Canada has big plans to accept a record 465,000 new immigrants in 2024 as it aims to use immigrants to address a growing labor shortage. After breaking these records in 2021 and 2022, it plans to break them once again in the next three years. This means there is no better moment to consider starting the immigration process to Canada.
The full list of options for immigrating to Canada in 2024 is given below.
- Express entry: In 2024, Express Entry will still remain the most common method of immigrating to Canada. Applications for the three main federal programs (Federal Skilled Worker, Canadian Experience Class and Federally Skilled Trades) are managed through the flagship selection system. According to the latest Immigration Levels Plan, Canada plans to accept almost 83,000 Federal Highly Skilled immigrants in 2024; this number will increase to 109,000 in 2024 and 114,000 in 2025. There are currently several new occupations that qualify for Canada’s mass entry immigration stream. from truck drivers to nurses, teaching assistants and payroll administrators.
2. Provincial Candidates Program.
Express Entry will be surpassed only by Canada’s Provincial Nominee Programs in terms of total economic impact in 2024. More than 105,000 immigrants are expected to enter Canada through nine provincial (and two territorial) immigration programs.
There are thousands of openings for immigration to Canada in 2024, from British Columbia in the west to the prairie regions of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Ontario and the Atlantic Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador and Prince Edward. Island.
3. Quebec
Quebec is unique in that it has complete control over the flow of economic immigrants. Efforts by the powerful Quebec provincial government to ensure that all immigrants admitted to the province are francophones have attracted much attention.
Francois Legault, president of the Avenir Quebec Coalition, is determined to keep the number of immigrants coming to Quebec at 50,000 or less; 33,000 of these come from economic programs. He feels that preserving the French language is essential to maintaining Quebec culture. Candidates who have already received a qualified job offer place less emphasis on the requirement to be fluent in French.
4. Pilot Projects Conducted by the Employer
Canada is also running a variety of employer-focused pilot projects that focus on regions or industries experiencing persistent labor shortages. The forerunner of these is the Atlantic Migration Program, which started as an experimental program but was later made permanent.
Covering the four Atlantic provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador and Prince Edward Island, the AIP will have 8,500 places for skilled workers and foreign graduates in 2023. An additional 8,500 new arrivals will be accepted through three additional streams (Agri-Food Pilot, Rural and Northern Migration Pilot and Economic Mobility Pathways Project).
5. Starter Visa
Start-Ups in Canada For those with a business mindset, obtaining a visa has become a very important step in the immigration process to Canada. To be considered, candidates must have a qualified business or business idea, support from a designated angel investor group, venture capital fund or business incubator, as well as the necessary cash and language skills.
Candidates can immigrate to Canada by obtaining a work permit while starting their business before meeting permanent residence requirements. Applicants must be actively involved in the management of the business in Canada to be eligible.
Canada aims to accept 3,500 new immigrants through work programs in 2023, and this number will increase to 6,000 by 2025. These will mostly be obtained through the Starter Visa.
6. Local Business Initiatives
A large number of provinces in Canada operate their own entrepreneurial programs as part of their respective Provincial Nominee Programs. Each of these programs has unique requirements depending on the province or region they serve.
7. Programs for Self-Employed People
Quebec and the federal government both offer self-employment programs.
Federal Self-Employed Class candidates must have relevant self-employment experience as well as the desire and capacity to start their own business and significantly enhance the cultural, artistic or athletic life of Canada.
The main distinction between self-employed candidates and skilled workers in Quebec is that self-employed candidates create their own jobs by engaging in a profession or business activity.
8. Contracted Employees
There are multiple pathways for temporary workers to enter Canada, including the International Mobility Program and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, depending on whether they require a Labor Market Impact Assessment.
A successful LMIA confirms that a foreign worker is required to complete the task at hand and that a Canadian worker is not available to perform that task.
Thanks to IMP, employers in Canada can now employ foreign workers without needing an LMIA. Intra-company transfers, individuals entering Canada through trade agreements such as the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) or Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), and individuals eligible for an open work visa are all included.
The TFWP consists of four strands: live-in carers, seasonal agricultural workers, high-skilled workers and low-skilled workers.
12. Buy a company and move to Canada
Candidates looking to buy a business and immigrate to Canada still have options such as the Ontario Entrepreneurial Success Initiative and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
A recent amendment to TFWP’s owner-operator regulations removed the exemption from LMIA advertising obligations. The path is still open for eligible applicants.
The OINP Entrepreneurial Success Initiative is a two-year pilot program that aims to attract $20 million in investment and welcome 100 immigrants from outside the Toronto area.
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