Friday, 13 December 2013

"Cobourg"- Northumberland County- East of Toronto | Knowing more about Cities in Canada

Cobourg is a "very" small town to the East of Toronto. It is part of Northumberland County.

I got the chance to visit Cobourg recently for one day.

Getting to Cobourg is very expensive if you don't have a car, and there is limited transportation inside Cobourg. You can get a taxi if you don't have a car to move inside

Via Rail has 4 trips per day from Toronto. You can check the prices of Via Rail online. Add to that the cost of the bus to Toronto from Mississauga, and a taxi in Cobourg.. and it would add up to around $100 for a round trip.

Cobourg is really small. I let the taxi driver take me around. There was basically one street which has all the shops. However, all shops close at 6:00 pm.

You would definitely need a car in Cobourg. The buses stop operating at 7:00.

The town is not well lit at night. There aren't a lot of buildings and houses in it. So you would definitely be identified as someone new in the street!

People living in Cobourg have been living there for a long time... it is basically their hometown. They live and work there.

The rental costs around $1250.. whether the building hosts older generation, or younger people. Utilities are added to the rental cost. As for the cost of buying an apartment, a two bedroom apartment costs $165,000.

New funding for Economic development in Eastern Ontario will help bring more businesses to Northumberland County.

Northumberland CFDC provides up to $30,000 funding for scientists and engineers willing to start their business in Northumberland County.

Northumberland CFDC is seeking entrepreneurs from Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields who have a market-ready product or process innovation that they wish to commercialize in Northumberland County. Start-up businesses launched in Northumberland through the Scientists and Engineers in Business (SEB) Initiative may be eligible to receive up to $30,000 in the form of non-repayable performance-based contributions matching the STEM Entrepreneur’s equity in their new company.

http://www.northumberlandcfdc.ca/seb/

People working in Cobourg don't really need to go to Toronto much, as they work within Northumberland County.

If you find a job in Northumberland County, you would have to live in that area.







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