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Federal Skilled Worker Program
This Express Entry program is for skilled workers, in Canada or abroad, whose experience is in higher-skilled occupations and who want to settle outside Quebec. Candidates must first…
Canada immigration programs — the complete directory
Every federal stream and every provincial nominee program in one place — 106 programs, each summarized from its official source with the requirements that decide eligibility and the date we last verified them. No other directory keeps all of this in one list.
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Federal programs
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Canadian Experience Class
This Express Entry program is for skilled workers who have already gained skilled work experience in Canada and want to become permanent residents living outside Quebec. There is no…
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Federal Skilled Trades Program
This Express Entry program is for people qualified in a skilled trade who want to settle outside Quebec. Unlike the other Express Entry programs, it requires either a qualifying…
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Start-up Visa Program
This program gives permanent residence to immigrant entrepreneurs who want to build an innovative business in Canada outside Quebec that can create jobs and compete globally. The…
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Self-Employed Persons Program
This program is for people with relevant experience in cultural activities or athletics who intend to be self-employed in Canada and make a significant contribution in their field.…
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Atlantic Immigration Program
This permanent (non-pilot) program is a pathway for skilled foreign workers and for international graduates of Atlantic Canadian institutions who want to live in New Brunswick, Nova…
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Rural Community Immigration Pilot
This five-year pilot (2025-2029) offers permanent residence to skilled candidates who want to work and live in one of 14 participating rural communities. A candidate needs a job offer…
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Francophone Community Immigration Pilot
This five-year pilot (2025-2029) offers permanent residence to French-speaking skilled candidates who want to work and live in one of 6 participating Francophone minority communities…
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Agri-Food Pilot
This pilot gave experienced, non-seasonal agri-food workers a route to permanent residence outside Quebec, targeting year-round occupations in meat processing, mushroom and greenhouse…
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Home Care Worker Immigration Pilots (Child Care and Home Support)
These two pilots (Child Care, for home child care providers, and Home Support, for home support workers) offer permanent residence on arrival to home care workers with a full-time job…
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Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot
The EMPP was Canada's labour-mobility pathway for skilled refugees and other displaced people living outside Canada, letting them immigrate as economic immigrants rather than through…
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Permanent Residence Pathways for Hong Kong Residents - Stream A (In-Canada Graduates)
Stream A of the Hong Kong pathways let eligible Hong Kong residents who had recently graduated from a post-secondary designated learning institution in Canada apply directly for…
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Permanent Residence Pathways for Hong Kong Residents - Stream B (Canadian Work Experience)
Stream B of the Hong Kong pathways let eligible Hong Kong residents with recent authorized work experience in Canada apply directly for permanent residence. Applicants had to be in…
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Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident Pathway
This was a limited-time 2021 pathway for temporary residents already working in Canada and their families, with six streams: workers in health care, workers in essential non-health…
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Sponsor Your Spouse, Common-Law Partner or Conjugal Partner
Canadian citizens, permanent residents and persons registered under the Indian Act who are at least 18 can sponsor a spouse, common-law partner (lived together at least 12 consecutive…
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Parents and Grandparents Program
This program lets Canadian citizens, permanent residents and persons registered under the Indian Act aged 18 or older sponsor their own biological or adopted parents and grandparents for…
British Columbia
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Skills Immigration - Skilled Worker
The main BC PNP worker stream for experienced managers, professionals and tradespeople with a full-time, indeterminate job offer from a B.C. employer in a NOC TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3…
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Skills Immigration - Health Authority
BC PNP stream for people employed by, or supported by, a B.C. public health authority in a Health Authority-eligible occupation, including physicians, nurse practitioners and midwives…
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Skills Immigration - Entry Level and Semi-Skilled
Former BC PNP stream for workers in TEER 4 and 5 occupations in tourism and hospitality and food processing, and for entry-level workers living in the Northeast Development Region. It…
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Skills Immigration - International Graduate
Former BC PNP stream for recent graduates of eligible Canadian post-secondary institutions who had a full-time job offer from a B.C. employer. It formed, with the International…
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Skills Immigration - International Post-Graduate
Former BC PNP stream for graduates with an eligible master's or doctoral degree in the natural, applied or health sciences from a B.C. institution, and for B.C. PhD candidates in any…
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Entrepreneur Immigration - Base
BC PNP stream for experienced entrepreneurs who want to establish a new business or purchase and improve an existing business anywhere in British Columbia. Candidates register, are…
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Entrepreneur Immigration - Regional
BC PNP stream for entrepreneurs who will start a new business in a participating smaller B.C. community outside the Metro Vancouver area, delivered in partnership with those communities.…
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Entrepreneur Immigration - Strategic Projects
Corporate BC PNP route that lets a successful foreign-controlled company establish a branch or other operating facility in British Columbia for a strategic investment opportunity. The…
Alberta
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Alberta Opportunity Stream
This stream is for temporary foreign workers who are already living and working full-time in Alberta and hold a full-time job offer from an Alberta employer in an eligible occupation.…
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Alberta Express Entry Stream
Alberta selects candidates from the federal Express Entry pool whose profiles match provincial and sector priorities, inviting them to apply for nomination. Within this stream sit…
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Tourism and Hospitality Stream
A dedicated stream for temporary foreign workers already employed full-time in Alberta's tourism and hospitality sector with an approved employer in an eligible industry. Applicants must…
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Rural Renewal Stream
A community-driven stream in which designated rural Alberta communities recruit and endorse foreign workers for full-time jobs with local employers. A candidate needs both a qualifying…
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Rural Entrepreneur Stream
This stream is for entrepreneurs who want to start a new business or buy an existing one in a rural Alberta community of under 100,000 people outside the Calgary and Edmonton…
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Graduate Entrepreneur Stream
This stream targets recent international graduates of Alberta's publicly funded post-secondary institutions who want to launch or buy a business in the province. Candidates must hold a…
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Foreign Graduate Entrepreneur Stream
This stream is for foreign-educated graduates who want to start or invest in an Alberta business, working through an AAIP-approved designated agency that must recommend them. Applicants…
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Farm Stream
This stream is for experienced farm owners and operators who plan to buy or establish a primary production farm in Alberta. Applicants must prove farm management skills, present a…
Saskatchewan
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International Skilled Worker: Employment Offer
This sub-category is for skilled workers who hold an offer of permanent, full-time employment in Saskatchewan that is supported by an Employer Position Assessment (EPA) issued to the…
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International Skilled Worker: Occupations In-Demand
This sub-category is for highly skilled workers without a Saskatchewan job offer whose occupation is in demand in the province and who are not on the excluded occupation list. Candidates…
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International Skilled Worker: Saskatchewan Express Entry
This sub-category is for skilled workers who are in the federal Express Entry pool and meet Saskatchewan's points and occupation requirements. Selected candidates receive a provincial…
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International Skilled Worker: Health Talent Pathway
This pathway consolidates health-sector recruitment into a single route for physicians, nurses and a long list of other health occupations with a permanent, full-time job offer from a…
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International Skilled Worker: Agriculture Talent Pathway
This pathway is for workers in eligible agricultural and food-processing occupations who have a permanent, full-time job offer in Saskatchewan's agriculture sector. It covers occupations…
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International Skilled Worker: Innovation and Tech Talent Pathway
This pathway targets high-skilled workers in a defined list of technology and innovation occupations who have a job offer from a Saskatchewan tech-sector employer. Candidates may be…
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Saskatchewan Experience: Students
This Saskatchewan Experience sub-category is for international students who graduated from a designated learning institution in Saskatchewan and are working in the province in their…
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Entrepreneur Category
Saskatchewan's former entrepreneur route selected business owners through an expression of interest system, with higher investment thresholds for businesses in Regina and Saskatoon than…
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Farm Owner and Operator Category
This former category was for experienced farm operators with significant capital who planned to buy and operate a farm in Saskatchewan in primary agricultural production. It was…
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International Graduate Entrepreneur Category
This former category let international students who had graduated from a Saskatchewan post-secondary institution start, buy or partner in a business in the province. Selected candidates…
Manitoba
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Skilled Worker in Manitoba
This pathway is for temporary foreign workers and international graduate workers who are already employed in Manitoba on a long-term basis. Eligibility rests on ongoing Manitoba…
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Skilled Worker Overseas
This pathway is for skilled workers outside Canada who can demonstrate an established connection to Manitoba, through the support of family or friends in the province, previous Manitoba…
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International Education Stream – Career Employment Pathway
The Career Employment Pathway was designed to give Manitoba graduates a faster route to nomination when they held long-term employment in an in-demand occupation matching their training.…
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International Education Stream – Graduate Internship Pathway
This pathway gives international master's and doctoral graduates in Manitoba a faster nomination route when they have completed a Mitacs Elevate or Accelerate internship with an eligible…
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International Education Stream – International Student Entrepreneur Pilot
This pilot is for international students aged 21 to 35 who graduated in Manitoba and want to establish and actively run a business in the province instead of taking employment.…
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Business Investor Stream – Entrepreneur Pathway
This pathway lets experienced business owners and senior managers invest in and actively manage a business in Manitoba, using a temporary-to-permanent model: the candidate first comes on…
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Business Investor Stream – Farm Investor Pathway
This pathway is for experienced farm owners and operators who will invest in and actively operate a farm in rural Manitoba producing primary agricultural products. A Farm Business…
Ontario
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Ontario Workforce Priority
Ontario's only open OINP stream since the June 2026 redesign, launched as phase 1 of a two-phase rebuild. It covers workers with a full-time permanent Ontario job offer in any NOC…
ClosedSkilled worker
Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker
Former OINP stream for foreign workers who already held a full-time permanent job offer from an Ontario employer in a skilled occupation. It was one of the three Employer Job Offer…
ClosedSkilled worker
Employer Job Offer: International Student
Former OINP stream for recent graduates of eligible Canadian institutions who held a full-time permanent job offer from an Ontario employer in a skilled occupation. It was selected…
ClosedSkilled worker
Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills
Former OINP stream for workers with an Ontario job offer in specific in-demand occupations, largely in agriculture, construction, trucking and personal support work. It was the main OINP…
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Masters Graduate
Former OINP stream for people who had completed a master's degree at an eligible Ontario institution, notable because it did not require a job offer. Candidates registered an expression…
ClosedInternational graduates
PhD Graduate
Former OINP stream for doctoral graduates, and in some cases PhD candidates, of eligible Ontario institutions, which did not require a job offer. It ran through the expression of…
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Entrepreneur
Former OINP business stream for experienced entrepreneurs who wanted to start a new business or buy an existing one in Ontario and actively manage it. Candidates were selected from an…
ClosedSkilled worker
Human Capital Priorities
Former Express Entry-linked OINP stream through which Ontario searched the federal Express Entry pool and sent notifications of interest to candidates whose skills matched provincial…
ClosedSkilled worker
Skilled Trades
Former Express Entry-linked OINP stream for candidates in the federal pool whose recent skilled-trades work experience was gained in Ontario. Ontario issued notifications of interest to…
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French-Speaking Skilled Worker
Former Express Entry-linked OINP stream for French-speaking candidates in the federal Express Entry pool who also had a working level of English. Ontario selected candidates by…
Quebec
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Skilled Worker Selection Program (PSTQ) — Stream 1: Highly qualified and specialized skills
Quebec's main skilled-worker route for people whose main occupation falls in FEER (TEER) categories 0, 1 or 2 and is not a regulated profession they intend to practise. Candidates are…
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Skilled Worker Selection Program (PSTQ) — Stream 2: Intermediate and manual skills
Stream for people whose main occupation falls in FEER (TEER) categories 3, 4 or 5 and is not regulated. It is built around workers who have already accumulated experience in Quebec,…
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Skilled Worker Selection Program (PSTQ) — Stream 3: Regulated professions
Stream for people who intend to practise an occupation that appears on the Ministère's list of regulated professions in Quebec. The decisive step is recognition by the Quebec regulatory…
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Skilled Worker Selection Program (PSTQ) — Stream 4: Exceptional talent
Stream for people who stand out in their main occupation through exceptional expertise likely to contribute to Quebec's prosperity. Applicants support their case either with an…
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Quebec Experience Program (PEQ) — Quebec Graduates stream
Direct-application route to a Quebec Selection Certificate for foreign nationals who earned an eligible diploma in Quebec. Unlike the PSTQ, eligible candidates apply directly rather than…
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Quebec Experience Program (PEQ) — Temporary Foreign Workers stream
Direct-application route to a Quebec Selection Certificate for temporary foreign workers already working legally in Quebec in skilled occupations. Eligible candidates apply directly in…
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Entrepreneur Program — Stream 1: Innovative business
Route for entrepreneurs who want to settle in Quebec to start an innovative company, or who already run an innovative company in Quebec and want to carry out an innovative project…
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Entrepreneur Program — Stream 2: Business start-up
Route for entrepreneurs who want to settle in Quebec to start a business, including a profile for people already living in Quebec who started their company at least a year ago.…
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Entrepreneur Program — Stream 3: Business takeover
Route for entrepreneurs who want to take over an existing Quebec business, either as a planned acquisition or through a company they have already acquired while living in Quebec. A…
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Investor Program
Quebec's passive-investment route: applicants do not start or run a business, but place a government-guaranteed investment and a non-refundable contribution through an approved financial…
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Self-Employed Worker Program
Route for people who want to settle in Quebec to practise their profession or trade on their own account, alone or with others, with or without paid help. It combines a modest net-worth…
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Permanent immigration pilot program for workers in food processing
A time-limited pilot that gave temporary foreign workers in Quebec's food-processing sector a dedicated route to permanent selection. It ran its planned course and closed at the start of…
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Permanent immigration pilot program for orderlies
A time-limited pilot that gave people working in Quebec as orderlies (beneficiary attendants / patient service associates) a dedicated route to permanent selection, with work and…
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Permanent immigration pilot program for workers in the artificial intelligence, information technologies and visual effects sectors
A time-limited pilot for foreign workers and Quebec graduates in artificial intelligence, and for foreign workers in information technologies and visual effects, with Francophone and…
New Brunswick
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Skilled Worker Stream
New Brunswick's core worker stream for people with a full-time, non-seasonal job offer from an eligible provincial employer, with pathways for workers already employed in the province,…
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Express Entry Stream
New Brunswick's enhanced stream for candidates in the federal Express Entry pool, either already living and working full-time in the province or selected after the province sends a…
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Strategic Initiative Stream
A stream for French-speaking candidates who want to live and work in New Brunswick. Its pathways cover francophone workers in the province, graduates of Universite de Moncton and the…
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Business Immigration Stream
A stream for experienced business owners and senior managers who will establish, purchase or partner in a New Brunswick business and manage it day to day. After being invited, the…
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New Brunswick Critical Worker Pilot
An employer-driven pilot under which six participating New Brunswick employers in sectors such as aquaculture, food production, manufacturing and wood products can hire and retain…
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Private Career College Graduate Pilot Program
A pilot for international students who completed an eligible program at a participating New Brunswick private career college, in fields such as education and social development and…
Nova Scotia
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Skilled Worker
Nova Scotia's main employer-driven stream for workers who hold a full-time, permanent job offer from a Nova Scotia employer. Following a consolidation of the nominee program in February…
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Nova Scotia Graduate
A stream for recent graduates of eligible Nova Scotia programs who have a full-time, permanent job offer in one of four in-demand occupations: paramedical occupations, pharmacy…
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Entrepreneur
A stream for experienced business owners and senior managers who want to start or buy a business in Nova Scotia and run it themselves. Nomination comes only after the applicant has…
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International Graduate Entrepreneur
A route for graduates of a Nova Scotia university or the Nova Scotia Community College who have already owned and operated a business in the province for at least one year and now want…
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Nova Scotia: Express Entry
Nova Scotia's enhanced stream aligned with federal Express Entry, covering candidates with at least one year of skilled work experience gained in Nova Scotia and a separate set of…
Prince Edward Island
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PEI Express Entry
Prince Edward Island's enhanced category for candidates who hold an active federal Express Entry profile and also create an expression of interest profile with the province. In the…
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Skilled Worker Stream
The Labour Impact category stream for workers who hold a full-time, long-term job offer from a Prince Edward Island employer in a skilled occupation (TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3). Candidates are…
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Critical Worker Stream
A Labour Impact category stream for workers already employed by a Prince Edward Island employer in designated lower-skilled occupations, which have included truck driver, customer…
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International Graduate Stream
A Labour Impact category stream for recent graduates of publicly funded Prince Edward Island post-secondary institutions who hold a post-graduation work permit and have a full-time job…
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Work Permit Stream
The Business Impact category route for entrepreneurs: applicants come to Prince Edward Island on a work permit, start or buy a business and operate it for at least a year under a…
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Occupations in Demand Stream
A workforce pathway for candidates with a full-time, permanent, non-seasonal job offer in one of eight listed in-demand occupations, including nurse aides, truck drivers, construction…
Newfoundland and Labrador
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Express Entry Skilled Worker
The enhanced NLPNP category for candidates in the federal Express Entry pool who hold a full-time job offer from a Newfoundland and Labrador employer in a TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 occupation.…
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Skilled Worker
The NLPNP category for foreign workers with a guaranteed full-time job offer from a Newfoundland and Labrador employer, including workers already in the province on a valid work permit.…
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International Graduate
The NLPNP category for recent graduates of eligible Canadian post-secondary institutions who hold a post-graduation work permit and have a job or a job offer from a Newfoundland and…
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International Entrepreneur
The NLPNP category for experienced business owners and senior managers who will start or buy a business in Newfoundland and Labrador and manage it daily. The process includes an…
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International Graduate Entrepreneur
The NLPNP category for graduates of Memorial University or College of the North Atlantic who have already started, bought or co-owned a business in the province and actively operated it…
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Priority Skills NL
A former NLPNP category for workers with experience in priority occupations in areas such as health care, technology, aquaculture and agriculture, which did not require a job offer and…
Yukon
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Skilled Worker
An employer-driven Yukon Nominee Program stream for foreign workers in TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 occupations who hold a full-time job offer from an eligible Yukon employer. The employer, not the…
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Critical Impact Worker
An employer-driven Yukon Nominee Program stream for foreign workers in TEER 4 and 5 entry-level and semi-skilled occupations who hold a full-time job offer from an eligible Yukon…
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Express Entry
Yukon's enhanced stream for candidates who qualify for a federal Express Entry program and hold a full-time job offer from a Yukon employer in a TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 occupation. The…
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Yukon Business Nominee Program
Yukon's entrepreneur program for experienced business people who will start or buy a business in an eligible strategic sector and run it themselves. Approved applicants are supported for…
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Yukon Community Program
A former pilot that allowed nominee candidates in six participating Yukon communities to combine up to three part-time jobs to reach full-time hours instead of holding a single full-time…
Northwest Territories
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Employer Driven – Entry Level/Semi-Skilled Occupations
The Northwest Territories category for workers in TEER 4 and 5 occupations who have already worked full-time in the same position for the same territorial employer for at least 12 months…
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Employer Driven – Skilled Worker
The Northwest Territories category for skilled workers in TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 occupations who hold a valid job offer from a territorial employer and have at least one year of recent…
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NWT Express Entry
The Northwest Territories' enhanced category for candidates accepted into the federal Express Entry pool who hold a valid job offer from a territorial employer in a TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3…
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Business Stream
The Northwest Territories stream for entrepreneurs who will start, buy or invest in a territorial business and operate it in person. The process runs from a self-assessment to an…
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Francophone Stream
A Northwest Territories stream for foreign nationals who speak both French and English and hold a valid job offer from a territorial employer, covering all TEER categories from 0 to 5.…
Points calculators & program matcher
Program matcher
One set of answers, ranked programs across all provinces, with the blocker named for every near-miss.
Provincial points calculators
Score yourself on the published grids — Saskatchewan, BC, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and Quebec.
Guides & settling in
Immigration guides
Step-by-step guides for every route — visitor, study and work permits, Express Entry, family sponsorship, business, protection and citizenship — each with its official source.
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How to use this directory: open a program to see its key requirements in one table, then confirm the full criteria on the official source linked there — programs change, and the official page is always the final word. This directory is general information, not legal or immigration advice.