Essentials to live in Canada

If you have good down jacket and pair of solid winter boots bring them along with hat and mittens

Hmm... good one. If you're moving during the cold season like end of fall, winter or early spring, be sure to bring along winter jackets, scarf, mittens / gloves, wool socks, a hat that covers your ears too. Because it can get pretty cold from the airport to where ever you're headed to in between.

Now if you come from some places where the population size of your community in Canada doesn't warrant an ethnic grocery store to carry products that you are so familiar with back home (due to volume) and the for first few months being away, having these products would be essential to combat your bouts of home-sickness, then do bring them along. Note: nothing of fresh meat or has milk content in them, otherwise, the border guards would discard them.

If you are on contact lenses and use disposable ones, do bring along as much batches as you can. They probably would cost lest other than here.

I'd be careful with bringing along home appliance especially kitchen ones depending on which country you come from as the voltage and frequency might differ. But for electronics like mobile phone, laptops - those are fine. As long as you can get them cheaper from where you are, by all means bring them here. Cause it can cost more here, when HST, waste disposable fee, green fee, GOD knows what other fees get added on. Do not be fool by the price tag on the shelves or the online ads....!

Apart from that, good luck and have fun spending and living in Canada. I don't want to give away too much and spoil the fun for you guys!