Newcomer Settlement
If you are a newcomer to Canada, you can get free settlement services. Please call the Newcomer Settlement Advisor for Huron County to make an appointment at 226-973-7572.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada funds the YMCA of Southwestern Ontario to provide newcomer settlement services. Settlement advisors support newcomers to Canada as they settle.
The information below with help you to settle in Huron County
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COVID-19 Information (in many languages)
You can find good information on COVID-19 in many languages:
Preventing COVID-19 at Work (in many languages)
Spanish Resources
- Recomendaciones para los establecimientos de trabajo en Ontario
- La COVID-19 (coronavirus) y la salud y seguridad en el trabajo
- Directivas de salud y seguridad para los Supervisores Agrícolas en tiempos de la COVID-19
- Directivas de salud y seguridad para los Trabajadores Agrícolas en tiempos de la COVID-19
Arabic Resources
- ةيذغلأاو معاطملا ةمدخةملاسلاو ةحصلل تاداشرإ
- ويراتنوأ لمع نكامأب ةقلعتملا تاداشرلإا
- البناء والتشييد_ إرشادات للصحة والسلامة
- البيع بالتجزئة_ إرشادات للصحة والسلامة
- الرعاية الصحية_ إرشادات بشأن الصحة والسلامة
- عينصتلا_تاداشرإ ةحصلل ةملاسلاو
Urdu Resources
- تحص تشادہگن _یئامنہر ےیل ےک یتملاس روا تحص
- تعمیر_ صحت و سلامتی کے مدنظر رہنمائی
- رچکیفونیمگن _تحص روا یتملاس ےک ےیل یئامنہر
- ریٹیل_ صحت اور سلامتی کے لیے رہنمائی
- ریستوراں اور فوڈ سروس_صحت اور سلامتی کے متعلق رہنمائی
- یئامنہر ےیل ےک راک ےئاج ےک ویراٹنوا
Tagalog Resources
- Gabay para sa mga lugar ng trabaho sa Ontario
- Konstruksyon: Gabay para sa Kalusugan at Kaligtasan
- Pagmamanupaktura: Gabay para sa Kalusugan at Kaligtasan
- Pangangalagang Pangkalusugan: Gabay para sa Kalusugan at Kaligtasan
- Restaurant at Serbisyo ng Pagkain: Gabay para sa Kalusugan at Kaligtasan
- Retail: Gabay para sa Kalusugan at Kaligtasan
Gujarati Resources
Mental Health Resources
There are resources in many languages with information about mental illness. These resources are for newcomers and service providers who support newcomers.
Resource & Program Guide for Newcomers (in English, Spanish, Arabic, and Urdu)
The Diversity and Inclusion Resource Guide is a collaboration between Huron County Children’s Services and the Huron County Local Immigration Partnership to offer service providers ready access to a wide array of information to support newcomers and children—prenatal to age six—and their families.
Download the English version here.
Download the Spanish version here.
Settlement Services
If you are a newcomer to Canada, you can get free settlement services. Please call the Newcomer Settlement Advisor for Huron County to make an appointment at 226-973-7572.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada funds the YMCA of Southwestern Ontario to provide newcomer settlement services. Settlement advisors support newcomers to Canada as they settle.
Libraries
There are libraries in every town in Huron County. Please visit the nearest library to talk to someone about programs and get information about your new community. Library staff will welcome you and connect you.
Learning English
The Centres for Employment and Learning offer English language classes for newcomer. Please visit:
www.thecentreforemploymentandlearning.ca/english-as-a-second-language
Local Libraries also have resources for learn English and some host conversation circles. Visit your local library and ask about their English resources and programs:
www.huroncounty.ca/library/about/branch-locations
Contact North offers a variety of online learning courses, including English. Staff can answer your questions about programs and courses, help you register and other services.
studyonline.ca/student-services/online-learning-centres/clinton-0
Translation & Interpretation
If you require translation or interpretation services, Huron County is served by the following organizations:
Finding a Home
Housing for Newcomers
www.cmhc.ca/newcomers
Housing – Finding a place to live
www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomers/
Service Ontario
Service Ontario delivers many services on behalf of the Ontario government such as:
- Health card (OHIP) registration
- Birth, marriage and death certificates
- Driver and vehicle licensing
- Business registration
- Fishing and hunting licenses
- Address change
- Newborn Registration Service
Service Canada
Service Canada offers access to a wide range of Government of Canada programs and services for citizens such as:
Free Tax Clinics
If you have a modest income, volunteers can prepare your tax return for you. For more information contact www.canada.ca/taxes-help or 1-800-959-8281
Becoming a Canadian Citizen
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada facilitates the arrival of immigrants, provides protection to refugees, and offers programming to help newcomers settle in Canada. It also grants citizenship and issues travel documents.
How Can We Help?
Huron County Immigration Partnership is always excited to support newcomers to Huron County. Let us know how we can help!
Find Us
57 Napier Street,
Goderich, ON N7A 1W2
Canada
Phone
+1 (519) 524-8394 ext.6