The purpose of this project is to better understand the settlement and integration services available to newcomers and to explore the service gaps and opportunities in Nelson, Trail, and Grand Forks, British Columbia and 28 other rural communities across Western Canada. This research offers a current snapshot of Nelson, Trail, and Grand Forks by providing information gathered from a sample of local service providers. It is not a comprehensive review of all
settlement services in Nelson, Trail, and Grand Forks. Data was collected in October 2014 from 3 organizations that serve newcomers in Nelson, Trail, and Grand Forks through a telephone survey completed by a representative from each
organization. One participant is a CIC funded organisation that also receives provincial, private, and NGO funding. A second organisation receives other federal, provincial, municipal, private, and NGO funding. The third receives
other federal, provincial, and regional district funding. Although provided with one week to do so, no participant provided feedback on the preliminary survey findings contained in the draft report.