- Business-class applicants are selected primarily based on their ability to create jobs for themselves and other Canadians.
- IRPA, s 12(2)—Applicants may be selected as a member of the economic class based on their ability to become economically established in Canada
- Business-class applicants do not use the Express Entry system but mail application packages to a CIO.
- Applicants must have sufficient funds to support themselves and their family members for at least one year.
Business/Entrepreneurial Immigration Knowledge
| Saskatchewan/Manitoba
PNP Entrepreneur (quite similar) |
British Columbia PNP Base | Quebec Self-employed | Start-up Program | |
| Net worth required vs (suggestion to realistically have a chance to quality | $500.000
(Suggestion: $1,000,000+) |
$600,000
(Suggestion: $2,000,000) |
$100,000 | None but at least $500,000 is recommended. |
| Amount of the investment in Canada required to realistically have a chance to quality | Sask: $200,000+ but $300,000 in Saskatoon/Regina
Man. $150,000+but $250,000 in Winnipeg (Suggestion: around $400,000 or more) |
At least$200,000+
(Suggestion: around $500,000 or more) |
$50,000+ in Montreal or $25,000+ outside Montreal and the project must be “viable” | None, but the project must have a chance to be viable. |
| Management experience required
(Suggestion to realistically have a chance to quality) |
Sask: 3 years within last 10 years
Man: 3 years within last 5 years (Preferably acquired in a business owned by the applicant) |
3 years within the last ten years
(Preferably acquired in a business owned by the applicant) |
2 years, must have been required as self-employed worker | Officially: none
But start-up business experience is required by most designated organizations. |
| Do I need to start/operate business in Canada after acceptance? | Exploratory visit before application!
Yes. Must be an “eligible” business |
Exploratory visit before application!
Yes. Must be an “eligible” business |
Must be “self-employed project” No restrictions | Yes |
| Do I need to speak English or French to quality? | Sask: no minimum but CLB 5+ is suggested
Man: CLB 5+ is required |
CLB 4 + | No minimum requirements but, without English or French, no realistic chance to qualify | Yes. CLB 5+ |
| Do you require a “work permit phrase” before PR? | Yes | Yes | No | It depends on |
| How many full-time jobs do I need to create? | Saskatchewan: 2 jobs
Manitoba: 1 job |
1 job | No | No |
| Mandatory | You must have a project and business plan!
Active investment, has to start the business, physically come to Canada, run this business on a daily day to day basis |
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The business/entrepreneur immigration with the other provinces are more or less the same criteria. If you are interested in the above programs, please contact us.