Weel, actually SIN - Social Insurance Number. It's the Canadian equivalent of your Tax File Number as far as I understand it. It's useful because I can use it to start applying for decent bank accounts. I applied for one on the day after I landed and was told it would be 3-4 weeks. I read the website to double-check and it said 3-4 weeks. Just today I went back to find out why it hadn't arrived, and they revealed they had a backlog, but they had posted mine just last Friday and it would arrive in 7-10 days.
In a curious twist, if they had just typed "+" instead of "-" then the "3-4 weeks" would have been spot on. :)
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