Relocation Settling In Services in Toronto

The moving van has delivered your belongings to your new Toronto home – what next?

What does relocation settling-in services mean?

This is a common phrase in the relocation space that encompasses pretty much everything else we haven’t already covered in the home finding search.

Settling-in services is a broad term that focuses on all those unglamorous things you need to do to become a true Torontonian.

Our Toronto settling-in services often include:

  • Procurement of your government documentation like your Social Insurance Number, Ontario Driver’s licence and importantly your OHIP – Ontario Health Insurance Plan
  • How to set up new bank accounts with one of our chartered institutions,  including best ‘newcomers programs’ and their offerings
  • How utilities work in your new home – and why we call electricity “hydro”
  • Who provides the most competitive packages for internet
  • Insurance – health, tenant or home – what’s critical and necessary
  • How to navigate the health care system
  • Best mobile plans
  • How and where to get a car 
  • Professional Services
  • Mortgage Services
  • Furniture Purchase and Rental
  • Technical support
  • Transportation Networks including our subway, the TTC – Toronto Transit Commission, GO – our commuter line, highways and toll roads
  • Telecommunications

You name it and we’ll make sure you know how to ‘settle-in’.

The important thing in all this is you’ll want to know how to do each of these things the right way the very first time. We’re all about setting you up for success by saving you time, making you the right appointments and pointing you in the right direction so you’re not lost!

Did you know? It takes an average of 10-20 days to cross the Atlantic on a cargo ship