# 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.

- Kind: Moving
- Applies to: Ontario
- Your time: about 2 hr
- Steps: 6
- Written by: @helg
- Version 1, updated 2026-10-24
- Source: https://helg.app/community/change-your-address-everywhere-after-moving-in-ontario

## Steps

1. **Order Canada Post mail forwarding before you move** (15 min)
   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 forwarding](https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/personal/receiving/manage-mail/mail-forwarding.page)
2. **Update your driver's licence, health card and vehicle permit** (15 min)
   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 \(ontario.ca\)](https://www.ontario.ca/page/change-my-address-ontario-services)
3. **Update your address with the CRA** (5 min)
   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 CRA](https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/topics/about-your-tax-return/change-your-address.html)
4. **Tell your bank, employer and insurers** (30 min)
   Car and home insurance both depend on where you live, so call them rather than just updating online.
5. **Move or cancel the utilities and internet** (30 min)
   Book the internet install early: install dates can be the slowest thing to get.
6. **Update everything else** (30 min)
   Phone carrier, subscriptions, school, doctor and dentist, pharmacy, and saved addresses in shopping apps.

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