Canada Homestay Network

Sad that we are putting International students above our own Canadian Students. If only our own Canadian students had this privilege. How about we start helping our own because international students hold no loyalty to Canada only to push CND students out of programs.

Canada Homestay was the worst agency ever. Their families are just terrible and on the last one they didn't even check the criminal check. If you try to complain as a KID in a foreign country they will try as MUCH AS THEY CAN to blame you. In 10 months I never had long-lasting supervisor cause almost 5 people changed.Plus the people working there are EXTREMELY MEAN and with no emphaty.They just take your money and you have NO PROTECTION

The owner of the place was so racist,I wish the companies and first make a good research on whom they are taking to the homes of different individuals,am so disappointed really it’s so sad,

Whether you are a student or looking to be a host family, this is a really horrible organization with zero integrity. The manager most likely will post her little message afterwards saying how they strive to better understand this or that, but with so many companies out there now, I suggest you find one that doesn't have so many bad reviews. I really hate to even give them one star!

At the end of the day, it’s all about the money. Very high fees from the homestay. Good thing I had a deal for 3 months and after that I found a place for a way better price. Almost half of what is paid was towards fees for the company, leaving the host with a short budget and the student with a mouthful of unhealthy food and lack of options. It was ok for the beginning, because I had no connection in Canada, but once you meet people you will realize the company takes advantage of you by charging a lot for nothing. I do not recommend it. (August, 2021-November, 2021)

A great opportunity for your children to learn about sharing, respecting, welcoming someone and learning about the world and people and what makes life beautiful. At the same time, creating memories and building an extended adoptive family across other countries!I believe, I have given to my son values and experiences that money does not buy. He has built great friendships with the students we hosted for several years in our home. He is an adult and I see the positive results of this hosting experience.

I'm currently with a host family. The host is extremely passive aggressive and obsessed with money. She is unclear with rules and gets very mad and yells at me when I make any sort of mistake. She only allows me to eat cheap bread and cheese sandwiches for lunch which is insane because I'm paying for a full meal plan. She also doesn't allow me to have friends in my room or let my boyfriend visit. Do not use this network.

I had a terrible experience as a host with this Company. They do not screen their students and allow the students to behave terribly. In my experience, they do not provide support and if you seek support to deal with the unacceptable behaviour, you will likely be punished. In my experience, they do not provide adequate funds for the host and do not provide support. Please consider your options before joining with this Company.

I cannot be happier that I’ve moved out of my host’s house. It’s been almost 7 months and life has been so much better without that passive-aggressive, grumpy, controlling, pre-judgemental lady who I am still amazed to think I used to live with.For the first couple weeks since I arrived there, she was very welcoming and kind. However, the more time went by, the more intimidating she would become (honestly, I wouldn’t even say ‘become’. It’s more like at first she was just ‘pretending’ to be a nice person and then her true side was coming out as I was living with her).In the wintertime, my room was particularly colder than other areas of the house. It is FACTS, not an opinion. But she would always get mad at me whenever I turned the heater on. Like, I was FREEZING TO DEATH WITHOUT IT. Or I had to wear an extra thick clothes to not freeze. And my housemates were always wearing thinner clothes than mine!!! Which says a lot about how cold my room really was. In spite of this, she would basically just not want me to use the heater AT ALLL!!!!Also, reading one of the reviews on here, it sounds like the same host I lived with. She was extremely controlling all the time and wanted everything to go her way, otherwise she couldn’t even stand it and would start getting grumpy. And she would nitpick literally every single little thing that she seemingly finds annoying. You would be shocked to hear what kind of stuff she would nag me about.The most memorably unpleasant thing that happened was, she would suddenly conjecture that I was the one taking a shower during the hours when the hydro bill is more expensive than other times just because she heard some water sound from downstairs. She didn’t even see me there, and from what I remember, nobody else was taking a shower either. Isn’t this ridiculous?? And she didn’t even ask me if I was the one showering before she was certain about it but instead had the audacity to just straight up text me and be like “please don’t have such long showers and try not to shower after XXPM (when the hydro bill gets expensive)”. Speaking of which, I had showers no longer than 20 mins. Never.And I was stunned by her manners where she wouldn’t even apologize me for presuming that I was showering at that time but instead say something along the lines of “oh ok… guess I’m hearing something”. What a horrendous, disgusting person.And these are just a fraction of what I had to deal with this lady. The shower incident I just mentioned was the WORST OF WORST, but so much more ridiculous things happened.I know that homestay really depends on which host you get to live with, but I wouldn’t recommend risking the possibility of getting assigned to such a horrible host like her. Just live in a dorm, condo, apartment, or wherever else except homestay.

Ok, I've been to Calgary, Victoria, and. I've got to say This Homestay organization is the worst of em all. which doesn't add up since they charged highest price compared to one in Victoria and Calgary.My host family here is new to the game, in the first 6 month they behave really well and respect me, but after they learned some facts about this Homestay Network. That the local agents (relationship manager) does not care about the student well-being, a complain email take weeks to be reply by only one sentence. My host family started to take advantage of it.They would not allow me to take showers for more than 5 minutes, makes me non-nutritious food for dinner and lunch which contains 0% vegetables. and doesn't allow me to do laundry.And the worst part is I don't even blame them, It's traveling somewhere where there is no law. of course someone's going to commit a crime if there's no punishment.The way how they managed this organization is terrible, there are no specific rules that family has to follow. I really hate to say this but the only thing they care about is how to make more money of international students.The only reason I'm writing this is because I am going to leave soon, and for all the parents reading this If you want your child to have a good experience in Canada please considered dormitories or condo or any Private Residence. Trust me these homestays are not going to make your experience any better, in the matter of facts most of them doesn't even speak English I doubt that They would pass the IELTS test.