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Quebec — Quebec Experience Program (PEQ): how long it takes, what it costs, and whether it leads to permanent residence

Quebec

Quebec experience selection — not a points test

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 2026-08-16

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Does Quebec — Quebec Experience Program (PEQ) lead to permanent residence?

Residency

Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own

Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-08-16

Do you need a job offer for Quebec — Quebec Experience Program (PEQ)?

Job offer

Not required

Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-08-16

How much does Quebec — Quebec Experience Program (PEQ) cost to apply for?

Application fee

No amount stored

Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-08-16

How long does Quebec — Quebec Experience Program (PEQ) take to process?

Processing time

No duration published; the authority points to a guidance tool

Open the authority's page for this fact

Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-08-16

What does ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration actually require?

Quoted from the pages named beside each rule, not paraphrased.

Age

Avoir 18 ans ou plus.

Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-08-16

Language

Diplômés: oral 7+ and written 5+. Travailleurs étrangers temporaires: oral 7+. An accompanying spouse needs oral 4+. The French-medium-study requirement that entered during suspension was withdrawn for Diplômés.

Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-08-16

What ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration does not publish

We checked for each of these and the page carried no figure. The absence is recorded with the reason, so this page states nothing the authority does not.

How it works

  1. 1Reception in this window is 2 July–31 October 2026. The lock date is 19 November 2025.
  2. 2A CSQ is not permanent residence. Quebec selection is separate from Express Entry.
  3. 3After a CSQ, apply to IRCC. That federal stage has its own medical, security and criminality checks.

What changed when we last checked this record

PEQ hub and both stream pages plus the French page opened 2026-08-16 (last update 17 June 2026). Financial-autonomy dollar amounts were not opened. A CSQ is not permanent residence.

Source: ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration · verified 2026-08-16

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