Canada is an amazing country, where there are prairies, mountains and coasts of an ocean. Everyone who visits this country will be able to find something interesting for himself
Things You Must Know Before Traveling To Canada

If you don’t want unpleasant surprises to spoil your holiday, it’s necessary to know in advance about the risks, that may await you in this country.

General information about travel insurance in Canada
In order to obtain a visa to Canada, it’s essential to have an insurance. Actually, it’s a long, time-consuming process. Having a good visa history, a family and children, and a good job doesn’t guarantee that you will receive a visa. Anyway, you may be faced with a mass of difficulties as a high percentage of refusals, an inability to monitor the progress of your case, duration of the process of receiving a visa. You need to collect a lot of documents and have an insurance in order to get it. It’s recommended to make an insurance at least 5 days prior to departure.

What risks does an insurance cover?
After you’ve made an insurance, you will save yourself and your budget from the majority of possible problems, such as:
1) Medical transportation costs
2) The cost of an emergency dental care
3) A lot of travel expenses
4) The cost of recovering of lost documents
5) The cost of a legal assistance, and so on.

What is the cost of the health care services in Canada
Independently of the presence of a lot of negative reviews concerning the quality of a health care in Canada, you shouldn’t think that it somehow will affect to the cost of these services. An ordinary appointment to a doctor will cost $70, One day in a hospital ward will cost totally $200, The cost of a simple filling at a dentist is not less than $95.

Police, fire service and ambulance – 911
Service of paramedics (medical care) – 411
For free medical care, you can call to the Canadian Red Cross by local phone number: +1 800-418-1111
Canada is a quite safe country for tourists’ health. The only thing that can cause a trouble is the level of air pollution in the cities of the country. In recent years, there has been a high level of air pollution and acid rain. They are detrimental to both lakes and woodlands, and the health of people. Besides, air goes bad due to emissions from the smelting of metals, coal heating and motor vehicles. All of this adversely impacts on the health of people living there. Short-term exposure of air pollution may cause an irritation of mucous of eyes, nose and throat. People with chronic diseases are in a particular risk.

Customs regulations
Everyone, visiting Canada, should definitely familiarize yourself with the custom regulations
There is no restrictions on the import of foreign currency. But it’s obligatory to declare more than 10,000 Canadian dollars or its equivalent in a foreign currency.

These items are allowed for duty-free import as items for personal use:
1) Clothing
2) Laptop and personal computer
3) Books
4) Musical instruments
5) Medications are allowed to import only for personal use in case of having a prescription of your doctor

According to customs regulation of Canada, these items are forbidden to be imported:
1) Firearms
2) Explosives and ammunition
3) Drugs
4) Toxic substances
5) Food of a plant origin
6) Animals
7) Plants and seeds

National holidays:
January 1 – New Year
April 3 – Good Friday
July 1 – Canada Day
September 7 – Labor Day
December 25 – Christmas
Besides national holidays, there are also a lot of provincial and territorial holidays in Canada.

Drinking water in Canada
The quality of food and drinking water in Canada is at a high level. Tap water is suitable for consumption. Drinking a water from wild reservoirs is forbidden, as this may lead to a contamination of various types of gastrointestinal diseases.

Safety in Canada
In recent years, the number of thefts was increased in tourist areas of Canada. You should be particularly attentive in the outlying areas of Ottawa and Montreal, train stations and a subway.

Insects and animals
In rural areas, there are a lot types of insects, that are transmitters of Lyme disease. The first symptoms of it are headaches, fever, fatigue, rash. In the early stages, the symptoms can be removed by a simple course of antibiotics. Therefore, it’s strongly recommended to wear closed clothes being in rural or forest areas,

We wish you a good holiday!
Good luck!

Source====http://myunigist.com/things-must-know-traveling-canada/

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