Welcome to CCIS, your guide to Calgary Immigration services and supporter on the journey to establishing your new life in Calgary and Southern Alberta. We offer innovative programs tailored to your unique needs, helping you integrate smoothly and effectively into your new community. Ready to begin? Explore our programs and learn more!
CCIS is the largest immigrant-serving organization in the Prairies, offering a comprehensive range of innovative settlement and integration services to immigrants and refugees in Southern Alberta. Since our inception in 1981, CCIS has become a pivotal community leader for Calgary Immigration and area, renowned for our expertise in designing and implementing over 95 comprehensive programs tailored to meet the needs of newcomers from a myriad of cultural and professional backgrounds.
Our dedicated, dynamic team of more than 450 multi-cultural, multi-denominational and multi-disciplinary professionals, fluent in over 70 languages, is our cornerstone in providing these essential services. Supporting all aspects of settlement and integration, CCIS programs and services are broken down in the areas of employment and housing, community and development, resettlement and integration, health and wellness, and families and children.
In partnership, we empower immigrants and refugees to successfully settle and integrate in our communities.
An inclusive society where immigrants and refugees can reach their full potential.
CCIS believes:
In an environment which enhances self-esteem and respect for all.
That each individual is unique and of value.
That we all have a responsibility to build a healthy community.
In a holistic approach in working with individuals and community.
In constant attention, sensitivity and flexibility throughout the ongoing process of relationship building.
In ethical practices.
In volunteerism.
In innovation and creativity.
People in cities around the world have taken a united stand against police brutality and systemic racism. It is heartening to hear this collective call to end the policies and practices, entrenched in our institutions, that result in the exclusion and oppression of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, as well as members of the LGBTQ+ community.
It is important for each of us to remember that the racism and oppression we see in our justice systems and police forces are symbolic of the prejudices that exist in our society as a whole. We must therefore work together to eradicate racism, not only from our institutions, but from every aspect of our communities.
The responsibility lies with each of us to identify, address and prevent instances of racial discrimination, and prejudiced attitudes and behaviours. By addressing both individual and systemic racism, we can set an example for our children, and move closer to a society that upholds justice, equality, and respect for all.
CCIS believes that every person is unique, of value, and deserving of equality and respect. We also believe in working together to build healthy communities. Our organization’s vision is a society wherein immigrants and refugees, and all people, can reach their full potential. This vision can only be achieved if we collectively combat racism in all its forms and shapes.
CCIS continues to take an active role in standing against individual and systemic racism and oppression, and we wish to express our solidarity with those in our city, and around the world, who are working together for a better tomorrow.
Explore the core of CCIS through our locations, which highlight crucial spaces propelling our mission.
We provide services to all newcomers in Calgary and Southern Alberta.
At CCIS, our Calgary Immigration services are designed to provide immigrants, refugees, temporary foreign workers, community members and all newcomers with the tools they need to thrive in Calgary and Southern Alberta. Whether through settlement assistance, educational support or employment training, our goal is to empower and integrate individuals and families, fostering a sense of belonging and resilience in their transformative journey.
Together, we work hand in hand, pooling expertise and resources to empower communities, foster inclusivity, and drive positive impact across diverse landscapes.
At CCIS, we’ve been welcoming newcomers from around the world with open arms for more than 40 years. CCIS believes in celebrating and honouring diversity, by committing to welcoming and serving newcomers of all religions, races, ethnic and national origins, cultural backgrounds, ages, abilities, sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions. We understand your dreams and the challenges you face.
Many of our team members were immigrants and refugees themselves, so we’ve walked in your shoes. With us, you’re not just starting a new chapter; you’re joining a family that values you and will support you in achieving your dreams in your new home.
As the largest immigrant serving agency in western Canada, the team at CCIS has done an incredible job over the last 30+ years supporting immigrants and refugees with their settlement, training, and integration needs. They set the standard for service levels in the immigrant serving sector. No one does it better.
CCIS is a place every immigrant should endeavour to go. Very helpful. Always going above and beyond. Truly the best in this field. They treat every case/client uniquely. I'm so glad for all the help I and my friends received. We were able to settle in as quickly as we did because of CCIS. Thank you!
This organisation is a backbone to new immigrants always there to help guide and settle in this new society. I highly appreciate their work.
Great organization staffed with great people doing important work. We take great pride in our partnership with CCIS, and we're proud to be a part of their housing solutions. Keep up the excellent work!
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We acknowledge Calgary and area as Treaty 7 territory. We acknowledge the Treaty 7 nations; the Piikani, Siksika, Kainai, Iyarhe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina First Nations. We acknowledge the ancestral territory of Siksikaitsitapi, the Blackfoot Confederacy, and the home of the Métis Nation of Alberta—Region 3. We are all treaty people.
In partnership, we empower immigrants and refugees to successfully settle and integrate in our communities.
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