hi i am hoping to glean some advice/information from experienced members of this forum in relation to planning a move to canada.

we are an irish family, and are setting the wheels in motion for a move in summer 2010 but are a bit overwhelmed by the decision making especially in terms of what area of canada to move to.

i am 30, with a bachelors degree and about 5 years experience in the administration/office management field. having spent 3 years in the home i am currently studying to teach english to foreign nationals but doubt this skill would be in demand in canada so am willing to revert back to office based work.
dh is 36 and will complete 21 years military service in the irish army in 2010 at which point he can "retire", hence the date of our proposed move. he is a qualified chef and is currently doing various computer courses, mostly networking
we will also be bringing our 7 year old daughter with us (she will be 9 then)

my main question is, bearing in mind our skill set, what part of canada should we be looking at? we would like to stay on the east coast as it will be quicker/cheaper for my parents to visit or for us to return home.
we are not city types but would like a suburban area with good schools and job opportunities and plenty of activities for our daughter.

we will also be bringing approx $200-250,000 canadian dollars with us and wonder how this will contribute towards a nice family property (say average detached 3/4 bed with garden)

and finally what will our potential earnings be (just an approximate figure). ideally i would not work for the first year so as to settle my daughter into school, establish links with the local community, etc so we wonder if we could survive just on dh's wage for that first year (we certainly cant in ireland!!)

any other advice would also be greatly appreciated. it is very daunting making this decision and it may sound mad but we have never visited canada ourselves, just know a few canadian people and friends who have spent time there. we have never heard anything bad so it must be a great place to live.
we are just so disillusioned with ireland at the minute and cant see lights on the horizon so we really do want to give this a good shot.

thanks and sorry for rambling on!!