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U-Haul seeing record numbers moving to Atlantic Canada
Moving company says most people are moving from Ontario.
· CBC News · Posted: Oct 09, 2020 6:00 AM ATDevin Mitchell, logistics manager for U-Haul in Atlantic Canada, says the company has seen a dramatic increase of people moving to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia since COVID-19 hit. (Submitted by Devin Mitchell)
If you want more proof people moving to Atlantic Canada in big numbers, look no further than your local U-Haul dealer.
At rental locations throughout New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, trucks, vans and trailers are piling up in record numbers.
According to the company, people are moving here in droves, far outweighing the number of people who are leaving. That means trucks and trailers are piling up.
"We've had them lined up and down the road," said Keegan Glendenning, a U-Haul employee in Fredericton.
At Glendenning's location on Hodgson Road, the lot is overflowing. Trucks line one side of the road, trailers line the other.
It appears the road to Atlantic Canada has nearly become a one-way street.
And it's all due to COVID-19.
The U-Haul rental location in Fredericton has trucks and trailers parked on the street as the company records many more people moving into Atlantic Canada in the wake of COVID-19. (Shane Fowler/CBC)
"For the first few months of COVID it was very slow, no one was really leaving Atlantic Canada," said Devin Mitchell, logistical manager for U-Haul in Atlantic Canada. "It also seemed like there was a mass exodus leaving Ontario and Quebec, coming back here."
When the summer months hit, things got crazy.
"Since July we started blowing it out of the water," said Mitchell. "Huge increases in July, August, and it's probably the busiest September I've ever seen."
"Many, many, many, more moving in than in previous years," said Mitchell.
U-Hauls observation of Canadians trending to Atlantic Canada fits with other industries. Realtors have been flat-out selling a record number of houses, often to people who have never stepped inside the building, relying instead on virtual tours.
In a normal year, Mitchell said the number of Canadians moving tends to drop with the temperatures, but so far he's not seeing a decrease. Mitchell said it's good for Atlantic Canada and it's good for business.
"It's so much more than we anticipated," said
Mitchell. "So I'm hoping that will carry out into October, November and
December."
U-Haul is struggling to get vehicles back to their home locations in Ontario and Quebec. The company has been forced to lower rental fees for people heading to those provinces from New Brunswick. (Shane Fowler/CBC)
According to Mitchell's numbers, most people moving to the Maritimes are mainly from Ontario, but he is also seeing moves from Quebec. He said the number of people moving out hasn't decreased, with numbers comparable to last year.
But that imbalance has created a bit of a nightmare for a U-Haul logistics manager. Normally there's a steady predictable flow of people moving in and out of the Maritimes. Pair that imbalanced flow of movers with New Brunswick's closed borders and it creates a "Venus fly trap" for moving trucks.
"We have a record number of equipment in Atlantic Canada," said Mitchell.
When trucks and trailers start to build up, U-Haul will sometimes hire employees to take vehicles back to other depots across the country to even out the fleet. But the closed border, coupled with the mandatory two-week quarantine, means that's not feasible.
"I can send a stream of guys driving trucks and trailers out there, but once they fly back, they're out of commission for work for fourteen days," said Mitchell.
So, the company is offering reduced rates for rentals instead as an incentive to get equipment back to Ontario and Quebec.
"For the foreseeable future, the rates will probably be pretty low for leaving Atlantic Canada," said Mitchell.
We're happy to have you here.
"Methinks my ghost has obviously picked up a new critic or possibly a familiar one with a new ID N'esy Pas?"
"sorry to brake it to ya, but there is nothing you can do to stop other Canadians from moving to NB and they will continue to move here. As far as the federal government is concerned, we simply must vote them out a the next election. Besides if people in NB are against far left policies so much, as you claim, then why did they all vote liberal in the last federal election????"
Archie Bunker is back
'Willing', you said. Well. They could start by reading back issues of AcadieMan. ;)
$60k above is nothing compared to average prices in other provinces.
Many buyers could end up with a few hundred thousand in their pocket.
People are able to work from home more than ever before, they can have a hobby farm, crops and/or animals and there are indeed regular jobs here as well. You don’t need to live in a city to have a great life. I have no idea how people live in the GTA. Real estate prices are not offset by a relatively small increase in salary.
Possibly many are retirees with mortgage free homes.
What's the missing puzzle piece - population maybe? Leadership? Call-centres?
Methinks many old folks would agree its because of all the the clowns we elected since the 50s who pay homage the Irving and McCain Clans. Trust that New Brunswick was thriving when I was kid back then N'esy Pas?
Without a number of any kind this becomes less than worthless.
Might as well write about the clouds in the sky.
Yea Right
Despite it all New Brunswick and most of its folks help to make this a wonderful world N'esy Pas?
Does NB have a lot of buddhist monasteries or something?
"...look forward to pushing up daisies with my Forefathers."
Hope it's daisies and not GMO Norway Spruce. ;)
Be … in which place? Decades-old P.E.I. licence plate evokes recent N.B. slogan
1970s P.E.I. plate designed to mark province's Confederation centenary reminiscent of recent N.B. effort
Paul Hantiuk · CBC News · Posted: Feb 22, 2017 7:45 PM AT
At top is a New Brunswick plate featuring the 'Be... in this place' slogan that was taken out of circulation in 2011. At bottom, the 1975 Prince Edward Island licence plate.
Many, like me, moved back and retired so pay isn't an issue.
I moved back and retired at 58, that's hardly old.
Methinks whereas he is as old as I it follows that I must agree that he has certainly earned the right to enjoy his latter days in "The Place to Be" N'esy Pas?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/housing-market-pandemic-covid-19-1.5669213
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/newell-family-new-brunswick-1.5754059
An egregious error was made in 1784 when the Colony of Nova Scotia was partitioned due to the whining of U.E.L.s; I expect that Nova Scotia would want nothing to do with a reintegration of its territories at this point in time.
However they did take Cape Breton back Correct?
Methinks this simple fact should rot Higgy's fancy blue socks and put an interesting knot nasty blue knickers and his fine tie as well N'esy Pas?
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Ontario family makes virtual home purchase in NB in midst of pandemic
Real estate agent said it's a trend during the pandemic
· CBC News · Posted: Oct 08, 2020 7:00 AM AT
Andrew and Ashley Newell with their 8 month old baby, Nancy, moved to Fredericton on Oct. 1 from Ontario. (Submitted/Andrew Newell )
In the midst of a global pandemic, an Ontario couple packed up their life and movedwith their newborn daughter to New Brunswick, without any family ties to the province and without first being able to tour their new home in person.
Andrew Newell and his wife, Ashley, arrived in Fredericton on Oct. 1 — closing day for their new home they purchased while living in Peterborough.
Because of the COVID restrictions, the family wasn't able to visit and view the house until all the paperwork was processed, and the family's move was official.
"It was a good experience overall when we got here, and there wasn't any surprises," said Andrew.
Real estate agent Bradley MacDonald said giving virtual walk-throughs for clients outside of the Atlantic bubble is becoming more common during the pandemic. (Gary Moore/CBC)
The Newell family made the purchase from their home province while their real estate agent, Bradley MacDonald, showed them properties through various social media apps on his phone.
MacDonald walked through each listing that caught the eye of the Newells — virtually.
Newell said the process worked well and he relied on MacDonald for details the camera couldn't pick up.
"I have to remember to ask, 'Does it smell strange in there?' or something like that, right," Newell said.
The husband and wife had visited New Brunswick in the past and were shocked with the price of houses compared to Ontario.
And for a growing family, that was enough to pull them to the East Coast.
The Newell family made the purchase from their home province while their real estate agent, Bradley MacDonald, showed them properties through various social media apps on his phone.
MacDonald walked through each listing that caught the eye of the Newells — virtually.
Newell said the process worked well and he relied on MacDonald for details the camera couldn't pick up.
"I have to remember to ask, 'Does it smell strange in there?' or something like that, right," Newell said.
The husband and wife had visited New Brunswick in the past and were shocked with the price of houses compared to Ontario.
And for a growing family, that was enough to pull them to the East Coast.
"I think the average price in Peterborough when we left was somewhere around $550,000, and you're lucky if you can get two bedrooms for that price," Newell said.
The pandemic's new way of working and living made the move possible. Newell works in information technology. While most of his work was done from home before the pandemic, everything shifted online in recent months.
As for the move: the transaction was executed entirely digitally — right down to the dotting of the i's and crossing of the t's.
The Newells' story of moving from a larger centre in Canada to the East Coast during the pandemic is becoming a trend, said MacDonald, who works for the Syroid Group of Gardiner Realty Royal LePage.
Bradley MacDonald helped the Newell family virtually tour
listings the family was interested in while they were still in Ontario. (Gary Moore/CBC)
"A lot of families are discovering that they don't need to work in an office in a big city," the real estate agent said, adding that the affordability and lifestyle of Atlantic Canada are part of the appeal.
To accommodate the demand from families looking to move from outside the Atlantic bubble, MacDonald said the way he shows houses has changed.
"It's been a lot of WhatsApp video calls," he said, which is how he showed the Newells the listings they were interested in touring.
"I like to do a video call with them in person, so I can point out things that I see in a house," he said.
Although the Newells are some of New Brunswick's newest residents, the family has yet to explore their new neighbourhood because they are still self-isolating.
Once the isolation period ends, they're eager to explore their city beyond Google street view.
However "Powers That Be" know that even though I ran in 7 elections in this neck of the woods since 2004 and sued the Queen in 2016 I am still barred me from many public properties throughout Canada.In 2008 the RCMP arrested me without a warrant and had me falsely imprisoned in the looney bin when I asserted my charter right to meet a judge. Worse yet all these years later Higgy et al still deny me a NB driver's license. a medicare card and even a provincial ID which I require to renew my passport despite the fact that I own property in my name, pay the Crown's taxes and pay my NB Power bills and emergency room and doctors fees.
Methinks many folks know why I expect these words to go "Poof" N'esy Pas?
Completely agree, and with a large ageing population we should be encouraging people to relocate here and be thankful they do.
Not so much in Fredericton.
I doubt your facts.
Because it's not true. It might be true in Canada but certainly not in NA, particularly as Betty De Vos continues the process of killing American public education.
Same comment as to John Sievers, nothing to do with this story. Air Canada is trying to push for the end of two week quarantines for people arriving from overseas (self-serving to get more bums in seats) and to rely instead on testing. If AC succeeds that could put pressure on Atlantic Canada and the Territories to end two week isolations. How come NB cases suddenly jumped to 22? That might make the Atlantic Bubble pop.
a) to move to and take up residence in any province; and
b) to pursue the gaining of a livelihood in any province."
https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/RS686/default.aspx?culture=en-CA
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