Newcomer’s Guide
Welcome to Edmonton! The Newcomer’s Guide to Edmonton features 63 pages of essential information to help new residents settle in our beautiful city.
The Newcomer’s Guide to Edmonton was produced with the input and suggestions of many people who use the guide including newcomers, settlement workers, English language instructors, and cultural brokers. If you are new to Edmonton from another part of Alberta, Canada, or the world, the Newcomer’s Guide to Edmonton has information about many services that will help you to settle in your new city. The information is divided into these sections:
- Finding information
- Settlement services
- Moving around the city
- Living
- Learning
- Working
- Staying healthy
- Staying safe
- Enjoying
- Municipal government
New Edmontonians are welcome to visit the Citizen and New Arrival Information Centre on the main floor of City Hall to find more information.
New residents are also encouraged to phone the City of Edmonton’s 311 line which has interpreters for over 150 different languages for those who speak languages other than English.
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Orientation Guidebook for Newcomers to Canada – Catholic Social Services (CSS) created this orientation guidebook in French and English to support newcomers to Edmonton. This guide has information to help newcomers settle into their new home.
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Welcome to Alberta – General Information for newcomers settling in Alberta
- Newcomer’s Guide to Edmonton (English) – Updated January 2018. A guide from the City of Edmonton to help you find resources and information you need when you first arrive in Edmonton
