Settling In
Buying Your First Home in Canada as a Newcomer
A newcomer guide to buying your first home in Canada: credit, down payment, FHSA and Home Buyers' Plan, mortgage pre-approval, and closing costs.
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Housing, healthcare, driving and your first 90 days in Canada.
A newcomer guide to buying your first home in Canada: credit, down payment, FHSA and Home Buyers' Plan, mortgage pre-approval, and closing costs.
Driver licensing in Canada is provincial. Learn how to use a foreign licence and IDP, exchange agreements that skip testing, graduated licensing, documents and insurance.
How renting works in Canada for newcomers: where to search, what landlords ask for, leases, deposits by province, tenant rights, and avoiding rental scams.
Health insurance in Canada is provincial. Learn how to apply, what documents you need, how to cover the waiting period, and what public coverage leaves out.