Two languages, equal here
We serve members in English and in French. This site, the member card and our letters come in both, and neither is a translation of convenience. Join in the language you prefer, and we write to you in it.
About Together and Stronger Canada
TAS stands for Together and Stronger. TAS Canada is the membership organization for everyone who came to Canada from another country, and for Canadians living abroad. It is the Canadian house of a worldwide family.
Who we are
Almost one in four people in Canada came from another country and made it their permanent home. Many more are here to study or to work, and a great many Canadians live abroad. They share the same questions, and until now each household has answered them alone.
TAS Canada brings those households into one membership. We negotiate on their behalf in twelve areas of everyday life, we publish plain guidance that is free to everyone, and we bring community associations into a network that stands together. Members hold one card, recognized by every house of the family.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census. This figure describes the communities we serve. It is not our membership.
The idea
The idea is older than any of us, and it has a plain name: the law of large numbers.
A single household that asks an airline, an insurer or a bank for better terms is one voice. A membership of many households is a market, and markets are listened to. North America’s great membership organizations have shown for generations what this does for the people they serve: fairer prices, clearer terms, and a seat at the table.
We bring the same strength to people who live between countries. They are numerous, they are loyal, and their needs are distinct: the long flight, the transfer home, the parent who visits, the credential that must be earned twice. Spoken for together, those needs are met.
How the houses work together
Together and Stronger is one family with seven regional houses: Europe, Canada, India, China, Africa, East Asia and West Asia, beside the member organization in the Americas where the family began.
Each house knows its own ground. TAS Canada knows provincial health plans, credit bureaus and the first January; our sister houses know theirs. TAS Member Services negotiates and runs the benefit programs for every house, the TAS Foundation gives help in hardship, and TAS World is the map that joins them.
For a member, all of this comes to one thing. One card, recognized by every house of the family, wherever life takes you next.
What we believe
- Stronger communities.A newcomer who is settled, housed and working in their own profession strengthens the whole street. We measure ourselves by the strength of the communities our members build, not by our own size.
- Always stronger together.One household bargains alone, and is offered what is left. A membership bargains as one, and is offered what is fair. That is the whole idea, and it is an old one.
- Together we stay strong.The first winter, the first refusal, the first loss far from home: we hold steady through each. A membership is worth most in the weeks when it is needed most.
- Together we stand.We stand beside every member, whatever passport they carry and whatever papers they hold. We never ask about status, and we never look away.
- Together, we get things done — beautifully.The form that is clear, the guide that is accurate, the letter that arrives in your own language. Dignity lives in the detail, so we take care with the detail.
Our standards
Six promises that hold in every program, on every page and in every conversation.
We never ask about status.
Not on a form, not for the card, not for any benefit.
We never sell personal information.
Yours is protected under Canadian privacy law, and used only to serve you.
Associations never pay.
They join at no cost and keep their name and independence.
Every program says what it is.
With your member card, or free to everyone. Nothing in between.
We do not give legal, immigration, tax or financial advice.
Our guides are general information, with the official source beside them.
Membership is not insurance.
Insurance programs are offered through licensed providers, who issue the policies.
An invitation to serve
Membership is free. For those who wish to give their time as well, there is an honour on offer: to serve as a community ambassador, an association liaison, an interpreter, a guide writer, a welcome volunteer or a mentor in your profession.
Serve with usThe family
Four sister organizations and seven regional houses. Your card is recognized by every one of them.
Together and StrongerThe member organization where the family began, serving the United States and the Americas.togetherandstronger.orgTAS Member ServicesNegotiates and runs the benefit programs on behalf of every member, in every region.tasmemberservices.orgTAS FoundationFree first help for everyone; hardship, family-emergency and life-milestone support for members.tas-foundation.orgTAS WorldThe map of every region, and the way from one house to the next.tasworld.org
The other regional houses
- TAS EuropeFor people who moved to Europe, and for Europeans abroad.
- TAS IndiaFor overseas Indians, and for those who made India home.
- TAS ChinaFor Chinese families living abroad.
- TAS Africa54 countries, one continent-wide house.
- TAS East AsiaEast and Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
- TAS West AsiaFor families living and working across West Asia and the Gulf.
Independent, and plainly so
Together and Stronger Canada is an independent membership organization. It is not a government body, embassy or public authority, and it is not affiliated with any. We do not speak for any government, and no government speaks for us.
The international office
The Together and Stronger family is served by one international office, which receives visitors by appointment.
5150 E Pacific Coast Hwy, 2nd FloorLong Beach, CA 90804, USAmembers@tascanada.orgContact and help
Wherever you began, you belong here.
Membership is free. One membership per adult; children under 18 are included on a parent’s membership.