Useful Links
These websites can help you find information about Settlement Services, Youth, Citizenship, and more.
Settlement Services
These websites can help you find information about settlement services and support for newcomers to Ontario.
- 211 Ontario provides information and referral to community and social services in Ontario for free, 24 hours a day.
- InMyLanguage.org provides multilingual information for newcomers to Ontario. Languages served - Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), English, French, Gujarti, Pilipino (Tagalog), Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Urdu.
- Government of Canada has information available about settlement services and living in Canada.
- Government of Ontario has information for prospective and new immigrants to Ontario.
- Settlement.org provides newcomers with information and resources to settle in Ontario. Learn about a wide range of topics:
- Health
- Education
- Employment
- Immigration and Citizenship
- Legal Services
- Community and Recreation
- Consumer Information
- NIC Online: The Newcomer Information Centre provides free online employment and settlement services.
Citizenship
These websites have useful information about Canadian citizenship.
- Discover Canada is the only official study guide for the citizenship test. Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship is available from Citizenship and Immigration Canada at no cost.
- Citizenship and Immigration Canada has information on how to apply to become a Canadian, prepare for the citizenship test, and resume or give up your Canadian citizenship.
- CitizenshipCounts.ca is a website to help newcomers study for the citizenship test.
- The Canadian Encyclopedia provides a collection of resources designed to help those studying for the citizenship test.
LINC Home Study Canada
- LINC Home Study is a free English language training program for eligible newcomers to Canada who cannot attend regular classes.
Online Self-Assessment
Assess your reading and listening ability in English or French.
Employment
A variety of free online tools and resources to help you in your job search.
- NIC Online: The Newcomer Information Centre provides free online employment and settlement services.
- Job Readiness Tool helps newcomers test what they know about job related topics, and see what they can do better to find employment in Canada.
- Find Employment & Training Services in Ontario using online search tools.
- Government of Ontario offers many resources to help you find employment.
- Job Bank allows you to search job postings in Canada.
Francophone Immigration to Canada
- Government of Canada has information about Francophone communities outside Quebec and a tool to help you find Francophone services providers.