10 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD MOVE TO IQALUIT, NUNAVUT 

Thanks Gavin!

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Darynne Hagen It’s a territory but at this point a province and a territory are pretty much the same thing

#11 Chuck Todd's nickname is NumbNuts.

Ok

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What about in the 16th century?

@@zimmergameszimmerc6077 we don't talk about 16th century Canada

Impossible

We have been living here for more then 500,00 years bro.

I also agree that there is a high potential for development.

I think the people there like it how it is

The climate change is helping this. Northern Alaskan sailing of cargo ships will be coming thru northern port towns of the Yukon, NWT, Nunavut and around quebec, NFLD to the Atlantic. Canada has icebreakers working on routes as the northwest passage will be the future panama canal route for the north from the Pacific ocean to the Atlantic! There will be huge growth up north in the future!

@@Matt-zp1jn if almost anything has to imported from far away? with all the rising costs of transportation in the future?

3 years later, are you in nunavut?

merf64 this is definitely on the list of videos I’d like to film! :)

Waiting for the videos of Iqaluit showing markets, shopping mall, and the spots which we must visit.

I had more friends in Iqaluit than in Ontario 😛 you’re guaranteed to make lifelong friends there! Amazing people.

@@OliviaIrwin4 Fair enough! I have also lived in a small community before and I found the same thing, much more intimate - everybody knows everybody - whether that is desirable or not ! :P

It’s a pretty cool place!

Who cares

Fuckya Lookin at lol thanks!

@@caesarsneezer6992 wow, rude

@@zachmoerman4165 if Justin bieber was the narrator, would you say his lips were dreamy? I doubt so. She's not sitting there to titillate your visual inclinations, so what's the purpose of commenting on her hair. Personally, I think her hair looks natty and unwashed, but I don't give a damn, and especially don't give a damn to make a statement on you tube

@@caesarsneezer6992 damn you sound jealous

Seriously!?

Totally expensive! Which is unfortunate, but yes- it’s cheaper to travel to a beach in another country than here! 😛

It is definitely a little winter wonderland :) I'm excited to have Christmas here!

The snow storms are bad

Graham Warrington very cool! Things have definitely changed but the snack is still our go to! Have you been back since you moved?

@@OliviaIrwin4 Have not been back... I know now that the " Road to Nowhere " is all built up. When we were there we would load up our VW beetle and head out there to the little stream at the end ( then) for a picnic. We lived in 671B at the time. The post office at the time was in the "Highrise " There weren't many post boxes at that time.. Now I see it is quite large. I don't know if I would want to go back , even for a visit as Iqaluit is now so large. I did get to discover a lot of the Baffin Island as twice a year would do a trip to all the communities on the Island as a part of routine maintenance of the CBC radio and TV transmitters. A lot of seat time in the HS748's and Twin Otters. The furthest I was up on the island was Pond Inlet. Did a few trips to Igloolik and Rankin Inlet also. Even looking at Google earth I see Iqaluit has changed so very much !! Again had a great time there. BTW... I was able to get a lot of O/T when there which allowed me a 1 month out in the summers and a couple of weeks in the winter.. We would fly to Ottawa on First Air and then rent a car for a month. Would get a new car , and with Federal unlimited miles would but about 10,000 Km on in the month out. We had a son born in Iqaluit. Because I was on the Fire dept and ambulance service as a volunteer when it came time to deliver ... the doc , a lady Doctor from the UK said to me... "You get down here and do this " !!! That was the greatest experience of my life !!! . You guys have fun and you will have a life time of memories.. It is not too often that a child can say " I was born in Iqaluit NT " Most here in the south can't even spell Iqaluit correctly... Alys want to put the u after the q .....

Graham Warrington & Olivia...Thanks for sharing your memories and experiences, it just amazed me that the Olivia’s vlog (i.e great work) is paying off and being a source of inspiration for many of us...past and present generation meeting place and boast for the rest of us. I’ve been very hesitant for so long to make the move and grab a position in the Public Health (field) but this videos and both your comments are cementing my motivation...hopefully I’ll leave Edmonton for a fresh experience in Iqaluit in the near future. Good videos👍😎

Graham Warrington so interesting to read! I love hearing people’s experiences of living here. The majority of the people we meet love living here, which says a lot. Although we don’t plan to stay here forever, it’s a pretty cool adventure! And amazing your son was born here too! :)

Jaja Sebutata thank you!! I get a lot of negative comments about these videos 😛 but also a lot of positive ones about how they helped people make the decision to come here or not, which is amazing! I have no doubt if you do make it here you’ll have a great experience! :)

Mikey Mike I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for your comment :)

Zimmer games Zimmer c thank you! :) I love hearing about living in other parts of the world. Personally I love fall and spring, of course the two shortest seasons in Canada! 😛

Thank you! Glad you’re enjoying them :)

Same here stephenville crossing

Heather McCarthy I hate humidity! I always feel rotten when the humidity is high 😷

Very cool! Good luck with the job :)

I'm from Markham and i rather freeze my ass here and pay for items for a cheap price.

A few hours.north of Toronto personally and I love the colddd

@@TomGeek1980 same bro because I can be cold

what about freezing temperature? isn t is bad for your asthma and allergies? in my case I tend to get sick at winter

It was actually better than we expected! Definitely some days that take your breath away, but not as many as I thought there would be.

It's actually more cold down south. It's cold up north, but it's a dry cold. So it's more tolerable than down south.

How's the life there now?

Doctor at 25? Wow must be genius!

Rufus The Spaceman ! I hear English more!

Nope! I have seen people cross country ski though :)

Totally depends on what industry you’re looking to get into! Generally the wages here are relative to the higher cost of living :)

hello, i am planning to move as well from EUrope .Did you end up going?

I’m an RN and I’ve been thinking of doing the same thing! Seems like such a unique opportunity!

I lived there for 2 years. I think you need to be ok with the isolation, weather and lack of daylight before you think about the cost of living

@elimar008 😉

I wasn’t there for very long so I’m not the best person to ask, but we couldn’t afford to stay there long term with only one of us working full time. I was at home with our son and we definitely would have needed 2 incomes to make it work for longer!

Joe Duffy the only airlines that fly here are first air and Canadian north! So you’d have to fly to somewhere like Ottawa and then get flight from there :)

@@OliviaIrwin4 thanks for the reply! i will look into it. Meanwhile I will enjoy the sunshine down here in st pete florida. stay warm

it's true If you point it out they will attack you call you racist send hate mail and tell you to leave.

What is your mobile number

Ok cmon Croatia is better, except split, split is gross, it looks like they tried to put a communist city in the Mediterranean and failed ultimately. You know what, move there, escape split.

@@pankajsharma4165 wtf why? Hahaha

I am from Croatia and i will porably move in nunavut

Trust me you’ll fall into depression real quick if u ever move there

Thank you! We buy as much as possible on Amazon, and I usually go to the store without a list, buy what's on sale that week and then decide what to make! There are occasional deals and you get used to the prices of the essential items, but amazon is a life-saver!

Olivia Irwin I would love to see a "what I eat in a week" or grocery haul video including the prices!

ThorntonLacey awesome idea! I’ll definitely work on doing this :)

I believe the population earn a much higher income than usual to compensate for the high prices.

There are Tim Hortons and a kfc here!

Nunavut has no territorial sales tax, only GST. Residents do get a northern living allowance!

Still 0 as of today

Who cares if the harmless thing is there, it’s beautiful

They are pretty bad! I got lucky this past summer, as they were better than other years. I wouldn’t want to run into anything and have to defend myself! I would only go out on the land with someone who was experienced, which is way I never did. Not only for that reason but I’d think it would be pretty easy to get lost.

I would move in for an IT job

if you don't sugar coat Iqaluit and paint it in a perfect light you will get so much hate I suggest you don't make RU-vid videos there.

joe black I’m a stay at home mom right now, my boyfriend works as a firefighter!

1 Million?

I don’t think me not sounding excited is a justified reason for me not thinking these are pros lol. This is the way I speak, if you were to see me on Christmas opening gifts and being excited, this is still the way I speak lol. When I made this video I had only lived in Iqaluit for 4 months, and definitely didn’t know enough about the local culture to discuss it. If I ever do feel like I’m able to speak on those things, I will. It’s very important for me to respect the Inuit and their culture, way of living, and Iqaluit in general so I won’t be talking about those things unless I feel like I’m in a position to do so! Thanks for watching.

Olivia Irwin ally of that makes some sense lol I was just like “ooooh a whitey like me, maybe I SHOULD MOVE TO NUNAVUT let’s see what she says!” And it’s like ‘mmmmmm Theres drinking, hmmmm lots of hunting....work, yup there’s work...” and I’m like “....none of this sounds like fun”. Sigh...I’ll stay in Winnipeg. I hope there is something cool out there to do and you find it! Lol

I'd like to know this as well. I noticed that quite some of RU-vidrs based in the north of Canada are teachers, and that's what I aspire to become.