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Maple syrup, ice hockey and polar bears - get ready for Canada! Parle vous Francais? Oui? If not, no problem, our Canadian Gap placements cater for both those who would like to be placed throughout Quebec (French speaking territory of Canada) or any one of the schools that we work with throughout British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario or Nova Scotia.
The schools in Canada are simply amazing. While some are conveniently located in large townships or cities, most are situated in regional surroundings that help foster and encourage an outdoor lifestyle – yes, even when its -40°C the Canadians still enjoy a good hike!
My Letz Live Gap year has made me the person I am today and I am so much more prepared to go to university when I return to home. The only bad thing about my year away is that I love it so much here and I am having such a good time that I don't want to go home! Thanks Letz Live for the best year of my life!
Andrea Morrison
I love my school! The kids are nice and I have been told that I am doing a good job in the junior school. The staff here are all really nice and very welcoming (I have even had a few staff members suggestI meet their daughters and nieces).
Damian Stower
Being in a Gap position, you are presented with so many opportunities, whether that is travelling around on school trips, both within Canada or the United States, or making friendships that will last a lifetime. If you're outgoing and get involved, the opportunities' will present themselves to you!
Samantha Ovington
Without a doubt, my Letz Live Gap year in Canada has been the most rewarding and exciting year of my life! Through living and working in a country which is diferent from my own, I have gained the confidence and determination needed to achieve my goals in the future! I have learnt to related to a variety of different people and to overcome difficult situations.
Lucie Wigan, Tasmania
Oh, it’s big all right. Damn big. And we’re not referring to Canada’s size (a whopping 10 million sq km, making it the world’s second-largest country). What we’re talking about here is the handle on a standard drinking glass – big enough to fit your hands, even with mittens on. If you think that’s impressive, consider Canada’s other mondo attributes. Its terrain is filled with them, from mammoth mountains to hulking glaciers to immense polychromatic skies. Then there are the creatures that roam the terrain and its waterways – Grizzly Bear, Moose, Polar Bear, Humpback Whales – each one huger than the next.
Canada is impossible to dislike, but go ahead and give it a shot. You don’t like festival-packed cities like Toronto and Montreal that offer the world’s best quality of life? Then take a double dose of history in St John’s, Newfoundland, North America’s oldest city. Not enamoured with the prospect of hiking, skiing or snowboarding over the cloud-poking mountains of Banff & Jasper National Parks? Try a slow ride through the wheat-waving prairies of Saskatchewan. You want a nosh lighter than Alberta beef or Nunavut whale blubber? Pick up ripe peaches and cheeses from the Kelowna’s local farmers’ markets.See? That’s Canada – polite and accommodating to the nth degree. Though it’s a wonder everyone is so nice, given the weather. It’s cold, as in world’s-coldest-country cold (based on average temperatures nationwide), which explains the mitten-sized beer case handles. Snag, a town in the Yukon, recorded North America’s coldest temperature ever: minus 62.8°C.
Voltaire may have written off Canada as ‘a few acres of snow’ back in the mid-18th century, but those ‘few acres’ have yielded vast amounts of oil, timber and other natural resources, that in turn have propelled Canada to a very enviable standard of living.
It’s sounds nice there, eh?
Reproduced with permission from the Lonely Planet website www.lonelyplanet.com
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A 'Gap year' is traditionally referred to as the year taken between the completion of secondary schooling and the commencement of tertiary education or entry into a future career. More ››
