, lookup Mississauga, Brampton, and Scarborough. That should give you the most varied view of our suburbs and be able to see what the majority of people in our country live like (no joke like 30% of everyone in Canada lives in these areas, we only have around 30 million people) Barrie has immigrants, I think the guy was saying that nobody was a "problem", everyone gets along. The houses in Barrie and north are bigger bc it's cheaper to build out there, so not necessarily "richer" just bigger

[@mmdiane]

Our roads are destroyed due to extreme weather changes.

[@pvdogs2]

I think the primary reasons immigrants don't tend to live outside the larger cities is because of transportation and employment. I'm assuming new people to Canada don't have vehicles or they don't have a Canadian or International driver's license and there are more jobs in the larger cities.

[@mrbaddog4749]

Most immigrants will move to a large city of Canada to establish residence and employment. As the years pass by they will grow to better homes in better neighborhoods ( as do all Canadians ). Many immigrants also open businesses in cities ( where it's easier to establish a client base ), so they do not move out of the city till they are ready to retire or their children take over the business.

[@cocorox9677]

I think you were seeing water stains as the water was drying on the roads. Noticed puddles of water at the intersection.

[@curmudgeonaf]

I’m not familiar with Port Perry, but that looked like a fairly affluent neighbourhood to me. Not necessarily rich, but upper middle class. You would definitely need to have SOME money to own one of those houses. A lot of the design, architecture and city planning, is probably fairly similar in much of the country, but the prices vary wildly, depending on location. The exact same house in two different locations, would be worth a different amount. We have to constantly repair our paved roads. The temperature differences throughout the year, and the freezing and thawing of the ground does a lot of damage to the pavement (not even including the wear and tear of the cars themselves).

[@iangiles3360]

Ontario homes are generally more upscale compared to here in Nova Scotia. They are also way cheaper here.

[@SMOOVKILL1]

This is just a neighborhood in port perry with bigger houses. Some are smaller and theres alot of farmland too. Nice town. They have a history too with the Mississauga First Nations around Lake Scugog. Went there a couple years ago for a pow wow.

[@Rosiecats]

Winter freezing and thawing wreaks havoc on pavement.

[@hartplanet356]

That would have been a white-collar neighbourhood in the 1980s. Now, you definitely need money to move into such a neighbourhood. In the 1980s houses went from $100,000 to $200,000 overnight. Mortgage rates went from 5% to 10%. Down payments went from 10% to 20%. Then in the 1990s, houses went from $250,000 to $400,000 overnight.

[@davidedwards3838]

The second neighborhood wasn't a rich neighborhood. It was middle of the middle class to upper middle class.

[@punkybru5061]

I would say this shows upper middle class and then wealthy. Definitely a lot of more modest neighbourhoods than the two shown here

[@bethmccann3272]

Prices in the Maritime provinces are about half.

[@harrycuerden5266]

Ontario is a LAAAAAARGE AREA prices for everything are effected by where you live. Multi million dollar homes within driving distance to large city's are abundant. Get away from large cities and prices are more reasonable. My dad emigrated in the 60s ended up in South western Ontario. This video is not reflective of Ontario in general.

[@murraytown4]

This upper middle income - lots of greenery, detached homes on large parcels of land and wide curvy streets. Not my taste, but whatever.

[@larrynelson4909]

Nothing average about southern Ontario

[@rubysultra]

Those were all nice. Not average.

[@Karen_in_Canada]

You want to see real wealth? See if you can find a tour of the Bridle Path in Toronto

[@Colin32269]

Canada is so messed up and expensive that our Finance Minister (Krystia Freeland) (who is also our Deputy Prime Minister) quit her job yesterday. She couldn't bear to read the fall economic statement stating that our budget is through the roof and we are doomed ,so she said I quit, blamed it all on Justin Trudeau,and left Parliament.. Now we are really in trouble, if Trump hits us with the 25% tariffs in January,our economy will collapse and we will all be starving..As a result of this I'm moving back tae Scotland in April wi' my Canadian wife and starting over again.❤"canny wait tae get doon the toon in Glesga' again😂

[@bornstndnupntalknbak]

I wish my grandparents hadn’t migrated to Canada 😭

[@lewildwest]

Nah, that's rich and then uber-rich. Average would be smaller houses, bungalows.

[@bethmccann3272]

Rural areas are much cheaper

[@RG-qn2qm]

Middle class homes

[@jocelynerousseau7098]

The roads all across Ontario is disgusting. Blame this on waiting till it is desperately needed to properly repaired. I know for a fact yhe Europe keeps their roads 10 times better over there then here in Ontario

[@christinec1928]

Port Perry is a good two hour drive from Toronto so not really commuting distance. Maybe from Oshawa if you work there. I'd call that a typical mid to upper-mid class neighbourhood. Newer neighbourhoods like this are springing up in small communities across southern Ontario as homes in major cities become less affordable. Same type of subdivision in Toronto would be only for the very wealthy. You get more house for your dollar in outlying areas.

[@lamborghiniperlini1710]

aint no way thats an average neighbourhood XD the immigration propaganda is real. Hace fun being stuck 5 people to a bachelor pad when you move here!

[@chrisgraham2904]

Immigrants tent to gravitate to the largest cities, where in cities like Toronto, they can find their ethnic neighbourhoods to find employment and rarely begin life in Canada with a house. High rise apartment towers become the rental homes of immigrants. If immigrants are highly educated for a high demand career, they will likely be 5 to 10 years before home ownership. Those without such skills are destine to apartment rentals for the rest of their lives. It takes time for immigrants to save a $200,000.00 down payment for a basic $1 million dollar Toronto home and time to build a credit history to qualify for a mortgage of $800,000.00 Plus.

[@sarahbb7227]

Average ppl live in appartments or semi-detached houses which is like two houses stuck together and you split the property down the middle. This is upper middle class/upper class and then rich. Nothing average about these. haha

[@mmdiane]

Housing prices are out of control in Canada.

[@sylviedaragon2542]

The first part is a middle class neighborhood, not a high end. Yes, immigrants do live in those neighborhoods, maybe not upon arrival if they need to get jobs and stuff.

[@sarahsnowe]

I don't like the wide roads in most of Canada, not to mention all the %&*@! parking lots and other bleakness created by our car culture. Far too much asphalt. Charmless.

[@chrisgraham2904]

When the snow is piled up six feet high on each side of the street during winter, the roads are not so wide after all.