r/britishcolumbia

My partner is considering relocating us to Vancouver, BC. I am a registered nurse. From where I am from (Calgary, AB) it is extremely difficult to get a nursing job as an external applicant. I understand it’s the same situation in Ontario right now— new grad and even experienced nurses cannot land positions even after dozens (and in my case when I graduated) hundreds of applications.

I am wondering how hard is it to find a registered nurse position in Vancouver?

I’m willing to work pretty much anywhere except LTC. My background is in acute care, outpatient addictions/mental health, emergency psychiatry, and palliative care/hospice.

Edit: Thank you all so much for your responses!!!

Apologies in advance because these answers are probably out there already and these might seem like stupid questions, but Google is so useless nowadays I can't find anything remotely related to what I'm asking.

I'm going into the 11th grade here in Alberta (Canadian citizen by birth if it matters), so I'm beginning to plan what college/university is going to look like for me. I have many reasons for wanting to leave Alberta, and many why I've decided BC would probably be my best option to move to.

The thing is, I'm looking at campuses right now, and all of the student housing options are 19+ in accordance with the legal age of majority in BC. But basically nobody is 19 when they graduate high school and go into college. I will not be 19 until the summer after my first year.

I'm confused because here in Alberta, once you are finished your K-12 education you are free to go off into the world and begin your adult life. In BC, you're stuck in this weird limbo for a year.

How do you guys do it? Do you have to have your parents sign your lease for the first year of college? Neither of my parents would be moving with me. Is it even feasible to live on my own in BC under the age of 19, or are there even more roadblocks I haven't even thought of yet?

Thanks in advance.