If you’re relocating to Ottawa, we’ve got some resources for you.

We’ve updated our Проживающих за рубежом в Канаде: Ottawa page with a list of resources about Ottawa jobs, недвижимости, школы, и более.

And if you’re just thinking about relocating to Ottawa, you may want to know what’s so special about Canada’s national capital.

First of all, your dollar will go far here. Ottawa’s cost of living consistently ranks among the least expensive of any Canadian metropolitan area.

Согласно Канадской ипотечной и жилищной корпорации, the average (resale) home in greater Ottawa cost just over $300,000 в 2009, compared with roughly $400,000 in the Toronto metropolitan region and nearly $600,000 в Ванкувере. In this year’s Forbes ranking of The Cheapest Canadian Cities To Buy A House, Gatineau, Квебек (just across the river from Ottawa) was rated one of the four cheapest Canadian real estate markets.

Но quality of life in Ottawa scores highly а также. На самом деле, В MoneySense 2010 Лучшие места, чтобы жить survey, Ottawa ranked #1 в Канаде.

И Washington Post recently dubbed Ottawa “Canada’s cool capital,” calling it a “lively, smart, quirky and confident” place:

…If anything now characterizes the city, I’d say it’s an unselfconscious cool. There’s a proudly indie aesthetic in its neighborhoods, but without the hipster posturing of Toronto. Unlike language-obsessed Montreal, the city has a relaxed attitude toward bilingualism — everything here comes in both official languages — that lends Ottawa an easy cosmopolitanism. And there’s a buzzing food scene…

If you’re considering life in Ottawa, good places to start your research are Отдых в Оттаве (the city’s official guide for visitors) и Жить в Оттаве, the city of Ottawa’s useful guide to living and working in the capital region.

And check out our Проживающих за рубежом в Канаде: Ottawa page for lots more resources.

Оттава “apartment for rent” фото © Carolyn B. Хеллер