Videos about living in Canada? Day to day?

[PeacefulMan]

Hi, I was curious to know if there are any videos or documentation to help new comers get familiar with all aspects of Canadian life society “before” they arrive while the case is being processed. I mean treating of everything, work, talk, eat, shopping, driving, interacting, what is normal and not normal, how Canadian perceive things and look at others, expectations ..etc … Especially for people coming from a very different culture in terms of language and religion and habits.

Should I post this in a different section as well?

Thanks.

 

[YVR123]

You may get more response on another section.

For family sponsorship, I think the sponsor, Canadian PR or citizen, who will be supporting their family to move to Canada, will be responsible to introduce them to Canadian culture, norm and lifestyle. He/she should be the "host" to welcome his/her family to Canada.

 

[steaky]

You need not post anywhere.

In fact, once your relatives received their COPR document, they will receive a letter from the immigration department which includes some links related to settlement in Canada. They can click them and get familiar with the aspects of Canadian life society before their arrival in Canada.

 

[PeacefulMan]

You may get more response on another section.

For family sponsorship, I think the sponsor, Canadian PR or citizen, who will be supporting their family to move to Canada, will be responsible to introduce them to Canadian culture, norm and lifestyle. He/she should be the "host" to welcome his/her family to Canada.

That is for sure but I was looking for extra things to read while overseas, when the PR has some free time.

 

[PeacefulMan]

You need not post anywhere.

In fact, once your relatives received their COPR document, they will receive a letter from the immigration department which includes some links related to settlement in Canada. They can click them and get familiar with the aspects of Canadian life society before their arrival in Canada.

We just sent the package and hopefully it'll get there this week, not sure how it'll go but thanks for the note.

 

[Canucks and Hawks]

Canadian culture:
-Tip 10-20% of restaurant/bar bills to waitresses/bartenders (they have to tip management/other staff so if you don’t tip they paid out of their pocket to serve you and they won’t be happy about it)
-Say “sorry” a lot. If someone bangs into another person, both people say sorry, for example. Haha.
-eye contact and a smile is socially appropriate especially to same gender; if opposite gender, shorter smile and holding of eye contact (as holding eye contact too long could be viewed as flirting or in some cases, sexual harassment)
-touching strangers- only if necessary, touching on shoulder to get their attention is your safest bet but some women will still be disturbed by any form of touching by a stranger
-driving: keep safe distance between cars (for safety and to be polite), give people space to come in your lane, only use horn if someone is doing something unsafe or to help avoid a collision (otherwise honking is considered rude), merging on highway (person merging onto highway must be ahead of car on highway to merge, if behind, must wait for car to pass and vice versa)
-Lines/queues: from trains/buses/cafes/etc. There will always be queues, never budge in front of anyone who was there before you in the line/queue, they will be angry and often will say something: lines/queues are generally 1 person thick unless you are with friends, but even then stand so that you are almost 1 person thick, thicker queues confuse people, stand behind the last person in the queue/line
-always say please and thank you with people in customer service and smile
-Canada is multicultural and diverse, racist, homophobic, sexual, and sexist harassment is not tolerated, if any of these things happen to you, don’t hesitate to call the police.
-Hold doors open for people coming in and out of restaurants/buildings if they are a couple steps behind you, they will expect it
-make Room for people to pass on the sidewalk if you are in a large group
-give people space in general when walking anywhere and if you pass people and accidentally touch them/bump them, apologize.
-those are probably the big ones

 

[Bs65]

Why not just go to YouTube and search ‘living in Canada’ . Granted some videos probably rubbish but plenty examples there.


Also

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/new-immigrants.html

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/video.html

 

[PeacefulMan]

Canadian culture:
-Tip 10-20% of restaurant/bar bills to waitresses/bartenders (they have to tip management/other staff so if you don’t tip they paid out of their pocket to serve you and they won’t be happy about it)
-Say “sorry” a lot. If someone bangs into another person, both people say sorry, for example. Haha.
-eye contact and a smile is socially appropriate especially to same gender; if opposite gender, shorter smile and holding of eye contact (as holding eye contact too long could be viewed as flirting or in some cases, sexual harassment)
-touching strangers- only if necessary, touching on shoulder to get their attention is your safest bet but some women will still be disturbed by any form of touching by a stranger
-driving: keep safe distance between cars (for safety and to be polite), give people space to come in your lane, only use horn if someone is doing something unsafe or to help avoid a collision (otherwise honking is considered rude), merging on highway (person merging onto highway must be ahead of car on highway to merge, if behind, must wait for car to pass and vice versa)
-Lines/queues: from trains/buses/cafes/etc. There will always be queues, never budge in front of anyone who was there before you in the line/queue, they will be angry and often will say something: lines/queues are generally 1 person thick unless you are with friends, but even then stand so that you are almost 1 person thick, thicker queues confuse people, stand behind the last person in the queue/line
-always say please and thank you with people in customer service and smile
-Canada is multicultural and diverse, racist, homophobic, sexual, and sexist harassment is not tolerated, if any of these things happen to you, don’t hesitate to call the police.
-Hold doors open for people coming in and out of restaurants/buildings if they are a couple steps behind you, they will expect it
-make Room for people to pass on the sidewalk if you are in a large group
-give people space in general when walking anywhere and if you pass people and accidentally touch them/bump them, apologize.
-those are probably the big ones

Thanks for taking time to write that up. Curious what made you put the tipping in the top ? Any personal experience maybe ?

 

[YVR123]

-Lines/queues: from trains/buses/cafes/etc. There will always be queues, never budge in front of anyone who was there before you in the line/queue, they will be angry and often will say something: lines/queues are generally 1 person thick unless you are with friends, but even then stand so that you are almost 1 person thick, thicker queues confuse people, stand behind the last person in the queue/line
-always say please and thank you with people in customer service and smile

Adding to the lines/queues. Give enough space in between people in the queue. You do not need to touch the person in front of you to avoid budging because most of the time no one will do that. I stood in queues in Asia and found that they try to stand with NO GAP between (touching every part of me.. I feel extremely uncomfortable even tho that's a girl). Give some personal space.

 

[Canucks and Hawks]

Yep, we love personal space in Canada
Yep, I was a waitress for 10 years

 

[PeacefulMan]

Should I add to that, people smoking closet by?
People not picking up after their dogs?

 

[Canucks and Hawks]

Should I add to that, people smoking closet by?
People not picking up after their dogs?

Yep. If you smoke, you need to step away from bus stops, etc., unless you were there first but not sure if they have changed smoking laws recently too.

And yes, you have to pick up your dog poop

 

[Canucks and Hawks]

Also if you are sitting near the front of the bus, you have to give up your seat to the elderly, physically disabled, or pregnant. Even if sitting in back of bus, it is good to give up your seat if you are more physically able to stand

 

[PeacefulMan]

Yep. If you smoke, you need to step away from bus stops, etc., unless you were there first but not sure if they have changed smoking laws recently too.

And yes, you have to pick up your dog poop

I see lots of those.

 

[YVR123]

Yep. If you smoke, you need to step away from bus stops, etc., unless you were there first but not sure if they have changed smoking laws recently too.

And yes, you have to pick up your dog poop

In where I live, there's bylaws restricting where people are allowed to smoke. You cannot smoke within 6 metres of windows, doors and air intakes. Bus stop isn't on the list but people do step away from it while smoking and waiting for the bus.