Your Personalized Roadmap for settling in Canada
TrueNorth Atlas is the dedicated settlement guide for newcomers and people planning a move to Canada. Prepare for your move, get the information and support you need, and follow a step-by-step plan made for your province and where you are in your journey.
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No consultant fees. Your plan follows your stage, not a sales funnel.
Province by province
Tasks and costs for all 13 provinces and territories.
Privacy first
We never ask for your SIN or passport number.
What is TrueNorth Atlas?
A settlement guide built for newcomers and people planning to move to Canada, so you can arrive, settle and thrive with a clear plan.
Stage-by-stage roadmaps
From deciding whether Canada is right for you to your first years here, your tasks follow the stage you are in and the province you choose.
Guides that cite their sources
Every guide links to the official government pages it draws on, so you can check the rules for yourself.
Community and practical tools
Cost estimates, deadline reminders, a citizenship day counter and a community of people a few steps ahead of you.
Built for every stage of moving to Canada
Wherever you are, from still deciding to years after landing, your plan starts from your situation.
Still deciding on Canada
Not sure which immigration route or province fits you? Compare pathways, costs and provinces before you commit.
Start herePlanning your move
Visa in progress or approved: documents, proof of funds, housing and what to sort out before you land.
Start hereNewly arrived
Your first weeks: a SIN, a bank account, a phone number, a health card and somewhere to live.
Start hereSettling in
Months three to twelve: finding work, building credit, filing your first tax return and claiming benefits.
Start hereBuilding long-term roots
Years two and three: PR card renewal, citizenship eligibility and planning towards a home of your own.
Start hereStudents, workers and families
Temporary residents, permanent residents and families joining loved ones get tasks matched to their status.
Start hereAn assistant that will only tell you what we have verified
Compass sits in the corner of every page once you are signed in. Ask it anything about your move and it searches the guides on this hub, reads where you are up to, and answers in plain words — naming its sources, and telling you when we have not covered something rather than guessing at it.
Answers from our guides, and shows which
Every answer lists the guides it came from, each with the date we last checked it against the official source. Nothing is drawn from the model's own memory of Canadian rules, because that memory goes stale and a confident wrong fee is worse than no answer.
Reads your plan, so answers fit you
It knows your stage, your province and which of your tasks are done, so the answer is about your situation rather than a general one. It is only shown guides that apply where you live.
Offers a button, never presses it
Tell it you have had your medical and it can offer to tick that task. You press it. It cannot change anything in your account on its own, and it will not offer one for a task you have not mentioned.
Says when a figure was verified
Fees, deadlines and processing times come with the date they were checked. A number without a date invites you to trust a stale one.
What it will never do
- Tell you whether you are eligible, whether your score is competitive, or whether your application will be approved. It is not a licensed immigration adviser and will say so.
- Name a department, programme, fee or form that is not in a guide it is showing you. Naming the wrong office sounds like help and sends you to the wrong place carrying our name.
- Ask for your SIN, passport or document number, date of birth, address, or bank or card details — or repeat them back if you offer them anyway.
- Recommend one service provider over another. Our directory lists verified businesses; verified is not recommended, and we do not rank them.
- Fill a gap it cannot cite. If we have not written about something it says so and points you to the official source, with no “typically” or “in most cases”.
Your conversations are not kept. You choose which answers to save to your account, and you can delete a saved answer whenever you like. Compass is available once you are signed in.
Cost snapshot
What a month actually costs
Published figures for housing, food, transit and everything else. No sign-up needed to see this. Create an account for the full breakdown against your own province and stage.
Build and save your settlement plan in a few minutes
Answer a few questions and get a step-by-step plan for your province and stage, with reminders before deadlines pass.
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