Welcome Centre for new migrants opened in Ontario York Region

Canada Immigration Minister Diane Finney and Ontario Minister of citizenship and Immigration Mike Colle have announced the opening of a Welcome Centre in Vaughn, Ontario, which will aim to provide integration services for some 3,500 new migrants over the next 12 months.

A further four such centres are to be opened under the Canada-Ontario Agreement, which will provide settlement and employment support services, language training and accreditation and qualification recognition services.

Ms. Finney commented “I am pleased to be supporting centres such as this one, where a real difference can be made in the lives of newcomers by helping them with language training or finding a job”.

The Canada-Ontario agreement is part of a federally-funded commitment to helping new migrants settle into Canadian society and find employment relevant to their skills. The total funding package of $1.3 billion, $920 million of which will be subsidised by the federal government, will be purely devoted to the integration of new migrants and their families.

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