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3 Essential Tips When Moving To Canada

September 29, 2023 by Wendy S

Image Credit: John Lee from Unsplash.

Moving countries is becoming more and more popular every year. While immigrants choose various countries based on different preferences, one of the more appealing places to move to is Canada. It’s easy to see why thousands of people choose here to set up their new lives.

Moving to Canada offers more than a few benefits. It’s got a great healthcare system, appealing educational system, and a high quality of life. There’s no reason not to at least consider it.

If you’re thinking about it, it’s worth diving into a few essential tips for your move to Canada.

Moving To Canada: 3 Essential Tips

1. Sort Out The Necessities

As soon as you move to Canada, make sure you sort out the necessities. You would’ve already thought of somewhere to live and a few other obvious examples. Then there are a few not-so obvious ones, like a bank account, phone, and internet connection. Get these sorted as soon as you can.

They’ll be vital for your life moving forward, so there’s no reason not to sort them out early. You’ll need some of them before you can accept any job offers in Canada, for example. While they might take a little while to figure out, they’ll be more than worth the effort.

2. Do Your Research

You’ll need to find out how to immigrate to Canada in the right way. This can depend on your specific circumstances, such as where you’re moving from. Spend some time researching and making sure you know the specific steps you need to take so you can do it legally.

While that might mean delaying your move a little bit, it’ll put you on the right foot once you do move. If you want to make sure everything’s legal while avoiding as much stress as possible, you’ve no excuse not to spend some time researching everything. Spend as much time as you need to on it.

3. Get An Educational Credential Assessment

If you have certain degrees, you might need to go through a few additional steps when you’re moving to Canada. The degrees you’ve earned mightn’t be properly accredited or recognised in Canada. That doesn’t mean they’re useless and that you’ll need to redo your college years, however.

Instead, it just means you’ll have to get an Educational Credential Assessment. This is to test what you learned in your degree against Canadian standards. Thankfully, this shouldn’t be a problem for most immigrants, and you should get through it relatively easily. You’ll breeze through it quite quickly.

Moving To Canada: Wrapping Up

Moving to Canada can be appealing for more than a few reasons. The quality of life you can expect is relatively high. You can set yourself up there for life and expect to have a great time. Add in the various high-quality jobs to apply for, and you’ve no reason not to consider it.

Make sure you take a few steps and follow certain tips when you’re doing so. You’ll make sure you can start your life there easily and relatively stress-free.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: canada, moving

Three Days of Boxing Day Savings at Target Canada! @TargetCanada #TargetBoxingDay #SeasonsTweetings #VIPMom

December 24, 2014 by Wendy S

Starting December 26th, Target has some great offers for you!

2014 Target Canada Boxing Day Deals @ mapsgirl.ca

 

I think the Skylanders are going to go quickly!

Target Canada Boxing Day Syklanders

And these deals from Apple are amazing!!

Target Canada Boxing Day Apple

 

What’s your plan of attack?!?!

Target Canada has everything to help you plan your Boxing Day Shopping!  They even have MAPS!  (And we all know I love maps!)

Target Boxing Day Store Map

 

All the great deals!

Electronics:

  • PS4 Little Big Planet 3 and NHL Bundle – $449.99 + Free $70 Target gift card
  • Element 55″ 4K Ultra HD LED HDTV – $499.99
  • Samsung 58″ 60Hz 1080p Smart LED HDTV – $697.99 (was $1099.99)
  • Magnavox 40″ 2.1 Channel Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer – $59.99
  • $44.99 Video Games (Destiny, Halo: MCC, Super Smash Bros Wii U + More)
  • $30 Video Games (Shadow of Mordor, The Evil Within + More)
  • PS4 Dualshock 4 Controller – $44.99 (was $64.99)
  • $1.99 Movies (Anchorman, Transformers + More)
  • iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi 16GB – $549 + Free $50 Target Gift Card
  • iPod Shuffle 2 GB – $49 + Free $10 Target Gift Card
  • Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 (10″, 1.5GB RAM) – $278 (was $379.99)

Home & Garden:

  • 50% Off All Aerobed or Serta Air Mattresses
  • Turbo Power 3.78L Windshield Washer Fluid – $1.49 (was $2.89)
  • KitchenAid 10-piece KNonstick Cookware Set – $69.99 (was $199.99)
  • Buy 1, get 1 free on all Corelle open-stock dinnerware
  • Room Essentials Bed-in-a-Bag Set – $35 (was $49.99 – $59.99)
  • Dirt Devil Versa 2-in-1 Steam Mop – $34.99 (was $69.99)

Toys & Games:

  • Disney Infinity Single Characters – $8 (was $13.99)
  • Skylanders Trap Masters or 2-pack Minis – $12 (was $16.99)
  • Sofia The First Flower Girl – $17.49 (was $34.99)
  • Star Wars Lightsaber – $14.99 (was $29.99)

Plus Target has Boxing Week Sales too!

Check out the flyers on their website for all the great deals — http://flyers.target.ca/


Disclosure: I am participating in the Target Canada campaign as a VIP Mom managed by ShesConnected. I received compensation in exchange for my participation in this campaign. The opinions on this blog are my own.

Filed Under: Products & Reviews Tagged With: Boxing Day, canada, shopping, Target, Target Canada

Understanding the New Canadian Car Seat regulations (effective Jan 1, 2012) #carseat

December 30, 2011 by Wendy S

I have had several people ask me about the new Canadian car seat regulations that take affect January 2012.

This change was supposed to take place January 2011, but was delayed for a year so that manufacturers could have time to make the changes they needed to make to all of their seats.  Here is my blog from last year — Canadian child car seats and what is happening in January 2011

 This does not change the Ontario Laws.

The Ontario Law still states that:

  • Rear-facing until 20lbs (with a recommendation of 1 year of age)
  • Forward-facing in a 5pt harness until 40lbs and 40″
  • Booster seat until age 8 or 4’9″ or 80lbs

Yep, that’s it.  All of those number are on the very low side in my opinion.  But those are the laws in Ontario.

Please read my other posts to know more about rear-facing, forward facing and booster seats.

So what are these new Canadian car seat regulations?

As stated on CTV News:

Forward-facing child car seats will have to accommodate children weighing up to 66 pounds, instead of the current 48 pounds.

An infant will be defined as someone weighing up to 22 pounds, up from the current 20 pounds.

How does this affect you and your child?

It means that when you go buy a new seat after January 1, 2012, the car seat will have to abide by the new regulations listed above.

You do not need to get rid of your current seat. It is still safe to use, as long is it is not expired!

However, it cannot be resold (not that we recommend that anyway) because it may not abide by the new regulations.

 

If you do want to sell or pass your seat to another parent:

If your seat was made prior to 2012, there is a good chance that it does not meet the regulations.  You must call the manufacturer to see if the seat you want to sell/pass on meets the standards.

There are many seats already on the market that meet the new regulations already.  This page gives a quick reference to see if your seat may be compliant — http://vicarseattechs.com/2012/quick-reference-to-2012-compliance/

It is ILLEGAL to pass on or sell a seat that doesn’t meet the standards.  See Health Canada’s page for more info: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/cons/garage-eng.php

 

Questions?

I know there will be more questions, please direct people to this post so that I can answer all questions in one location.  As I’m sure others will have the same questions or will be looking for more information just like you are.

 

 
This information can also be found on Transport Canada‘s page
 — Updated child car seat safety regulations come into force

 

More Car Seat Information:


Rear Facing Seats
Forward Facing Seats


Boosters and Seat Belts

Riding in the Front Seat
 

Filed Under: Car Seat Safety Tagged With: canada, canadian car seat regulations, car seat laws, ontario, ontario car seat

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When not mapping, Wendy is also a mom to two daughters. They are the inspiration of this blog. Passionate about child passenger safety, Wendy was a certified Car Seat Technician in Ontario, Canada from 2008 to 2020. [Read More …]

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