This site was created to help Newcomers to Halton Region find community services in the area.
Categories have been created to make it easier to find helpful programs and services. You can start searching now using these categories.
All information on the site is written in English but can be translated wherever the Google Translate icon is available on a page. Click on the arrow to find your language in the list.
If you would prefer to talk to someone in your own language to receive help finding resources, just dial 2-1-1 on any phone. When you hear the recorded message, press ‘1’ and when you are connected to a Community Navigator, try to say the name of your language in English and an interpreter will be connected to the call so you can speak freely in your language of preference.
Search Categories
The search function for resources in a specific community is currently only available in English on the front page of the site. Search results can be translated wherever the Goolgle Translate icon is available on a page.
For more information on what to expect in the first few weeks of coming to Canada, see the Government of Canada’s publication – Welcome to Canada: What You Should Know.
- Housing (Housing)
- Adult Education & Employment (Adult Education & Employment)
- Children & Youth: Childcare, Education, & Employment (Children & Youth: Childcare, Education, & Employment)
- Transportation, Travel, & Obtaining a Driver's License (Transportation, Travel, & Obtaining a Driver's License)
- Health Care (Health Care)
- Government, Citizenship, Residency, & Language Learning (Government, Citizenship, Residency, & Language Learning)
- Financial Services & Taxes (Financial Services & Taxes)
- Financial Assistance & Pension Programs (Financial Assistance & Pension Programs)
- Major Life Events (Major Life Events)
- Phone, Internet, Emergency, and Legal Services (Phone, Internet, Emergency, and Legal Services)
- 2SLGBTQ+ Supports (2SLGBTQ+ Supports)
- Community and Recreation Centres (Community and Recreation Centres)
- Cultural Groups and Organizations (Cultural Groups and Organizations)
- Food (Food)
- Places of Worship - Christian (Places of Worship - Christian)
- Places of Worship - Non-Christian (Places of Worship - Non-Christian)
- Public Libraries (Public Libraries)
- Recreation for Adults (Recreation for Adults)
- Recreation for Children & Youth (Recreation for Children & Youth)
- Recreation for Older Adults (Recreation for Older Adults)
- Volunteering (Volunteering)
- Adult Education / Academic Upgrading (Adult Education / Academic Upgrading)
- International Credentials Evaluations (International Credentials Evaluations)
- Newcomer Employment Resources (Newcomer Employment Resources)
- Schools (Schools)
- Tutoring / Homework Help (Tutoring / Homework Help)
- Child Abuse Services (Child Abuse Services)
- Crisis Lines for Abuse / Violence (Crisis Lines for Abuse / Violence)
- Domestic Abuse (Domestic Abuse)
- Hospital Emergency / Urgent Care (Hospital Emergency / Urgent Care)
- Police (Police)
- Shelter for Abused Women (Shelter for Abused Women)
- Child Care Expense Assistance (Child Care Expense Assistance)
- Employment Insurance (EI) (Employment Insurance (EI))
- Housing Expense Assistance (Housing Expense Assistance)
- Income Support for Older Adults (Income Support for Older Adults)
- Medical Expense Assistance (Medical Expense Assistance)
- Recreation Expense Assistance (Recreation Expense Assistance)
- Social Assistance (Social Assistance)
- Utility Bills Expense Assistance (Utility Bills Expense Assistance)
- Community Legal Services (Community Legal Services)
- Government - Federal (Government - Federal)
- Government - Municipal & Regional (Government - Municipal & Regional)
- Government - Provincial (Government - Provincial)
- Finding a Doctor (Finding a Doctor)
- Hospitals (Hospitals)
- Pharmacies (Pharmacies)
- Urgent Care / Hospital Emergency (Urgent Care / Hospital Emergency)
- Walk-In Medical Clinics (Walk-In Medical Clinics)
- Addiction Counselling & Treatment (Addiction Counselling & Treatment)
- Addiction Support Groups (Addiction Support Groups)
- Child & Youth Mental Health (Child & Youth Mental Health)
- Distress Phone Lines (Distress Phone Lines)
- Mental Health Support Groups (Mental Health Support Groups)
- English as a Second Language (English as a Second Language)
- Immigration / Sponsorship (Immigration / Sponsorship)
- International Credentials (International Credentials)
- Internationally Trained Professionals (Internationally Trained Professionals)
- Interpretation / Translation (Interpretation / Translation)
- Newcomer Employment Programs (Newcomer Employment Programs)
- Newcomer Settlement Services (Newcomer Settlement Services)
- Refugees (Refugees)
