Written in an entertaining style with a touch of humour, Living and Working in Canada is designed to provide newcomers with the practical information necessary for a relatively trouble-free life. It contents include finding a job, permits & visas, health, accommodation, finance, insurance, education, shopping, post office and telephone services, public transport, motoring, TV and radio, leisure, sports and much, much more. It is packed with vital information and insider tips to help minimize culture shock and reduce the newcomers rookie period to a minimum. Living and Working in Canada is essential reading for anyone planning to spend an extended period in Canada.
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32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Content far too general to be of any real use,
By Damian McNeely (Ireland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Living & Working in Canada: A Survival Handbook (Paperback)
I bought this book as I was moving to Canada to take up a research job in a university in Ontario. I had hoped that it would guide me through some of the pitfalls associated with moving to a new country. I read it from cover to cover before I left Ireland and when I arrived, I found 99% of the information it provides is completely unnecessary. It provides no solid information for setting up health care, doing taxes, or how Canada is structured and what you can expect in terms of bureaucracy, be it in a bank, government office or just the workplace. For eg, the note in the book to bring bank references, my bank here didn't even look at them, didn't want to even. The information it does provide is useful only if you haven't worked before or you've been unconscious for the last 10 years. Waste of money!!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great help to those wishing to live in sunny/freezing Canada,
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This review is from: Living & Working in Canada: A Survival Handbook (Paperback)
This book has proved to be an invaluable source of information about living in Canada (I split my time between Ontario and London). It covers everything you could wish to know, from the education system to buying a house, and from buying a car to the tax system. There's also stacks of information about Canada's vibrant entertainment scene and the great outdoors (of which there's a huge amount!). I can't quite understand Damian's review - the book's excellent.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not recommended for Americans,
By Jennifer Cline "Veteran Internet Shopper" (Seattle, Washington, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
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This review is from: Living and Working in Canada: A Survival Handbook (Living & Working in Canada) (Paperback)
This is an overlong tome written too obviously by a British gent, complete with quaint British prejudices.Most of the information contained within may be new to Europeans, but Americans wishing to emigrate to Canada will not find it very useful, other than to confirm that America and Canada have very similar modes of daily life. A better book is "How to Move to Canada: a Primer for Americans."
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