How to Start Your Life in Canada: Banks, Apartments, Phone, Jobs – Complete Guide for Newcomers

A complete and comprehensive guide on how to start your life in canada – everything you need to do from the moment you get your visa. SIN Number, best phone plans/SIM, how to search for apartments, best bank accounts, how to transfer money, get a driver’s licence, learning languages and how to get a job.

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How to Move to Canada Part 1: https://youtu.be/HoLsHKWHT3o
How to Find an Apartment in Montreal: https://youtu.be/chTMb8ULmGk

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0:00 Intro
1:17 Social Insurance Number
1:54 Best Phone Carriers
4:32 Apartment Hunting
7:22 Banks
10:22 Driving Licence
11:17 Learning Languages
12:03 Getting a Job

— HELPFUL LINKS —
Moving2Canada FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/554878824565998/
^The idea behind this video was to limit all the repetitive questions on there, so if this video, and the questions already asked on the group didn’t answer your query – then go right ahead.

— SIN NUMBER –
Service Canada Locations: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/tbsc-fsco/sc-hme.jsp

— Phone service providers –
KOODO REFERRAL LINK for $25 bill credit: https://referafriend.koodomobile.com/5a1EKgn-4MhaqJ
Freedom Mobile: https://www.freedommobile.ca/
Sasktel: https://www.sasktel.com

— APARTMENT HUNTING –
Kijiji: http://kijiji.ca
Craigslist: http://www.craigslist.ca
PadMapper: http://padmapper.com
Walk Score (handy site for checking out neighbourhoods): https://www.walkscore.com/

— Montreal Apartment Facebook Groups –
https://www.facebook.com/groups/roommatesmontreal
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2108081662550982
https://www.facebook.com/groups/logementMontreal
https://www.facebook.com/groups/403673989835879
https://www.facebook.com/groups/335425193549035
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1586818368256656

— BANKS –
Transferwise: transferwise.com/u/lashanr
BMO: https://www.bmo.com/main/personal/newcomers-to-canada/
CIBC: https://newcomer.cibc.com/cibc-welcome-to-canada-banking-package
Citibank Plus Debit (best card for Australians abroad): https://www.citibank.com.au/aus/banking/everyday_banking/citibank_plus.htm

— DRIVER’S LICENCE –
Québec: https://saaq.gouv.qc.ca/en/drivers-licences/foreign-drivers-licence/
Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/page/drive-ontario-visitors
Ontario Exchange : https://www.ontario.ca/page/exchange-out-province-drivers-licence
British Columbia : https://www.welcomebc.ca/Start-Your-Life-in-B-C/Daily-Life/Driving-in-B-C

— LANGUAGE LEARNING –
Mundo Lingo: https://mundolingo.org
Meetup: https://www.meetup.com
Centre Saint-Louis (cheap french language school in Montreal): http://centre-st-louis.csdm.ca/english/

— PERMANENT RESIDENCY –
Official info PR: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/results-by-topic.asp?top=10
Official info Express Entry : https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/works.html

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