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Planning a move to Canada? Here’s everything you need to know

Fiona Reddan

All the info you need on visas, jobs, schools, healthcare, insurance and more

Becoming Canadian: Swearing allegiance to the queen is not something we take lightly

Becoming Canadian: Swearing allegiance to the queen is not something we take lightly

Nicky O'Brien

We have to accept that swearing the oath is part of the citizenship process

Change of scene in 2019? Canada has 10,500 working holiday visas for Irish

Change of scene in 2019? Canada has 10,500 working holiday visas for Irish

Ciara Kenny

International Experience Canada 2019 programme is open for 18-35-year-olds

Welcome to my place . . . Vancouver

Welcome to my place . . . Vancouver

Hazel Norton

Hazel Norton: The city is close to mountains and water, and offers a range of breweries

Irish in Vancouver divided amid claims of violence and rowdiness

Irish in Vancouver divided amid claims of violence and rowdiness

Meadhbh Monahan

Community is at odds over the alleged behaviour of students over for the summer

After disappearing 60 years ago, my uncle returned from Canada

After disappearing 60 years ago, my uncle returned from Canada

Mary Curran

His visits became annual, but we never found out why he left all that time ago

Canada opens doors to Irish while other countries close theirs

Canada opens doors to Irish while other countries close theirs

Hugo O’Doherty

Australia, New Zealand and US are tightening immigration. Canada is doing the opposite

My first Christmas in Canada ... Blizzards, stomach flu and a lot of prayers

My first Christmas in Canada ... Blizzards, stomach flu and a lot of prayers

Pauline MacDougall

But there’s a happy ending, we promise

‘Canada is now my home, and the home of my 12 children’

‘Canada is now my home, and the home of my 12 children’

Sharon Steeves

Growing up in Buncrana in the 1970s, Canada was as remote as could be

Am I eligible for Canadian citizenship under the new rules?

Am I eligible for Canadian citizenship under the new rules?

Ask the Experts: I need to go back to Ireland but want the option to return to Toronto

‘I am 95 now, and may never get back to Ireland’

‘I am 95 now, and may never get back to Ireland’

Eileen Jones

My husband and I left for Canada in 1947 with no more in our luggage than dreams

Ten things I’ve learned about Canada in 40 years living here

Ten things I’ve learned about Canada in 40 years living here

Patrick McKenna

‘Montreal was love at first sight; all these years later, it still is’

Canada Day: The Irish who are now ‘proud Canadians’

Canada Day: The Irish who are now ‘proud Canadians’

Ciara Kenny

As Canada 150 celebrations begin, readers who have made Canada home share their stories

‘In Canada, I’m a couch potato. By Irish standards, I’m active’

‘In Canada, I’m a couch potato. By Irish standards, I’m active’

Eimear Laffan

I sometimes wonder why I live in BC when I don’t ski or bike, and I miss Irish culture so much

Warmer winters and wetter summers make Canada feel more like home

Warmer winters and wetter summers make Canada feel more like home

Patrick McKenna

Cleanup has begun in Montreal after spring flooding, which points to climate change

Irish community in Canada has changed a lot in five years

Irish community in Canada has changed a lot in five years

Cathy Murphy

Irish Canadian Immigration Centre has helped new arrivals all over the country since opening in Toronto in 2012

Irish women, ditch your modesty: how to job-hunt, Canadian style

Irish women, ditch your modesty: how to job-hunt, Canadian style

Erin McGuire

In Ireland we tend not to shout about our ability in the workplace. In Canada you have to sell yourself hard

Emigrating to Canada? You should consider Montreal

Emigrating to Canada? You should consider Montreal

Patrick McKenna

Most young Irish head to Vancouver or Toronto, but Montreal has a lot to offer

Living in Canada with French-Italian parents, our kids are still ‘Irish’

Living in Canada with French-Italian parents, our kids are still ‘Irish’

Francesco Cavatorta

We were sadder leaving Ireland than we were our birth countries

Canada didn't work out for me, but I'm glad I tried

Canada didn't work out for me, but I'm glad I tried

Katie Crosby

Homesickness was overwhelming and my nursing degree was ‘non comparable’, but Vancouver has been fun

To me, Vancouver Island is a small piece of paradise

To me, Vancouver Island is a small piece of paradise

Danny Hamilton

Why I love living in... Canada

My heart is torn between Ireland and Canada

My heart is torn between Ireland and Canada

Sarah Flynn

I’ve made a new life with my husband and daughter abroad, but I still yearn for home

Teaching Irish in Newfoundland, the most Irish place outside Ireland

Teaching Irish in Newfoundland, the most Irish place outside Ireland

Sinéad Ní Mheallaigh

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Speaking Irish in… Canada

Moving to Canada via the rest of the world

Moving to Canada via the rest of the world

Gillian Ackland

After three years of work we needed a change of pace and place, so here we are 226 days into our world tour

Lessons I quickly learned arriving in rural Canada in 1974

Lessons I quickly learned arriving in rural Canada in 1974

Patrick McKenna

As the small town’s only immigrant, I was an outsider who had ‘stolen’ a rare good job

'I broke my mother’s heart when I emigrated to Canada'

'I broke my mother’s heart when I emigrated to Canada'

Mary Curran

‘Ireland and Me’: Mary Curran, Toronto

I gave up a suffocating civil service job for a new life in Canada

I gave up a suffocating civil service job for a new life in Canada

Brian Brennan

I’ve wondered for 49 years why I gave it all away for a place where I knew no one. But that place opened doors

Irishman documents a year in Canada in 365 seconds

Irishman documents a year in Canada in 365 seconds

David Wogan

David Wogan filmed one second of video a day capturing his life in Toronto

In Alberta, we live alongside bears and wild horses

In Alberta, we live alongside bears and wild horses

Aoife O’Connor

Why I love living in... Picture Butte, Alberta, Canada

‘Ireland is where I grew up and Canada is where I matured’

‘Ireland is where I grew up and Canada is where I matured’

Margaret O’Shea Bonner

‘Ireland and Me’: Margaret O’Shea Bonner, Ontario, Canada

Canada: What's in store?

Canada: What's in store?

Study finds gap between expectations and reality on the ground for Irish people moving to Canada

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