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The 3 essentials to handle in your first days: your SIN (needed to work and open a bank account), RAMQ health insurance (there’s a 3-month waiting period, so file early), and exchanging your driver’s licence at the SAAQ (you have 6 months before you’d need to retake the full exams).

Yes. Filing both returns (federal and provincial) by the end of April — even with zero or minimal income — opens access to GST/QST credits and the family allowance. Skipping it means missing those payments.

Several steps need to chain together within 30 days of the birth: the birth declaration, the baby's SIN, registering for the family allowance, and adding the child to your RAMQ coverage.

You need about 3 years of physical presence in Canada (1,095 days over a 5-year period) to be eligible, then a test, an interview, and the oath ceremony.

No — you first need to complete the citizenship oath ceremony. Standard processing then takes 4–6 weeks (express service is available).

No, this directory covers the provincial and federal démarches common to everyone. For city-specific démarches, check your municipal hub; for the complete encyclopedia of every démarche, see the Démarches section.

No, that's a separate federal process: family sponsorship. Timelines vary a lot depending on the relationship — from a few months for a spouse to several years for parents (via the Parents and Grandparents Program, PGP).

You have 6 months to exchange your foreign licence for a Quebec one. After that deadline, you'll need to retake the full theoretical and practical exams.