I dont know what Alberta is like but i know Penticton in B.C is very slow at the moment.
My brother in Law works for an American company building RV's they had the factory shut down holiday in August, he still hasn't gone back to work and he's one of the main cabinet makers and fitters.
I spoke to him last week and he said life was getting very hard and all and sundry are starting to struggle.
Dont mean to be a black cloud with your move etc just wanted to pass the information on that i know.
But as we all know it may be bleak at the moment but the recovery will come and sooner would be better!!!
As i said before all the best, enjoy and you are a lucky bloke to be going to a better and much slower way of life