New to Canada

Let us guide you on how to set up a busi­ness or find employment

Mid­dle­sex Coun­ty has a grow­ing sup­port sys­tem for new­com­ers seek­ing a home, employ­ment and a new com­mu­ni­ty. For new­com­ers to the area wish­ing to start a busi­ness, Mid­dle­sex Coun­ty wel­comes you. Your first and most impor­tant resource is Com­mu­ni­ty Employ­ment Choic­es in Strathroy (CEC). CEC will help you feel com­fort­able in your new community.

As well CEC offers employ­ment coun­selling to help you assess your skills and expe­ri­ence and deter­mine the best career path for you. This may include self-employ­ment. The CEC coun­sel­lors are your first point of entry to entre­pre­neur­ship explo­ration and busi­ness advi­so­ry sup­ports in Strathroy and the sur­round­ing area. Reach out to Com­mu­ni­ty Employ­ment Choic­es for more infor­ma­tion on find­ing work and self-employment.

Whether you are a new­com­er liv­ing in Mid­dle­sex Coun­ty or con­sid­er­ing a busi­ness immi­gra­tion you will find the fol­low­ing guide from Cana­da Busi­ness Ontario very use­ful in plan­ning your busi­ness launch: (Guide for New­com­ers to Cana­da) http://​www​.cbo​-eco​.ca/​e​n​/​i​n​d​e​x​.​c​f​m​/​s​t​a​r​t​i​n​g​/​g​e​t​t​i​n​g​-​s​t​a​r​t​e​d​/​b​u​s​i​n​e​s​s​-​g​u​i​d​e​-​f​o​r​-​n​e​w​c​o​m​e​r​s​-​t​o​-​c​a​nada/.

The Cana­di­an Bankers Asso­ci­a­tion pro­vides infor­ma­tion on the Cana­di­an Bank­ing sys­tem for new­com­ers. This use­ful site includes every­thing from how to open an account, to invest­ing, to start­ing a busi­ness – the Cana­di­an way! For more infor­ma­tion see Bank­ing for New­com­ers.