19CannyMum:


I think you should take is one step at a time, right now the step you should worry about is getting your visa.

I don't know much about what students are entitled to and I don't know about prices in Ontario.

For Alberta as a PR, you'd get about 1350 in CCB.
Free healthcare, extended healthcare for the children (dentist, eyecare, prescriptions) under Alberta Works
Dayhome subsidy of about 900

You'll pay about 1k rent for a 2br basement (utilities included)
About 600 for dayhome/afterschool (parent portion after subsidy)
Groceries about 300 monthly
Bus pass comes with your fees. Stay on a street with a school or 2, and a direct bus to a supermarket and train station. There'll probably be a dayhome opposite the school (My street is exactly like this, I'm not just yarning dust).

If you work for 20 hours at minimum wage, you will earn about 1k. Arrange your work hours to be daytime while your children are at daycare. Spend the evening with them. Do your homework while they're asleep.

If daddy is in the picture and working in Naija, hopefully he can support with like $500 monthly to keep the budget balanced.

Like I said I don't know much about Ontario, or if students get all these benefits and subsidies. Just dropped this here for any single mom (with no more than 2 children o! It becomes punishment when they're too plenty lol) planning to come to Alberta and having similar fears.

19CannyMum:


They never said they have visa

Kekereekun123:
you can only get a shared room for that amount. But no one will rent a room out to 3 people here. To even get a study visa you need to prove financial resources.

19CannyMum:



Bus pass comes with your fees.

1mole1:
Are you in need of a place to quarantine in *Calgary* when you land for just 2 weeks? If yes, Living Christ Evangelical Mission has a solution to this. Mail Pastor Jumoke via jumokeolatunde@yahoo.co.uk to book your stay in advance *for free*

Paccus:

Why must a person be liberal at all times, what if a person is conservative??

einsteino:


Not every school has bus pass in fees. I don't know about Niagara College but my school doesn't provide bus pass. She may want to confirm from her school.

19CannyMum:


Remember I was speaking about Alberta, where living is affordable To the best of my knowledge, all the govt owned colleges in Calgary (at least BVC, SAIT, MRU and UC.) include subsidized bus pass in their fees. Maybe other Alberta cities don't sha.

einsteino:


You really had to rub it in abi? Diaris God o

Well, it is mainly schools in the GTA that dont have bus passes. Schools in london like Fanshawe and Western had.

lastborn111:
Hello people, good morning I arrived canada yesterday. Any whatsApp group to join in Saskatoon? I will like to get in touch please

einsteino:


You really had to rub it in abi? Diaris God o

Well, it is mainly schools in the GTA that dont have bus passes. Schools in london like Fanshawe and Western had.

Fortissimo502:

Ontario Tech University has a bus pass for Durham Region.

einsteino:


Oh maybe I should specifically say Toronto. University of Toronto, Ryerson University and York University do not have student pass in their fees. I think Seneca college and Humber College also do not have. Sheridan college(Brampton) had one but it seems it got scrapped when student choice initiative came to be.

Nonetheless, students are able to get discounted passes using their school ids but they have to pay out of pocket for it.

19CannyMum:


Remember I was speaking about Alberta, where living is affordable To the best of my knowledge, all the govt owned colleges in Calgary (at least BVC, SAIT, MRU and UC.) include subsidized bus pass in their fees. Maybe other Alberta cities don't sha.

obonujoker:
Please help...

1. What is the expected salary for an engineer in the construction industry in Canada monthly in USD...?? I was asked this question in an interview, and I don't want to jonse my prospects please.....

zeelo2014:


I think you got most parts of the etiquette right, the handshake(pre covid) and eye contact. Speak slowly cos of accent, pick up their choice of words. Naija's English is more British-like, e.g pants vs trouser,booth vs trunk etc
You might say hi to your neighbors if you just a bought a house on the street if not no need for that.
Any hairstyle or clothing works, nothing too loud and check with your employer's dress code. Stay away from discussing your religious or political belief, be liberal at all times.

legionISproteus:

It think it's better you mind your business. If it happens to get in the way of your colleagues, they will call your attention. Little steps

achievep:
There is a course you can take with SOPA Online. You can check out their website and register as long as you have your COPR already.

Ligxy:


Make we know if we can fry Puffpuff garnished with sugar to do new neighbor greetings.

obonujoker:
Please help...

1. What is the expected salary for an engineer in the construction industry in Canada monthly in USD...?? I was asked this question in an interview, and I don't want to jonse my prospects please.....

Ligxy:


Make we know if we can fry Puffpuff garnished with sugar to do new neighbor greetings.

saskatoonguy:

Search for Marina Esiri on YouTube, Twitter and IG. Hang out with her. She is lovely. In Saskatoon

nochyks87:
Please to the men, for those of you that came in with their personal hair clippers from naija, how did you guys get to use it here cause the voltage here seems to be too low to power my clipper? Thanks

nochyks87:
Please to the men, for those of you that came in with their personal hair clippers from naija, how did you guys get to use it here cause the voltage here seems to be too low to power my clipper? Thanks

Iwinosified:

We got this from naija while planning our trip last year and has so far proved very useful. It was a tip from someone here, maybe Einsteino, can't remember. Hubby uses it with his naija bought clipper for all of us, lol. I've had to go on low cut too with the boys; my wigs have come in handy though. It's called a step down/ step up transformer and has really come in handy as I hear grooming can be quite pricey. However, this may be more useful for those yet to land; since you're here already you'd have to go with ednut's suggestion and probably get a new clipper.

ednut1:
get a new clipper from Amazon.