Learn about Settlement.Org

Purpose

The Settlement.Org website provides newcomers with information and resources to settle in Ontario, Canada.

Background

Settlement.Org does this in 3 ways:

• Good, accurate, reliable and timely content on the site.
• Links to excellent sites with authoritative information and necessary content – a portal to excellent information on the web.
• Linking newcomers to offline to services in their local community.

Settlement.Org seeks to improve the quality of information and services provided to newcomers.

Settlement.Org provides an electronic community where newcomers can read announcements, make contacts, discuss current issues, find answers to frequently asked questions and access a directory of organizations.

Settlement.Org is open to all and is accessed most frequently by newcomers, settlement workers and the general public.

Please see the FAQs for more information about Settlement.Org.

Acknowledgements

The site was developed by Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI) and funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and the Ontario government.

Other major contributors included: Sinclair-Jones & Associates, Michael Miloff and Associates, Maple Systems Consulting, and 211Toronto.ca.

We wish to thank the numerous organizations and individuals who made significant contributions and suggestions.

Contact / Outreach

If you have any general questions or comments please contact us. If you are interested in contacting someone about Settlement.Org flyers, workshops, adding content,linking to our site or using the Settlement.Org logo, please see the Outreach section.

Questions about Immigrating

While we have general information on this site about how to immigrate to Ontario, Settlement.Org does not have comprehensive information about the immigration application process (for example, for skilled workers, business immigration, visiting, work permits, study permits and so on). Nor are we able to answer questions about how to immigrate in our Discussion Forums. It is simply impossible for us to reply to every request for information about immigrating to Ontario. We recommend you go to OntarioImmigration.ca for information about immigrating to Ontario.

Last Updated: August 26, 2009