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Guides use plain language and focus on practical next steps instead of overwhelming people with complicated systems.
Welcome to MapleLanding
Your trusted guide for building a new life in Canada.
Free newcomer guides, tools, and local support links for families settling in Canada.
Why MapleLanding
A calmer way to start life in Canada.
MapleLanding keeps the first steps organized, plain, and easy to trust, so newcomers know where to click next.
Trusted public resources
MapleLanding points families toward official government pages, public services, libraries, clinics, and settlement support.
Built for newcomer families
The site is shaped around the real questions families face when work, school, housing, healthcare, and money are all new.
How it works
Three steps from confusion to direction.
Choose Compass
Start with MapleLanding Compass, the practical guide hub for settling in Canada.
Pick what you need help with
Choose a topic like work, housing, healthcare, school, banking, scams, or local support.
Get guides, tools, and official links
Use simple pages that point you toward trusted resources and practical next steps.
Popular starting points
Start with what matters first.
These are the guide topics many newcomer families need early in their first weeks and months.
Work
Finding work
Resumes, interviews, SIN basics, job searching, and employment support.
Open guide → HousingHousing
Renting, leases, avoiding rental scams, and finding tenant support.
Open guide → HealthHealthcare
Health cards, clinics, family doctors, hospitals, and medical help.
Open guide → SchoolSchool registration
Enrolling children in school and finding student support.
Open guide → MoneyBanking
Opening accounts, budgeting, credit, and money first steps.
Open guide → SafetyScam prevention
Common warning signs for job, immigration, banking, housing, and phone scams.
Open guide →ML
Student-led support
Built with care, not clutter.
MapleLanding is a student-led project built to make settling in Canada less confusing.
Start here
Know where to click next.
Whether you are ready to browse guides, need help choosing a topic, or want recent updates, MapleLanding gives you a clear next step.
Compass
Start with Compass
Open the guide hub for newcomer resources, tools, and official links.
Start with Compass → HelpAsk for help
Choose what you need help with and get pointed toward the right guide.
Use helper → UpdatesRead what's new
See simple newcomer updates, reminders, and official-resource notes.
Read updates →