mandymoochops

I don't think they can say that - you are a Canadian citizen.

monkeyboy3

I am no way an expert on this but would also have to agree you are a citizen so basically you have every right to be there........they would not send you back to Britain.

Can you not apply for a job in a bar, shop..... anything just to get some cash coming in for now.

Oink

Have you thought of going to Australia?

james.mc

What as a Brit or Canadian Citizen? It appears the OP is low on funds and has no job. Oz may well be out of reach in the short to near term.

monkeyboy3

Out of interest why Australia? He would need to apply for a Working Holiday Visa and working restrictions on that will limit him even more (on a UK one anyway).....In saying that I spent a year in Oz on a WHV and loved it and found work easy enough!

Auld Yin

As a Toronto resident without means I believe you could apply for welfare. As you've never worked you're ineligible for EI.

MarylandNed

I think you just answered your own question.

monkeyboy3

True LOL.......just wondered if there was another reason

iaink

Going back to the UK before running out of money seems a no brainer to me. I know which I would rather be in if I didnt have a job.

You can always come back to Canada at a later time.

monkeyboy3

You will regret coming back to the UK......if you cant make it in Canada......try Australia on a WHV.....but don't come back to the UK it is the worst feeling ever!

iaink

But they have no money. What are they going to do if they can scrape the fare together to get to Oz? Its unlikely they will be raking in enough there (assuming they can even get the visa, and can get there before funds run out) to get an airfare together to go anywhere when that time inevitably runs out.

Get back to the UK while you can still afford to, and regroup. Canada on welfare is no place to be. Plan for the worst, hope for the best.

pennyhp

Sorry to hear of your troubles.

Have you looked at www.wowjobs.ca

Just type in the area eg> toronto and all the jobs through the agencies come up.
also kijiji and craigslist have job postings too.

Hope you find something soon. Even if it is only to give you the time you need to work out where you really want to be.

Almost Canadian

There's no point sticking it out simply to obtain a minimum wage job. You gave it a shot and it didn't work out. Like Iaink said, I would go back now while that is still an option. Canada can be good, but it is not the land of milk and honey for all that come here.

Siouxie

You could apply for "Ontario Works" which is "welfare" (what we know as social security). It's not much money and you have to prove your financial situation, but if you have no other way of getting money it would help in the interim.

http://www.toronto.ca/socialservices/applyworks.htm

Have you gone to any of the pubs/bars for barman jobs? Tim Hortons? Wally World? I would just go into them all with your CV (look at the wiki for Canadian Resume's to know how to write them) and make enquiries as to any vacancies.

I know how tough it is trying to find work.. so good luck and keep plugging away. Have you thought about trying to get into Uni here in the interim?

If you can find a way to stay here, I would.

el_richo

Why?