Swarley
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A bit farther from downtown, High Park has off-leash areas, and there seem to be almost as many dogs as people in the apartments around High Park station.
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Redroom Studios
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always glad to welcome new people to the city... I just dont know why anyone living in a nice, warm year round climate would want to give it up for our winters? Lots of people here would love to move south... maybe you could look for a house exchange.
DSC
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I assume you know you can't just 'move to Toronto'. Canada is a foreign country not another State. That's not to say we would not love to have you, and your dogs, here but so many Americans think they just need to arrive....
SP!RE
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Leslieville is a great place for lesbian couples with dogs hehe. 
blacksax
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Wow! You've all been so helpful! Except for maybe picard102, I didn't really follow that so much! Anyway! Thank you for all the help/suggestions.
blacksax
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unimaginative2
Senior Member
Have you worked out the immigration yet? It's actually a lot more frustrating than you might expect, but it's not impossible. You're looking to move here permanently, I assume?
blacksax
New Member
To be quite honest, the weather is our biggest concern with wanting to move so far up north however we're both looking for a big change and a nice welcoming city to live in. The US although "trying" to be progressive only goes so far. Toronto offers us a better chance at the type of life we'd like to have where FL does not.
blacksax
New Member
We need to make many trips before we get into working out the immigration stuff, but yes we'd like the move to be permanent
Frustrating is alright by me so long as it is possible
DSC
Superstar
We need to make many trips before we get into working out the immigration stuff, but yes we'd like the move to be permanent
Frustrating is alright by me so long as it is possible
Possible but VERY slow - take a look at the government website at http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/ci-ci/Immigration-Immigrer.aspx Acceptance is based on a points system (with points for education, age, languages, job skills etc). You can fill in a tst form online to see your possible 'score'.
Even if you have lots of points it takes ages - at least 18-24 months.
blacksax
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highlife
New Member
you can find helpful links from this blogger who moved from NYC to Toronto. The blogger's views are far too "progressive", "left-wing"...for my tastes, but the site also contains some helpful information as well as links to gay and lesbian americans who made the move to toronto. Look for the section called "how to move to canada"
www.wmtc.ca
www.wmtc.ca
blacksax
New Member
Thank you! This is very helpful!
unimaginative2
Senior Member
If you've already got a job lined up here (i.e. a work visa), it's much easier to apply for immigration.
makattack
New Member
True, BUT, beware, if you rent a privately owned condo/townhome/home, many owners will not rent to anyone with pets, not much can really be done about this other than move on to the next option.