Moving Checklist

Are you ready to move out of your old home and into the new?

Use this list to keep track of everything from sending change of address cards to cancelling deliveries.

Change address with:

• Canada Post Office – 1-800-267-1177
• Charge Accounts
• Subscriptions
• Friends
• Relatives
• Make arrangements with Moving Company

Disconnect utilities, get a refund for any deposits made, and advise where final bills are to be sent:

• Water                     Municipality
• Electricity              BC Hydro – 1-800-224-9376
• Gas                         Fortis Gas 1-888-224-2710
• Phone/Cable       Telus – 1-855-233-2301
• Fuel                        Island Pacific Oil 748-6555           Columbia Fuels 746-5533
• Cable/Internet     Shaw/Rogers Cable – 1-877-512-2862

Obtain Medical Records:

• General Practitioner
• Dentist
• Optometrist
• Other Doctors
• Have drug prescriptions refilled
• Have car tuned up for trip
• Leave keys and any necessary legal papers with your REALTOR®

Notify Insurance Companies:

• Health
• Life
• Auto
• Homeowners
• Check with insurance agent on Coverage of Life, Car, and Household goods in route to new home
• Obtain school records for children
• Obtain birth and baptismal records for all family members
• Obtain legal records
• Check to see if your Will must be rewritten

Transfer Bank Accounts:

• Chequing
• Savings
• Safe Deposit Box
• Have Bank recommend affiliate in new city

Transfer Memberships:

• Church
• Clubs
• Civic Organizations

Cancel Deliveries:

• Newspapers
• Other

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