Which is better, immigration to Canada or Britain?

Canada is a high welfare country, and can apply for "old age pension" and child welfare pension for relatives who immigrate to Canada.

1. Welfare tax for the elderly: The government provides specific subsidies to the elderly over 65 to increase their income after retirement, and at the same time, it will increase the income tax allowance to reduce the tax burden of the elderly, which can be described as double welfare.

(1) Allowance/subsidy Part A: Old-age security) Part B: Guaranteed income supplement) Part C: Spouse allowance.

(2) The part with high allowance A: age allowance B: pension income allowance.

Welfare medical care for the elderly: Canada adopts the medical system of universal health insurance, and the medical insurance premium will pay for medical treatment, surgery, hospitalization and other expenses. If the insured is a low-income family, they can apply for government assistance to pay part or all of the premium.

Older people over 65 can get the following other preferential services. A: health insurance gold card; B: Home care and community support services.

In the welfare of the elderly: the government provides subsidies to the elderly who own their own houses or rent houses with loans. A: Land price tax; B: government-subsidized housing

2. Child Welfare The Child welfare fund is a monthly tax-free welfare fund, which is used to subsidize children under the age of 18, also known as the Milk Fund.

open an account with the bank

Canada's finance is very developed, with branches of major banks all over the main streets of the city and providing customers with various services. Customers can open different types of accounts. After you arrive in Canada, Jiada Business Center will help you open a bank account as soon as possible to avoid carrying a lot of cash with you, and at the same time facilitate the payment of large consumption (such as room rate).

The five most powerful banks in Canada

bank of montreal

Royal Bank of Canada

Imperial bank of Canada

Business (CIBC)

Dominion Bank of Toronto

Bank of Scotland

Apply for social insurance card

Social insurance card (social insurance number) is called SIN card for short, which is equivalent to China's ID card. Because it is proof of legal work, it is also called work permit. SIN card is the first card you need to apply for when you arrive in Canada. Because the application of other cards and bank accounts and the collection of children's milk money all need to use SIN cards. SIN card should be handled in the labor service center near your residence, and the staff of Jiada Service Center will take you for free. When you apply for a SIN card, you need to bring your passport and immigration documents in person. The whole application time is about 4 weeks. If the SIN card is lost, you can apply for a replacement, but the number remains the same. It is illegal for a person to have more than two social insurance cards.

Apply for a medical insurance card

The medical insurance card is used to enjoy free medical insurance. You can only apply for a SIN card. Because the Canadian government stipulates that new immigrants will not enjoy medical insurance until three months after they arrive in Canada, you should receive this card about two and a half months after applying, and it will take effect in the third month. Medical insurance in Canada is different. In fact, except medicine and dentists, medical treatment, hospitalization and examination are free. To apply for a medical insurance card, the applicant needs to send a copy of his passport, immigration paper and the completed form to the address provided by each province.

Children's enrollment

According to Canadian law, children between the ages of 6 and 16 must go to school. Children aged 4-5 can enter preschool classes in primary schools. The primary and secondary education here is 12 (Quebec is 13), and all public school education is free.

When you arrive in Canada, you can send your children to a school near your place of residence. There are generally 7 grades in primary school and 5 ~ 6 grades in middle school. The school will arrange for your child to attend the corresponding grade according to his actual age. As Canada is an immigrant country, almost every public school has English courses for foreigners to help new immigrant children with English. If the school exceeds the walking distance, the school will provide a school bus to pick up the children in front of your building every day.

Like China, the Canadian school year has two semesters, usually from the first week of September to the autumn semester before Christmas, and the first week of June in 65438 is the spring semester. Generally, schools have two weeks of winter vacation at Christmas, and July and August are summer vacations every year.

Apply for milk insurance

The Canadian government gives low-and middle-income families1children under the age of 8 a monthly subsidy, which is commonly known as "milk money" by local Chinese. The amount of "milk money" depends on the income, and the amount of milk money for each child is about 200 Canadian dollars per month. Milk gold is generally applied in the name of the mother.

Common sense of Canadian life

Currency and exchange rate

Canada's monetary system is calculated in dollars and cents. It is best to exchange foreign exchange in designated financial institutions, such as banks and trust companies. Hotels, shops and restaurants can also be exchanged, but the exchange rate is not as cost-effective as financial institutions. In addition, it is very important for passengers to change some Canadian dollars before leaving their own country.

In addition to coins with 1, 5, 10 and 25 cents, there are also coins with 1 and 2 Canadian dollars in Canada, which are called "loonie" and "toonie". Paper money comes in different colors and patterns. The most common ones are blue 5 Canadian dollars, purple 65,438+00 Canadian dollars, green 20 Canadian dollars, red 50 Canadian dollars and brown 65,438+000 Canadian dollars. In addition, there is a large amount of RMB 65,438+0,000 in circulation.

Small? expense

In restaurants in Canada, tips or service charges are usually not included in the bill. Therefore, the salary level of many restaurants takes tip income into account. If you are satisfied with the service you get, you usually have to pay a tip of 15%.

Some restaurants add a certain service charge to the group banquet bill, and the waiter will inform the guests before ordering. Barbers, taxi drivers, doormen, baggage porters and the corresponding staff in hotels, airports, railway stations and other places usually pay a tip of 1 Canadian dollar for a piece of luggage.

Post office business hours

The working hours of post offices vary from place to place, but most of them are open during working hours on weekdays.

Electricity? source

Canada uses 1 10 ~ 120 volt DC, which is suitable for all American household appliances. If you use electrical appliances from China and Europe, you need to add a converter.

Electricity? word

Make a long-distance Canadian call in China.

For example: 604- 123-4567

International phone number (00)- Canadian country code (1)- area code (604)- the other party's phone number (123-4567): 001604123-4567.

Make a long distance call from Canada to China.

For example: 0 10- 1234-5678

International phone number (0 1 1)- China country code (86)- the number after subtracting 0 from the area code (10)- the other party's phone number (1234-5678): 01/kloc-0.

Business and banking hours

Business hours are usually from 9 am to 6 pm.

Banks are usually from 9 am to 4 pm.

All major airports can exchange foreign currency.

Credit cards and ATMs

The main credit cards widely used are VISA, Master Card and American Express. It should be noted that before you receive the bill of the current month, the financial institutions in your country have? It is automatically converted into foreign exchange.

In Canada, you can use any networked bank card at any ATM. Banks and airports in major cities have ATMs, which are very convenient.

Special tips

According to the regulations of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), all international airports have a code consisting of three uppercase English letters, which is unique and mostly similar to the English name of the place. For example, the code of China Beijing International Airport is PEK, and the code of Shanghai International Airport is SHA.

Therefore, if you want to buy a ticket from Beijing, China to Vancouver, you can express it as "buy a ticket from Beijing to YVR".

Public? manufacture

Canada is a Commonwealth country. For many years, the English system has been used as a standard for calculating mileage or weight. In order to conform to international standards, Canada decided to use the decimal metric system to calculate mileage and weight. However, due to the long-term use of the British system, although? After years of publicity and use, Canadian citizens are still not used to the metric system. Therefore, in order to facilitate the people, the government has adopted both systems. For tourists from China, it is helpful to be familiar with the comparison between the two systems before going out.

Weight: There are signs of kilograms and pounds in the supermarket. Converted, 1 kg equals 2.2 pounds. The writing symbol points are 1b and kilograms are kg.

Mileage: There are signs of mileage and kilometers on the expressway. Converted, 10 km equals 6 miles. Write the symbol miles per hour MPH, kilometers per hour is km/h.

Other transformations are as follows:

1 l = 1.057 quart Fahrenheit F= 9/5+32 1 inch = 2.54cm 1 yard = 0.9m

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