Tours

Upcoming Onja tours

Trips you can join from Toronto. Parsmont plans these from whichever Canadian city you are in, so nothing here asks you to get yourself to Montreal first.

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Montreal departures: see the full tour catalogue

Events

Events in Toronto

Concerts, club nights and community gatherings across Toronto — with the ticket link for each.

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Onja Clubs

Onja Clubs

Twenty-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.

Two people shaking hands after an interview in a bright office

Jobs & Hiring

Openings, people looking for work, and honest advice on getting hired here.

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A home table laid with Persian cooking and saffron rice

Home Kitchen

Ghormeh sabzi, sangak and Nowruz sweets from someone's actual kitchen.

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Loading bags into a car boot on a Montreal street

Ride Share

Seats between cities, and a lift to the mountain on Saturday.

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Hands passing a cardboard box in a sunny doorway

Buy & Sell

Furniture, electronics and everything else, second-hand within the community.

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Friends around a café table, one explaining something to the others

Ask the Community

Any question about life in Canada — someone here has already been through it.

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Travellers at a Quebec river viewpoint in autumn

Travel Club

Weekend trips, road trips and everything Canada looks like outside the city.

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Skiers and a snowboarder on a bright snowy Quebec slope

Ski & Snowboard

Season passes, lifts to the hill and the whole winter made worth it.

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Two anglers on a dock on a misty Quebec lake at sunrise

Fishing & Hunting

Licences, permits, where the fish are, and ice fishing in February.

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A doubles rally on an outdoor court in a Montreal park

Tennis Club

A partner at your level, on the free public courts.

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Friends around a campfire beside a Quebec lake at dusk

Camping Club

Lakeside weekends, borrowed tents and a fire that someone else lights.

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A group hiking an autumn forest trail in the Laurentians

Hiking & Running

Saturday trails in the Laurentians and a running group that waits for you.

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An amateur football match on a Montreal pitch at golden hour

Football Club

A weekly game, indoors all winter, all levels welcome.

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A beach volleyball game at sunset near Montreal

Volleyball Club

Beach volleyball in summer, a booked gym all winter.

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Cyclists riding together on a Montreal riverside path

Cycling Club

Morning rides on the Lachine canal and the Tour de l'Île together.

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A sunlit empty Montreal apartment with keys on the counter

Rentals & Sublets

Apartments, rooms and summer sublets, posted by the people renting them.

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A student with a backpack on a Montreal campus in autumn

Students & Newcomers

The first months, made easier by people who arrived a year before you.

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Parents and two children in a Montreal park in autumn

Families & Kids

Daycares, schools, paediatricians and keeping Persian alive at home.

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A contractor and a homeowner in a half-renovated kitchen

Home & Trades

Movers, electricians, painters and cleaners — recommended by people who used them.

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Three people looking under the open hood of a car

Car Club

Buying, insuring, fixing and surviving winter with a car in Canada.

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An open suitcase being packed with wrapped parcels

Traveller Parcels

Someone is flying to Tehran on Thursday and has room in their case.

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Shopping bags and a phone on a bright kitchen counter

Best Deals

Grocery flyers, Black Friday and the community discounts worth knowing.

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Reading the news on a phone at a Montreal metro platform

News That Matters

Immigration rules, benefits, strikes and weather warnings — only what changes your week.

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A golden retriever and a small dog greeting on a park path

Pets

Vets, sitters, lost-and-found and dogs that need a walk together.

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Build Onja with us

Onja is built by its community. Businesses, organizers, instructors and providers submit their listings; Onja verifies, moderates and promotes them.

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Get found by the Persian community in your city.

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Create an event

Reach your audience and link to your official tickets.

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Become an instructor

Offer classes and get paid through the platform.

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Offer a tour

Run tours with Onja or as an approved partner.

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