What social services do you enjoy after immigrating to Canada?

After obtaining the Canadian maple leaf card, you can enjoy the same social services as the locals: for example

Milk gold children's tax concessions

Milk gold, as the name implies, is enough money for children to drink milk. In Canada, every child can receive this subsidy every month from birth to 18 years old, and the amount depends on the parents' income last year. Of course, individual families with higher incomes do not have such treatment. The purpose of setting up this subsidy is to help low-income families and encourage everyone to have more children.

Child care allowance

In Canada, preschool education for children before the age of 6 is self-funded and expensive. A child's monthly child care fee is 600-800 Canadian dollars, so many low-income families can't afford to send their children to early education, so the government specially allocates funds to set up child care subsidies. According to the specific situation of the applicant, the government sometimes subsidizes half and sometimes fully.

Note that this money is paid directly to the kindergarten where the children attend. There is a queue to apply for this money, so you should register as soon as possible. Some people say that neither of us has a job and should be given priority. On the contrary, the Canadian government will think that since you can stay at home, it should be no problem to educate your children by yourself. They give priority to families where both husband and wife are working or studying and have little income.

Government housing

In order to ensure that low-income people have their own homes and houses, the Canadian government allocates funds to build a large number of government houses every year. These houses are managed by specialized companies entrusted by the government, rented at extremely low prices, and are often beautiful buildings. Who can apply? In principle, anyone can, but its special charging method automatically excludes the rich. The basic charging principle is to pay the rent according to the percentage of income. One thing to tell you is that few people in China apply for government housing. Because most people who live in this kind of house are low-income families and belong to the bottom of society, the areas where they live are often inferior to other areas in health and public security. People in China are often very concerned about their children's living environment, preferring to spend more money and find a "good area".

social welfare

This is a cornerstone of Canada's welfare system to ensure that every Canadian can maintain a basic standard of living, that is, food, clothing, housing and transportation. Anyone with no income and a bank deposit of less than 1000 yuan can apply for this money. Singles can get 500 to 700 Canadian dollars a month, and a family of three can probably get 1 654,38+0,300 Canadian dollars, which is enough to maintain a low living standard. If they have never worked, they can hold it forever. Because of this, Canada raises many lazy people and lives on this money. Many taxpayers have great views on this, and the government has been trying to reform in recent years. But please note that new immigrants in Canada are usually not allowed to receive this money in the first six months, because in theory, they have to bring a sum of money when they immigrate to Canada, and this money can last for six months.

Employment insurance

If a Canadian resident (green card or citizen) has been working continuously for half a year, but can't continue working because of unemployment, illness, giving birth to a child or adopting a child, then this temporary income can be obtained through the national employment insurance plan. According to the current policy, if you have worked continuously for 965,438+00 hours in the past year, you can get this money if you are unemployed, usually 56% of your original monthly salary, and you can get it if you work continuously for 45 weeks. To apply for subsidies, you must go to the Canadian government employment center and apply for a social insurance card (SIN card) there. Please note that there are several situations in which an applicant will not receive unemployment benefits. One is that he was fired by his boss because he made a serious mistake, and the other is that he resigned voluntarily.

Health welfare health care plan

All Canadian provinces provide low-cost and high-quality health care programs (Manetho Bus participates for free). Except for dentistry and ophthalmology, patients do not have to pay for medical treatment, laboratory tests, hospitalization and surgery, but only for prescription drugs. If your family doctor thinks you need hospitalization or even surgery, regardless of the size of the surgery, all the expenses will be borne by the medical insurance plan. During hospitalization, patients don't have to pay any fees for food and medicine. Most prescription drugs for the elderly over 65 and those receiving social assistance are provided free of charge.

Holiday speech opportunity

The Canadian government stipulates that full-time employees can get two weeks (ten working days) paid vacation every year after working for one year; After working for five years in a row, you can get three weeks' paid vacation every year. Holidays cannot be replaced by wages. Employees must not be dismissed because of pregnancy. In addition, you can get unpaid maternity leave, continue to keep your pension or medical plan, and return to your original job after maternity leave. During maternity leave, pregnant women can apply for employment insurance EI.

pension

Canadians can get an old-age security pension regardless of their assets or income. As eligibility depends on a certain number of years of residence, new immigrants in Canada are not entitled to a full pension. However, if you are a Canadian citizen or immigrant, aged 65 or above, and have lived in Canada for at least 65,438+00 years after the age of 65,438+08, you can get a partial OAS pension. The calculation method is based on the number of years you have lived in Canada.

Pension plan

Canada's retirement plan is implemented in all provinces except Quebec. The Canadian retirement plan is a public insurance plan. Canadian residents who deduct a certain amount of pension contributions from their monthly income can get subsidies through this scheme after retirement or long-term physical disability. Pensions must be taxed, and applicants can get pensions anywhere in the world. Quebec has its own plan, called Quebec retirement plan.

Income security allowance

If you have little or no income, you can apply for monthly income security allowance. The definition of income includes pension, living expenses, wages, unemployment insurance, labor remuneration or welfare from other countries. The less income, the more income security allowance. If you are married, your spouse's income will be taken into account when calculating the number of GIS you deserve. GIS must be reapplied every year.

spouse's benefit

If you meet the following conditions, you can also receive the spouse allowance as an additional allowance for couples living only on the old-age security pension:

1, aged between 60 and 65, and the spouse is a person receiving old-age security.

2, the total income does not exceed the prescribed amount.

3. Have lived in Canada for at least 10 years after 18 years old. SPA must be reapplied every year. This allowance can continue to be paid until you remarry or reach the age of 65, even after your spouse dies.