You may not know the medicalcare is free if your income is below certain amount (less than $27,000 annually?). You can find out a lot of benefits and services provided by Alberta governemt at the website: http://www.gov.ab.ca/home/
You can also find the benefits and services in other provinces as well:
I find the Calgary is a reasonablely nice place to live due to its lower income tax plus property tax thanks to its revenue from oil and natural gas. The housing is much cheaper as well.
I have searched some houses in Calgary online and found out that I can not see the garage from the front view of the photos, doesn't that mean the garage is at the back of the house? Some of them apparently have a garage in the photos.
Thank you, Ladybug, for your useful information. Much appreciated. We are almost certain that we will land in Calgary. Our deadline is July 9th, so we probably will go there in June this year.