About BeCanada
BeCanada is an independent, advertising-free publication that writes practical guides for people moving to Canada — immigration pathways, choosing a province, budgets, language tests, and the first weeks on the ground.
Who writes these guides
Every article on BeCanada is written by Wael Awartani and reviewed before publication. There is no anonymous content and no contributed-post network: if a page carries a byline, that person stands behind it.
Wael covers the practical side of Canadian immigration and settlement — the numbers, documents, deadlines and trade-offs that decide whether an application or a move works out. Where a question needs a regulated professional (a licensed immigration consultant, a lawyer, a licensed realtor, an accountant), the guides say so and point you to the right body rather than guessing.
What BeCanada is — and is not
Being clear about this matters more than anything else on the site.
- BeCanada is an informational publication. It explains publicly available government rules, published statistics and market data.
- BeCanada is not a law firm and not a licensed immigration consultancy. Nothing here is legal advice, and reading a guide is not a substitute for advice about your own file.
- BeCanada does not sell immigration services and does not charge application fees, consultation fees, or "invitation" fees.
- BeCanada does not accept payment for a place in an Express Entry pool or for any immigration outcome. If anyone asks you for that, it is a scam — see the IRCC warnings on immigration fraud.
The full version of this is on our disclaimer page, and our editorial policy explains how we research, source and correct articles.
How we handle numbers
Immigration content is full of figures that quietly go out of date — proof-of-funds thresholds, language score conversions, fee tables, rent, transit fares, salary ranges. Our rule is simple:
- Program rules, fees and thresholds are quoted from the department that publishes them — almost always Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), and the relevant provincial or territorial program.
- Economic data comes from Statistics Canada, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, or the agency that actually sets the number (a transit operator sets a fare, not a government).
- Every article ends with a Sources section that ties each figure to the page that publishes it, so you can check the number yourself rather than take our word for it.
Where a figure is a market estimate rather than an official statistic, we say so instead of dressing it up as authoritative.
Corrections
Programs change. If you find something that is wrong or out of date, tell us and we will fix it. Corrections are made on the page itself, with the date the article was last updated, so you can see how current the information is. Write to us via the contact page.
What we do not do
We do not publish guest posts, paid placements, or advertorial, and the site carries no advertising at all. The only commercial activity is the sale of the domain name, and that buys no editorial influence. Nothing on BeCanada is written on behalf of a government, a school, or a registry.
Get in touch
Questions about an article, a correction, or a topic we should cover: use the contact page. For anything relating to the domain name itself, see domain inquiries.
Last updated: September 29, 2026