I came to the Bay Area by way of Switzerland as a software developer. After twenty years the start-up was a big company and I decided to go back to school to get an M.A. in English Literature. Thanks to Air Canada's non-stop from SFO to Montreal, I visit friends and family in Montreal about four times a year. I love Berkeley and San Francisco, while part of my heart is in Montreal. If only we could merge the two, I'd be in heaven.

Guy T., Berkeley CA
July 23, 2008
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I moved to North Carolina 5 years ago. I met my husband online in a Christian web based site. I was born and raised in Alberta. Things are VERY different here in the South. I miss SO many Canadian things. I would LOVE to be able to get in the car and go to Tims'. Cannot find a box of Smarties or a Oh Henry! I could do without the severe weather and would rather have a blizzard anyday. I miss my home country, but this is where I am for now. When my husband retires we will move to Canada. I miss my grand daughters so much !

shirl B., Cape Carteret NC, Alberta
July 17, 2008
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I left the "motherland" to attend a small liberal arts college in Indiana back in 1998. Here, I met my wife (U.S citizen) and the rest is history. Well, here's a bit more of the story. After getting my B.A. I went on to graduate school in Colorado and then in 2006, moved back to the midwest for a faculty position at a private, liberal arts college in West Michigan. So, being from Southern Ontario and having a wife from Northern Indiana, I'm literally right between the two families here in Mighigan. I'm still a Canadian citizen, but a few years ago went through the hoops to get permanent residency in the States. I love Canada and love going back across the border to see family and friends. I have a 17-month old son who I am going to get Canadian citizenship for pretty soon. It might just be the best gift I ever give him!

Todd W., Holland MI, Ontario
July 10, 2008
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I left Nova Scotia the day of the Oklahoma bombing. So my anniversary date is well remembered - April 19th 1995. I first moved from Halifax to Port Arthur, TX. Talk about culture shock! I'm a nurse, so fulltime nursing jobs were few and far between. After 2 years in Texas, I moved to NC and loved it there. Then off to Delray Beach, FL, where I got married again. Florida is nice to visit, but too hot for too long for me.

After the hurricane season of 2004, I moved back to NC, and like I said, I loved it there.

Just prior to that decision to move, I met my Pittsburgh native "other half". Eventually he moved to NC with me, but was homesick for the "Burgh", a common aliment for Pittsburghers. They might leave, but they always come back. Maybe that's one of the connections between Canada and Pittsburgh.

There were 2 selling points for me moving here: #1 Sidney Crosby signed with the Penguins, #2 Tim Hortons coffee is available within a 50 mile drive. No more depending on my Alberta daughter sending me my supply. We just make the monthly pilgrimage to Ohio.

Now Alexander Keith's is available here at a little place near PNC park, Finnigan's Wake!!! I've been in the Burgh almost 2 years now, and love it here. I do homecare visits for new moms and babies, so I spend a lot of time on the road.

If there are any other "camrades" in the area, feel free to contact me. Picture was taken on Kelly's Mountain St Anne's lookoff. Yes I am a Caper by birth.

Janis S., Pittsburgh PA, Nova Scotia
July 3, 2008
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I moved to the Washington DC area in 1974 from Calgary Alberta to take a job with a national organization and have been in this area ever since. Both of our kids were born in Calgary, all of us have dual citizenship. I am originally from BC, graduated from UBC. My mother and sisters still live in BC. I am now retired, and although we plan on continuing to live in this area, we do plan on visiting Canada as much as possible. Right now, we get back to BC every couple of years or so. I do miss the "true north" very much, and long for coffee crisps, turkish delights, Shreddies, and Smarties.... but I do make great Nanaimo bars, which all of our US friends love! Any fellow Canadians in the DC area know where we can get any of the Canadian goodies around here? Let me know! And for those who may have lost Canadian citizenship through quirks in the Citizenship legislation, you need to look at the just passed Bill C-37 which corrects many of the problems and may be helpful to you.

Roger L., Falls Church VA, British Columbia
June 19, 2008
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I came down to work in Information Technology in New England seven years ago and loved it so much here I decided to stay! I am from Saskatchewan where my family still is. I miss them and the prairie and try to get home at least once a year. I live just south of Nashua, NH and love the Connect2Canada web site for finding out what is going on in Canada and with Canadians around here.

Jennifer J., Pepperell MA, Saskatchewan
June 19, 2008
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