Hi everyone,

Very simple question. In your process of moving to Canada, did you buy any books on the subject of emmigrating to Canada? If so, did you find any of them really useful and which ones were they?

Thanks for your help.

Matt & Emma

Try going on the CIC website. They have brought out a new study aid for people looking at citizenship. It can be downloaded. It has its faults but is quite a good overview. It spells out the country's view on genital mutilation, amongst other things.

We found Emigrate Canada magazine very useful. Unfortunately it has now been merged with its NZ and Australian sister papers and is a monthly mag covering all three (with a bit of US) and not really much of interest about Canada. Published by Outbound Publishing.

Also, Muchmor magazine (online magazine now going into print) is very useful. All about Canada and emigrating.

Bookwise we did buy a book called Living and Working in Canada, but it's probably out of date now (unless new edition) as it covered the old skilled worker process.

I recommend Culture Shock Canada (by Guek-Cheng Pang and Robert Barlas - Marshall Cavendish Editions). It calls itself a 'Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette' and is a good read.

I had that (maybe an older version - I got it in 1996). I showed it to some Canadians - sensible, well-informed ones. They thought it was rubbish.

Oh...my...God!!!! How strange.

Not when taken in context

Yeah seen that and had a read of a freebie copy. Seemed very informative, will have to see whether it is worth subscribing to. Might see if anyone is selling copies on ebay.

Will check it out, thanks.

I will look into seeing if there is a more recent publication.

Thanks for your advice.

Lets face it, BE is the single best place for a realistic(ish) expectation of what to expect, and how to apply, plus its constantly updated

What he said. I bought a book about immigrating here, it was rubbish. Maybe useful in the pre-internet age; but now-a-days they can't tell you anything that you can't get from here and probably a lot less.

Hi Iain, I am beginning to realise that. The notes I have been taking from reading all the articles, forum threads etc are increasing by the minute. So much valuable info from people who are actually in the process of moving or who have already moved.

This site kicks arse. Love it.

Living and Working in Canada has just released a new version, which we bought from Amazon

The Call of the Wild by Jack London.

I found the book Living and Working in Canada very useful.
We also subscribed to Canada News (now Emigrate Canada) but it sounds like its changed form what others have said, which is a shame as it was really good when we used to get it.

Muchmor is pretty good. I like that they have a lot of other peoples experiences of coming over here which I always enjoy.

The one book I read about migrating to Canada is Susanna Moodie's Roughing It in the Bush. It's a seminal work and taught me everything I wanted to know about Upper Canada and Lower Canada .

She was from around my neck of the woods...about 150 years ago! I know this because they named a school after her. Mind you there is a school named after my gran too.(not in canada)