Welcoming communities
People come to Canada for many reasons. No matter where they’re from or why they’re here, a warm Canadian welcome can make a difference. Help make your neighbourhood a better place for everyone to live.
Get involved
A warm welcome
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- Celebrate the Canadian spirit of hospitality! The Welcoming Toolkit gives you ready-to-use content to highlight contributions of immigrants and welcome newcomers so our economy and communities can thrive.
- Match with a newcomer and help them settle in to their new community.
- Share information about your community and local services.
- Introduce newcomers to others with common interests to help build networks.
- Donate second-hand clothing and furniture.
- Share a favourite Canadian pastime.
- Learn about their culture and heritage, and share your own and the community’s culture and heritage.
- Invite a newcomer to a local sporting event.
- Encourage others in your community to engage with newcomers.
- Contact a settlement organization near you to start welcoming newcomers, including refugees.
- Take part in our citizenship by going to a citizenship ceremony.
- Connect with local charities to learn how you can help.
“It's about making the community more diverse. A more diverse community is a more intelligent, sophisticated and empathetic community.”
Learn
- Part of becoming more welcoming is understanding how we select, screen and set up immigrants for success in Canada. Find out how Canada’s immigration system works.
- Immigrants help grow Canada’s future. Learn more about how immigrants contribute to different sectors like sports, business and health care.
- Read what the research says about how Canada’s immigration system works for all of us.
