This article is taken from the
special Figaro "From East to West - Living in Canada why not you?"
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This issue offers you to answer the questions you ask yourself as simply as possible.
This, with the help of practical texts, maps and testimonials from French people living in Canada.
institutions
Consulate General of France
Montreal: +1 (514) 878-4385 www.montreal.consulfrance.org
Quebec: +1 (418) 266-2500 www.quebec.consulfrance.org
Business France
Accompanies French companies and French entrepreneurs in their export procedures, etc.
Offices in Montreal and Toronto.
Businessfrance.fr
Ministry of Immigration, Francisation and Integration (MIFI)
A must when you start your immigration project.
The MIFI offers information on the steps to take to immigrate, work and study in Québec and provides the forms to be completed, along with very useful instruction guides.
www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca
Read alsoCanada: why settle in Quebec?
Health
France, Belgium and Luxembourg have signed memorandums of understanding on social protection-illness-hospitalization with Quebec.
Thus, new residents do not have to take out private insurance when settling in La Belle Province.
They must present themselves upon their arrival at the RAMQ (Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec), with proof of their insurance in their country of origin (form SE-401-Q-09bis for the French at the CPAM) , in order to obtain the Quebec health insurance card (carte soleil).
www.ramq.gouv.qc.ca
Premises
Quebec Bookstore
30, rue Gay-Lussac, Paris (Ve) www.librairieduquebec.fr
The Abbey Bookshop
English-speaking Canadian bookstore.
29, rue de la Parcheminerie, Paris (Ve) www.abbeybookshop.org
The House of Quebec in Saint-Malo
Documentation on tourism and information to prepare for a study or work stay in Québec.
2, rue des Champs-Vauverts, 35400 Saint-Malo.
http://maisonquebec.stmalo.free.fr
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Understanding the Quebec school system: description of the course, from preschool to high school.
www.quebec.ca/education/preschool-primary-and-secondary
Correspondence of higher education diplomas in France
and Quebec.
https://quebec.consulfrance.org/les-correspondances-de-diplomes
Various information
Citim (Key for the labor integration of immigrants)
For integration into employment, workshops, networking sessions, webinars and all the advice to be supported in employment.
Dedicated to graduate engineers and PVTists, but not only.
Citim.org
Living in Canada
The new platform of the LeFigaro.fr site: work, study, undertake and settle.
The Le Figaro experience applied to mobility in Canada.
LeFigaro.fr/Canada
PVT (Working Holiday Program or Working Holiday Permit)
For French people aged 18-35 and young people from around 30 other countries: this site, created by former and current PVTists, offers all the information on the Working Holiday Permit and the other International Experience Canada programs ( EIC): Internship Coop International, Young Pro and Young Pro-VIE permits.
Pvtistes.net
Quebec professions of Futures / International Education
Official representative of Quebec's vocational training centers and a non-profit cooperative, Québec Métiers d'Avenir is a personalized support service created by Éducation internationale to study vocational training and live in Québec.
www.quebecmetiersdavenir.com
www.education-internationale.com
CDEFQ (Circle of leaders of Franco-Quebec companies)
CDEFQ's mission: to federate all public, governmental, private and academic actors in order to accelerate cooperation between the two continents, innovation and business opportunities.
www.cdefq.org
The French Union of Montreal
Free webinars such as tax preparation for moving to
Canada.
For example, this webinar “Special Your taxes in Quebec and Canada” allows you to take stock of the changes that can affect your income and your assets.
www.unionfrancaisedemontreal.org
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