Canadian  federal government sites

Citizenship & Immigration Canada

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/refugees/inside/index.asp

Integration Net- general government site

http://integration-net.ca/english/index.cfm#res

Immigration & Refugee Board

http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/media/infosheets/rpdfacts_e.htm

Service Canada – newcomers’ page

http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/audiences/newcomers/index.shtml

Human Resources & Skills Development

http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/home.shtml

Canada Revenue / Child & Family benefits

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/bnfts/

Canadian Heritage / multiculturalism & Diversity

http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/sujct/divers-multi/index-eng.cfm

British Columbia provincial government & related sites

Welcome BC – settlement information

http://www.welcomebc.ca/en/settle/index.html

Welfare – Ministry of Social Development & Housing

http://www.hsd.gov.bc.ca/bcea.htm

Employment Standards Branch

http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/

Medical Services Plan - MSP

http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/msp/infoben/index.html

Ministry of Children & Family Development

http://www.gov.bc.ca/mcf/

BC Housing

http://www.bchousing.org/

Driver’s Licence - ICBC

http://www.icbc.com/licensing/

Translink – buses etc.

http://www.translink.bc.ca/default.asp

Worksafe BC

http://www.worksafebc.com/Default.asp

City of Vancouver

http://vancouver.ca/aboutvan.htm

Non-government sites

Canadian Council for Refugees

http://www.ccrweb.ca/eng/engfront/frontpage.htm

PovNet  for people on welfare (applications & forms etc)

http://www.povnet.org/applications/regional/british_columbia

TRAC-Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre

http://www.tenants.bc.ca/

Volunteer Vancouver – volunteer opportunities

http://www.govolunteer.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?_id=16

Information Services Vancouver

http://www.vcn.bc.ca/isv/

Legal Services Society -Legal Aid

http://www.lss.bc.ca/legal_aid/

Multilingual legal information

http://www.multilingolegal.ca/

AIDS Vancouver

http://www.aidsvancouver.org/services

BC Persons with AIDS Society

http://www.bcpwa.org/

VAST – Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture

http://www.vast-vancouver.ca/

AMSSA – multicultural organisation umbrella group

http://www.amssa.org/