1, When you're landing, the officer will give you the address list. It takes up to 2 months to get it.

2, Right away.

3, I recommend "Toronto Star". www.thestar.com, look at the classified section.

4, Yes, prepaid service is suitable for newcomers because no credit is required. 5 major service are: Bell, AT&T Rogers, Fido, Telus, Clearnet.

5, So many ISPs here. You can use some free stuff if you can endure the ad banners.

6, You pay fix monthly fee ($20 and something). Local call is free.

7, It's difficult to apply for a credit card before you get stable income. Five major banks are: CIBC, Royal Bank, TD Bank, Scotia Bank, Bank of Montreal.

9, Metro Toronto includes Toronto, North York, Scarborough, Etobicoke.

10, It takes around one year to get a license that enable you to drive along. (G2). One year after you get G2 you can take the road test for full G license.

1, any government HR centre, 3-4 weeks mail-in

2. 3 months after landing

3. u need to overcome the cold 1st in this time of the yr. 600$ is too much for a single like u, in my view, sharing is a reasonable way.

4. refer to other ppl's answer

5. 56k is popular, coz NA's phone line system is comprehensive, lots of free ISP, such like netzero, addres.com......

6. Bell, as local service provider, charges 23$ per month for basic service, no further fee for local, even uif u use internet (dialup local#)

7. credit card is sth u will eventually try to evade---the 1st is difficult, once u have 1, too many institutions want u to apply for theirs.

8. most channels can hv it---basic plan 20$/mo, if including cnn/discover/muchmusic/TBS/history..,
~42$ permonth

9. see other ppl's comments

10. written test--right after u settle down (g1), road test--at least 8 mo after written test (g2), after that it is g.