Universal healthcare. Tuition-free public schools. Safe streets, breathtaking nature, and a culture that genuinely makes room for everyone. Welcome to the country we get to call home.
By the numbers
A country built on arrival
More than one in five people living in Canada today were born somewhere else. The numbers behind one of the world's most welcoming countries.
485,000
Permanent residents welcomed in 2024
Source: IRCC
#3
Best country in the world for quality of life
U.S. News, 2024
23%
Of Canadians were born outside Canada
Statistics Canada
9%
Of all the freshwater on Earth is right here
Environment Canada
An interactive guide
What matters most to you?
Tap a card. We'll show you what Canada offers people who care about it most. There's no wrong answer — most newcomers care about all of these.
Free at the point of care
Universal healthcare, since 1984.
Canada's publicly funded healthcare system means you don't choose between a doctor's visit and your rent. Permanent residents are covered by their province's plan — no premiums, no copays for hospital visits, no surprise bills. Whether you're starting a family, raising kids, or aging gracefully, healthcare is one less thing to worry about.
Hospital and physician services covered for residents
Prescription support for seniors and lower-income families
Mental-health programs expanding province by province
K–12 public schooling, free.
An education that opens doors.
Canadian public schools are tuition-free for permanent residents and regularly rank among the world's best. Three of the top fifty universities globally are Canadian — and graduates of Canadian programs unlock a Post-Graduation Work Permit that's the envy of international students everywhere.
Tuition-free public K–12 for residents
Three universities in the global top 50 (U of T, McGill, UBC)
Post-graduation work permits up to 3 years
Among the world's safest countries.
A place where everyday life is calm.
The Global Peace Index consistently places Canada in the world's top fifteen safest countries. Strong institutions, low violent-crime rates, and a culture of mutual respect mean kids walk to school, neighbours wave hello, and emergency rooms aren't filled with the consequences of gun violence.
Top 15 globally on the Global Peace Index
Strict firearm laws and low gun-related crime
Trust in police and judiciary among the highest in the OECD
A G7 economy hungry for talent.
Where your skills travel with you.
Canada is one of the few countries actively recruiting newcomers to fill a real labour gap. Tech corridors in Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal are thriving. Healthcare, trades, transport, and engineering are short-staffed nationally — and credential-recognition programs are expanding province by province.
Express Entry processing in as little as 6 months
Open work permits for spouses of skilled workers
Federal minimum wage of $17.30/hour as of April 2024
Family is a federal priority.
Reunite. Stay close. Build something together.
Family-class sponsorship lets Canadian citizens and permanent residents bring spouses, children, parents, and grandparents to live with them permanently. Generous parental leave, the Canada Child Benefit, and affordable childcare in most provinces mean families don't just survive here — they grow.
Spousal sponsorship as fast as 12 months
Up to 18 months of paid parental leave
$10/day childcare rolling out nationally
200+ origin countries represented.
Multiculturalism — written into the constitution.
Canada is the only country in the world with multiculturalism enshrined in law. Your culture, your language, your faith — they aren't things to set aside at the border. They're things your neighbours come to celebrate. From Diwali on Parliament Hill to Lunar New Year in Vancouver, this country shows up.
Charter of Rights protects against religious & ethnic discrimination
48 national parks. 4 oceans.
A backyard the size of a continent.
The world's longest coastline. Forty-eight national parks. Glaciers, fjords, prairies, boreal forest, and the second-largest country on Earth holding only 0.5% of the world's population. There is room here — to breathe, to wander, to find your edge of nowhere.
243,042 km of coastline — longest in the world
9% of Earth's freshwater
UNESCO World Heritage sites from coast to coast
Charter-protected rights for all.
A democracy that takes rights seriously.
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects expression, religion, mobility, and equality — for citizens and permanent residents alike. The Economist consistently ranks Canada a "full democracy," ahead of every G7 peer. Press freedom, judicial independence, civil liberties: all top-tier.
Constitutional protection for religious & LGBTQ+ rights
Press Freedom Index: top 20 globally
Independent judiciary, accessible to all residents
A country of arrivals
Faces from everywhere. A home in common.
Nearly one in four Canadians was born somewhere else. Diwali on Parliament Hill, Lunar New Year in Vancouver, Eid in Edmonton, Caribana in Toronto — this country doesn’t ask you to leave your culture at the border. It asks you to bring it.
Where will you land?
Six cities, six different lives.
There's no ‘right’ Canadian city — there's the one that fits the life you want next.
Ontario
Toronto
Canada's biggest stage.
3.0M people, 200+ languages
Country's largest finance & tech hub
Most newcomer-supportive infrastructure
British Columbia
Vancouver
Where ocean meets mountain.
Mildest winters of any major city
Hollywood North — and a film economy
Top 10 globally for liveability
Québec
Montréal
Europe meets the New World.
Bilingual, bohemian, beloved
Rents 40% lower than Toronto
Most festivals per capita in North America
Alberta
Calgary
Big skies, bigger paycheques.
Highest median household income in Canada
No provincial sales tax
Banff & the Rockies, 90 minutes away
Ontario
Ottawa
Canada's capital, quietly thriving.
Lowest unemployment among major cities
Highest concentration of public-sector jobs
Bilingual, bike-friendly, family-first
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Salt air and a tech boom.
Atlantic Immigration Program hub
Affordable rents, ocean views
Friendliest city in Canada (Travel + Leisure)
A year in Canada
Four seasons. Four entirely different countries.
Yes, the winters are real. So are the wildflower hikes in May, the dock-jump summers, and the maple-leaf Octobers that look photoshopped.
March · April · May
The thaw, and the optimism that comes with it.
Snow melts into rivers, cherry blossoms blanket Vancouver and Toronto's High Park, and the country exhales. Sugar shacks open in Quebec. Hiking trails reopen in the Rockies. Birds you forgot about come back.
Cherry blossoms in Vancouver & Toronto
Maple-syrup season in rural Québec
Avg 8–18°C, longer days returning
June · July · August
The country lives outside.
Long northern daylight stretches past 10pm. Patios in Montréal stay open until last call. Cottagers head to the lakes. Calgary Stampede, Toronto's Caribbean Carnival, and a million backyard BBQs happen at once. Canada in summer is a different country entirely.
Festival season nationwide
Avg 18–28°C, sun until 10pm
National parks at peak access
September · October · November
The reason maple is on the flag.
For three weeks in October, the country turns red and gold. The Laurentians, the Niagara region, and Algonquin become the most photographed forests on earth. Thanksgiving's a weekend, not a day. Crisp mornings, warm cardigans — the most Canadian time to arrive.
Peak fall colours in October
Canadian Thanksgiving, second Monday of October
Avg 8–18°C, golden light
December · January · February
It's cold, yes. It's also the best part.
Skiing in Whistler. Skating on the Rideau Canal. Northern lights from Yellowknife. Hot tubs after toboggan runs. Yes, you'll buy a real winter coat — and then you'll find out that minus twenty in dry Canadian air feels nothing like the cold you imagine.
World-class skiing & skating
Northern lights season
Avg −15 to 0°C — but bright, dry, blue-sky days
Iconic Canada
The places that earn the postcards.
From the turquoise lakes of the Rockies to the cobblestones of Old Québec — six places that have been pulling travellers here for generations.
Alberta
Banff & Lake Louise
Turquoise glacier lakes, jagged Rocky Mountain peaks, and the most photographed national park in the country.
Ontario
Niagara Falls
Six million cubic feet of water tumbling over the edge every minute — louder, closer, and wetter than the photos suggest.
Toronto
CN Tower
553 metres of Toronto skyline, a glass floor for the brave, and the city's lighthouse for forty years.
Québec City
Old Québec
A UNESCO heritage town where French Canada feels four centuries old. Cobblestones, ramparts, and Château Frontenac.
Yellowknife & beyond
The Northern Lights
Green ribbons across a black sky — visible 240 nights a year above the 60th parallel. The kind of thing you remember.
Vancouver
Stanley Park
1,000 acres of seawall, totem poles, and old-growth cedar — right at the edge of downtown Vancouver.
Your story belongs in Canada.
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