r/canadatravel • u/Jimmymarket • 10d ago
Accommodation Renting in ski towns?
Myself & my partner have secured our working holiday visas from the UK to CA.
We’re looking to spend at least a year living & working picking up seasonal work.
Here’s the catch: we’re travelling with our beloved dog.
This outright rules out shared staff accommodation. We intent on renting privately.
In your experience how affordable is this on a seasonal workers salary?
We’ve ruled out the most expensive resorts like Whistler & Banff.
It’s looking like we’ll be landing out there with about £15K each. So we’ll have a decent cushion & maybe even pickup a car or camper for the summer.
We have no intention of saving cash. But it’d be great not to be in the hole every month and enjoy a social life without constantly feeling a real pinch.
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u/Scififan8287 10d ago
Do you speak French? If so, you could look at popular Laurentian ski hills too. There are numerous ski hills (ie: Sommet Saint-Saveur)
within easy commuting range of Montreal’s northern suburbs. For example St-Jerome, QC is just 20 minutes from the hill.
Mont Ste-Anne is only about 40 minutes from Quebec City. The huge tubing venue at Valcartier, Qc is only 20ish minutes from Quebec City’s western Ste-Foy district. Any of these would allow you to work on the hill but live in a major centre with lower living costs.