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What does it take to move to Québec? Processing, cost, job offer and permanent residence
Québec selects skilled workers and business immigrants under its own programs. A Certificat de sélection du Québec (CSQ) is not permanent residence — the federal stage is separate. Every verified stream below carries its official source and verification date.
Estimate against the official table: What would my Québec PSTQ ranking score be? · Do I meet the Québec Experience Program (PEQ) rules? · Do I meet Québec's investor, entrepreneur or self-employed selection rules?
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How long do these Québec routes take, what do they cost, and do they lead to permanent residence?
- 🇨🇦 Canada skilled migration: Quebec — Skilled Worker Selection (PSTQ)
Canada
- Residency
- Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own
- Job offer
- Not published on the page we read
- Education
- PSTQ education differs by volet. Volet 1 exigences: « Avoir un diplôme menant directement à l’exercice d’une profession, sanctionnant un programme d’études d’au moins 1 an à temps plein et correspondant, au Québec, à l’un des diplômes suivants » (DEP/ASP; AEC or DEC technique; university certificate through doctorate); Quebec diplomas 900 hours or 30 credits. Volet 2: « Avoir minimalement » a Quebec-equivalent DES or a one-year full-time DEP/ASP/AEC-equivalent; Quebec diplomas 600 hours / 900 hours / 30 credits. Volets 3 and 4 invitation synthesis (2026, updated 28 August 2026): Niveau de scolarité « Aucun critère appliqué ». Volet 3 selection is the authorization/equivalence, not a diploma floor. Arrima foreign-diploma mapping is not invented.
- Points
- No threshold published
- Application fee
- No amount stored
- Funds
- From CAD 3,957
- Processing time
- No commitment to a processing time
- 🇨🇦 Canada skilled migration: Quebec — Quebec Experience Program (PEQ)
Canada
- Residency
- Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own
- Job offer
- Not published on the page we read
- Education
- PEQ education differs by stream. Diplômés (17 June 2026): « Les diplômes admissibles … sont : Le baccalauréat … La maîtrise (et le MBA); Le doctorat; Le DEC techniques; Le DEP d’une durée de formation de 1 800 heures ou plus; Le DEP suivi d’une ASP … 1 800 heures … Aucun autre type de diplôme n’est admissible. » Travailleurs temporaires page publishes no diploma condition; Gazette 88289 art. 35 (in force 2 July 2026) is work, not a diploma. Reception for Diplômés still requires that Quebec diploma list as of 19 November 2025.
- Points
- No threshold published
- Application fee
- No amount stored
- Funds
- From CAD 3,957
- Processing time
- No commitment to a processing time
- 🇨🇦 Canada investor visa: Quebec — Investor Program
Canada
- Residency
- Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own
- Job offer
- Not published on the page we read
- Education
- DES-equivalent or one-year full-time DEP/ASP/AEC-equivalent. Quebec diplomas: 600 hours secondary or 900 hours college. ECE not required to apply.
- Points
- No threshold published
- Application fee
- CAD 18,241
- Funds
- Not published on the page we read
- Processing time
- No commitment to a processing time
- 🇨🇦 Canada entrepreneur visa: Quebec — Entrepreneur Program
Canada
- Residency
- Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own
- Job offer
- Not published on the page we read
- Education
- Same published diploma rule on all three volet conditions pages. ECE not required to apply.
- Points
- No threshold published
- Application fee
- CAD 1,272
- Funds
- From CAD 3,957
- Processing time
- No commitment to a processing time
- 🇨🇦 Canada self-employed visa: Quebec — Self-employed Worker Program
Canada
- Residency
- Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own
- Job offer
- Not published on the page we read
- Education
- DES-equivalent or one-year full-time DEP/ASP/AEC-equivalent. Quebec diplomas: 600 hours secondary or 900 hours college. ECE not required to apply.
- Points
- No threshold published
- Application fee
- CAD 1,272
- Funds
- From CAD 3,957
- Processing time
- No commitment to a processing time
| Route | Residency | Job offer | Education | Points | Application fee | Funds | Processing time |
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| 🇨🇦 Canada skilled migration: Quebec — Skilled Worker Selection (PSTQ) Canada | Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own | Not published on the page we read | PSTQ education differs by volet. Volet 1 exigences: « Avoir un diplôme menant directement à l’exercice d’une profession, sanctionnant un programme d’études d’au moins 1 an à temps plein et correspondant, au Québec, à l’un des diplômes suivants » (DEP/ASP; AEC or DEC technique; university certificate through doctorate); Quebec diplomas 900 hours or 30 credits. Volet 2: « Avoir minimalement » a Quebec-equivalent DES or a one-year full-time DEP/ASP/AEC-equivalent; Quebec diplomas 600 hours / 900 hours / 30 credits. Volets 3 and 4 invitation synthesis (2026, updated 28 August 2026): Niveau de scolarité « Aucun critère appliqué ». Volet 3 selection is the authorization/equivalence, not a diploma floor. Arrima foreign-diploma mapping is not invented. | No threshold published | No amount stored | From CAD 3,957 | No commitment to a processing time |
Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24 |
| 🇨🇦 Canada skilled migration: Quebec — Quebec Experience Program (PEQ) Canada | Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own | Not published on the page we read | PEQ education differs by stream. Diplômés (17 June 2026): « Les diplômes admissibles … sont : Le baccalauréat … La maîtrise (et le MBA); Le doctorat; Le DEC techniques; Le DEP d’une durée de formation de 1 800 heures ou plus; Le DEP suivi d’une ASP … 1 800 heures … Aucun autre type de diplôme n’est admissible. » Travailleurs temporaires page publishes no diploma condition; Gazette 88289 art. 35 (in force 2 July 2026) is work, not a diploma. Reception for Diplômés still requires that Quebec diploma list as of 19 November 2025. | No threshold published | No amount stored | From CAD 3,957 | No commitment to a processing time |
Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24 |
| 🇨🇦 Canada investor visa: Quebec — Investor Program Canada | Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own | Not published on the page we read | DES-equivalent or one-year full-time DEP/ASP/AEC-equivalent. Quebec diplomas: 600 hours secondary or 900 hours college. ECE not required to apply. | No threshold published | CAD 18,241 | Not published on the page we read | No commitment to a processing time |
Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24 |
| 🇨🇦 Canada entrepreneur visa: Quebec — Entrepreneur Program Canada | Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own | Not published on the page we read | Same published diploma rule on all three volet conditions pages. ECE not required to apply. | No threshold published | CAD 1,272 | From CAD 3,957 | No commitment to a processing time |
Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24 |
| 🇨🇦 Canada self-employed visa: Quebec — Self-employed Worker Program Canada | Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own | Not published on the page we read | DES-equivalent or one-year full-time DEP/ASP/AEC-equivalent. Quebec diplomas: 600 hours secondary or 900 hours college. ECE not required to apply. | No threshold published | CAD 1,272 | From CAD 3,957 | No commitment to a processing time |
Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-09-24 |
Verified 2026-09-24 against ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration.
Every cell is a sourced value or an explicit statement that nothing is stored. Amounts stay in the published currency.
Which Québec routes do not lead to permanent residence on their own?
Do I need a job offer for these Québec routes?
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What education do these Québec routes require?
The authority accepts more than one education qualification
The authority accepts more than one way to meet this requirement. The wording on each row is the record's own.
What funds do these Québec routes require?
The authority publishes a funds figure
These records store a funds amount with its basis and the authority's own note.
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Union of the absences recorded on this destination's routes. Each row quotes the reason stored on that record.
Minimum work experience
- Canada skilled migration: Quebec — Quebec Experience Program (PEQ)
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.
Funds requirement
- Canada investor visa: Quebec — Investor Program
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.
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Verified Québec streams
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Not yet verified
Closed or unchecked Québec routes. They stay labelled unverified — no date, and no claim that we have confirmed the wording against an official page for this site.
Quebec — Regular Skilled Worker Program (PRTQ) — replaced
UnverifiedClosed 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.
Not yet verified against an official source
Quebec — Food-processing pilot — closed
UnverifiedClosed 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.
Not yet verified against an official source
Quebec — Orderlies (PAB) pilot — closed
UnverifiedClosed 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.
Not yet verified against an official source
Quebec — AI / IT / visual-effects pilot — closed
UnverifiedClosed 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