Atlantic Canada is gaining incredible popularity
Why are Canadians leaving metropolitan areas?
More and more Canadians are looking to settle not in Toronto and Vancouver as they used to, but in Canada's Atlantic provinces: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador or in Prince Edward Island.
Lee and Rebecca Larabee are a case study of a family moving from Toronto to Springhill, a Nova Scotia town of less than 3,000 people that the couple had never been to. They had long wanted to leave the metropolis because of the ever-increasing prices, the small apartment, and the hustle and bustle, but the pandemic put the final stop.
"Every time Rebecca goes to work, I worry because she's literally putting her life at risk for a salary that's just above minimum wage," says Lee Larabee.
In 2015, Rebecca was diagnosed with transverse myelitis, a neurological condition characterized by inflammation of the spinal cord. Oil was added to the fire by Lee's tattoo parlour in Toronto, which had been closed since November. The couple sold it.
Lee says they've received many well-wishing messages from Springhill residents on Facebook communities. People have even offered to buy them groceries for the mandatory 14-day self-isolation period upon arrival.
Larabee is one of many Ontario families who travel to the Atlantic Provinces in the midst of the third wave of the pandemic.
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