Tarek A · Google
Sean 'DJ' Vaditron · Google
Shahzad SHAH · Google
Shim Law - Divorce, Litigation, Criminal, Real Estate, Employment, Business and Immigration · Google
Caspian Bakery&Supermarket · Google
Tajrish Market & Bistro · Google
Trips you can join from Calgary. Parsmont plans these from whichever Canadian city you are in, so nothing here asks you to get yourself to Montreal first.
The Onja French and Math academies are online — join from Calgary. For in-person schools and teachers, see Calgary's own directory.
Concerts, club nights and community gatherings across Calgary — with the ticket link for each.
Christ Church Anglican — 3602 8 Street SW, Calgary
8 p.m.
Constantinople brings setar, kora and percussion together at Christ Church, 8:00 to 9:30 PM. Iranian and West African traditions in one room.
Tickets
Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary
The DIYAR world tour of Shahram Nazeri with Kaykhosro and Tahmoures Pournazeri opens in Canada. Jack Singer Concert Hall, Thursday November 12. Tickets at tarticket.com from Friday September 25 at 2 PM local time. Presented by TAR Production.
TicketsTwenty-three Telegram channels run by the community across Canada — rentals, jobs, questions, food, and the sports and outdoor clubs. Free to join, and someone always answers.
Click the club you want to see what is inside it and open its channel.
Openings, people looking for work, and honest advice on getting hired here.
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Ghormeh sabzi, sangak and Nowruz sweets from someone's actual kitchen.
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Seats between cities, and a lift to the mountain on Saturday.
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Furniture, electronics and everything else, second-hand within the community.
Open
Any question about life in Canada — someone here has already been through it.
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Weekend trips, road trips and everything Canada looks like outside the city.
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Season passes, lifts to the hill and the whole winter made worth it.
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Licences, permits, where the fish are, and ice fishing in February.
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A partner at your level, on the free public courts.
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Lakeside weekends, borrowed tents and a fire that someone else lights.
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Saturday trails in the Laurentians and a running group that waits for you.
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A weekly game, indoors all winter, all levels welcome.
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Beach volleyball in summer, a booked gym all winter.
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Morning rides on the Lachine canal and the Tour de l'Île together.
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Apartments, rooms and summer sublets, posted by the people renting them.
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The first months, made easier by people who arrived a year before you.
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Daycares, schools, paediatricians and keeping Persian alive at home.
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Movers, electricians, painters and cleaners — recommended by people who used them.
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Buying, insuring, fixing and surviving winter with a car in Canada.
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Someone is flying to Tehran on Thursday and has room in their case.
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Grocery flyers, Black Friday and the community discounts worth knowing.
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Immigration rules, benefits, strikes and weather warnings — only what changes your week.
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Vets, sitters, lost-and-found and dogs that need a walk together.
OpenOnja is built by its community. Businesses, organizers, instructors and providers submit their listings; Onja verifies, moderates and promotes them.
What actually happens in your first months here — the paperwork, the rules, the money, and the things nobody tells you until it is too late. Written for the Persian-speaking community in Canada, and sourced.
Social insurance number, health card, bank account, transit pass. What to do first, what can wait, and the one thing about Quebec health cover that catches Iranians out.
No deposit, no last month's rent, no credit history required — Quebec protects tenants far more than most newcomers realise. And there is a box on the lease that can save you thousands.
The courses are free and full-time students are paid $230 a week. But several groups are excluded from that allowance, and the choice between full-time and part-time is the real decision.
