Moving to Canada from Australia
The IEC gives Australians a two-year open work permit, and Express Entry offers a route straight to permanent residency. Here is the full playbook, winter gear included.
Australians have one of the cleanest runs into Canada of any nationality: the IEC working holiday delivers a two-year open work permit if you are 18 to 35, and Express Entry rewards skilled work experience and strong English with a direct line to permanent residency. Timing the IEC pools is the part most people get wrong.
These guides cover the whole corridor: your SIN in the first week, opening a Canadian bank account from Australia, the provincial healthcare waiting period, building credit from zero, tax in your first year, and what a Canadian winter actually requires of an Australian wardrobe.