Top-10 Resources for Canadian Workplace Culture & Etiquette (ESL)

Right Start Newcomer Services Learn Canadian English: Workplace Culture

Description:

Right Start Newcomer Services Learn Canadian English: Workplace Culture is a recorded class on Canadian workplace culture and the English used at work. Led by Right Start Newcomer Services, the session runs about fifty minutes and follows an outline from a warm-up discussion to non-verbal communication, then to greetings, apologizing, asking for something and reporting a co-worker.

100% Free (unlimited): Open to anyone with no account and no payment, and the whole class can be watched as many times as you wish. Automatic English captions are available on the video, and the playback speed can be set to suit you.

Access: 100% Free Level: Elementary (A1-A2) & Intermediate (B1-B2) Format: Video / Lesson/Tutorial Written for: Business English (ESL) English Variant: CAN

How It Helps Your Business English

What this resource offers:

The class opens with a warm-up discussion, then builds vocabulary for non-verbal communication at work before moving into spoken practice. The practice part works through greetings, apologizing, asking for something and reporting a co-worker, with the presenter explaining Canadian workplace expectations alongside the language. The recording runs about fifty minutes from start to finish.

How to use this resource:

You can follow the class as a learner in the room, answering the warm-up questions aloud before the presenter does. Each practice section gives you set phrases for one workplace situation, so you can pause after it and repeat the wording until it sounds natural. Turning the captions on lets you read along, and you can return to a single part, such as apologizing, whenever that situation comes up at work.

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Last verified — Oct. 18, 2026