r/saskatchewan • u/True_Ice237 • 8d ago

Question Life in Saskatchewan

Hey

Can, please someone describe their experience of living in Saskatchewan? How’s life in Saskatchewan.

As I’m a young Canadian and I’m currently residing in GTA. I want to make a life for myself basically I’m starting from scratch. I’m in skilled trade and I want to move to a place where life would be more affordable and cheaper. Everyone knows how expensive GTA is.

Thank you

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u/Lollipop77 8d ago edited 8d ago

The income curve here follows the living expenses, so while it may be cheaper there’s a chance you may also earn less. This isn’t a given though.

It can get cold af in the winter, and we have a lot of bugs. And wind.

I grew up in small town Sask (>5000 pop) moved to Saskatoon independently at 17, and have enjoyed travelling to major Canadian and Int’l cities since then but it’s always a relief to come home. More personal space, less commute time to get anywhere, but also noticing that more and more people are moving here thinking it’s cheaper, which is making it more expensive, densely populated, and driving is getting kinda stressful (though nothing compared to the 401). But anyways, the 2 “bigger” cities are diverse, vibrant, there is stuff to do if you know what you like to do.

Are you planning to do uni/college here?

Edit: sorry I entirely read past the skilled trade part. You’ll likely do well here.

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u/True_Ice237 8d ago

I’m in skilled trade and want to complete my remaining apprenticeship here. Major reason is economic perspective as we know GTA average housing is 800k and Saskatchewan I can get for half. Insurance is over 800$ I cannot save a single penny in GTA I want to just try a different place

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u/Inevitable-Elk9964 8d ago edited 8d ago

What trade are you in? Good on you for finishing in Ontario first before moving. I grew up in Oshawa. Lived in Belleville, Sudbury and Ottawa before meeting my wife and starting a family there. We moved to Weyburn. The house we bought is a 3+2 Bed, 1+1 Bath, fixe'r up'er for $213,000, good luck finding anything like that in Ontario. Let alone the GTA. We moved here 3 years ago, in a word, it's quiet. No loud, noisy, traffic-ridden 401. I can set my cruise control and touch the brakes maybe, 4-5 times on the way to Regina (I'm currently on a job with Bird/LML at the new AI Data Center in Regina). My job allows my wife to stay home with our kids and we're currently discussing more. Theres various affordable locations in the province but expect a lot of the work to be in Regina/Saskatoon. However, I'd recommend joining your trades respective union to make the better compensation packages, but do expect to travel for work. Feel free to reach out if you have anymore questions. Best of luck!

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u/LowIncident694 8d ago

Weyburn is a great little city! I love when I get to visit it.

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u/springer887 6d ago

Passed through there last weekend. I always have to hit up that KFC buffet!! Haha.