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15 Unique Words You Should Know Before Moving to Canada
Hydro bill isn't water bill. You need loonies and toonies for TTC. There are some words unique to Canada. Here's a list of Canadian slang terms commonly used.
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What are the items from India you may not easily find in Canada?
When immigrating to Canada from India there are some non-essential things you may want to carry with you. You may not be able to find these things easily at least immediately. Here is a list of things you might miss in Canada.
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International Travel Experience During COVID| Important Things to Note
A blog post about our air travel experience from Toronto to Delhi during COVID-19. We travelled with our toddler in September.
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6 Things You Must Not Miss at Niagara Falls
We have been in Canada for over eight months now. But it was standing in front of Niagara Falls, in complete awe of it, that we had our “we have arrived” moment! Here are the things we loved about this wonderful destination. I have a hobby of collecting postcards. As a child, I’d ask all my friends and relatives to get me a postcard or two from whichever place they were visiting. In my collection, I have two different postcards from Niagara Falls. In one, the relative who got me this postcard wrote about the fascinating experience she had viewing the falls. While I found it quite intriguing, I always…
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Kid-Friendly Free Summer Activities in Brampton
We moved to Brampton in November last year when it was all dressed in white like a beautiful Christian bride. Now, with summer in all its glory, the city is blooming with flowers in the best of nature’s colors. It’s splendid to walk around while admiring the gorgeous hues. It won’t be an exaggeration to say that it sometimes feels like walking into seemingly unreal wallpapers on our desktop! This beautiful ‘Flower City’ offers several activities that don’t cost a thing. Sharing here the things we love to do with our toddler during the weekends in summer in Brampton: Take Long Strolls With the sun out till 9 pm, needless…
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Life in Canada: What We Love and Hate
It has been 5 months since we moved to this country from India. Not knowing anything in detail about how life is in Canada, we took a leap of faith. A little less than a year is too short a time to know a place completely but it is good enough to know what’s good, not-so-good, and bad about the destination. Of course, it is all subjective to one’s past experiences. When you move to a new country, you make instant comparisons with things back at home. There are things that amaze or surprise you, and there are some that even shock you. (I think snow is something that has…
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Moving to Canada: What is Express Entry Program?
Wondering what is the Express Entry system for Canada? Here’s what you need to know: If you are in India (I’m sure it’s the case in other countries too), someone in your family or friends must have recently immigrated to Canada or must be in the process of moving. What looks like a sudden wave of people deciding to relocate is actually the result of the opening of Express Entry system by the Canadian government. The program was implemented in 2015 to invite skilled workforce to Canada. It is essentially an online immigration application system through which you submit your profile if you are eligible and are then considered to be…
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How & Why We Decided to Move to Canada
I’m sitting by the big window writing this as I watch flurries cover the ground outside inch by inch in white. It’s been little over two months since we saw snow fall for the first time in our lives. I think we were still jet-lagged that evening when, waiting at the bus stop, we stretched out our hands to feel the magic of snow on our fingers. It felt like a dream. To be honest, this entire move still feels like a dream. Why, we hadn’t even dreamed of creating a life in a country we hadn’t even visited ever before. And such a risk is quite contrary my play-it-safe…
