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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…
Federal immigration programs
16 programs and streams, each summarized from its official source with the requirements that decide eligibility — and the date we last verified them.
Federal programs are run directly by IRCC and are open to applicants planning to live anywhere in Canada (some pilots are tied to participating communities or provinces — the program page says which).
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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…