Pia Sair: An annual adventure as an au pair in Canada!

Pia Sair: An annual adventure as an au pair in Canada!

Vernon, Kanada - Pia Sair, the 19-year-old Lienzerin, has been working as an au pair in Canada since the end of August 2024, where she lives with a family in Vernon on the picturesque Okanagan Lake. This city in the beautiful British Columbia, about five hours from Vancouver, has 45,000 inhabitants. Her main tasks are to take care of the two children, five -year -old Jules and the two -year -old Madeleine. Pia reports that in the short time she has already become an important part of the family that looks like a second family for her. "I made an absolute jackpot with my host family," she says enthusiastically.

The start of her au pair adventure was full of challenges and unexpected twists. After starting preparations a few months before her Matura, Pia needed a “working holiday” visa that allowed her to spend a year in Canada. To achieve this, she went through several bureaucratic hurdles, including a medical examination and the submission of a criminal record. After the approval, she traveled from Munich to Toronto on August 29, 2024, where she received her visa and immediately flew to Kelowna, where she was picked up by her host father.

PIAS everyday life in Canada

pia quickly adapted to the Canadian lifestyle, which is characterized by natural activities and healthy nutrition. Your day routine starts early, at six o'clock, with the preparation of the children for the day. Together they breakfast before Pia takes the children to preschool and kindergarten. "The good moments definitely predominate," she says, although the children sometimes challenge their patience. Your host family offers her a car for leisure, so Pia is mobile even without public transport. This allows her to better explore her surroundings and nature of Canada.

At the same time, the guest siblings Haruna tells of her time in Maple Ridge, where she lives with her host mother Kim and dog Wolfie. The flexible working time of your host mother promotes the time together and you often chat with a cup of coffee. Haruna and her host mother even established a DVD evening with "Grey’s Anatomy" to design evenings together. They regularly eat together and take the opportunity to talk about their experiences. Both au pairs experience the special exchange and the lived hospitality intensively in their new home countries, which significantly expands understanding for other cultures and lifestyles, as they enthusiastically report. Information about the year abroad and life as an au pair in Canada can be found on the website of Kulturwerke Germany.