Namaste!

I am writing to seek any possible Nepalese networks in Toronto or Quebec Canada. The reason I am doing so is because I am immigrating to Canada soon and want to seek advices from Nepalese folks about settlement matters such as initial housing, visiting Nepalese communties, public service communities, employment, transportation etc.

It would be very apprecaited to receiving some thoughtful suggestions from supportive people.

Best,

Subrath Shrestha

for public transportation Toronto is best but job wise folks from Toronto are moving to calgary. Don't know much about Ottawa or Montreal. for nepalese visit www.NCCS.ca

visit www.settlement.org

Heard from many people residing in Canada that there is a trend of Nepalese immigrants moving from these cities to Calgary, as Himalaya also mentioned above. Toronto is okay in terms of job opportunities and Nepali communiy, although not as good as Calgary is, but life is difficult in Montreal since you have to communicate in French most of the time, road signals, food items, everything is printed in French. So think againif you have planned to land on one of these cities.

I heard that Calgary has very good two nepalese associations. They compete each other to welcome you. Of course you have to a member of one of them once you reap benefits. Don't worry.. they even come to the airport to pick you up. and provide temporary accomodations among the members of the association until you find the suitable place to settle or find a some kind of job. Becasue it;s tough to pay high rent for apartment for newly arriving nepalese in Calgary, because you will be converting $amount into NRs. Monthly rent might be $800 to $1000 if you have family.. which already is NRs 65,000 a month.

Contact these, they even give you utensils to start your life. The members collect used utensils in their inventory to be supplied to the new-comers. So youdon't have to take any utensils from Nepal. But make sure you get confirmed response from the association people that they are picking you from the airport.

http://calgarynepalese.ca/  ------ this association has mostly highly educated Nepalese. They are the creams.
http://www.nepalisociety.ca/ ------ think twice before joining this.. but they might be better in extending you all sorts of helps beyond your expectation. Coz they are down to earth people.

So I heard.

You might know one of them:

CNCA Association

LIFE MEMBERS
SN TITLE FIRST NAME SURNAME
1 Mr. Arun Shrestha
2 Dr. Binod KC
3 Mr. Dorje Lama
4 Dr. Govinda Timilsina
5 Ms. Indra Timilsina
6 Mr. Kiran K. Ghimire
7 Mr. Lalit Limbu
8 Ms. Manju Dahal
9 Ms. Meera Sainju
10 Ms. Mira Limbu
11 Ms. Nisha Dhaubhadel
12 Dr. Raju Tuladhar
13 Mr. Ram B. Dahal
14 Ms. Rama B. Joshi
15 Ms. Ratna P. Tuladhar
16 Mr. Shyam Mahattra
17 Ms. Sumitra Limbu
18 Mr. Tek Bdr. Limbu
 
ANNUAL MEMEBERSHIP (2008/2009)
SN TITLE FIRST NAME SURNAME
19 Mr. Abhinay Pradhan
20 Mrs. Anita Kayastha
21 Ms. Anju Thanju
22 Ms. Anna Vaidya
23 Mr. Anup Tuladhar
24 Ms. Aruna Gauchan
25 Mr. Bernie Tallon
26 Ms. Betty Tallon
27 Ms. Bharati Shrestha
28 Mr. Bhim Limbu
29 Mr. Bhupendra Limbu
30 Mr. Bhushan Pradhan
31 Mr. Bill Porochnuk
32 Mr. Deep Dhakal
33 Ms. Dhankumari Gurung
34 Mr. Dhruba Tripathi
35 Mr. Dipesh Shrestha
36 Mr. Gyanendra Shrestha
37 Dr. Isha Sharma
38 Mr. Jagdish Kayastha
39 Mr. Jhalendra Shrestha
40 Ms. Jharna Limbu
41 Ms. Josie Pradhan
42 Ms. Jyotsna Pyakurel
43 Mr. Krishna P. Basukala
44 Mr. Lalit Gauchan
45   Lalit Gurung
46 Mr. Man Bdr. Basnet
47 Ms. Manuta Limbu
48 Mr. Medini Prasai
49 Ms. Minoda Dangol
50 Mr. Mohan Vaidya
51 Mr. Nabin Sharma
52 Dr. Nagendra Sharma
53 Mr. Nawadeep Rajbhandari
54 Ms. Nirmala Prasai
55 Mrs. Nita NB Bantawa
56 Ms. Nodana Ghartimagar
57 Mrs. Poonam Tripathi
58 Mr. Prajwal Pradhan
59 Mr. Prashanna Shrestha
60 Ms. Prativa Upreti
61 Mr. Purna Tumbahamphe
62 Ms. Purnima Limbu
63 Ms. Purnima Tumbahamphe
64 Mr. Puspa Dhakal
65 Mr. Rabindra Thanju
66 Mr. Rajan Rajbhandari
67 Mr. Rajeev Pyakurel
68 Mr. Rajesh Neupane
69 Mr. Rakesh Neupane
70 Ms. Rama Karmacharya
71   Rashmi Dhaubhadel
72 Ms. Ratna Pradhan
73 Ms. Sabina Shrestha
74 Ms. Sabita B. Basnet
75 Mr. Sarbajit Gurung
76 Ms. Shree Aryal
77 Mrs. Sukanya Shrestha
78 Mr. Suman Gurung
79 Mr. Tara Prakash Limbu
80 Ms. Usha Shrestha

NCSC Members;
Life Member
1 Mr  Amod K  Rimal
2 Mrs  Anita  Adhikari 
3 Mrs  Anita  Rimal 
4 Dr Betman Singh Bhandari 
5 Mr  Bijaya B  Limbu 
6 Mr  Bishnu Datta Subba 
7 Mr  Biswa Raj Limbu 
8 Mr  Dev Raj Gautam 
9 Mrs  Devi Basyal Bhandari 
10 Mr  Dorje Lama 
11 Mr  Durga P  Limbu 
12 Mr  Gunjan Ghimire 
13 Mr  Hikmat  Roka 
14 Mr  Jiwan  Chhetri 
15 Mr  Kamal Thapa 
16 Mrs  Kaushalya Thapa 
17 Mr  Krishna K  Rai 
18 Mr  Mani Chandra Rana 
19 Mr  Moti Rana 
20 Mr  Paban  Adhikary 
21 Mr  Prakash K  Regmi 
22 Mr  Pravin Pathak 
23 Mr  Purna B  Thapa 
24 Mrs  Pushpa Thapa 
25 Mrs  Rachel Chhetri 
26 Mr  Ranjan Pant 
27 Mrs  Rita  Dhungel 
28 Mrs Roshani Sunuwar 
29 Mr  Rudra Sunuwar 
30 Miss Rupa Limbu 
31 Mrs  Sangeeta  Aryal 
32 Mrs  Sarala Gautam 
33 Mrs  Sarita Pathak 
34 Mr  Saroj Aryal 
35 Mrs  Sharada Limbu 
36 Mr  Shyam Mahatra 
37 Mrs  Uma Khan Thakuri 
38 Mr  Yukta Khan  Thakuri 
39 Mr  Abhisek Upadhyaya
Annual Member
40 Miss Alisha Limbu 
41 Mrs  Ambika Limbu 
42 Mrs  Ambika Malla 
43 Mrs  Ambika Hamal Gautam 
44 Mr  Amit Badal 
45 Mrs  Amrita Chhetri 
46 Mr  Ang Ringe  Sherpa 
47 Mrs  Anita Rana Thapa 
48 Ms  Anju Chalise 
49 Mrs  Anu  Regmi 
50 Mr  Anubhuti Parajuli 
51 Mrs  Anuja Joshi Aryal 
52 Mr  Anup  Ghimire 
53 Mrs  Archana Pandit 
54 Mr  Arjun Aryal 
55 Mr  Arjun  Gaire 
56 Ms  Aradhana Basnet  
57 Mrs  Aruna Gauchan 
58 Mr  Atil  Shrestha 
59 Mr  Badri Karki 
60 Mr  Bal B  Nalbo 
61 Mrs  Bandana Dhakal 
62 Mr  Bardan Gauchan 
63 Mrs  Bela Subba 
64 Mr  Bhagawat Bhandari 
65 Dr Bharat Upadhyaya 
66 Mr  Bharat  Regmi 
67 Mrs  Bharati Shrestha 
68 Mr  Bibek Parajuli 
69 Mr  Bikash Dhakal 
70 Mr  Bikky  Regmi 
71 Mr  Bikram  Bhandari 
72 Mr  Binod Acharya 
73 Mr  Birendra Limbu 
74 Mr  Bishnu Adhikari 
75 Mrs  Bishnu Nalbo 
76 Mrs  Biva Pant 
77 Mr  Bobby Dhungana 
78 Mr  Buddhi Man  Gauchan 
79 Mrs  Buddhi Maya Tamang 
80 Mr  Budhi Raj Limbu 
81 Mr  Chandra  Adhikari 
82 Mr  Chandra  Gurung 
83 Mrs  Chandra  Limbu 
84 Mr  Chandra  Rana 
85 Mr  Choopten Sherpa 
86 Mrs  Cristine Rana Clemente 
87 Mr  Dambar Limbu 
88 Dr Desh B  Subba 
89 Mr  Dev B  Tamang 
90 Mrs  Dhana Gurung 
91 Mrs  Dhana Rai 
92 Mr  Dhruba  Rai 
93 Mr  Dhruva Tripathi 
94 Dr Dipak Ojha 
95 Mr  Dipendra Gautam 
96 Mr  Dipesh Sitaula 
97 Mr  Diwas Dhakal 
98 Mr  Duryodhan Gautam 
99 Mr  Dwarika Karki 
100 Dr Ganesh Bhandari 
101 Ms  Gina Gurung 
102 Mr  Govinda Khatri 
103 Mr  Govinda Upadhyaya 
104 Mr Govinda Khatri 
105 Mr Govinda Upadhyaya 
106 Mr  Gupta  Thapa 
107 Mr  Gyani R  Shrestha 
108 Mrs  Harikala  Rana 
109 Mr  Hemanta  Aryal 
110 Mr  Hikmat Bhandari 
111 Mrs  Indira Mishra 
112 Mrs  Indira Upadhyaya 
113 Mrs Indira Upadhyaya 
114 Miss Isha Sherpa 
115 Mr  Jagadish  Chapagain 
116 Mrs  Jamuna Badal 
117 Mr  Jessis Subba 
118 Mr  Jimmy Thapa 
119 Mrs  Julie Limbu 
120 Miss Jyotsna Karki 
121 Mrs  Jyotsna Pyakurel 
122 Mr  Kabin Dhungel 
123 Mr Kabin  Dhungel 
124 Mrs  Kabita Rana Karki 
125 Dr Kala Nidhi Pandit 
126 Mrs  Kalpana Karki 
127 Mrs  Kalpana Pandit 
128 Mr  Kamal Sherpa 
129 Mrs  Kamala Gaire 
130 Mrs  Kanti Acharya 
131 Mr  Kedar B Subedi 
132 Mr  Kishore Limbu 
133 Mrs  Kopila Nalbo 
134 Mrs  Kopila Prasain 
135 Mrs Kopila Prasain 
136 Mr  Krishna Acharya 
137 Mr  Krishna  Bhatta 
138 Mr Krishna Raj Bhatta 
139 Mr  Kul B Gurung 
140 Mr  Lalit Gurung 
141 Mr  Lalit  Gauchan 
142 Mrs  Lalita Singh 
143 Mrs  Laxmi Acharya 
144 Mrs  Laxmi Chand 
145 Mrs  Laxmi Sharma Bhandari 
146 Mr  Mabindra Nalbo 
147 Mr  Mahendra Lama 
148 Mr  Mahesh  Shrestha 
149 Mr  Malim Limbu 
150 Miss Mamata Tamang 
151 Mr  Man B   Basnet  
152 Mrs  Mandabi Ojha 
153 Mr  Mani Raj Sunuwar 
154 Mrs  Manju Gautam 
155 Mrs Manju Shrestha 
156 Mrs  Manju Shrestha Limbu 
157 Mr  Manoj Shah 
158 Mr  Medini  Prasain 
159 Mrs  Mila Carmel 
160 Mrs  Milan Gauchan 
161 Mr  Mirak Subba 
162 Mr  Mohan  Acharya 
163 Miss Moushami  Rimal 
164 Mrs  Mukta  Dhakal 
165 Mr  Narayan  Dahal 
166 Mr  Naveen K  Subba 
167 Mr  Nawadip  Rajbhandari 
168 Mr  Nawaraj Pokharel 
169 Mrs  Neelam Bista Subba 
170 Ms  Nilima Thapa 
171 Mr  Nilraj Mathema 
172 Mrs  Nirmala Prasain 
173 Mrs  Nisha Dhakal 
174 Ms  Noorma Shrestha 
175 Mr  Nur B  Malla  
176 Mr  Papo Hang Subba 
177 Mrs  Parbati Rai Subba 
178 Mr  Pemba Sherpa 
179 Miss Pooja Chand 
180 Mr  Pradip Bista 
181 Mr  Prakash Dhakal 
182 Mr  Prakash Man Limbu 
183 Ms  Prakriti Pathak 
184 Mrs Pramila Rijal Ghimire 
185 Miss Priyanka  Gauchan 
186 Miss Punam  Rana 
187 Mrs  Punam  Tripathi 
188 Mrs  Punya Bhatta 
189 Mrs Punya Kumari Panta 
190 Mr  Puran Rana 
191 Mrs  Puspa Bista 
192 Miss Radha Malla 
193 Mrs  Radha Gurung Sherpa 
194 Mr  Rajendra  Gautam 
195 Mr  Rajendra  Gautam 
196 Mr  Rajendra  Prasain 
197 Mr  Rajendra  Sangraula 
198 Mr Rajendra  Prasain 
199 Mr  Rajesh Karki 
200 Mr  Rajesh Pandit 
201 Mr  Rajesh  Dhakal 
202 Mr  Rajesh  Pant 
203 Mr  Rajiv  Pyakurel 
204 Mr  Raju Gurung 
205 Mr  Ram Mishra 
206 Mrs  Rama Roka 
207 Mr  Rebecca  Rawat 
208 Mrs  Reena Poudyal 
209 Miss Rigdha  Acharya 
210 Mrs  Rina Shah 
211 Miss Rojina Upadhyaya 
212 Mr  Roshan Upadhyaya 
213 Mr Roshan Upadhyaya 
214 Mr Rudra Shrestha 
215 Mrs  Rupa Limbu 
216 Mrs  Rupa Subba 
217 Mrs Rupanjali Chalise 
218 Mr  Rupendra  Ghimire 
219 Mrs  Sabina Shrestha Ranbhandari 
220 Mrs  Sabina  Dhakal 
221 Mrs  Sabita Aryal 
222 Mrs  Sabita  Bantawa 
223 Mr  Sagar Aryal 
224 Mr  Samrat Rai 
225 Mr  Sanjaya Rajbhandari 
226 Mr  Sanjiv Pradhan 
227 Mr  Sanjog Thapa 
228 Mr  Santosh Limbu 
229 Mrs  Saraswati Karki Subba 
230 Mr  Sarbajit Gurung 
231 Ms  Sarojini Rajbhandari 
232 Miss Seema Khadka 
233 Mr  Shailaj Sharma 
234 Mrs  Shanta Dungana 
235 Miss Shanta Kala Limbu 
236 Mr Shanti Ram Sharma 
237 Mr  Shantiram Sharma 
238 Mrs  Sharada Sangraula 
239 Mrs  Shilu Ghimire 
240 Mr  Shyam  Paudel 
241 Mr  Sidhartha Limbu 
242 Mrs  Sinora  Chapagain 
243 Mr Sital Raj Mathema 
244 Mrs  Sofina Pradhan 
245 Mrs  Sonia Rajbhandari 
246 Mr  Subiraj Sunuwar 
247 Mr  Sudarshan  Gautam 
248 Mrs  Sujata Rai 
249 Mr  Sujeet  Khadka 
250 Mrs  Sulochana Regmi 
251 Mr  Suman  Thapa 
252 Mr  Sumesh Shrestha 
253 Mrs  Sunanda Shrestha 
254 Miss  Sunita  Rana 
255 Mrs  Sunita  Gurung 
256 Mrs  Sunita  Pant 
257 Mrs  Sunita  Pokharel 
258 Mrs  Sunita  Upadhyaya 
259 Mr  Surendra Adhikari 
260 Mr  Surendra Dhakal 
261 Mr  Surendra Limbu 
262 Mr  Surendra Mishra 
263 Mr  Suresh Thapa 
264 Mr  Sushil Raj Prasai 
265 Miss Sushama Prasai 
266 Mrs  Sushma  Acharya 
267 Mr  Thakur Rai 
268 Mr  Tilak Chhetri 
269 Mrs  Tumla Shrestha 
270 Mr  Uddav Dhungana 
271 Mrs  Upama Mishra 
272 Mrs  Urmila  Sharma 
273 Mrs Urmila  Sharma 
274 Mr  Vikram Jeet  Chand 
275 Mr  Yalambar Limbu 
276 Mr  Yam B  Chand 
277 Mr  Yam  Rana

Thank you for your supportive suggestion. Calgary sounds good to explore. I am following up with the websites. How is the public transportation there?

Since my port of entry is going to be Toronto I am thinking of staying there for a couple weeks. If things don't work out I am williing to relocate to Calgary. I request if anyone knows an association or an inidividual (website/email) in Toronto who can be of good guidance to a new comer as myself it is greatly apprecaited.

Cheers,

Subrath Shrestha 

Very nice info from all. Thanks

Again Subrath:

Take advice from other guys who are telling you not to go to Toronto. You have heard that nepalese from Toronto are moving to Calgary.. why would you go to Toronto after knowing such fact. Eventually you will have to move to Calgary anyways.... trust me, moving from one place to other is always a big hassle. Also, if you have wife, do not go to Toronto... there is history that married nepalese women run away with ugly muslims there. Ther are scores of examples of Nepalese guys losing their wives to others, that's a disgrace. These muslims talk smooth  calling nepalese woemn aap aap.. like that.. and that's how they get caught. Also, may be muslims are circumsized, and woemn love circumsized danda. Once they taste it they will always go after katuwas. Therefore, take a wise decision and go to Calgary. You have seen the numbers of Nepalese in Calgary above... 90% of them moved from Toronto to Calgary. What other justification you need? Protect your wife, and your dignity.

Your advices are warmly acknowledged. I am keeping my settlement flexiable. Just the matter of Toronto had been because it's my port of entry and I strongly have to relay on public transportations. As per the marriage issues thank you for the concern however I am single and marriage is not in my list until few years from now. At the same time I enjoy diverse and international marriage.

Thanking all you folks.

Namaste!

Subrath Shrestha  

All the best Subrath.

Nice to hear that you like women of international countries... include muslim girls in your list too. Do not hesitate... lot of muslim guys have devasted nepali dudes in Ontario by stealing their wives.

Ha ha. That's a new one. Never heard of Muslims taking away married Nepali women... Ha ha.. If that is supposed to be funny, then it worked..

Subarth,

My sister moved to Toronto in September and she had jobs lined up.I applied for her jobs, and so did she. We applied for all the jobs that would fit her in Carrierbuilder and monster and also other sites like:

http://www.workopolis.com/work.aspx?action=Transfer&View=Content/Common/WorkLoginView&lang=EN&theme=work

http://www.211toronto.ca/index.jsp

www.monster.ca

www.carrierbuilder.ca

http://www.jobbank.gc.ca

and many more....search on the internet and you will find them. They also have neighbourhood link (named as such) from canadian gov where they help you get trained on how to answer interview questions and make a great resume. You don't have to pay anything. It is a class they give you for free. This is available in canada almost in every city...toronto aswell.

It is just like US, It all depends on how persistant you are to find jobs. Personally what I found is that , Toronto doesnot have  too many nepalis who has explored job opportunities. My 2 weeks experience may be short but meeting  with people over there made me feel that people who have just come from Nepal have difficulties finding jobs. They settle with lower level jobs but if you have patience, persistancy and some money to survive for 3-4 months without working just to be on safe side, then you can get jobs you want as per your qualification. Market is just like in US. You apply for jobs, they call for interviews, if you prove on interview they offer jobs right away.

Rent and living expenses are expensive for sure in comparison to USA. Regarding jobs I think it all matters in what is your qualification and how good is your resume to catch eyes. Public transportaion is Great. I didnot find Nepalis in Toronto that helpful. Life is fast and it is same like USA except that it is a little expensive. Goodluck.

Hi folks, My one of the friend is willing to migrate to Canada. But, he is not aware whether his part-time teacher work in private schools for a year in Nepal and 2-year of research student reseach experience in china aboard can count in work experience. His paying was around 200 U$$ stipend/month,is this amount of his stipend is eligible ? Higher the income , better .. In fact it is not work, but stipend given by university for his phd studies? Thanks if any of you could assist on this issue

I am afraid, your friend is not eligible as a teacher unless he is one of these two:

4121: University Professors
4131: College and Other Vocational Instructors

 - Is my application eligible for processing?

In order for your application to be eligible for processing, you must either:

• have an offer of arranged employment, OR
• be a foreign national living legally in Canada for one year as a temporary foreign worker or an international student, OR
• be a skilled worker who has at least one year of experience in one or more of the following occupations:

Subrath:

Why the hell you want to go to Toronto. Go to Calgary.. nothing to lose. You will get all sorts of help and assistance from Day 1 in Calgary. The associations of Nepalese are ready to make you start the life.

They will even help you find the jobs.. they have a cohesive community of Nepalese there... and very helpful. To maximize the benfits, you should consider becoming member of both associations. I know lately they are organizing Dahsian and othe rparties on separate days unlike earlier when they used to hold the events on the same day subjecting nepalese to choose one of the two parties. But now, it's happening separately and you could participate o both while harveting the benefits of all the Nepalese acquaintances.

YOu are not married, as you said. If you consider marrying a Nepali girl.. that's the palce the go and find your love of life as well.. Most of those girls of marrying age are wit htheir parents and studying and at the same time working. So if you pick one of them.. you will get all kinds of supports from her family.
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\Well if you want to screw international girls.. then I don't have much to say except.. use condoms.

Namaste!

I thank you all for participating and expressing interest in my queries for NepaleseNetwork in Toronto. I agree with Haribansa ji's experiences and Bubblegum ji (sorry I could not find your real name) you have been of good help and guidance. At the same time the reason I have come to Toronto is because my professional is not so technical and it makes sense to be working in diverse and multicultural settings as I am a clinical and career counsellor educator and practitioner. Though now I have arrived in Toronto I am keeping myself flexiable to relocate in places where I can be of help in serving communities and or college universities mental health needs.

As per marriage I am still not keeping in my list of prorities and am hopeful that I shall figure it out with time.

Once again folks I thank you warmly for sharing your experiences and suggestion.

Cheers,

Subrath