Youth New to the Community

There are a variety of services available to help you as you settle in to your new community. Check out our recreation services page to learn about more ways to get involved in our community.

About the community

Here you can find information about the County of Wellington and the City of Guelph.

• The County of Wellington Live and Work website includes information about life in the County of Wellington.
• The Immigrating to Guelph page may help you get to know the city.

New to Canada

Here you will find resources to help you settle in to the country.

• The Immigrant Services Guelph-Wellington offers Settlement Workers in Schools in Guelph-Wellington to assist students and their parents with their settlement needs. 
• www.newyouth.ca is an online community for immigrant and refugee youth that are new to Ontario.

English help

In Wellington County and Guelph there are supports to help you if you would like to develop your English skills.

• If you are attending a publicly funded school they will be able to support you to develop your English skills.
• Wellington Catholic District School Board has information about their Multilingual Learners Program.
• Contact the Upper Grand District School Board for information about the supports they can provide.
• Learn more about English Literacy Development programmes in Ontario.

Interpretation services are available for you when you access family physicians, or mental health and community support services in Waterloo and Wellington Counties. To access these services, family physicians or clinicians need to contact the Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural centre at 519-745-2593.