Change your address everywhere after moving in Ontario

Mail forwarding before the move, then the government records in the right order, then everyone else. Ontario wants your driver's licence and vehicle permit updated within six days.

The steps

1. 1

   Step 1: Order Canada Post mail forwarding before you move

   Choose 4 or 12 months. It starts five days after you buy it online (three at a post office), and needs government photo ID.

   Canada Post mail forwardingcanadapost-postescanada.ca
   15 min
2. 2

   Step 2: Update your driver's licence, health card and vehicle permit

   Within six days of moving, in one go with a ServiceOntario account. Not before you've moved. The new licence is mailed free in four to six weeks.

   Change my address (ontario.ca)ontario.ca
   15 min
3. 3

   Step 3: Update your address with the CRA

   In your CRA account it changes immediately. The CRA doesn't pass it on to other departments, so the rest is up to you.

   Change your address with the CRAcanada.ca
   5 min
4. 4

   Step 4: Tell your bank, employer and insurers

   Car and home insurance both depend on where you live, so call them rather than just updating online.

   30 min
5. 5

   Step 5: Move or cancel the utilities and internet

   Book the internet install early: install dates can be the slowest thing to get.

   30 min
6. 6

   Step 6: Update everything else

   Phone carrier, subscriptions, school, doctor and dentist, pharmacy, and saved addresses in shopping apps.

   30 min

Written by people who have done it, not by Helg or any government. Check the official sites before you pay for anything.

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