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11 pathways verified against an official source. Start with a pathway, or open the published rules below to compare requirements.
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Permanent Residence
Permanent residence for skilled workers with foreign work experience, managed through Express Entry. Selection-factor points decide pool entry; CRS ranking decides invitations.
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · verified 2026-09-24
Permanent Residence
Permanent residence for skilled workers with eligible Canadian work experience, managed through Express Entry. IRCC publishes minimum requirements, not a selection-factor points test. Meeting those minimums is how you become eligible to submit a profile; CRS ranking decides invitations. You must plan to live outside Quebec.
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · verified 2026-09-24
Permanent Residence
Permanent residence for skilled workers qualified in a listed skilled trade, managed through Express Entry. IRCC publishes minimum requirements, not a selection-factor points test. You need 2 years of qualifying trade work in the last 5 years and either a valid 1-year full-time job offer or a Canadian certificate of qualification. Meeting those minimums is how you become eligible to submit a profile; CRS ranking decides invitations. You must plan to live outside Quebec.
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · verified 2026-09-24
Provincial
Provinces and territories nominate people who meet their own streams. An Express Entry-aligned nomination adds 600 CRS points. Quebec and Nunavut do not have a PNP.
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · verified 2026-08-15
Study permit
Temporary study permit to study at a designated learning institution. A post-graduation work permit is a separate later application, not automatic, and is not permanent residence.
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · verified 2026-08-15
Work Permit
Temporary employer-specific work permit. The Work in Canada hub lists "Employer-specific work permit" with "Job offer required" and does not say LMIA in that line. The ESDC hub is the employer Labour Market Impact Assessment application, split across streams. This permit is not permanent residence.
Source: Employment and Social Development Canada · verified 2026-09-24
Quebec
Quebec’s skilled-worker selection program, run separately from federal Express Entry and not a PNP. File a free déclaration d’intérêt in Arrima. An invitation may lead to a Certificat de sélection du Québec. A CSQ is not permanent residence. After a CSQ you submit a separate IRCC application; that federal stage has its own medical, security and criminality checks.
Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24
Quebec
A Quebec selection program for Quebec graduates and temporary foreign workers, not a points test and not Express Entry. Reception in this window is 2 July–31 October 2026. Qualifying diplomas or Quebec work must already have existed on 19 November 2025. A CSQ is not permanent residence. After a CSQ you submit a separate IRCC application; that federal stage has its own medical, security and criminality checks.
Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24
Business
Programme des investisseurs. Conditions-based Quebec selection, not a points test and not Express Entry. Intake is open at any time with no published maximum. First condition: a convention d’investissement with a participating financial intermediary — you cannot invest directly. Education: DES-equivalent or a one-year full-time DEP/ASP/AEC-equivalent; Quebec diplomas need 600 hours (secondary) or 900 hours (college); an ECE is not required to apply. Net worth at least 2 000 000 $ CA with lawful origin and accumulation, including for an included spouse. Placement and contribution within 120 days of the ministry’s request. Values attestation within 60 days; accompanying spouse 16+ and dependent children 18+. Work-permit application within 6 months of the avis d’intention. Oral French niveau 7; no written floor. A CSQ is not permanent residence. After a CSQ you submit a separate IRCC application; that federal stage has its own medical, security and criminality checks.
Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24
Business
Programme des entrepreneurs, three volets: Entreprise innovante, Démarrage d'entreprise, Repreneuriat. Conditions-based, not a points test and not Express Entry. Intake is open at any time with no published maximum. Education: DES-equivalent or a one-year full-time DEP/ASP/AEC-equivalent; Quebec diplomas need 600 or 900 hours; an ECE is not required to apply. Volet 1 publishes no net-worth floor and no lawful-origin condition; accompaniment is an innovation organism, not a financial intermediary. Volets 2 and 3 publish 600 000 $ CA or 300 000 $ CA plus lawful origin of funds, and 300 000 $ CA / 150 000 $ CA location-based expenses. Values attestation within 60 days; accompanying spouse 16+ and dependent children 18+. Volet 2: start the business within 2 years of the work permit. Volet 3: acquisition offer within 2 years of the application. Oral French niveau 7; no written floor. A CSQ is not permanent residence. After a CSQ you submit a separate IRCC application; that federal stage has its own medical, security and criminality checks.
Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24
Business
Programme des travailleurs autonomes. Conditions-based Quebec selection, not a points test and not Express Entry. Intake is open at any time with no published maximum. Education: DES-equivalent or a one-year full-time DEP/ASP/AEC-equivalent; Quebec diplomas need 600 or 900 hours; an ECE is not required to apply. Net worth at least 100 000 $ CA with lawful origin and accumulation, including for an included spouse. Start-up deposit 25 000 $ CA outside the CMM or 50 000 $ CA on the CMM, made at a Quebec financial institution when the ministry asks — a few weeks after the file-opening letter. Values attestation within 60 days; accompanying spouse 16+ and dependent children 18+. Two years of self-employed experience in the last five. Oral French niveau 7; no written floor. A CSQ is not permanent residence. After a CSQ you submit a separate IRCC application; that federal stage has its own medical, security and criminality checks.
Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24
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Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · verified 2026-09-24
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Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · verified 2026-08-15
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Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24
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Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24
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Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24
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Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24
Verified 2026-09-23–2026-09-24 against Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada; Employment and Social Development Canada; ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration.
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A job offer is required for these routes.
The authority states a job offer is not required.
The authority accepts more than one way to meet this requirement. The wording on each row is the record's own.
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The authority accepts more than one way to meet this requirement. The wording on each row is the record's own.
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The page states no education minimum
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These records store a funds amount with its basis and the authority's own note.
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The authority states no funds requirement
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Union of the absences recorded on this destination's routes. Each row quotes the reason stored on that record.
IRCC publishes no fixed month range. The check-processing-times tool says results 'are not a maximum or a guarantee' and 'Your application may take longer than the times shown here.'
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · verified 2026-09-24
CEC program page publishes no fixed month range. The check-processing-times tool, opened 2026-08-16, says results 'are not a maximum or a guarantee' and 'Your application may take longer than the times shown here.'
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · verified 2026-09-24
FST program page publishes no fixed month range. The check-processing-times tool, opened 2026-08-16, says results 'are not a maximum or a guarantee' and 'Your application may take longer than the times shown here.'
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · verified 2026-09-24
The PNP page embeds the live processing-times tool (it failed to load when read) and says processing times may increase. The tool itself states times 'are not a maximum or a guarantee.' No fixed month range is published.
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · verified 2026-08-15
IRCC publishes no fixed month range. The check-processing-times tool includes 'Study permit (from outside Canada)' and says results 'are not a maximum or a guarantee.'
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · verified 2026-08-15
Check-processing-times page, date modified 2026-09-24, read 2026-09-24. "Select your application type to get an idea of how long it’ll take us to process your application." "Your application may take longer than the times shown here. They’re not a maximum or a guarantee." Temporary residence options include "Work permit (from outside Canada)", "Work permit in Canada", and "Work permit extension in Canada". "Work permit (from outside Canada)" then asks "Where are you applying from?" No single time is shown until a country is chosen. No month range is stored.
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · verified 2026-09-24
No fixed processing duration is published on the PSTQ hub. The page is stored as the guidance URL.
Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24
No fixed processing duration is published on the PEQ hub. The page is stored as the guidance URL.
Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24
No fixed processing duration is published on the investor pages. The landing page is stored as the guidance URL.
Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24
No fixed processing duration is published on the entrepreneur pages. The landing page is stored as the guidance URL.
Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24
No fixed processing duration is published on the self-employed pages. The landing page is stored as the guidance URL.
Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24
Read 2026-09-23. The federal hub and both eligibility pages do not state a settlement-funds figure, and provincial nomination sets its own criteria. Hub: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/provincial-nominees.html Express Entry process: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/provincial-nominees/express-entry.html Non-Express Entry process: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/provincial-nominees/non-express-entry.html Express Entry eligibility: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/provincial-nominees/express-entry/eligibility.html Non-Express Entry eligibility: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/provincial-nominees/non-express-entry/eligibility.html
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · verified 2026-09-23
Read 2026-09-24. ESDC Temporary Foreign Worker Program hub (https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/foreign-workers.html, date modified 2026-09-16), the eligibility URL https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada/permit/temporary/eligibility.html which redirected to the Work in Canada hub (https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada.html, date modified 2026-06-01), the fee list (https://ircc.canada.ca/english/information/fees/fees.asp, date modified 2026-09-21), and the processing-times tool (https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/check-processing-times.html, date modified 2026-09-24) do not state a settlement-funds figure. The TFWP hub sends employers to separate streams (high and low-wage, primary agriculture, Global Talent Stream, caregivers, academic, Quebec, Recognized Employer Pilot, and applications to support permanent residency). Those stream pages were not opened.
Source: Employment and Social Development Canada · verified 2026-09-24
Investor conditions page (26 August 2026) publishes « un avoir net d’au moins 2 000 000 $ CA » and a « placement à terme de cinq ans d’un montant de 1 000 000 $ CA » plus « contribution financière de 200 000 $ CA ». Those are net worth and investment, not a financial-autonomy living-cost amount. The page does not mention a contrat d’autonomie financière or the barème. Regulation art. 37 has no Annexe C undertaking (unlike PSTQ art. 32.1 3°, entrepreneur art. 49.2 3°, self-employed art. 48 7°). GPI section 3.3 opened; no autonomie / barème / Annexe C text.
Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24
Read 2026-09-23. The study-permit eligibility page (https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/study-permit/eligibility.html) states enrolment at a designated learning institution. It does not state a separate prior-credential minimum, and it does not state a job-offer rule.
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · verified 2026-09-23
Read 2026-09-24. ESDC Temporary Foreign Worker Program hub (https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/foreign-workers.html, date modified 2026-09-16), the eligibility URL https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada/permit/temporary/eligibility.html which redirected to the Work in Canada hub (https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada.html, date modified 2026-06-01), the fee list (https://ircc.canada.ca/english/information/fees/fees.asp, date modified 2026-09-21), and the processing-times tool (https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/check-processing-times.html, date modified 2026-09-24) do not state a diploma or other minimum. "Foreign academic positions" on the TFWP hub is a stream link, not a credential floor.
Source: Employment and Social Development Canada · verified 2026-09-24
Read 2026-09-24. ESDC Temporary Foreign Worker Program hub (https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/foreign-workers.html, date modified 2026-09-16), the eligibility URL https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada/permit/temporary/eligibility.html which redirected to the Work in Canada hub (https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada.html, date modified 2026-06-01), the fee list (https://ircc.canada.ca/english/information/fees/fees.asp, date modified 2026-09-21), and the processing-times tool (https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/check-processing-times.html, date modified 2026-09-24) do not state a number of years. "Hire a skilled temporary foreign worker" is the permanent-residency stream blurb, not a years minimum.
Source: Employment and Social Development Canada · verified 2026-09-24
PEQ work experience differs by stream. Read 2026-09-24. The temporary-worker stream states « occuper un emploi qui répond à ces critères au moment où vous présentez votre demande et pendant au moins 24 des 36 mois qui précèdent » — 24 of the 36 months (FEER 0–3, legal, full-time ≥ 30 paid hours, and holding such a job at the time of the application). Reception on that stream: « une expérience de travail au Québec … d’au moins deux ans, en date du 19 novembre 2025 ». Gazette 88289 art. 35 3°: « au moins 2 ans dans les 3 ans précédant ». The Diplômés stream does not state any work-experience selection condition; Gazette art. 34 publishes none. No single year count is stored.
Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24
La déclaration d’intérêt se fait en ligne gratuitement dans Arrima. The selection-application fee page was not opened; no selection fee is stored.
Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24
The selection-application fee page was not opened; no fee is stored.
Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24
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Express Entry invitations that target attributes IRCC has announced for a given round.
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Closed as an open route. Le 29 novembre 2024, le Programme régulier des travailleurs qualifiés (PRTQ) a été remplacé par le Programme de sélection des travailleurs qualifiés (PSTQ). It is no longer possible to present a new permanent-selection application under the PRTQ except to add or remove a family member on an existing file. Informational record only.
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Closed as an open route. Le Programme pilote d’immigration permanente des travailleurs de la transformation alimentaire (PP TA) a pris fin comme prévu le 1er janvier 2026. Il n’est plus possible de présenter une demande dans ce programme. Applications filed before that date continue to be examined. Informational record only.
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Closed as an open route. Le Programme pilote d’immigration permanente des préposés aux bénéficiaires (PP PAB) a pris fin comme prévu le 1er janvier 2026. Il n’est plus possible de présenter une demande dans ce programme. Applications filed before that date continue to be examined. Informational record only.
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Closed as an open route. Le Programme pilote d’immigration permanente des travailleurs des secteurs de l’intelligence artificielle, des technologies de l’information et des effets visuels (PP IA/TI-EV) a pris fin comme prévu le 1er janvier 2026. Il n’est plus possible de présenter une demande dans ses deux volets. Applications filed before that date continue to be examined. Informational record only.
Not yet verified against an official source
A Temporary Foreign Worker Program stream for certain specialised roles. It is a work permit, not permanent residence. A job offer does not add CRS ranking points.
Not yet verified against an official source
A work permit some graduates of a Canadian designated learning institution may apply for after study. It is a separate application from a study permit and is not permanent residence.
Not yet verified against an official source
A temporary work permit for youth from countries with an IEC agreement (Working Holiday, Young Professionals, International Co-op). Canadian Experience Class requires skilled Canadian work experience; time on a working holiday is not automatically that.
Not yet verified against an official source
A work permit for transferring within a multinational employer.
Not yet verified against an official source
An open work permit that some partners of workers or students in Canada may apply for.
Not yet verified against an official source
A process to apply again before a current Canadian work permit expires.
Not yet verified against an official source