The telephone company in your area normally has phonecentres in large shopping malls. You can visit them to get your service set up. You can either rent a telephone from your telephone company and pay month by month or buy one. The cost of making local calls is covered by the monthly service fee, which is added to the cost of renting the telephone. Long distance and overseas calls are not covered by this monthly fee, and can be quite expensive.
Many telephone companies offer special plans which can reduce the costs of long distance calls.
Furnishing Chances are you're going to need some basic furniture and household appliances. You can buy new, which can be costly, or wait for stores to have sales and buy things gradually. You can also buy used furniture and appliances, which is what many Canadians do. Articles or furniture for sale listings are found in the classified advertising section of the newspaper. You can also try used furniture stores, church and local rummage or garage sales, or community organizations.