First for your carry – on:
Passport
Electronic Travel Authorization
Plane Tickets
Conformation of Permanent Residency (COPR) document, if applicable
Cash (Canadian dollars)
Phone numbers and addresses of loved ones in Canada
Motion Sickness Medication
Daily medications
Baby food (If you are in my shoes)
A change of underwear
Facial wipes
Camera
Few toiletries (depending on the airline)
Phone Chargers
Magazines, games, books, kindle or any other thing that keeps you occupied
Jacket and sweaters (cabins of some aircraft can be really chilly)

Then for the luggage, here are the things I packed:
Crayfish* (I took enough of crayfish. I could have taken even more, winter is good for the crayfish, it won’t go bad nor spoil due to the cold weather, so take as much as you can so that your food will keep having naija flavor, many months after you have landed)
Dried Ground Crayfish
Dried Ground Crayfish
Dried ground Melon*
Dried ground Ogbono*
Dried ground Pepper*
Dried ground Achi*
Garri (I brought small because it has weight. I wish I took more along, cos summer gets so hot that you will long for soaked garri and groundnuts in cold water)
Dried ground Ehuru
Dried ground Uziza seeds
Dried ground Utazi leaves
Dried ground Uziza leaves
Dried ground Bitter leaves*
Salt (yes o…I took 4 sachets of salt, just in case there are no salt in Canada…lol)
Dried Bonga fish* (Pack moderately large quantity, relative to your family size. I came with a large family, so I could have packed a sizable quantity. Only ensure that the dry fish is neatly packed in a transparent cellophane. I wish I knew what a Ziploc bag meant back in Nigeria. Here, abroad, nearly everything can be packed in a small, medium or large Ziploc. Anyway, I used the normal large sized white transparent cellophane, we have in Nigeria)

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