Homestay Programs Canada (English)
PLEASE CHOOSE A PROGRAM :
DESCRIPTION :
DESCRIPTION OF THE HOMESTAY: Live with a host family abroad! The homestay program provides an opportunity to become a member of a host family living abroad. During this immersion program, the student will share the day-to-day life and special activities of a host family according to the country.
Students should be prepared to participate in, and to adapt to the family life and to help with various tasks around the house. So the more the student will try to learn about their customs, diet and habits, the more rewarding the experience. The student participating in a Homestay program should be open-minded, mature and curious. He/she will make new friends, become acquainted with a foreign culture from the inside and make significant progress in learning a foreign language due to the constant immersion in the language studied.
Most homestays are living in small town or in the countryside. Very few families living in city centres welcome exchange students due to the size of their housing. This exciting immersion program promotes international understanding. It is an excellent opportunity to learn another language and discover another culture. This language improvement comes from constant immersion within a family as well as their friends and relatives. This program is generally four weeks long, however some prolonged or shortened programs can be offered.
Some options may be added: Home Schooling, Discovery Paris for french Homestays (see program description).
ELIGIBILITY : from 13 to 18 years old. This Homestay program is suitable to students who are already autonomous and used to travel and who have a sufficient level in the language to be improved (1 to 2 years of study is a minimum).
DESTINATION : Live in an Australian host family, share the everyday life of a Canadian family, live in a German homestay, live in a French family, discover our Spanish Homestays in Mexico and Spain, enjoy an American host family!
LENGTH OF THE HOMESTAY: Usually 4 weeks.
ACCOMMODATION : Host family. Students are hosted in homestays who will provide full board accommodation.
SPECIFICATION : Please note that participants cannot choose a specific area in a country for the homestay. Nacel International reserves the possibility to place the student anywhere in the hosting country. Individuals may choose dates all year round.
DATES : June/July/August.
APPLICATION DEADLINES: We need to receive application at least 2 months prior departure.
CANADA (ENGLISH) :
Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area, occupying most of northern North America. Inhabited first by aboriginal peoples, Canada was founded as a union of British and former French colonies. Canada gained independence from the United Kingdom in an incremental process that began in 1867 and ended in 1982.
Extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, Canada shares land borders with the United States to the south and to the northwest. Comprising ten provinces and three territories, Canada is a bilingual and multicultural country, with both English and French as official languages at the federal level.
Canada is a multicultural country with people from all over the world who have now made Canada their home. Ethnic Groups (wholly or partly): North American Origin 40%, British Origin 33%, French Origin 16%, Other European 29%, Aboriginal peoples 4%, South, East & South-East Asian 9%, Other (mostly Caribbean, Arab, African, Latin/Central/South American and West Asian) 6%. The total comes to more than 100% because many Canadians (approximately 38%) have a mixed background.
AREA: 9,984,670 million sq km
CLIMATE: Varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north
POPULATION: estimated population) is 31.5 million (2006)
RELIGIONS: Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none 16% (2001 census)
LANGUAGES: English (official) 59.3%, French (official) 23.2%, other 17.5%
GOVERNMENT TYPE: Constitutional monarchy that is also a parliamentary democracy and a federation
CAPITAL: Ottawa
CURRENCY: Canadian dollars
NATIONAL HOLIDAY: Canada Day, 1 July (1867)
GDP PER CAPITA (purchasing power parity): $33,900 (2005 est.)
France = $29,600 (2005 est.)
USA = $41,600 (2005 est.)
China = $6,800 (2005 est.)
Bresil = $8,300 (2005 est.)
