free English class near me

Registration for English Classes Now Open

Our free English classes for newcomers begin on September 6th, 2022. Join LINC classes (Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada) to improve your English skills to help make friends, find a job, and become independent. Check full course calendar for Fall-Winter 2022-2023. Participants must be: Age 18 years or older Permanent Resident or Convention Refugee/Protected

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Goals Through English Language Learning

#AskMNLCT: Achieve Your Goals Through English Language Learning

Are you struggling with your English? Is your lack of language skills hindering your career prospects? How about a program that is offered absolutely for free, which you can enrol in at anytime? Our government-funded Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Program could be the perfect choice for you. On May 5, 2021, specialists from our adult English-language

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Without language skills, we won’t achieve much: Amanda’s Story

When Amanda moved to Canada as a permanent resident eight years ago, she could barely speak a word of English. Having lived her entire life in Fuzhou, an old port city in China’s southeastern province of Fujian – famous for its tea plantations and exports – she clearly didn’t need to. Her son was two

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Thank you for your patience as we continue to respond to a cybersecurity incident affecting our communication systems.

We are happy to share an important update — we are now able to send outgoing emails. Going forward, you will receive our emails from our new domain, @mnlc.ca, in addition to our temporary Gmail addresses. Please watch for us in your inbox. 

If you haven’t already, you can sign up to receive email updates from us directly here.

Please note: All our services, classes, and appointments will be closed from Friday, July 31, to Monday, August 3. We will resume on Tuesday, August 4.
Happy Civic Holiday!

We know it has been frustrating and difficult to reach us during this time, and we sincerely apologize for that. Please know that all our programs and services are running and staff are ready to support you. For getting in touch with us, please continue to use our temporary Gmail addresses:

Or drop in to our Keele location (2737 Keele St, units 9, 111, 112, North York) or Finch location (1122 Finch Ave West, Unit 1, North York) during office hours:

  • Settlement staff are available onsite at 2737 Keele St Units 111 & 112 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Monday to Fridays to answer questions and provide guidance. Wi-fi is now available.
  • Community Health Services are available at 1122 Finch W Unit 1 on Wednesdays from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm. The HAP clinic is closed for the summer but our Health Navigator can provide guidance in accessing health services.
  • LINC classes are closed for the summer. Registration will begin in August for the fall semester.
  • Mental Health and BREM staff are available by appointment only.

We take your privacy seriously and kindly ask that you do not share sensitive personal information via email.

Thank you for your understanding. We appreciate the many kind words of empathy shared by our community, and we look forward to being fully operational again. We will continue to share updates as our systems are restored.