- Visit your new premises in advance and draw up a floor plan so you'll know where to put things as they're unloaded.
- Make arrangements with a moving company or reserve a rental truck.
- Make travel arrangements, if necessary, with airlines, buses, car rental agencies and hotels.
- Transfer memberships in churches, clubs and civic organizations.
- If you are moving to a new city, check into the laws and requirements of your new city regarding home-based businesses, professional tests, business licenses and any special laws that might be applicable to you.
- Get packing paper, pad for inventory, and marking pens, boxes, and twine for packing belongings.
- Arrange for a yard sale for unnecessary belongings.
- Notify schools and arrange for enrollment in the new school district.
- Order a moving kit from Canada Post.
- Notify Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA).
- Notify doctors, dentists, therapists, veterinarians, etc. Obtain medical and dental records, x-rays and prescription histories. Ask doctor and dentist for referrals and transfer prescriptions.
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