Tag: Ontario

Thanksgiving Day

Posted on by Andrea Seepersaud

Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving 2017
Thanksgiving occurs in October in Canada, and is traditionally a time to give thanks, after the crops have been harvested.
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n Ontario and across Canada, we find many reasons to be thankful for blessings great and small. For many families, being together in one place is itself a reward. Canadian Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate the bounty of the departing summer, and perhaps do a few overdue household chores. Thanksgiving occurs in October in Canada. The date is traditionally a time to give thanks after the crops have been harvested. Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving!

Upper Canada Immigration will be closed for business from 5:00 p.m. Friday October 10 until 9:00 a.m. Tuesday October 14, 2025.

Ontario enjoyed a warm and temperate summer this year, with plenty of rain. Those warm days have turned into a cool September. The tropical plants in our yard have begun to come into the house for the next seven months. Early autumn rains bring moisture in warm, wet, showers to keep the garden mostly green at a time when the leaves are going golden most years. Warm wishes to friends and clients of Upper Canada Immigration. Stay safe, wherever you may be.

Pharmacare

Posted on by Andrea Seepersaud

Ontario youth drug coverage

Pharmacare
Ontario’s 2017-18 signature Budget measure means all eligible Ontario residents 24 years of age and less are fully covered for the cost of all 4,400 drugs in the Ontario formulary.
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he Province of Ontario’s 2017-18 budget, passed in 2017, implemented universal drug coverage for Ontario residents age 24 and less, and who are eligible for its Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP).

Ontario became the first Canadian province or territory to extend pharmacare coverage to its residents. Coverage for eligible Ontario residents became effective in 2018. The entire Ontario drug formulary of more than 4,400 drugs is included, from routine prescriptions to expensive treatments.

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Newcomers to Ontario can qualify for the Ontario Health Insurance Plan if they are:

  • A Canadian citizen;
  • An Indigenous person (registered under the federal Indian Act);
  • A permanent resident (formerly called a “landed immigrant”);
  • Have applied for permanent residence, and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has confirmed that they meet the eligibility requirements to apply (i.e. have not yet been denied); are in Ontario on a valid work permit and are working full-time in Ontario, for an Ontario employer, for at least six months.

Your spouse and any dependents also qualify if you do. You are eligible to apply to OHIP if you are in Ontario on a valid work permit under the federal Live-in Caregiver Program, or are a convention refugee or other protected person (as defined by Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada).

OHIP annual health care premiums are among the lowest in the world.