RECEPTION AND SETTLEMENT SERVICES
Centres in place to guide newcomers
Services offered in reception centres
Reception and settlement centres in Alberta are not-for-profit organizations that provide newcomers with information and orientation services, support in finding housing, social service support, and more.
Upon your arrival at these settlement services, your needs and those of your family will be assessed. You will be directed to resources in the community that will meet your different needs.
In addition to needs assessment and referral services, the employees, who are your advisors, can support you with issues related to your immigration process in Canada, inform you through information sessions and group workshops, connect to different community resources, accompany you towards health services as well as integration in a school environment and much more.
The school-based integration program is carried out in partnership with the school boards and aims to meet the settlement and integration needs of immigrant students and their families. Several services are offered, such as homework assistance, summer camps, and other extracurricular activities.
Reception centres in Alberta
This center can assist you in your settlement procedures not only in Edmonton, but also in Fort McMurray. This Centre serves immigrants of several categories: temporary foreign workers, permanent residents, asylum seekers, international students and newly arrived Canadian citizens in the region.
GPCN is an initiative of the local community whose objective is to welcome newcomers and facilitate their settlement and integration in the city of Grande Prairie and its surroundings. The GPCN offers different services to newcomers who fall into the following categories: permanent residents in Canada, accepted refugees, live-in caregivers and naturalized Canadian citizens who encounter certain barriers to integration.
This community-based organization provides settlement, reception and employability services to Francophone newcomers in the Calgary area and its surroundings, in order to facilitate their economic, social and cultural integration. The organization serves various categories of clients who are legally authorized to stay in Canada.
This organization, which serves the Calgary area, offers services to facilitate the integration of youth and women, support services for youth and families in schools and after-school programs, as well as community connection services.
This center, which offers pre-arrival services as well as Needs, Assets and Referral Assessment (ESAA), will accompany you in your steps even before your arrival in Canada and if you settle in Calgary, he will evaluate your needs and assets to then direct you towards the services likely to help you. It also offers Language Instruction for Immigrants in Canada (LINC). It serves different categories of clientele as you can see on their website.
This organization based in Brooks specializes in the integration of young immigrants and organizes many activities in French that allow newcomers of all ages to flourish there.
