Stay with Homestay, Feel at Home

You have decided to come to Canada to improve your English skills and we want to ensure that your time in Canada is useful, happy and fulfilling. We have personally inspected every home that we recommend as a homestay. Based on your student application, we will carefully match you with a family that we believe will help make your stay in Canada enjoyable and memorable.

We will email you a profile of your host family and, if possible, provide you with an email address so that you can correspond with your new Canadian family before coming to Canada. However, before arriving, there are a few things you should note to make your stay successful.

Ask An Advisor

SSLC’s team do their best to make you feel safe and welcome from the moment you arrive in Canada and to provide you with opportunities to use your English as much as possible. One way of achieving this is by your choice to live with a Canadian family during your time in Canada.

The spirit of Canadian hospitality

Places in the heart

Your host family will:

Provide you a clean, private room and three meals a day
Provide a study desk and a good lamp
Host-only 1 speaker of a particular language at one time ( eg. only 1 Japanese student )
This may be subject to change during peak season
Provide access to laundry facilities to each student at least once per week
Provide internet to students as part of the Homestay fee
Show you how to use the bus / Skytrain
Orient you to your new neighborhood, banks, library, recreation center, etc.
Be an English only environment.

Best Memories Start Here

Your host family will:

Be considerate of family members and respect household rules
Be responsible for your personal sundries
( eg. toothpaste, shampoo, etc. )
Inform the family if you will not be home for dinner
Inform the family if you will be away overnight
Give 2 weeks notice to the family if you are changing your living arrangements.
Make an effort to participate in family activities when invited
Invite guests to the home only with the host family’s permission
Keep your room clean, and tidy up after yourself in common areas of the house

Airport Pickup

SSLC representatives are available to meet you at the airport and take you to your new homestay. When you leave the customs area, the person meeting you will be waiting for you in the following area holding a sign with your name on it.

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