District School Board of Niagara

Host families understand that the international student may be apprehensive about a new culture including food preferences, making new friends at school, and the challenges of being immersed in an English-speaking environment and can help with these transitions.
A homestay service provider can suggest host families who are carefully screened. They can also offer a package of services to students.
Samples of homestay service providers in the Niagara Region that are currently providing services to international students are:

Canadian English Scholar Program	Cespica.com	info@cespica.som
Hospitalite Canada Ltd.	Hospitalitecanada.com	info@hospitalitecanada.com
Niagara Homestay & Int’l Student Services	Niagarastudentservices.com	info@niagarastudentservices.com
Trillium Student Exchange	Trilliumstudentexchange.com	shelleymarsala@hotmail.com

Selection of the homestay service provider is the sole responsibility of the parents to both choose and arrange. All arrangements for such services are to be made directly with the homestay service provider who operates independently from the school board.
Typical services offered by a homestay service provider may include, but are not limited to:
- host family placement
- custodianship services for minors
- airport transfer services between Toronto and Niagara
- arrangement of healthcare insurance
- on-going supervision of host families and assistance with the adjustment of students to the home environment
- checks on students’ school progress
- communication with students’ families in home country

Homestay Information