Relocating to Canada?
February 1, 2009 – 3:35 pm | Comments Off

Thinking about mov­ing to Canada?
Just arrived and try­ing to fig­ure out how to get settled?

You’ve come to the right place!

This web­site — Living Abroad in Canada — has all the infor­ma­tion you need about liv­ing, work­ing, going to school, or retir­ing in Canada.

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Culture

All about Canadian culture, from people and language to food, drink, books, music, and film

Daily Life

From health care and education, to local eating and shopping, to festivals and things to do, get the scoop on life in Canada

Housing, Jobs, & Money

Finding a home, working, saving, and investing in Canada – here’s how

Immigration

What you need to know to live in, work in, or immigrate to Canada. Citizenship information, too.

Travel

Travel ideas and tips for visiting, touring, and deciding where to live in Canada.

Digital media people to watch in 2010
January 11, 2010 – 7:40 am | No Comment
Digital media people to watch in 2010

If you work in dig­i­tal media, here are three quick guides to the movers and shak­ers in Canada’s dig­i­tal media indus­try (all cour­tesy of TechVibes​.com):

Digital Media People to Watch in Ontario in 2010

Digital …

Apply for a Canadian work permit online
January 8, 2010 – 7:25 am | 6 Comments
Apply for a Canadian work permit online

Citizenship and Immigration Canada recently launched an online ser­vice for work per­mit appli­ca­tions.

Before you can work in Canada, new­com­ers must have either a valid Canadian work per­mit or Canadian per­ma­nent res­i­dent status.

And …

Living in Canada? Take your shoes off.
January 6, 2010 – 7:30 am | No Comment
Living in Canada? Take your shoes off.

When we first moved to Canada, one of the things that sur­prised me was that very few peo­ple wear their shoes in the house. Go into someone’s home, and you leave your shoes by

New Year’s Resolution: Move to Canada in 2010
January 1, 2010 – 7:00 am | No Comment
New Year’s Resolution: Move to Canada in 2010

Is “Move to Canada” top­ping your list of New Year’s res­o­lu­tions this year?

If you’ve been think­ing about relo­cat­ing to Canada, you’ve come to the right place.

Here at Living Abroad in Canada, you’ll …

Get active in Vancouver for 2010
December 30, 2009 – 7:30 am | No Comment
Get active in Vancouver for 2010

Vancouverites have a well-​​​​deserved rep­u­ta­tion for being active and outdoorsy.

If you’d like to join them but don’t want to go it alone, have a look at the City of Vancouver’s Active Events Calendar.

It …