What each program asks for
453 requirements across 28 guides, each one checked against the official government page it comes from, with a link so you can read it there too.
Latest check: October 18, 2026.
453 requirements in 28 guides.
Express Entry
Canada’s main system for skilled workers who want to become permanent residents.
How Express Entry works
The profile and pool, the ranking score, category-based rounds, occupation codes, language tests, credential assessments and proof of funds.
26 requirements from 13 official pagesFederal Skilled Worker Program
The minimum requirements for skilled work, language and education, and the selection factors.
11 requirements from 3 official pagesCanadian Experience Class
Skilled work experience in Canada, the work that doesn’t count, and the language levels by job category.
3 requirements from 2 official pagesFederal Skilled Trades Program
Eligible trades, trade experience, language levels, and the job offer or certificate of qualification.
5 requirements from 4 official pagesOther routes to permanent residence
Provincial nomination, admissibility and humanitarian grounds.
Provincial nominee programs
The federal requirements for provincial nominees, and Ontario’s Workforce Priority stream.
10 requirements from 5 official pagesAdmissibility for permanent residence
Medical exams and medical inadmissibility, criminality, police certificates, misrepresentation and inadmissible family members.
6 requirements from 4 official pagesHumanitarian and compassionate grounds
Applying for permanent residence on humanitarian and compassionate grounds, and its limits.
4 requirements from 2 official pagesBusiness and entrepreneurs
Federal and provincial programs for people who start or buy a business.
Federal business programs
The Start-up Visa and Self-employed Persons programs, where their intake stands, and the federal floor for business-based provincial nominations.
6 requirements from 5 official pagesProvincial entrepreneur programs
Entrepreneur streams in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan.
52 requirements from 24 official pagesWorking in Canada
Work permits, with and without a labour market impact assessment.
Work permit basics
General requirements and refusal grounds, where to apply, maintained status, changing jobs, restoring status and fees.
14 requirements from 10 official pagesWork permits with an LMIA
Work permits based on a labour market impact assessment, its streams and how long it stays valid.
7 requirements from 7 official pagesWork permits without an LMIA
The International Mobility Program: significant benefit, intra-company transferees, trade agreements, Francophone mobility and more.
17 requirements from 12 official pagesOpen work permits
Open work permits for spouses and partners, and bridging open work permits.
6 requirements from 4 official pagesPost-graduation work permit
Who can get a post-graduation work permit after studying in Canada, and for how long.
9 requirements from 4 official pagesStudying in Canada
Study permits and working while you study.
Visiting Canada
Visitor visas, electronic travel authorizations, extensions and the super visa.
Visiting Canada
Visitor visas and electronic travel authorizations, eligibility, extending your stay, restoring status, fees, biometrics and medical exams.
14 requirements from 10 official pagesParent and grandparent super visa
Who can get a super visa, the host’s income, health insurance, how to apply and how long a visit can last.
7 requirements from 5 official pagesFamily sponsorship
Sponsoring a spouse, partner, child, parent or other relative.
Sponsoring a spouse, partner, child or relative
Who can sponsor, who can be sponsored, relationships that are excluded and the sponsor’s undertaking.
13 requirements from 1 official pageSponsoring parents and grandparents
The Parents and Grandparents Program and its income requirement.
3 requirements from 3 official pagesCitizenship
Becoming a Canadian citizen, and citizenship by descent.
Refugee protection, appeals and reviews
Refugee claims, risk assessments, appeals and court reviews.
Refugee claims
Making a claim in Canada, who isn’t eligible to claim, the Basis of Claim form and pre-removal risk assessments.
9 requirements from 2 official pagesAppeals and court reviews
The Immigration Appeal Division, the Refugee Appeal Division, judicial review, reconsideration and reopening.
10 requirements from 5 official pagesFor employers
Hiring, transferring and keeping foreign workers, and staying compliant.
Hiring with an LMIA
The Temporary Foreign Worker Program: when an LMIA is needed, wages, recruitment, fees, caps, worker protections and the Global Talent Stream.
35 requirements from 18 official pagesHiring without an LMIA
Significant benefit, reciprocal employment, Francophone Mobility, short-term exemptions, business visitors, the offer of employment and the compliance fee.
26 requirements from 17 official pagesTrade agreement work permits
Professionals, traders, investors and transferees under CUSMA, CETA, CPTPP, CUKTCA and Canada’s other trade agreements.
32 requirements from 31 official pagesIntra-company transferees
Transferring executives, managers and specialized knowledge workers to Canada, including to open a new office.
35 requirements from 13 official pagesKeeping foreign workers
Extensions, maintained status, changes of job or employer, restoration, open work permits, and supporting permanent residence.
35 requirements from 33 official pagesEmployer compliance
The conditions employers of foreign workers must meet, inspections, penalties and voluntary disclosure.
31 requirements from 19 official pages