Settling in Canada

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Contact an immigrant-serving organization in your community that will help you get settled in Smiths Falls.
Get a map of Smiths Falls, and learn to navigate throughout the town.
Open a bank account.
Look for permanent accommodations.
Find someone who will act as a reference or co-signer for your apartment and/or mortgage.
Set up essential services such as utilities (water, heat, electricity), insurance and telephone.
Register your children in school.
Arrange child care for your children if you will be working.
Apply for the Canada Child Tax Benefit, a tax-free monthly payment made to eligible families to help them with the cost of raising children under age 18.
Find a family doctor.
Have your children immunized once you have arrived in Smiths Falls.
Apply for an Ontario driver’s licence.
Get licence plates and registration for your car.
Visit the Smiths Falls Public Library, located at 81 Beckwith St. North, to use the computers, Internet and inquire about library cards.
Start looking for a job.
Look into having your foreign credentials recognized (if you haven’t already done so).
Register for language training to improve your skills or to learn English/French as a second language.
Start volunteering to gain Canadian work experience.
Contact Welcome Wagon at 613-283-7655 to get your welcoming basket.

This content was last updated on
Monday, April 11, 2011

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