More for Newcomers

This page offers links to a variety of services and information of interest to newcomers.

History Comes to Life in Ontario
Slip back into time at Aboriginal gatherings where the air is still pungent with wood smoke and sweet grass. Thrill to the sounds of marching and musket fire at a stone fortress or paddle a Voyageur canoe at a fur trading post. Experience history in Ontario.

Labour Market Information
The Ontario Government provides labour market information to help individuals and businesses make informed decisions about careers, education, employment, and business plans.

Learn English or French as a Second Language in Ontario
Find out about English and French language training classes in Ontario. These are the two official languages of Canada. Classes are available to newcomers who arrive in Ontario from outside of Canada. They are offered during the day, in the evening or on the weekend.
Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC)
Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Program

Looking for a Job
This information is meant to assist you throughout your job hunt.

How to Become a Canadian Citizen
Information on who can become a Canadian citizen.
Minority-Language Education
Program aims to improve the provincial and territorial supply of programs and activities to provide education in the language of official-language minority communities.
Entry requirements
Find out about immigrating and settling in Canada, including information about entry requirements for permanent residency status, application forms and fees.
Citizenship Test Questions
Review sample questions in the citizenship test.
The Refugee System
Learn more about Canada's refugee protection to people in Canada.
Financial assistance and loans to help refugees
Programs to help refugees establish themselves in their new home.
Ontario Honours and Awards Secretariat
Each year, we honour Ontarians who make our province a better place to live. We encourage you to help us honour them by nominating someone in your community who deserves special recognition.

Ontario Savings Bonds
Ontario Savings Bonds are a safe and secure investment which is backed 100 per cent by the Province of Ontario, including both principal and interest.

OntarioTravel.net
As the official Website of Ontario Tourism, we have everything you need to know about visiting and vacationing in Ontario, from road maps to wine tours to family fun in the province. Ontario, there's no place like this!

Opportunities Ontario: Provincial Nominee Program
Opportunities Ontario is an employer-driven program that helps employers hire the skilled workers they need, but are having difficulty finding, by assisting with the immigration of foreign workers and international students. Through this program, skilled foreign workers and international students may apply to be nominated for permanent resident status in Canada.

Arts and Culture