Travel Information

• Important Dates

  View the NET Year Calendar here.

  You will need to arrange a travel plan for the following dates:

  • Arrive for NET Training on August 25th, 2025, before 3 pm EST in Ottawa, ON.
  • Depart for Christmas break from Ottawa, ON after 3 pm on Friday, December 19th, 2025 (please talk to a Staff member if exceptions are needed)
  • Return for January Training to Ottawa, ON before 3 pm on Tuesday, January 6th, 2026 (please talk to a Staff member if exceptions are needed) 
  • Depart from Ottawa on (or after) Sunday, May 31st, 2026.

  *If booking flights, please wait until you have confirmed with the Partnership Coordinator that you are on track toward your partnership minimum. Talk to the Partnership Coordinator for more information.

• Arrival Day and Time

  Please arrive to Ottawa on August 25th, 2025, before 3 pm EST. We will provide transportation for you from the airport, train, or bus station to the location where NET Training will be held. In the unlikely event that you wait at this location for more than an hour, please call the NET office, at (613) 841-4141.

  If you have a conflict with these times, only finalize your travel plans after checking with us.

  We will get in contact with you about collecting your travel information in July.

• Airport Pick-Ups

  Upon arrival, you will meet a NET representative in baggage claim wearing a NET shirt, and they will inform you of what to do next. If a NET representative is absent, please remain at this location until they return. In the unlikely event that you wait at this location for more than an hour, please call the NET office, at (613) 841-4141. If you find out that your arrival time or flight number is changed or your flight is cancelled, please contact the NET office immediately.

• Arriving by Bus or Train

  We will have a NET staff member pick you up from the station.
  In the unlikely event that you wait at this location for more than an hour, please call the NET office, at (613) 841-4141.
  

• Arriving by Car

  Let us know approximately when you will arrive. If arriving by car, you can visit the Ottawa NET office to get shuttled to the training site or go directly there. If the vehicle you will come in is your own, please be sure to have someone accompany you who can return the car home. We are not able to store vehicles for the year.

• International Missionaries

  If you are an international missionary, please communicate directly with the Recruiting Department for instructions on your immigration process and to ask any questions you have about your arrival and/or stay in Canada at recruit@netcanada.ca.

Important Things to Know

• Monthly Stipend

  All missionaries will receive a monthly stipend of $125 to help offset personal costs during the year. It will be deposited into your bank account on the 1st of the month (or the Friday before if the 1st falls on a weekend). This information will be collected from you in the Missionary Information form (see Getting Started page). Contact admin@netcanada.ca with any specific questions about this.

  Missionaries without a Canadian bank account will have their stipend deposited to a designated member of their team, who will then withdraw it as cash for them.

• Health Insurance

  All Canadian missionaries are asked to remain on their provincial/parent’s health care plan while with NET. You are responsible for ensuring that your provincial health card is up to date before arriving at training. If you have special health considerations like asthma or diabetes, you must make your own arrangements to cover any related expenses.

   

  Each missionary is responsible for knowing about and covering health care expenses not covered by their province of residence or private health care plans. We recommend you inform yourself of any exclusions of your health care plan(s) on your provincial or private health care website(s). Anything not covered by a missionary’s provincial health care, in or out of their province of residence, is their responsibility (e.g. ambulance charges). There are medical expenses, even in the event of an emergency, that may not be covered in some provinces if it is not a missionary’s province of residence.

   

  NET is not held responsible for unpaid bills typically covered by insurance. 

   

  For international missionaries, NET provides medical emergency travel insurance. You will be provided with an information package, steps to enroll, and instructions for submitting a claim. In the event of a medical expense, international missionaries will be responsible for payment and submitting claims through the plan provider within 30 days of the expense. If you have special health considerations like asthma or diabetes, you must review the information package and make special arrangements if your pre-existing condition is not covered.

  Please contact finance@netcanada.ca if you have any questions.

• Driving on NET

  If you have a valid driver’s license in your home province/country and would like to be considered as a driver, please submit a copy of your license along with a driver’s abstract (3-5 year record if applicable) to admin@netcanada.ca as soon as possible. You must provide a driver’s abstract to be considered as a driver.

  Non-Canadian/US missionaries with a valid driver’s license must obtain an international one. This can only be done in your country of residence. Please ensure you have received it before arriving in Canada.

• Technology While on NET

  As our technological world evolves, we must keep our eyes fixed on heavenly things. We at NET see the great asset technology can be to bring Christ to people and assist us in our mission. However, we have also seen technology distract  our missionaries. As NET missionaries, you will live out a radical ministry of presence to all those around you, and it will be one of the main ways you grow in holiness and witness the love of Christ.

  For NET’s official technology policy, see the Missionary Policies.