Timmins calls itself “the city with a heart of gold.' And it offers a fast track to permanent residency for immigrants willing to move there. IDEAS producer Tom Howell finds out what this northern Ontario city has to offer a newcomer, and who’s ready to fall in love with Shania Twain’s hometown.
Timmins calls itself “the city with a heart of gold." And it offers a fast track to permanent residency for immigrants willing to move there. IDEAS producer Tom Howell finds out what this northern Ontario city has to offer a newcomer, and who’s ready to fall in love with Shania Twain’s hometown.Can Timmins, Ont. abolish its reputation as a place to make a quick buck in the mines and move on?Timmins calls itself 'the city with a heart of gold.
She recalls how a child could leave their teddy bear at the mall, and you could return later to find it in exactly the same spot. The same would hold true if you left your laptop on top of your car and walked away, she added."We wanted that permanence that the UAE [United Arab Emirates] could not offer," she said. Their residency visas in Dubai depended on keeping their jobs, making their situation fundamentally precarious.
"Less than nine months, that was amazing," Everard said. "I'd never heard that happen to anybody before."For decades, Timmins has suffered from the curses afflicting many smaller cities: declining population, downtown desolation, a youth exodus, labour shortages, and a shrinking tax base. Crime levels remain high above the national average. Death rates relating to opioid addiction are among the highest in Canada.
As the mayor of Timmins, one of Michelle Boileau’s jobs is to make the city an attractive option for those seeking a profitable urban Canadian lifestyle. "We were very multicultural back then," says Kaitlyn Dubeau, a curator at the Timmins Museum. "There were 27 different ethnicities represented in a community and the population was only a few thousand. We like to say that Timmins was multicultural before Toronto was."
Approximately 40 per cent of Timmins residents identify as francophone, including the town's recently elected mayor. Half the population describes itself as bilingual .
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