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500,000 new residents came to Canada in 2009
May 17, 2010 – 10:48 pm | One Comment
500,000 new residents came to Canada in 2009

If you’re new to Canada or if you’re thinking of settling here, you’re not alone.

More than half a million newcomers — permanent residents, temporary workers, and foreign students — came to live in Canada

Best places to live: Canada’s Top 10 cities
May 6, 2010 – 9:01 am | 7 Comments
Best places to live: Canada’s Top 10 cities

Most newcomers to Canada settle in the country’s largest urban areas: Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal.

Yet according to the MoneySense 2010 Best Places to Live survey — which rated 179 Canadian cities and towns …

Business in Vancouver: Can the city attract top talent?
May 3, 2010 – 7:05 am | Comments Off on Business in Vancouver: Can the city attract top talent?
Business in Vancouver: Can the city attract top talent?

Vancouver-based social media exec Rochelle Grayson — an expat who’s lived in Germany and the U.S. as well as in Canada — recently blogged about what she called “Vancouver’s Challenging Business Environment.”

She …

New to Toronto? Here’s your first stop
April 21, 2010 – 7:05 am | Comments Off on New to Toronto? Here’s your first stop
New to Toronto? Here’s your first stop

If you’re thinking of immigrating to Toronto, or if you’ve recently arrived, a great resource is the City of Toronto Immigration & Settlement Portal.

It can help you with questions large and …

Toronto Meetups for American and British expats
April 19, 2010 – 5:00 am | One Comment
Toronto Meetups for American and British expats

Attention Americans and Brits in Toronto: it’s time to meet up with fellow expats.

Both the Toronto Expat American Meetup Group and the Toronto Expat Brit Meetup Group are hosting events this week.

Got your …