hello Kate welcome to aller's English how are you today I am so well how are you well I'm so excited
to have you on the show we love having guests voices on the show and for our listeners guys
today on the show I have Kate Kate is originally from England and moved to Canada in 2017 after
falling in love with a Canadian Will's backpacking in Thailand I love that I love the Love Story Kate
that you ended up in Canada from England after falling in love with someone that's a fantastic
way to end up somewhere absolutely it's a mouthful isn't it an English girl moved to Canada because
she met a Canadian backpacking in Thailand you got it you got it you got it yeah I love that
Kate runs an online community guys to connect and support International professionals who live
in Canada and Kate is also the host of the new to Canada podcast and the new to Canada Academy so it
sounds like you've been busy lately Kate is that right yes definitely when I moved in 2017 I was
just kind of it was an unexpected move right so I was just dropped in and I didn't know anything so
I thought you know there's no reason to struggle anymore because I'm gonna create everything that
someone needs when they're moving I love that you know we really do need these resources we need a
place to go when we are new somewhere so we can connect with people in a similar position and I
love your perspective as someone from England who's moved to Canada and you have a really
interesting kind of point of view on the Canadian Lane in a way the way that Canadians speak English
isn't that right absolutely it's crazy because you think oh the United Kingdom the US Canada
we all speak English our cultural you know things are all the same you know we listen to the same
music food go to watch the same movies but I was so surprised by all of the differences as a Brit
in Canada it's crazy how many differences there are yeah I'm super excited to get into that today
guys when we finished today's episode kata's gonna let you know a bit more about her community the
new to Canada Academy and all the resources that are available to you if you're living in Canada
and you are a newcomer but first let's get into this topic of language in Canada so Kate you are
here to show us three or four slangs today that we would never find in American English that you
do have in Canadian English can you tell us what the first one is yes so the first one I
have is for money so the Canadian dollar we have a one dollar coin which everyone calls the Looney
um so elune is a bird that you find in Canada in The Lakes it's a beautiful bird so they
have a picture of the bird on the coin so it's a loony um and then the two dollar coin is a toonie
I don't know it makes me think of that TV show we have in the states Looney Tunes it was a cartoon I
wonder if that's somehow related to that the name I don't know I don't know it'd be interesting to
remember that's a good hack you know you can remember Looney Tunes so now is this something
that's used kind of in rural places and urban places I'm really interested for our listeners
and knowing the differences between the you know the rural way of speaking in Canada versus the
urban way of speaking do you see a big difference by the way in in the types of words that are used
uh definitely um I've created quite the debates over on Tick Tock whenever I generalize Canada as
a as a whole you know you've got people that live in very you know rural Canada that that
say things like oh you're gonna given her is a really good one okay it means you know if you
are driving something that's got quite a speedy engine like a jet ski or a Skidoo or something or
even just your truck um if you're going out for a drive and you're going fast that you're given her
oh my gosh so that's all right pretty rural very very rural okay yeah so you said that in the city
I'm sure that they would uh understand you but yeah right because I think Canada Pro I don't
know this for sure but it seems to me when I look at a map it seems like Canada has a lot more wide
open rural empty space than even the US does right so people probably live quite far apart from each
other in you know the Northern Territories um again where in Canada are you living now just
remind us one more time what did we say earlier uh so I'm Northern Ontario so I'm about two hours
from Toronto so okay so you're kind of closer to that that more urban area is that right sort
of that Urban Corridor okay all right I love it so Looney Tuney is the is the first one
um and then what would be our second slang that we need to know Kate
uh coffee is huge here I'm sure very similar to the states where you have uh Starbucks or you
know all of those kind of chains everywhere in Canada the chain is called Tim Hortons
um so you'll see Tim Hortons absolute everywhere it's crazy every street corner has a Tim Hortons
yes and the the slang for Tim Hortons is Timmy's too I'm gonna go to Timmy's get get a double
double so a double double is I was so confused when I first got here but it's basically a coffee
with two creams Two Sugars a double double all right I love it so that so I had heard of Tim
Hortons before and I knew that was huge in Canada is Starbucks big in in Canada or no or how did
they kind of shake out between the two yeah it is is still very popular um but yeah Tim Hortons is
obviously the Canadian brand so Canadians like to be you know I go to Timmy's and um the the lineups
are through the drive-through are crazy they're always so long everyone loves their timmies oh I
love it so go to Timmy's and get a double double oh so good so good coffee culture is huge for
our listeners right because a lot of times we do connect over coffee and tea all over the world so
knowing how to invite someone would you in Canada would you invite someone to a Tim Hortons or is it
more of a takeout type coffee shop would you say you can sit down and eat but yeah it's mostly a
grab and go kind of thing a lot of action going leaving oh the door opening all the time chilly
in there I'm sure what about independent coffee shops are those popular would you say yes yeah
absolutely especially in the cities like if you go to Toronto you actually get you know much better
coffee in my opinion and you get like your you know Boutique coffee shops and that's much more
social and okay I always say that to everyone if you're trying to meet new people just just become
a regular at your local coffee shop because then you're that face that everyone gets to
see and exactly see regular faces and it's easier to meet people yeah great place great way to meet
people I love it okay so I'm glad you shared that one because that is going to be a key piece of
our listeners lives if they are moving to Canada engaging in Coffee Culture so good I think we're
ready for number three now Kate what would be your third uh word or expression that we should know uh
so I've noticed where I am anyway that uh beauty is said a lot so obviously in the Canadian accent
it's a beauty almost with a d yeah um so yeah it's a beauty day out that means you know it's really
good weather it's really hot or sunny it's a beauty day um or you could obviously say a person
oh she's a real Beauty but that doesn't mean appearance it means that maybe maybe that person
is a really good friend or a good person so oh she's a real Beauty means she's you know a great
person oh I love that I like that that word can be used to describe kind of inner beauty in a way
um you know sometimes I feel like American culture can be sometimes a little superficial I think in
the U.S that would be if we had that expression it would mean you know you're your physical
appearance you know there we go generalizing again about these cultures but it's refreshing to hear
that a slang like that means you know talking about the inside of a person and who they really
are I love that so again the expression is tell us one more time Kate you can say
uh oh it's a beauty day out the beauty okay she's a real yeah she's a real Beauty I love her she's
great and when we're talking about a day it's as opposed to saying it's a beautiful day out you say
a beauty day that's so interesting okay love it I love it all right do you have a fourth one for us
a fourth one um took is a really good one that means your winter hat this is very Canadian yes
yep uh I've heard it but I would never say it yep so that's that's probably pretty Canadian I like
it I like it how cold does it get where you where you live Kate in Canada um it gets pretty cold
especially for me I'm from England so I'm not used to much snow at all so yes it gets really
cold it's the wind chill that gets you so you think oh it's only you know minus five but then
we have to pay attention to the wind chill because that's what really hits you it's like minus 30.
ouch minus 30 Fahrenheit right uh okay Celsius oh my gosh okay wow also really bad I grew up in
or well I grew up in the Boston area and so I'm used to the wind chill I think on the East Coast
you know Canada the us we can get a lot of these really difficult high winds that can make it feel
a lot colder yeah so our listeners our listeners are going to want to be ready for that if they
are relocating to Canada so today we've had some really cool little slang words and expressions but
Kate could you offer our listeners some wisdom or some words of advice if they are getting ready to
relocate to Canada what should they keep in mind to be successful there what's the most important
thing to keep in mind would you say yeah so aside from if you can timing it to move to the summer in
the summer yeah I say that's the smartest thing you can do try not to shock your system too much
by moving in the winter time but sometimes that's out of our control but if you are obviously get
your toque and get your winter stuff um but yeah I would say that you know job searching
is is notoriously difficult for newcomers in Canada um that's a big big conversation over
here with newcomers uh so lots of uh pre-arrival prep is key get your LinkedIn profile up to date
get your resume up to date because it's all about who you know in Canada building up your network
whether you see that's good or bad but yeah would you say that most of the people who come over
come to Canada have been kind of recruited by a company and sort of had a job already or most of
them don't have a job and are looking for a job what do you see in your audience your community
yeah I see people job searching so yes they come here and they you know they land and then they're
looking for that job opportunity so interesting that's why a lot of people head to Toronto because
that's where you know a big saturation of jobs are available and lots of networking opportunities yes
do they tend to go to Toronto more than Vancouver for example is Toronto sort of the favored City
for job opportunities would you say I would say so yes it's just it depends on the climate that
you that appeals to you I always say that you know Toronto is more kind of like New York and
then Vancouver has more of that La Vibe so it is very similar it mirrors the states in that way
um yeah if you're if you're craving the mountains in the ocean then people go to
Vancouver but yeah Toronto is more for that corporate life oh good it's fantastic advice
key you know really have your LinkedIn profile in order have your connections you want to be
building your connections years before moving right we're not going to start building those
connections When we arrive we're going to already have those and we'll be tapping into those setting
up meetings from the first day we're on the ground in Canada I love it can you tell us a
little bit about your new to Canada Academy that you're inviting students into on today's episode
yeah I would love to welcome new faces um I created it because yeah there isn't one place
where you can go when you move to a new country that gives you all the information you need and
you have a community of other Internationals that have done the exact same move as you
um so yeah all of the resources and all of the support in one place so we have an online video
course uh delivered by myself and career coaches and real estate agents oh cool yeah we run through
everything you need we were just mentioning the pre-arrival prep uh the logistics that when once
you get here so setting up a bank a phone plan all of that life admin the Canadian culture so
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us know a little bit about Canadian slang super interesting yeah it's crazy how different it can
be it's been wonderful thank you for having me thanks Kate have a good day you too bye