INFORMATION FOR
NEWCOMERS
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Information Sessions for Immigrants
Information sessions on
everyday life in Canada
are offered for newcomers. It is advisable to pay attention to these information
sessions in your first days in
Canada, to learn some basic aspects of the
community and learn about different topics related to your new environment:
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Documents, rights and errands.
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Available services
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Economical matters
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Family life
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Health and health care services for families
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Housing
The
following are some organisations giving information sessions for newcomers in
Ontario.
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YMCA Newcomer Information Centre
42 Charles Street East, 3rd Floor
Web Site:
http://www.ymcatoronto.org/
Tel. 416-928-3362 ext. 2165
Toronto
(Central)
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COSTI
Reception Centre
Office Phone:
416-922-6688
E-mail:
reception@costi.org
Web site:
www.costi.org
Address : 100 Lippincott St,
Toronto, ON,
M5S 2P1
Toronto
Central (Bathurst St-College St)
Mon-Sun 24 hours
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Centre for Spanish-Speaking Peoples
(Centro de Ayuda para Gente de Habla Hispana)
Telefono: 416-925-2800
E-mail: : aidscssp@spanishservices.org
Web site:
http://www.spanishservices.org/
Dirección: 2141 Jane Street,
2nd floor, Toronto,
ON, M3M 1A2
(Jane St-Wilson Av)
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Community Action Resource Centre
Tel 416-652-2273
e-mail: yorkcic@idirect.com
1652 Keele St. Toronto,
ON
(Keele
St-Rogers Rd)
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Latino-Canadian Community Association of
Scarborough
Tel efono: 416-492-5128 / 416-516-0851
Email: gapar@rogers.com
2190 Warden Ave, Siute 212 (
(Warden Ave-Sheppard Ave)
Scarborough, ON
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Welcome Centre – Immigrant Services
http://www.welcomecentre.ca/
- 9100 Jane St - Building H - Vaughan, ON ( Intersection Rutherford Rd -
Julliard Dr)
info@welcomecentre.ca
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AGENCIES HELPING IMMIGRANTS IN
ONTARIO
There are many organisations or agencies in
Ontario, whose mission is to help immigrant families to
settle down in the province. You can find information regarding the following
topics:
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Finding suitable housing
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Different services in the community
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How and where to purchase furniture, clothes or food
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Errands to do and documents to get
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Where to study English and how.
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Other aspects related to family, health and life in
Canada.
These services are offered for free in English or French. To ask for help and
information over the phone in Toronto,
you can dial #211. You will get specific information on the service centres in
your area.
You
can also find related information on these web sites:
www.settlement.org
www.ymcatoronto.org
www.skillsforchange.org
www.cathcrosscultural.org
www.cicscanada.com
www.toronto.ca
www.costi.org
www.culturallink.net
www.yorkhispaniccentre.org
www.newcomerwomen.org
At
the end of this chapter you will find a list of all the
IMMIGRATION HELP CENTRES IN
ONTARIO.
- COMMUNITY INFORMATION CENTRES
Community Information
Centres can give you information about the services, organisations, and events
in your area. Many of them attend to people in other languages apart from
English and French.
These are the information centres attending in Spanish, in
Toronto:
● Centro de Ayuda de Habla Hispana
● COSTI
● Skill for Changes
The address and telephone number of every centre is in the
telephone blue pages.
The
address and telephone number of every centre is in the telephone blue pages.
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