CATEGORIES OF IMMIGRATION

CATEGORIES OF IMMIGRATION PROGRAMS OFFERED TO INDIVIDUALS FOR PERMANENT STATUS

Economic Immigrant:

This category includes immigrants who have been selected for their ability to contribute to Canada's economy through their ability to meet labour market needs, to own and manage or to build a business, to make a substantial investment, to create their own employment or to meet specific provincial or territorial labour market needs. The below list of the program falls under these categories:

01

Worker programs

This category includes immigrants who have been selected for their ability to meet labour market needs. They were assessed based on their skills and work experience, either as skilled workers, or skilled trades workers or based on their Canadian work experience, including skilled work experience and work experience as caregivers.

02

Skilled worker

This category includes immigrants who have been selected for their ability to meet specific labour needs as skilled workers. They were assessed based on selection criteria such as their education, language abilities and work experience in management, professional or technical jobs.

Exclusion(s):

  • Immigrants admitted under the Atlantic Immigration Program (See 115 Atlantic Immigration Program).
  • Immigrants admitted under the Canadian Experience Class (See 113 Canadian experience class).
  • Immigrants admitted under the Foreign Domestic Program (See 114 Caregiver).
  • Immigrants selected under the Skilled trades workers program (See 112 Skilled trades workers).
  • Immigrants who have been nominated by a province or territory (See 13 Provincial and territorial nominees).
03

Skilled trades worker

This category includes immigrants who have been selected by the federal government for their ability to meet labour needs in specific trades. They were assessed based on selection criteria such as their education, language abilities and work experience in qualifying skilled trades jobs. They must have had a valid offer of full-time employment in a skilled trades occupation by a Canadian employer or a certificate of qualification in a skilled trades occupation issued by a provincial or territorial authority. They must have had the intention to reside in a province or territory other than Quebec. The first immigrants admitted under a program classified in this category landed in 2013.

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Canadian experience class

This category includes immigrants who have been selected by the federal government and were granted permanent resident status based on their Canadian work experience. They were assessed based on selection criteria such as their Canadian education, language abilities and Canadian work experience in management, professional, or technical jobs. In 2013, regulatory changes merged the worker and graduate streams so that Canadian work experience became central to the program. They must have had the intention to reside in a province or territory other than Quebec. The first immigrants admitted under a program classified in this category landed in 2009.

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Caregiver

This category includes immigrants who were granted permanent residence after providing care for children or care for seniors, people with disabilities, or people with chronic disease - in Canada for a determinate period. Most immigrants classified under this category worked as caregivers in a private residence in Canada during their qualifying period of temporary work. The first immigrants admitted under this category landed in 1982. Since then, this category has included caregivers under the Foreign Domestic Movement (1981-1992), the Live-in Caregiver Program (1992-2014), the Caring for Children and Caring for People with High Medical Needs pilots (2014-2019), and the Interim Pathway for Caregivers (2019). As of June 18, 2019, caregivers can apply for permanent residence through the Home Child Care Provider Pilot or Home Support Worker Pilot if they meet eligibility requirements.

06

Atlantic Immigration Program

This category includes immigrants who want to work and live in one of the four Atlantic Provinces. They have been selected by the federal government and were granted permanent resident status based on their Canadian experience. They were assessed based on the following selection criteria: language, education, job offer, work experience (except for eligible international graduates of a recognized post-secondary institution in Atlantic Canada) and settlement fund requirements. The Atlantic Immigration Program is a pathway to permanent residence for skilled foreign workers and international graduates from a Canadian institution. It is an employer-driven program to fill labour needs in the region. The first immigrants admitted under a program classified in this category landed in 2017.

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