I will be arriving in BC, Canada in June '09. I will be there for a month or so before meeting a mate in Nova Scotia to start a bike trip around. I will have a 12 month work visa. Is it likely that I will be able to get work in the Vancouver area to start with, and then casual work here and there around the country to help fund the trip?

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BD.

Without knowing what skill set you are bringing with you I can't be very specific. As of right now there is a constant need for workers in the service industry and the unskilled labour market through out Western Canada. Once you get East of Saskatchewan I can't comment however if a person wants to work I think it is possible.

Have fun

Rick

Thanks Rick.

I have quite a wide range of skills and experience from tourism (boat driving, diving, guiding etc) to emergency services, security and construction. I have also done bits and bobs in the hospitality and farming industries. I don't mind what I do, just something to help with funds on the road. Thanks for your advice: west is best.

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are things in canada as bad as the uk ? i was thinking of looking for some joinery work in september .is this going to happen ?

Being a retired carpenter whose retirement plan has been wiped in half, I can give you some info for Calgary where they say we have the lowest unemployment rate in the country. Finding joiner work here right now would be difficult, I look in the want ads everyday and maybe 1 to 2 jobs in that field appear each week, recent layoffs in the construction trades have put 100's of workers out looking for a new job I know I am one of them, althought I still only need part time work and I have years of contacts,I still only manage to get 2 or if I am lucky 3 days of work per week.

thanks for that .sounds just like the uk .so i am going to live very cheap to make the worth less £ last then