Resources

Useful resources for expats in Canada.

Immigration terminology: We've drawn together some of the more common terms you might come across if you're planning to emigrate to Canada.
Immigration abbreviations (A-D): Immigrating to Canada involves wading through a sea of alphabet soup! Here are some of the more common terms you'll come across.
Immigration abbreviations (E-L): Immigrating to Canada involves wading through a sea of alphabet soup! Here are some of the more common terms you'll come across.
Immigration abbreviations (M-Z): Immigrating to Canada involves wading through a sea of alphabet soup! Here are some of the more common terms you'll come across.
Canada Pension Plan: A brief introduction to one of the main planks of Canada's social services; the mandatory state pension scheme.
Canada Employment Insurance: Something of a misnomer, this - Employment Insurance is actually Canada's equivalent of unemployment benefit.
Canada's retraining programs: If a company goes bust in Canada, retraining programs are there to help the redundant workforce find new employment.
Getting around Canada: How to make your way across the vast expanses of the world's second largest country!
Getting around Canada: Townships and concession roads: Most of Ontario and southern Quebec benefits from an orderly parcelling-up of land which makes it really easy to find your way around, even at night in the middle of nowhere.
Getting around Canada: Snowmobiles: How do you get to the shops in Canada when there's snow everywhere? By snowmobile, of course!
Royal Canadian Mounted Police: The RCMP - the Mounties - are Canada's national police service.
Canada: Electricity: With half of Canada's electricity coming from hydro power and most of the rest from nuclear, fossil fuels are on a steep decline.
Provincial abbreviations: Each of the provinces of Canada has its own two-letter abbreviation - here's a handy list of them.
Expat websites: A collection of useful websites for expats in Canada.