Category Topics

Get Started!

A warm welcome & information on how to get started using the Settlement.Org discussion forum
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Site Feedback

Discussion about this site, its organization, how it works, and how we can improve it.

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General

Create topics here that don’t fit into any other existing category.

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General Citizenship Questions

Citizenship tests, timelines, oaths, eligibility, application process, requirements
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Permanent Resident Card

How to apply, processing time, if you’re outside of Canada…
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Sponsoring Family

Sponsorship of parents, children, spouses (common-law, conjugal, same sex), refugees.
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The Landing Experience

Questions about how to prepare for your first arrival in Canada - customs, proof of funds, initial settlement help, etc… Tell us what happened when you first landed in Canada.
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Questions about Permanent Residency

Note that Settlement.Org is unable to answer questions about how to immigrate.
Residency requirements, Government in Canada, Bringing child born overseas…
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Living in Ontario

Post information about settling and living in your city in Ontario.
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Getting Health Care (OHIP)

Health, including mental health, health card (OHIP), addictions, alternative health…
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Finding a Doctor or other health care professional

Finding a doctor or dentist or other health care professional…
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ESL - Language and Literacy

English as a Second Language, LINC, Language Assessment, Translation and Interpretation, Literacy…
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Elementary and Secondary School

Adult Education, Elementary and Secondary School…
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University and College Education

Colleges, Universities and Institutes, Evaluating Educational Credentials…
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Finding a Job / Working

Finding a Job, Job Listings, Labour Market Information (LMI), Starting a Business, Social Insurance Number, Volunteering…
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Professions and Trades

Information and questions related to employment in professions and trades, regulated and unregulated, in Ontario.
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Finding a Place to Live

Finding housing, buying a house, landlord/tenant rights.
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Landlord and Tenant Information and Issues

Landlord/tenant rights, dealing with problems, where to get help…
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Legal Services and Human Rights

Courts, Human Rights, Lawyers and Legal Representation, Community Legal Clinics, Legal Aid, Police…
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Services for Specific Groups

Child, Youth and Family, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered, People with Disabilities, Seniors, Women…
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Daily Life

Communications, Consumer Protection, Personal Finance, Shopping, Transportation, Weddings and Funerals…
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Community and Recreation

Arts and Culture, Libraries, Media, Religion and Worship, Sports and Recreation…
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