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Travelling While on Maintained Status: What You Lose at the Border
A family emergency, a wedding abroad, a quick trip across the U.S. border — and your permit extension is still ...
Your Passport Cut Your Work Permit or PGWP Short: How to Get the Missing Time Back
You were approved for a three-year PGWP, but the permit in your hand ends in fourteen months. Or your employer’s ...
Home Security for Newcomers in Canada: What Renters and New Buyers Should Know
Your first Canadian home is usually a rental — a basement suite, a condo unit, an apartment you found online ...
Health Card on Maintained Status: What Every Province Does When Your Permit Expires
Your provincial health card has the same expiry date as your work permit. When the permit expires while IRCC is ...
My SIN Expired While I’m on Maintained Status: Can I Keep Working?
If your Social Insurance Number starts with a 9, it has an expiry date — and that date is the ...
How to Prove to Your Employer You Can Keep Working on Maintained Status (the 365-Day WP-EXT Letter)
Your work permit expired last week. Your extension application is still in processing. You are allowed to keep working — ...
GST/HST Credit Is Now the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit: How Newcomers Apply (RC151)
If you arrived in Canada this year, you have probably heard about the “GST cheque” — the quarterly payment that ...
PSTQ and PEQ for Temporary Workers in Quebec (2026)
If you are working in Quebec on a temporary permit, your path to permanent residence runs through Quebec first: you ...
Tax Brackets by Province in Canada (2026 Federal and Provincial Rates)
Updated September 24, 2026. Canadians pay two layers of income tax: federal tax, which is the same everywhere, and provincial ...
Minimum Wage by Province in Canada (Updated October 2026)
Updated September 24, 2026. Canada has no single minimum wage. Each province and territory sets its own, the federal government ...
