What can I get by immigrating to Canada?

Canada is a country with a perfect welfare system. I have compared Canada with the United States and some developed countries in Europe, and found that there are fewer countries with perfect welfare systems like Canada. Of course, an inevitable result of Canada's good welfare is heavy taxes, which many people don't like.

I'm afraid there are too many benefits in Canada. I have to write a book about it. I can only briefly introduce some things related to new immigrants here. Broadly speaking, the free medical system and compulsory general education should also be regarded as welfare categories, which will be discussed in detail in the future. Let's talk about some small benefits today.

1, "child tax benefit", literally, has no meaning of milk. This is the name given by the local China people, which means that this money is enough for children to drink milk. In Canada, every child can receive this subsidy every month from birth to 18 years old. What was the income of parents last year? Usually you can get about 100 in a month. Of course, some families with higher incomes do not have this treatment. The purpose of setting up this subsidy is to help low-income families and encourage everyone to have more children. Imagine that if you have six children, one month's rent will come out.

2. "Child care subsidy". In Canada, preschool education for children before the age of 6 is self-funded and expensive. A child's monthly childcare fee is 600-800 Canadian dollars, so many low-income families are unable to send their children to receive early education. Therefore, the government earmarked funds for this purpose. After arriving in Canada, new immigrants generally belong to low-income families. Therefore, everyone can apply for this subsidy. According to your family situation, the government sometimes subsidizes half and sometimes fully. Note that this money is not for you, but really for the kindergarten where the child is located. 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. No! On the contrary, it thinks that you can stay at home at once and educate your children by yourself. They give priority to families where both husband and wife are working or studying, but they have little income.

3 "government housing". In order to ensure that "everyone has a house to live in" and low-income people can also get housing, the Canadian government allocates funds to build a large number of "government houses" every year, which are managed by specialized companies entrusted by the government and 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 rent according to a certain proportion of income, generally 25-30% of monthly income. If your monthly income is only 1000 yuan, you can live in a large apartment with two bedrooms, one living room and three bedrooms, one living room only by paying the house price in 250 yuan. But if your monthly salary is 10000 yuan, you have to pay 3000 yuan rent. Of course, it is not cost-effective. With this money, it is more than enough to buy a house.

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".

4. "Employment insurance" (EI). You can't get the money when you just arrive in Canada. As the name implies, you can only get money if you work for a period of time and lose your job. According to the current policy, if you work 9 10 hours continuously in the past year, you can get the money if you are unemployed, which is generally 56% of the original monthly salary, and you can get it for ten consecutive months. Note that there are several situations in which you can't get unemployment benefits. One is that you are fired by your boss because you have made a serious mistake, and the other is that you resign voluntarily.

5. "Social welfare". This is the cornerstone of the Canadian welfare system. It is used to ensure that every Canadian can maintain a basic standard of living, that is, everyone with food, shelter and clothing, no income and less than 1 000 yuan in the bank can apply for this money. Singles can get 500-700 Canadian dollars a month, and a family of three can get 1 100-65438+. Because of this, Canada raises many lazy people and lives on this money. Many taxpayers have great opinions about this. The government has been trying to reform in recent years, but please note that new immigrants are usually not allowed to receive this money in the first six months, because theoretically everyone has to bring a sum of money, which can last for six months.