Settlement and Integration Services

Financial, Food, and Immigrant and Refugee Services

Provided by Collège Éducacentre College

This program provides settlement and integration services to francophone immigrant population, permanent residents and refugees.
Francophone Settlement Program: Offers information or help regarding
  • Your new community
  • Housing, the banking system, the legal system, health care, daycares and schools, public transport
  • Forms and applications for government services
  • English through language support services
  • Making friends and social relationships or employment
  • Programs and services for youth, young adults and seniors
  • Preparation for the test of Canadian citizenship
  • Improving computer skills and more
  • Orientation and educational workshops and courses to help you settle in British Columbia.
Workshops:
  • Community Kitchen: This service is offered to newcomers and their families to participate in preparing a healthy and balanced meal and sharing it with other participants. Daycare available: advance registration required!
  • Workplace Conversation/English: This workshop assists newcomers to develop their English and facilitate their integration into the job market.
    • LINC (Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada): This service provides free English language learning for immigrants. LINC also provides basic language skills that will facilitate job search and integration, essential knowledge in health care, housing, banking, legal and political systems, as well as other aspects of Canadian society.

    The LINC program at Collège Éducacentre is currently offered at levels 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in Vancouver, and 1 to 5 in Surrey.

    To Register: Simply contact one of the LINC Assessment Centers: the Western ESL Services Center or the Surrey Assessment Services to complete a registration form and take an assessment test that will confirm your level of proficiency in English.

    Admission Criteria: People with French as their first language, and all those who identified French as their first official language. And either:
    • Permanent residents of Canada
    • Persons protected under section 95 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA)
    • Individuals selected from Canada or abroad for permanent residence

    604-708-5100

    Toll Free: 1-800-747-4825

    Public email: info@educacentre.com

    Website: https://educacentre.com/services-en...

    Éducacentre College - 842 Thurlow Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6E 1W2

    Vancouver Campus

    778-565-6690

    #301, 7380 King George Boulevard, Surrey, British Columbia, V3W 5A5

    Surrey Satellite

    604-876-5756

    Western ESL Services - LINC Assessment and Referral Centre - 2525 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5N 4C1

    For residents of Vancouver, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Richmond, South Delta, Burnaby or New Westminster

    604-507-4150

    Surrey Language Assessment Centre - #202, 7337 - 137th Street, Surrey, British Columbia, V3W 1A4

    For residents of Surrey, North Delta, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Maple Ridge or the Fraser Valley

    Cost: No cost

    Availability

    Service area: Anmore, Bowen Island, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta, Langley, Lions Bay, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver, West Vancouver, White Rock + show cities

    Service area cities: Anmore, Bowen Island, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta, Langley, Lions Bay, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver, West Vancouver, and White Rock

    Service Types Provided
    Financial
    Food
      Immigrant and Refugee Services
      Ways to Access
      • Provided 1:1 in-person
      • Provided at multiple locations
      • Provided in a group in-person

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