Hope renos for your condo goes well, Crankin and sale of present home at a good price.

Most likely Helene, you and hubby might do best living somewhere in Canada that's not too far from an urban centre that's diverse. I was surprised to learn of some historic francophone towns in Saskatchewan and Alberta.. One just never heard about them in the news/history books when I lived In Ontario. The level of awareness about francophones right now here in southern Alberta, strikes me as low. People here don't think of govn't services in French....whereas in Ontario there was some awareness.

My preference honestly is to live an urban area of Canada that is quite diverse in its local people and cultural offerings. I don't want to be in old age stuck in hearing/learning in 1 local perspective and people dominated by a similar background. I have a good close friend who is close to 80 in Toronto and I can see her own vitality, in addition to her interests, she loves learning..and that has been gained by meeting people from a wide spectrum of backgrounds regularily. She no longer travels outside of T.O. much because of cost, no longer has a car...but a strong network of friends who help and who also like her, want to keep on learning.