{"id":93,"date":"2026-08-19T21:42:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T01:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridgealliancecanada.org\/newcomer-settlement-integration\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T22:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T02:49:51","slug":"newcomer-settlement-integration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bridgealliancecanada.org\/fr\/newcomer-settlement-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcomer Settlement &#038; Integration"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"93\" class=\"elementor elementor-93\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-p3hero e-con-full ba-dark ba-hero-fx ba-grain ba-fxp e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"p3hero\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82cbe95 ba-fxlayer elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"82cbe95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ba-aurora\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i><\/span><span class=\"ba-mesh\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-p3heroin e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"p3heroin\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-p3hr ba-rv elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"p3hr\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ba-rule\" style=\"display:block\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-p3hh ba-split elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"p3hh\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Newcomer Settlement &amp; Integration<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-p3ht ba-measure ba-rv elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"p3ht\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The hardest part of arriving is not the paperwork. It is not knowing anyone.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-p3intro e-con-full ba-fxp e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"p3intro\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-p3introin e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"p3introin\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-p3copy e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"p3copy\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-p3h2 ba-reveal ba-split elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"p3h2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Arrive as a guest, not a case file<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-p3t ba-measure ba-reveal-2 ba-rv elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"p3t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Services can hand you a form. They cannot hand you a network. That is the gap we work in.<\/p><p>Come to a gathering and you will meet people from your own community and from well outside it. You will find out how things actually work here, from people who arrived a year or ten years ago. You will leave with names, numbers and somewhere to go next month.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-p3list ba-reveal-3 ba-rv elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"p3list\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M173.898 439.404l-166.4-166.4c-9.997-9.997-9.997-26.206 0-36.204l36.203-36.204c9.997-9.998 26.207-9.998 36.204 0L192 312.69 432.095 72.596c9.997-9.997 26.207-9.997 36.204 0l36.203 36.204c9.997 9.997 9.997 26.206 0 36.204l-294.4 294.401c-9.998 9.997-26.207 9.997-36.204-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Community gatherings where newcomers arrive as guests<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M173.898 439.404l-166.4-166.4c-9.997-9.997-9.997-26.206 0-36.204l36.203-36.204c9.997-9.998 26.207-9.998 36.204 0L192 312.69 432.095 72.596c9.997-9.997 26.207-9.997 36.204 0l36.203 36.204c9.997 9.997 9.997 26.206 0 36.204l-294.4 294.401c-9.998 9.997-26.207 9.997-36.204-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Introductions to people who made the same move recently<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M173.898 439.404l-166.4-166.4c-9.997-9.997-9.997-26.206 0-36.204l36.203-36.204c9.997-9.998 26.207-9.998 36.204 0L192 312.69 432.095 72.596c9.997-9.997 26.207-9.997 36.204 0l36.203 36.204c9.997 9.997 9.997 26.206 0 36.204l-294.4 294.401c-9.998 9.997-26.207 9.997-36.204-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Local knowledge: schools, work, housing, transport and winter<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path 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9.997-26.207 9.997-36.204-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Family-friendly events, so nobody has to find a babysitter first<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-p3l ba-reveal-4 ba-rv elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"p3l\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ba-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bridgealliancecanada.org\/events\/\">See what is coming up<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-p3media e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"p3media\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-p3img ba-frame ba-cover ba-hov-zoom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"p3img\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-p3img2 ba-frame ba-cover ba-hov-zoom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"p3img2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgealliancecanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/community-connections-handshake-768x512.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-29\" alt=\"A guest greeting attendees at a Bridge Alliance Canada gathering\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgealliancecanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/community-connections-handshake-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/bridgealliancecanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/community-connections-handshake-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/bridgealliancecanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/community-connections-handshake-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/bridgealliancecanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/community-connections-handshake-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/bridgealliancecanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/community-connections-handshake.webp 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-p3quote e-con-full ba-dark ba-sheen ba-grain ba-fxp e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"p3quote\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-p3qin e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"p3qin\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">There is room for you here<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ctabandt ba-reveal-2 ba-rv elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ctabandt\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Volunteer, partner, bring a stall, or give. Tell us what you have and we will find the right place for it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ctabandbtns e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ctabandbtns\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ctabandb1 ba-arrow elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ctabandb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/bridgealliancecanada.org\/get-involved\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Get involved<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ctabandb2 ba-arrow elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ctabandb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/bridgealliancecanada.org\/contact\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Contact us<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Practical welcome and real connection for newcomers to Canada in Barrie and Simcoe County: introductions, local knowledge and community events where you already know someone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37,"parent":0,"menu_order":60,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"slim_seo":{"description":"Practical, welcoming support for newcomers to Canada: orientation, connection and the local knowledge that makes a new city feel like home.","title":"Newcomer Settlement & Integration - Bridge Alliance Canada"},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-93","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgealliancecanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgealliancecanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgealliancecanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgealliancecanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgealliancecanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bridgealliancecanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242,"href":"https:\/\/bridgealliancecanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93\/revisions\/242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgealliancecanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgealliancecanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}