Program Summary:

COA provides information and orientation to refugees to help them prepare and have realistic expectations about their resettlement. The program aims to ease their adjustment to life in Canada through pre-departure preparation.

COA is funded by IRCC and implemented worldwide by IOM. 

You want:

  • Pre-arrival information and orientation about Canada.

They offer you:

  • Specialized group orientation in local languages to refugees selected to resettle in Canada.  

Language of Service:

  • English
  • French
  • Amharic
  • Arabic
  • Burmese
  • Chittagonian Bengali
  • Dari
  • Farsi
  • Kinyarwanda
  • Kirundi
  • Kiswahili
  • Oromo
  • Pashto
  • Somali
  • Spanish
  • Tigrinya 

Interpretation is offered in additional languages to accommodate the preferred language of service of clients.  

Language of Service:

  • English
  • French
  • Amharic
  • Arabic
  • Burmese
  • Chittagonian Bengali
  • Dari
  • Farsi
  • Kinyarwanda
  • Kirundi
  • Kiswahili
  • Oromo
  • Pashto
  • Somali
  • Spanish
  • Tigrinya 

Interpretation is offered in additional languages to accommodate the preferred language of service of clients.  

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CANADIAN ORIENTATION ABROAD

Providing information and orientation sessions to refugees
  • Refugees age 13 and over resettling to Canada are eligible
  • COA is conducted in over 40 countries and 60 locations worldwide
  • Over 268,000 individuals have benefited from the programme since 1998