Part 7: Ottawa Relocation Resources
Your 90-Day Ottawa Relocation Checklist
Approximately 90 days before moving
- Define your housing budget
- Obtain mortgage pre-approval
- Confirm your employment location
- List your must-haves and compromises
- Contact an Ottawa relocation Realtor
- Compare urban, suburban and rural lifestyles
- Research school boards and programs
- Identify three to five target areas
- Review current listings and recent sales
- Estimate moving, legal and closing costs
- Decide whether to buy immediately or rent first
Approximately 60 days before moving
- Schedule an Ottawa orientation visit
- Tour shortlisted communities
- Test work and school commutes
- Begin serious property viewings
- Engage an Ontario real estate lawyer
- Arrange a home inspector
- Obtain insurance quotations
- Research childcare availability
- Confirm school-registration requirements
- Book movers
- Create a moving inventory
- Gather medical, dental and school records
Approximately 30 days before moving
- Finalize your purchase or rental
- Confirm closing funds and deposit records
- Arrange electricity, water, gas and internet
- Update insurance
- Confirm the moving schedule
- Arrange key pickup
- Complete school registration
- Redirect mail
- Update financial and government records
- Confirm elevator bookings when applicable
- Arrange parking permits
- Schedule a final walkthrough
- Prepare an essentials box for your first several days
During your first 30 days in Ottawa
- Update your driver’s licence and vehicle registration when required
- Confirm healthcare coverage
- Register with Health Care Connect when needed
- Locate nearby medical, dental and veterinary services
- Learn garbage and recycling schedules
- Test your transit route
- Explore local parks and recreation facilities
- Join neighbourhood or community groups
- Prepare the home for the upcoming season
- Meet your neighbours
- Begin discovering Ottawa beyond your commuting route
How The Toscano Team Helps You Relocate with Confidence
The Toscano Team was established in 1991 and has more than three decades of Ottawa market experience. Its relocation services include corporate and military moves, with the team reporting hundreds of completed corporate relocations. Team members are registered with Brookfield Relo
Relocation support can include:
- Initial relocation consultation
- Lifestyle and neighbourhood assessment
- Customized property searches
- Ottawa orientation
- Virtual showings
- Market-value analysis
- Offer preparation and negotiation
- Inspection and due-diligence coordination
- Communication with lenders and lawyers
- Closing coordination
- Recommendations for local services
- Support before, during and after possession
The Toscano Team’s military-relocation service also reflects Angelo Toscano’s own military experience, helping the team understand compressed timelines, house-hunting trips, postings and the practical pressures placed on military fa
Contact The Toscano Team
RE/MAX Delta Realty Team
Telephone: 613-830-0000
Email: Team@toscanoteam.com
Website: ToscanoTeam.com