Your first months in Canada will be full of change. You will face many challenges, especially if you have to learn English or French, or improve your language skills. You may have to take a first job or live in a home that is different from what you expected. You may need to get more education or training to get a job and build your new life here. Here are some helpful contacts that will be able to assist you and have a smooth transition into your new life.Contact an immigrant-serving organization to find out what resources are available in your community to help you.

NATIONAL:

HSBC Immigrant Investor Programs
We assist qualified individuals and their families, from many different parts of the world, successfully immigrate to Canada. For more information about the Immigrant Investor Program, visit our website.

Work Destinations
The Work Destinations site will interest potential immigrants and students who want to know about entry into regulated professions and trades in Canada.

Canadian Heritage
Canadian Heritage is responsible for national policies and programs that promote Canadian content, foster cultural participation, active citizenship and participation in Canada's civic life, and strengthen connections among Canadians.

ONTARIO:

Settlement.Org
If you are new to Ontario, Settlement.Org is for you. Find answers to common questions about moving to Ontario and settling into your new home.

Across Boundaries
Across Boundaries is a mental health centre that provides a range of support and services to people of color in the Greater Toronto Area who are experiencing severe mental health problems/serious mental illness. We employ a holistic approach to mental health care and operate within an anti-racism framework.

African Community Services of Peel
African Community Services of Peel is incorporated as a "not-for-profit" community based organization, whose main objective is to provide settlement, integration, education and social services to the community.

Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture
The Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture aids survivors in overcoming the lasting effects of torture and war. In partnership with the community, the Centre supports survivors in the process of successful integration into Canadian society

Canadian Ethnocultural Council
The CEC's objectives are to ensure the preservation, enhancement and sharing of the cultural heritage of Canadians, the removal of barriers that prevent some Canadians from participating fully and equally in society, the elimination of racism and the preservation of a united Canada.

Canadian Ukrainian Immigrant Aid Society - Toronto
CUIAS services include settlement assistance, English language training and immigration consulting. Our services are offered in English, French, Ukrainian, Russian, Polish and Romanian languages.

Catholic Community Services of York Region - Immigrant Services

Catholic Immigration Centre - Ottawa
The Catholic Immigration Centre (CIC) has been serving immigrants and refugees in the Ottawa-Carleton region for 52 years. It is a community-based non-profit, charitable organization.

COSTI - Toronto
As a community based multicultural agency specifically mandated to provide services to new Canadians and their families, COSTI embraces the ideals of this nation, and is committed to ensuring that each generation of newcomers is provided with the opportunity to participate in, and contribute to, Canadian society.

Council of Agencies Serving South Asians - Toronto
To facilitate the economic, social, political and cultural empowerment of South Asians by serving as a resource for information, research, mobilization, coordination and leadership on social justice issues affecting our communities.

CultureLink - Toronto
A settlement agency for new Canadians, CultureLink is a not-for-profit community-based organization that facilitates the settlement of newcomers to Toronto, Canada.

Immigrant Services Guelph-Wellington.
Immigrant Services Guelph-Wellington (formerly known as Guelph & District Multicultural Centre), a community-based organization, facilitates integration and settlement of newcomers who have chosen Guelph as their new home by enabling them to participate in all aspects of life in Guelph.

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada - Toronto
Our organization promotes the long-term integration of newcomers into local Jewish communities from coast to coast by building partnerships between immigrants, government, charitable foundations, employers, service providers and volunteers.

Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre
Thousands of culturally, linguistically, and religiously diverse immigrants and refugees in the process of settlement use our services each year. They include, but are not limited to, seniors, youth, children, parents, the unemployed, women suffering abuse…

London Cross Cultural Learner Centre
With over 30 staff that speaks 14 languages, CCLC is able to help newcomers to begin the process to successfully settle and integrate into our community. Many of the staff were immigrants themselves and understand the many challenges that newcomers face. They are experienced and caring professionals who will work diligently on your behalf.

Microskills Community Development Centre - Toronto
Community MicroSkills Development Centre is a multi-cultural, non-profit, community-based organization committed to assisting the unemployed, with priority to women, racial minorities, youth and immigrants.

Multicultural Council of Windsor and Essex County
To promote and encourage a harmonious society in Windsor and Essex County that is multi-racial, multi-ethnic, and multi-faith, and to work toward the social equality of all cultures.

OCASI
The Mission of OCASI is to achieve equality, access and full participation for immigrants and refugees in every aspect of Canadian life.

Ottawa-Carleton Immigrant Services Organization (OCISO)
OCISO supports immigrants through the journey of making Canada their home by providing creative and responsive programs that are culturally and linguistically appropriate, by building community through mutual respect and partnerships, and by fostering healthy and inclusive spaces for open dialogue and healing.

Quinte United Immigrant Services
Quinte United Immigrant Services offers direct, essential services to newcomers to Canada including reception, orientation, translation/interpretation, referral to community resources, solution focused counselling, general information, and employment-related services.

Multicultural Association of Northwestern Ontario
The Regional Multicultural Youth Council (RMYC) is an inclusive group linking youths in small and isolated communities of Northwestern Ontario.

Settlement and Integration Services Organization - Hamilton
If you are new to Hamilton, find answers to common questions about moving to Hamilton and settling into your new home.

Skills for Change - Toronto
Established in 1982, Skills for Change (SfC) is a non-profit agency based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Our mission is to provide learning and training opportunities for immigrants and refugees to access and fully participate in the workplace and wider community.

Social Development Council Of Ajax-Pickering - Host Program
The Immigrant Settlement and Adaptation Program is dedicated to serving permanent residents, convention refugees and live-in caregivers who are new to Canada.

Sudbury Multicultural/Folk Arts Association
The Sudbury Multicultural and Folk Arts Association work toward building bridges between Newcomers and existing services, identifying problems and solving them and providing multicultural & cross cultural services to the communities.

Working For Work, Kitchener, Waterloo
Working For Work is a non-profit organization that helps New Canadians find employment in the K-W region.

WEST (Women's Enterprise Skills Training) - Windsor
We believe that success means different things to different people. By filling women's lives with opportunities for success, we're helping build a strong and prosperous community.

YMCA of Kitchener-Waterloo Immigrant Services
Our settlement services are available in both official languages, English and French. Whenever possible you may be served in your first language through our multilingual staff. Currently our services are available in Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian, Dari, Dutch, Farsi, French, Hindi, Kurdish, Mandarin, Punjabi, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu.

ATLANTIC PROVINCES:

Immigrant Settlement & Integration Services
ISIS is a leading community organization that welcomes immigrants. Working in partnership, ISIS offers services and creates opportunities that enable immigrants to participate fully in Canadian life.

The Multicultural Association of Greater Moncton
The Multicultural Association of the Greater Moncton Area (MAGMA) is an umbrella organization of ethno-cultural associations and individuals in the Greater Moncton Area(Moncton, Riverview and Dieppe). MAGMA is actively involved in the settlement and adjustment of new immigrants and refugees in our area. MAGMA is a bilingual, non-profit, non-sectarian, and non-political organization.

Multicultural Association of Nova Scotia
MANS provides leadership to the diverse ethnocultural community, of which, over a hundred ethnocultural groups reside in Nova Scotia, and works to support the development of cultural diversity. It encourages people from diverse communities to work together and presents programs and services that aim at building society that is fully inclusive of all peoples and cultures.

PEI Association for Newcomers
Serves as a representative community-based immigrant support organization, designed to meet the long-term social inclusion and community integration needs of first generation Canadians living in Prince Edward Island

MANITOBA:

Immigrant Centre of Manitoba
The Immigrant Centre helps new Manitobans connect with a new home, participate in Canadian life and adjust to new surroundings. The Centre’s free and low-cost programs and services help immigrant’s start a new life in Manitoba that is both enjoyable and rewarding.

SASKATCHEWAN:

Moose Jaw Multicultural Council
The Moose Jaw Multicultural Council welcomes and integrates newcomers to Canada, and develops harmonious relations among Canadians, through programs and activities that recognize, respect and promote the positive aspects of cultural diversity, and that seek to discover, encourage and develop commonalities among people.

Regina Open Door Society
The Regina Open Door Society (RODS) is a non-profit organization that provides settlement and integration services to refugees and immigrants in Regina. RODS is committed to meeting the needs of newcomers by offering programs and services that enable them to achieve their goals and participate fully in the larger community.

Saskatoon Open Door Society
The Mission of the Open Door Society is to welcome and assist refugees and immigrants to become informed and effective participants in Canadian society and to involve the Saskatoon community in their hospitable reception and just acceptance.

ALBERTA:

ASSIST Community Services Centre
Our programs include Integrated Services Program, Adult English Courses, Children, Youth, Family and Senior Services. One-on-One counselling, workshops and group activities are provided to improve the well-being of people who live in our community.

Edmonton Immigrant Services Association
Since its inception, EISA has initiated several programs and volunteers and staff have provided services to thousands of immigrants and refugees to help them adapt and fully integrate in Canadian Society and to promote cross-cultural understanding and bridging cultural gaps through multiculturalism and anti-racism initiatives.

Calgary Catholic Immigration Society
Calgary Catholic Immigration Society is a non-profit organization, which provides settlement and integration services to all immigrants and refugees in Southern Alberta.

Calgary Mennonite Centre for Newcomers
Welcome to the Centre for Newcomers, where Newcomers to Canada find connections in Calgary. This is where newcomers can meet other newcomers, and together learn the language, employment skills, and cultural practices that characterize life in Canada.

Calgary Multicultural Centre
The Calgary Multicultural Centre is Calgary's primary authority and resource provider for cultural diversity education and information. As a socially and culturally progressive organization, the Calgary Multicultural Centre focuses on communicating the positive impact cultural diversity has on the entire Calgary community.

Changing Together...a centre for Immigrant Women
Changing Together operates a place for immigrant women to meet and work together in solving their problems and help immigrant women participate fully in Canadian life.

Immigrant Information, Red Deer, Alberta
AAISA provides an association by and through which the members can work towards addressing the needs of immigrants, the agencies that serve them and the larger community which welcomes them.

Immigrant Services of Calgary
Established in 1977 as the Calgary Immigrant Aid Society, for the past 30 years we have helped over 250,000 immigrants settle into their new life and home in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. As one of Calgary’s most comprehensive immigrant serving agencies, our focus is on the individual and families first, providing a sense of community and connection.

BRITISH COLUMBIA:

Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of British Columbia
AMSSA is an affiliation of more than 80 multicultural agencies providing immigrant settlement and multicultural services in communities throughout British Columbia. We create networking opportunities, disseminate information, provide professional development, and build organizational capacities for our members. AMSSA champions the promotion of multiculturalism, multicultural health, anti-racism and human rights.

The Burnaby Multicultural Society
Provides direct services to newcomers to Canada, as well as promotion of the federal, provincial and civil multiculturalism policies.

Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society
We offer English language classes, employment and direct settlement assistance as well as other related services. We are a community-based agency that works with individuals and organizations to ensure that all those in our diverse community have equitable access to its services and opportunities.

Immigrant and Multicultural Services Society of Prince George (IMSS)
The society is an important resource to the existing ethnic groups in Prince George. The society works to promote multiculturalism and to develop cross-cultural understanding in the schools and in the community.

InterCultural Association (Greater Victoria)
The Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA), a unique non-profit organization that combines arts and social services to address the needs of immigrants and to promote the embracing of cultural diversity in our community.

Japanese Community Volunteers Association
Tonari Gumi strives to provide a home away from home for Japanese-Canadians of all generations and backgrounds.

Mosaic
A multilingual non-profit organization dedicated to addressing issues that affect immigrants and refugees in the course of their settlement and integration into Canadian society.

North Shore Multicultural Society
North Shore Multicultural Society (NSMS) is dedicated to building a harmonious and inclusive North Shore community that assists immigrants and refugees to integrate successfully into life in Canada.

Pacific Immigrant Resources Society (PIRS)
The goal of PIRS is to ensure that immigrant women and their young children can participate fully in Canadian community life. This is done through the development and implementation of responsive programs and services.

S.U.C.C.E.S.S
To reflect the needs and issues of the community at large and the Chinese Canadian community in particular, to individuals, agencies and the public media, and to advocate for positive social change To cooperate and work with other citizens and organizations for the well being of Canadians and immigrants of Chinese and other ethnic origins

Vancouver & Lower Mainland Multicultural Family Support Services Society
We provide a safe and non-judgemental environment for women and their children in their own language and culture. Individual counselling is provided at the office, out of the office and over the phone.

Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society
The centre has 20 years of experience in helping immigrants, refugees, new Canadian citizens, and visible minorities settle and adapt into new lives in Greater Victoria.

QUEBEC:

Canadian Council for Refugees
AAISA provides an association by and through which the members can work towards addressing the needs of immigrants, the agencies that serve them and the larger community which welcomes them.

Centre social d'aide aux immigrants
Accueillir et accompagner l'immigrant à son arrivée. Établir des rapports humains basés sur la confiance et le respect des convictions individuelles et des cultures

Ometz - Montreal
Ometz is a non-profit social services agency which supports and strengthens individuals and families by offering a range of human services in the fields of employment, immigration and social services. Ometz was created in April 2008 from the merger of Jewish Employment Montreal (JEM), Jewish Family Services (JFS) and Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (JIAS).

L'Hirondelle, Services d'accueil et d'intégration des immigrants
Fondé en 1979, l’Hirondelle est un organisme sans but lucratif qui vise à faciliter l’accueil et l’intégration des nouveaux arrivants au Québec et à démontrer aux gens d’ici tous les avantages liés à la diversité des cultures et expériences.

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