New Westminster Homestay Agency
New Westminster is developing a reputation as an ideal community for international students looking for homestay families. As the demand for Vancouver homestay families has quickly outpaced the number of available families students and their agents are looking to New Westminster for homestay families.
Classic Canadian Homestay Inc. is a New Westminster homestay agency. We have been placing students throughout the region since 2001. We focus primarily on hosting short-term international students with caring and interactive New Westminster families.
We work very closely with a select group of international schools and partners to bring students to New Westminster. The students are here for tourism and ESL learning experiences. Most of our students originate from Japan and range in age from 12-21. Most are high-school students. Short term placements last for a period a few days to a few weeks.
Many of our students have made life-long relationships with their host families. International student placements are also a great way to expose your own children to other cultures.
If your family would like more information on hosting international students in New Westminster please feel free to contact us at your convenience. We are always happy to discuss all our possible homestay arrangements.
New West – A Perfect Homestay Location
New Westminster is an ideal location for student homestay placements being the geographical centre of Metro Vancouver. Every city within Metro Vancouver can be easily accessed from New Westminster. A short car ride or public transportation can deliver students quickly and easily throughout the region.
New West’s Arts, Heritage and Entertainment
New Westminster has several live performance theatres such as the Massey and Burr Theatres, top quality movie theatres, shopping centres public libraries, arenas, professional and amateur sports teams ranging from Canada’s official game Lacrosse to baseball and everything in between.
New Westminster is a very significant city from a cultural heritage perspective for the Metro Vancouver area. New West was the historical capital of the Colony of British Columbia and New West features many museums such as The Anvil Centre and historical buildings that help international students get a better understanding of the history of Vancouver and British Columbia.
New Westminster features many municipal and community parks, gardens, nature trails for hiking, walking and jogging and sports fields.
New Westminster School Districts
School District 40 has New Westminster Secondary School, two middle schools and nine elementary schools. The region also has many independent learning facilities and ESL schools that are very popular with foreign student groups. Douglas College also has campuses and programs in New Westminster.
These schools provide many full and part time courses and ESL programs for international students. New Westminster also has many independent and private educational institutions that cater programs to visiting school students. New Westminster’s central location allows for close proximity so that students can access schools in other cities within Metro Vancouver.
You can see more of what New Westminster can offer international visitors at their official city website.