Settlement Services
The Immigrant Resource Program will provide you with information about living in Manitoba. We can help you:
- Find English classes
- Get your language assessment (Canadian Language Benchmark level)
- Register your children for school
- Find employment
- Apply for the Manitoba Health card, Social Insurance Number, and other important information and documents
- Find other services and resources in your community
- Learn more about immigration and citizenship
To find out more about Settlement Services or to make an appointment, please call Luis Luna, Settlement Services Coordinator, (204) 857-6304.
Who is Eligible
You are qualified to use our services if you have:
- Permanent resident status
- Canadian citizenship, if you were born outside Canada
- Refugee status
- A letter of nomination from the Province of Manitoba
More Information
The Immigrant Resource Program provides a welcoming environment to newcomers in Portage la Prairie and the surrounding areas. Our goal is to assist them in settling and integrating into the local community.
We maintain a network of resources and service providers to help newcomers find support throughout the region. The communities that fall within our service region include:
- Bagot
- Delta Beach
- Fortier
- High Bluff
- Macdonald
- MacGregor
- Newton
- Oakland
- Oakville
- Poplar Point
- Rossendale
- St. Claude
- St. Eustache
- Westbourne
Our Mission
To provide newcomers in Portage la Prairie and the surrounding areas with opportunities to realize their individual literacy, educational, employment and life goals in a positive learning environment.
Our Values
- Access
- Inclusion
- Personal Development
- User-defined services
- Holistic approach
- Respect for the individual
- Cultural sensitivity
- Community development
- Collaboration
- Accountability
- Orientation towards positive change
- Reliability
