Moving back to the city meant getting my health care and driver's license changed over from Ontario back to Alberta. Walking into the registry I found no line at the health care desk so I started there. This process took all of five minutes. I had to fill out a form and answer a few questions and that was it. It certainly wasn't the drawn out red tape filled process I was imagining.
The drivers license took a little longer. Mostly because I had to stand in line. The lady I dealt with was quite pleasant, unlike the woman I had encountered a week before when I popped in to ask what information I would need to bring with me to get everything changed over. Again, just a few questions, got my picture taken, signed inside the little box and I was on my way.
Unfortunately a few days later I got a call saying that my driver's license had expired a a couple weeks before I went to change it over. Oops! I thought my license expired in November but it was October. The agent explained that I had to get a letter of confirmation from Ontario or a copy of my drivers abstract. Luckily, Ontario has a program where you can go online and pay $12 for a PDF copy of your abstract.
A few days later I dropped off the abstract at the registry and everything was taken care of. I had my new license in that mail in less than a week.