Manitoba or Calgary? for a family

[miraculousmedal]

Originally Posted by mcd1203

I just noticed this post. I'm a born and raised Calgarian who's now living in UAE temporarily (miss Calgary). Anyways, I'm biased and will say Calgary is better. You may also want to compare health care offered by the province and the private health benefits as I believe Alberta is better. Its also the only province that doesn't pay pst only gst. As for Catholic Churches there are lots. Also we have the Catholic school board (I was a teacher for the board) its the same as the public school board but only for catholics as we practice the religion in school and take the kids to church. you just need to present yours and/or your child's baptism certificate upon registration.

Thank you very much for taking the time to respond to my query. It really helps me a lot with my decision.

[richardhenderson]

Winnipeg is fine
The cost of housing is reasonable, transportation to work and back is good. It takes my wife 8 minutes to drive downtown to work. U.S. cities are 2 hours by car. The airport is open 24 hrs. Steinbach is only a 25 minite drive from Winnipeg and the people in Steinbach are very friendly, true no booze in town.
There are more than 100 things you can do each summer in Manitoba that do not cost anything for example the zoo, electrical museum, Salsa dancing lessons at the forks, free outdoor concerts etc...
Rick Henderson