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PACKING LIST
Below is the list of items to buy when travelling to CANADA

Laptop bag
BUY IN Winter jacket

C A NA D A Winter boots
Winter clothes
Sweaters
Thermal wear

TAKE THIS ITEMS WITH YOU

CLOTHING & SHOES:

• T-shirts (round neck): 2-3 • Undergarments: 15 pairs minimum (Very important)

• T-shirts (collard): 2-3
• Sweater: 1 good warm ones
• Jeans (blue/black): 2-3
• Formal shirts: 2
• Waist wear: 4-5
• Formal trousers: 2
• Formal suit: 1 complete set (blazer)
• Ties: 2-3
• Formal leather shoes: 1 pair
• One traditional dress for festivals
• A light jacket
• Shorts/three fourths: 1-2
• Swimming trunks: 1 (Optional)
• Track pants: 2-3
• Socks: 10-12 pairs
• Belt for jeans: 1
• Leather belts: 1-2
• Sports shoes: 1 pair (specially runners)
• Sneakers (optional): 1 pair
• Woodland all-weather shoes: 1 pair
• Flip-flops: 1 pair for summer and spring
 OTHER:
• Towels: 2 • Sunglasses: 1 pair
• Hand towels: 3-4 • A good umbrella
• Pillow covers: 2 • A wallet for passport
• Bed sheets: 2 • A good wallet (leather): 1
• Blanket: 1 (if going winter time then YES) • Handkerchiefs: 12 nos.
• A small table clock with alarm functionality • Monkey cap: 1
• India pin to Canadian pin converters: 1 • Decent wrist watch
• Shoe polish: 1 (don’t get liquid) • An extra battery for your wrist watch
• Shoe polishing brush: 1 • Blank DVD’s: 1-2
• Hawaii slippers: 1 pair for wearing inside

UTENSILS AND FOOD ITEMS:

These are the most important things you need to carry from home. If you have already decided
your roommate(s), then you will have the benefit of sharing/dividing items equally. All vessels
should be flat bottomed since in Canada most apartments use electric stoves. These may be
the utensils you will need to carry with you:

• Plate: (2-take melamine dish + bowl dishwasher friendly)

• Knives: 1 • Serving spoons (of various sizes): 2
• Glasses/tumblers: 1 + tea or coffee mug: 1 • Vegetable chopping board: 1 (Optional)
• Butter knives: 2 (Optional) • Spoons: 2
• Water bottle (preferably Tupperware): 1 • Forks: 2
• Wooden Rolling Board

SPECIALIZED FOOD ITEMS FROM YOUR HOME COUNTRY, SEE EXAMPLE BELOW:
• Ready to eat paste: 5-6 bottles minimum • Rice 2 kg for initial use
• Maggi: 10-12 (minimum) • Pickles: 2 bottles
• All dals that you use in cooking: 500 gms each • Some snacks – how much ever you want,
• All powders: chili, garam masala, rasam, only for initial days
Sambard, asafetida, other powders you • Some homemade sweets for yourself as well
use – 0.5 to 1kg each for seniors you need favors from.
• Salt and sugar: 0.5 kg each • Papads: 2-3 packs
• Tamarind – 1kg • Ginger-garlic paste: 2 bottles
 STATIONARY ITEMS:
• Pens: 3-4 • Notebooks: 2-3
• Pencils: 3-4 • Erasers: 3
• Sharpeners: 3 • Key chains: 2
• Staple machine: 1 • Pins: 2 boxes
• Glue sticks: 2 • Markers: 2
• Highlighters: 1 • A4 sheets: 1 quire
• Small ruler: 1 • Cellophane tape: 1 roll
• Phone book: 1 (keep all your friends & • A scientific calculator (very important): 1
relative’s phone numbers written inside
before you leave)

PERSONAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS:

Most of the things are easily availed in Canada so this is just for initial few days
• Tooth paste: 1 large tube • Tooth brushes: 2-3
• Soap: 1-2 bars • Shampoo: 1 bottle small size
• Shaving razor – a couple of disposable ones • Shaving foam (don’t buy cream) – small can
• Cold cream: 1 bottle • Vaseline: 1 bottle
• Good clean combs: 1-2 • Soap cases: 1
• Hair oil: 1 bottles • Deodorant: 2-3 cans
• Nail cutters: 1 • Ear buds: 1 small pack
• Sunscreen: 1 bottle • Lip balm: 2 tubes

It is mandatory to carry regular medicines for FEVER, COLD, BODY PAIN,

VOMITTING, DIARRHEA. Doctor’s prescription is must.