Offered position in Quebec

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Anto318

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Hi all,

I've been offered a contract position through work in Quebec for 6 months, I was just wondering what's Quebec like as a place to live and work.

If anyone has any of experience I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,
AM
 
Predominately French speaking province although Canada is bi-lingual. Do you speak french?
What part of Quebec?
What time frame are you looking at? Can get very cold in winter ie -30 degrees.
 
Lucky divil !

Was there on holidays and is a beautiful city - very very clean and cheap (relatively). I think it's always up there in the top ten places to live in the world.

Almost everyone speaks English as second language
 
Go for it. Its only six months, if you dont like it you will be home soon enough but if you do you could stay there for a while.
 
Oh i'm definatly going for it it is huge experience working as a contractor for a major pharmaceutical company.

Leafs I do speak french haven't spoke it in a long while but i'm sure I can pick it up if I have to.

The timeframe is October-March as far as I know I have'nt got the full details yet but I just wanted to get an idea of what Quebec is like.

Thanks for all you help I appreciate it.
AM
 
Hi Anto,

I'm from Montreal and moved over here so what do you need to know?
Quebec is a Province, and quite large, have you been offered a position in Quebec City then?
If yes, it's about two hours east of Montreal and slightly more french than Montreal.
It's a very big on tourism so you will find that most people speak english as well as French in the busy parts of the city. Also the french spoken in Quebec is slightly different than the French spoken in France, slight variations of words but the basics are pretty much the same.
Montreal is a much easier city to get to than Quebec City. Unfortunatly there are no direct flights from Dublin to either Montreal or Quebec City. If you're going between June and october your best bet is to fly Air Canada via Toronto where you should get a flight to Quebec City. Otherwise you will have to fly via Heathrow or Paris. Heathrow can be unreliable at best (see this link) and I doubt you'll get a flight to Quebec City from there, Paris might be a better bet, otherwise you could always fly to Montreal and make your way to Quebec City.
I guess the question is what do you need to know to make your decision? It does get cold in the winter, most of the time around minus 28, there are a few weeks in February that can get as cold as minus 38 or so but you dress for it and spend little time outdoors. Boots, coat, hat, scarf and gloves are required! If you've ever wanted to ski there are loads of great ski hills nearby and a visit to Montreal is a must.
Quebec City has a lot of history to it and has loads to see and do when you're there. In the winter, and I guess I'm presuming that you'll be there in the winter, there is a famous winter carnival with an ice hotel and bar and everything so if you are going there you won't have to look far for things to to.

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Thanks very much addob, I put my name in for the position there are a couple of factors which I think will need to be thrashed out so I'll just have to wait and see but if I'm happy with the work and the package they are giving me I'll be heading to Quebec.

I won't have any issues with travel ect as I will have all that sorted for me if I go. The only thing I kinda wanted to know was what is Quebec like for living etc and your more than answered my questions addob.

Thanks again for all you info I really appreciate it, the girlfirend is planning her trip already for Christmas skiing etc so I'll just have to thrash out the small isues with it position and see what happens.

Thanks again,
AM
 
One last thing I'll say, other than Good Luck!! is that 20 dollar Canadian will pretty much get you the same as 20 euro will here, when you go over there and exchange your euro to Canadian dollars you're laughing, with a rate of exchange at around 35%. That being said, keep that in mind when you head back over here, make sure that the package that you're getting is paid according to what you need to get by over here, ie a salary in euro that you can live with. I remember when I first moved over here and exchanged all my precious savings only to come out with much less.
If you have any other questions, no matter how small don't hesitate to ask!

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