SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS
The federal and provincial governments fund various support organizations that may offer free services to Temporary Foreign Workers such as English classes, legal aid, tax filing, counselling, social benefits, and more.
Funded by the Government of Canada’s Migrant Worker Support Network (ESDC), MOSAIC and AMSAA provide specialized services and information for Temporary Foreign Workers. Please visit their website below for more information:
Check below to see where your nearest service provider agency is located.
British Columbia
Click here to use map link to locate services agencies in BC
| Region/Community | Service Provider | Address* | Phone |
| Cariboo-Chilcotin | |||
| 100 Mile House/Williams Lake | Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy | 475 Birch Ave, Suite 001, 100 Mile House, BC V0K 2E0 | 250-945-4199 |
| Quesnel | New Focus Society | 469A Anderson Drive, Quesnel, BC V2J 5J4 | 250-992-3119 |
| Fraser-Fort George | |||
| Prince George/Mackenzie/McBride/ Valemount
Fraser Valley |
Immigrant and Multicultural Services Society of Prince George | 1270 2nd Avenue, Prince George, BC V2L 3B3 | 250-562-2900 |
| Abbotsford | Inasmuch Community Society | 108A-32883 South Frraser Way, Abbotsford, BC, V2T 2Z1 | 604-309-6661 |
| Abbotsford/Mission | Archway (Abbotsford) Community Services | 2420 Montrose Avenue, Abbotsford, BC V2S 3S9 | 604-859-7681 |
| Agassiz-Harrison | Agassiz-Harrison Community Services | 7272 Morrow Road, Agassiz, BC V0M 1A2 | 604-796-0313 |
| Chilliwack | Chilliwack Community Services | 45938 Wellington Avenue, Chilliwack, BC V2P 2C7 | 604-792-4267 |
| Chilliwack | Chilliwack Learning Society | 227-8472 Harvard Place, Chilliwack, V2P 7Z5 | 604-392-2404 |
| Hope | Read Right Society | Unit D, 895 3rd Avenue/P.O. Box 1299, Hope, BC V0X 1L0 | 604-860-0510 |
| Kootenays | |||
| Cranbrook, Grand Forks & Boundary, Castlegar, Creston, Fernie, Golden, Kimberley, Nelson, Trail, Invermere | Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy | 712B 10th Street, Invermere, BC V0A 1K0 | 250-342-3210 |
| Metro Vancouver | |||
| Langley | Immigrant Services Society of BC | 20621 Logan Avenue, Langley, BC V3A 7R3 | 604-510-5136 |
| North Vancouver/West Vancouver | North Shore Multicultural Society | 207-123 East 15th Street, North Vancouver, BC V7L 2P7 | 604-988-2931 |
| Richmond/South Delta | S.U.C.C.E.S.S. | 8171 Alexandra Rd #200, Richmond, BC V6X 1C3 | 604-408-7274 ext. 2045 |
| Surrey/Langley/North Delta | DIVERSEcity | 13455 76 Avenue, Surrey, BC V3W 2W3 | 604-547-1274 |
| Surrey/Langley/North Delta | Options Community Service Society | 9815 140 Street, Surrey, BC V3T 4M4 | 604-584-5811 |
| Surrey/Langley/North Delta | S.U.C.C.E.S.S. | #206-10090 152 Street, Surrey, BC V3R 6N7 | 236-333-3102/236-808-2323 |
| Surrey/North Delta | Progressive Intercultural Community Services (PICS) | #205-12725 80 Avenue, Surrey, BC V3W 3A6 | 604-596-7722 |
| Surrey/Vancouver | Vancouver Association of Survivors of Torture(VAST) | 2610 Victoria Dr. Vancouver, BC V5N 4L2
Suite 301, 10334 152 St, Surrey, BC V3R 4G8 |
604-254-6995 |
| New Westminster | Umbrella Multicultural Health Co-op | 715 Carnarvon Street New Westminster BC V3M 1E6 |
604-553-0632 |
| Burnaby | Burnaby Neighbourhood House (BNH) | 4460 Beresford St., Burnaby, BC V5H 0B8 | 604-431-0400 |
| Vancouver | Vancouver Committee for Domestic for Workers and Caregivers(CDWCR) | PO box 37033 Vancouver, BC V5P 3X0 |
604-874-0649 |
| Vancouver | Dignidad Migrante Society | 880 Malkin Ave. Vancouver, BC, V6A 2K6 | 778-791-3419 |
| Vancouver | Migrante BC | 4794 Fraser Street, Vancouver, BC V5V4H3 | 604-358-1659 |
| Vancouver | Salvation Army Anti-Human Trafficking Programs | 604-915-5678 | |
| Vancouver | Watari Research Association | 200-678 East Hastings St,Vancouver, BC.V6A 1R1 | 604-254-6995 |
| Vancouver | YMCA Robert Lee | 955 Burrard Street Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y2 |
604-689-9622 |
| Vancouver | Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House | 800 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC, V5T 1Y1 | 604-879-8208 |
| Vancouver | READY Tours – Kinbrace | 2nd floor of 300 West Georgia Street | 604-328-3132 |
| Vancouver/Surrey | Settlement Orientation Services (SOS) | 2610 Victoria Drive, Vancouver, BC V5N 4L2
301 – 10334 152A Street, Surrey, BC V3R 4G8 |
604-255-1881 |
| Tri-Cities (Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody) and Maple Ridge | S.U.C.C.E.S.S. | 2058-1163 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 8A9 | 604-468-6022 /
604-468-6069 |
| Vancouver/Burnaby/New Wesminster | Immigrant Services Society of BC | 2610 Victoria Drive, Vancouver, BC V5N 4L2 | 604-684-7498 |
| Vancouver/Burnaby/New Wesminster | La Federation des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique | 1575 W. 7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6J 1S1 | 604-732-1420 |
| Vancouver/Burnaby/New Wesminster | M.O.S.A.I.C. Multi-Lingual Orientation Service Association for Immigrant Communities | 5575 Boundary Road, Vancouver, BC V5R 2P9 | 604-254-9626 |
| Vancouver/Burnaby/New Wesminster | Multicultural Helping House Society | 4802 Fraser Street, Vancouver, BC V5V4H4 | 604-879-3277 |
| Vancouver/Burnaby/New Wesminster | S.U.C.C.E.S.S. | 28 West Pender Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 1R6 | 604-408-7274 ext. 2045 |
| Vancouver | Collingwood Neighborhood House | 5288 Joyce Street, Vancouver, BC V5R 6C9 | 604-435-0323 |
| Vancouver | Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House | 2131 Renfrew Street, Vancouver, BC V5M 4M5 | 604-251-1225 |
| Vancouver | Kiwassa Neighbourhood House | 2425 Oxford Street, Vancouver, BC V5K 1M7 | 604-254-5401 |
| Vancouver | Little Mountain Neighbourhood House | 3981 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, V5V 3P3 | 604-879-7104 |
| Vancouver | Mount Pleasant Neighborhood House | 800 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC V5T 1Y1 | 604-879-8208 |
| Vancouver | South Vancouver Neighborhood House | 6470 Victoria Drive, Vancouver, BC V5P 3X7 | 604-324-6212 |
| Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library | 350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 6B1 | 604-331-3603 |
| North Coast | |||
| Kitimat | Kitimat Community Services Society | 102-370 City Centre, Kitimat, BC VC 1T6 | 250-632-9107 |
| Prince Rupert | Hecate Strait Employment Development Society | 208 First Avenue East, Prince Rupert, BC V8J 4M8 | 250-624-9498 |
| Smithers | Smithers Community Services Association | 3815B Railway Avenue, Box 3759, Smithers, BC V0J 2N0 | 250-847-9515 |
| Terrace | Skeena Diversity Society | PO Box 665, 4617 Lazelle Avenue, Terrace, BC V8G 4B8 | 250-615-6892 |
| Terrace | Literacy Terrace | #4-3211 Kenney Street, Terrace, BC V8G 3E9 | 778-634-2446 |
| Northeast | |||
| Dawson Creek | Dawson Creek Literacy Society | 929 – 102nd Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 2B5 | 250-782-4211 |
| Fort Nelson | Fort Nelson Community Literacy Society | 4903-51st Ave West, # 17 Landmark Plaza, Fort Nelson, BC V0C 1R0 | 250-774-4415 |
| Fort St. John | Fort St John Literacy Society | 10142 – 101 Avenue, Fort St. John, BC V1J 4H7 | 250-785-2110 |
| Fort St. John | S.U.C.C.E.S.S. | Unit 209, 10142 – 101 Avenue, Fort St. John, BC V1J 2B3 | 250-785-5323 |
| Sunshine Coast/Sea to Sky | |||
| Pemberton/Whistler | Sea to Sky Community Services | 1357 Aster Street, Box 656 Pemberton, BC V0N 2L0 | 604 894 6101 |
| Powell River | Lift Immigrant Services | 106-4871 Joyce Avenue, Powell River, BC V8A 5P4 | 604-414-3630 |
| Sechelt/Gibsons | Capilano University Sunshine Coast | 5627 Inlet Avenue, Sechelt, BC V0N 3A0 | 604-983-7581 |
| Sechelt | Sunshine Coast Community Services | 5520 Trail Avenue, Sechelt, BC V0N 3A3 | 604-885-5881 |
| Squamish | Immigrant Services Society of BC ISSofBC | 38085 2nd Avenue, Squamish, BC V8B 0C3 | 604-567-4490 |
| Squamish | Squamish Volunteer Centre Society | 38027 Cleveland Avenue, Squamish, BC V8B 0B8 | 604-567-2222 |
| Thompson Okanagan | |||
| Kamloops | Kamloops Immigrant Services (KIS) | 448 Tranquille Road, Kamloops, BC V2B 3H2 | 778-470-6101 |
| Keremeos | Lower Similkameen Community Services Society (LSCSS) | 310 Veterans Avenue, Keremeos, BC V0X 1N3 |
250-499-2352 |
| Kelowna | Kelowna Community Resources Society | 620 Leon Avenue, Kelowna, BC V1Y 9T2 | 250-763-8008 |
| Kelowna | Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society | 442 Leon Avenue, Kelowna, BC V1Y 6J3 | 250-763-4905 |
| Penticton/Oliver/Keremeos/Osoyoos | South Okanagan Immigrant & Community Services | 508 Main Street, Penticton, BC V2A 5C7 | 250-492-6299 |
| Revelstoke | Okanagan College | P.O. Box 3118, 1401 1st Street W, Revelstoke, BC V0E 2S0 | 250-837-4235 |
| Salmon Arm | Shuswap Settlement Services Society | Suite 101, 371 Hudson Avenue NE, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4N3 | 250-804-2726 |
| Vernon | Vernon And District Immigrant And Community Services Society | Room 100 – 3003 – 30th Street, Vernon, BC V1T 9J5 | 250-542-4177 |
| Vancouver Island/Coast | |||
| Campbell River, Courtenay/Comox Valley | Multicultural & Immigrant Services Association of North Vancouver Island | A114 – 740 Robron Road, Campbell River, BC V9W 6J7 | 1-855-805-0171 |
| Duncan | Cowichan Valley Intercultural and Immigrant Aid Society | 205/394 Duncan Street, Duncan, BC V9L 3W4 | 250-748-3112 |
| Nanaimo/Port Alberni/Parksville | Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society | 101, 319 Selby Street, Nanaimo, BC V9R 2R4 | 250-753-6911 |
| Victoria/Saanich/Sidney/Oak Bay/Sooke/Westhore/Esquimalt/View Royal | Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre | 3rd Floor- 637 Bay Street. Victoria, BC, V8T 5L2 | 250-361-9433 |
| Victoria | Inter-Cultural Associatiom of Greater Victoria (ICA) | 930 Balmoral Road Victoria BC, V8T 1A8, Canada |
250-386-4395 |
ALBERTA
| CALGARY | Calgary Catholic Immigration Society | 403-262-2006 | www.ccis-calgary.ab.ca |
| EDMONTON | Catholic Social Services | 780-424-3545 | www.catholicsocialservices.ab.ca |
| BROOKS | Brooks and County Immigration Services | 403-362-0404 | www.ccis-calgary.ab.ca |
| BANFF | Calgary Catholic Immigration Services | 403-762-1254 | www.ccis-calgary.ab.ca |
| FORT MCMURRAY | Y.M.C.A. – Immigrant Settlement Services | 780-743-2970 | www.ymca.woodbuffalo.org |
| LETHBRIDGE | Lethbridge Family Services | 403-320-1589 | www.lethbridge-family-services.com |
| RED DEER | Catholic Social Services | 403-346-8818 | www.catholicsocialservices.ab.ca |
SASKATCHEWAN
| ESTEVAN | Southeast Newcomer Services | 306-637-4920 | www.southeastnewcomer.com |
| HUMBOLDT | Humboldt Regional Newcomer Centre | 306-682-4277 | www.thehrnc.com |
| LLOYDMINSTER | Catholic Social Services | 780-875-9084 | www.catholicsocialservices.ab.ca |
| MOOSE JAW | Moose Jaw Multicultural Council Inc. | 306-693-4677 | www.mjmcinc.ca |
| NORTH BATTLEFORD | Battleford Immigration Resource Centre | 306-446-0622 | www.battlefordsimmigration.ca |
| PRINCE ALBERT | YWCA Settlement Services | 306-763-0736 | www.ywcaprincealbert.ca |
| REGINA | Regina Open Door Society | 306-352-3500 | www.rods.sk.ca |
| Newcomer Welcome Centre | 306-352-5775 | www.reginanewcomercentre.ca/services |
SASKATOON
| Global Gathering Place | 306-665-0268 | www.globalgatheringplace.com | |
| International Women of Saskatoon | 306-978-6611 | internationalwomenofsaskatoon.org | |
| Newcomer Information Centre | 306-343-8303 | www.nicstoon.org | |
Government of Canada
| Government of Canada | www.canada.ca | ||
| Federal Departments and Agencies | www.canada.ca/en/government/dept.html | ||
| Government of Saskatchewan | www.saskatchewan.ca | ||
| Driver’s Licence | www.sgi.sk.ca/individuals/licensing/getyourlicence/newresidents.html | ||
| Healthline 8-1-1 or 1-888-425-4444 | www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/health/accessing-health-care-services/healthline | ||
| Canada Border Services Agency | https://cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/ | ||
| EMERGENCY (Ambulance, Fire, Police) | www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/emergency/sask911 | ||
GENERAL RESOURCES
| Government of Canada | www.canada.ca | ||
| Federal Departments and Agencies | http://www.canada.ca/en/government/dept.html | ||
| Government of Alberta | www.alberta.ca | ||
| Welcome to Alberta | www.alis.alberta.ca/media/2440/welcometoalberta.pdf | ||
| Driver’s Licence | www.alberta.ca/drivers-licence.aspx | ||
| HealthLink 8-1-1 | www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/healthinfo/link/index.html” | ||
| Canada Border Services Agency | https://cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/ | ||
| Employment Standards Alberta | https://www.alberta.ca/employment-standards.aspx | ||
| Consulate General of Mexico in Calgary | Tel: 1-403-264-1259 | calgary@consulmexclg.com | www.consulmex.sre.gob.mx |
| Consulate General of the Philippines in Calgary | Tel: 1-403-455-9457 | calgarypcg.ATN@gmail.com | www.philcongencalgary.org |
| Embassy of Guatemala in Canada | Tel: 613-233-7237 | embassy1@embaguate-canada.com | www.canada.minex.gob.gt |
| High Commission of India in Canada | Tel: 1-613-744-3751 | www.hciottawa.gov.in | |
| EMERGENCY (Ambulance, Fire, Police) | 9-1-1 | aema.alberta.ca/911 | |