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Follow Priya’s profile through the released tools. Job listings and household costs are clearly labelled fictional inputs. The separate education example compares real university programs; the business example belongs to Ahmed.
Fictional illustrative inputs. Calculations use the released Global Compass tools; this is not an offer, application or approval.
The same fictional owner-manager background is tested with two lower-investment alternatives. Neither is an actual business for sale or a completed investment.
Start: CAD 180,000 investment; CAD 310,000 combined business and family reserve. Buy: CAD 140,000 purchase; CAD 295,000 combined commitment.
Fictional planning inputs. Keep eligible investment, operating funds, due diligence and household costs separate. A purchase does not provide a work permit or permanent residence.
Keep an operating reserve after setup; revenue and approval are not assumed.
A lower purchase price does not prove program eligibility. Check ownership, business history, eligible investment and jobs.
Alberta Advantage Immigration Program: Foreign Graduate Entrepreneur Stream: Based on your answers, your degree was completed more than 10 years ago, so you can't use Alberta's Foreign Graduate Entrepreneur Stream: the degree must have been completed within the last 10 years when you submit your expression of interest.
BC Provincial Nominee Program: Entrepreneur Immigration Base stream: Based on your answers, your net worth or own-funds investment may be below BC Base stream minimums of $600,000 and $200,000; the Regional stream has lower thresholds.
The engine may find a minimum investment, ownership, job, location or evidence barrier even when the purchase is affordable. A stream with no identified barrier is not an approval.
4 provincial streams evaluated for Alberta and British Columbia.
3 provincial streams evaluated for Alberta and British Columbia.
Household reserve, working capital and a purchase price are not interchangeable with an eligible investment or net-worth requirement. No revenue, work permit, nomination or PR is promised.
Toronto · 1 adult. Compare an arrival reserve without assuming employment income.
Housing $2,200/month + essentials $950/month, travel $1,500 and setup $1,800.
$22,000 fictional available funds. $9,250 remains before unpriced costs.
Fictional inputs, not market quotes or an immigration proof-of-funds threshold. No salary is counted.
Housing $2,200/month + essentials $950/month, travel $1,500 and setup $1,800.
$22,000 fictional available funds. $200 funding gap before unpriced costs.
Fictional inputs, not market quotes or an immigration proof-of-funds threshold. No salary is counted.
Six-month planning subtotal: $22,200.
The same budget calculation used in Success in Canada totals these inputs. Changes stay in this page and are not saved to an account.
Immigration/application fees, professional fees, health insurance, childcare and licensing/training costs are not priced here. Obtain applicable amounts before committing. This subtotal is therefore incomplete until those applicable costs are added.
Your circumstances deserve their own assessment.
Explore your own immigration optionsAsha is a fictional 24-year-old prospective student with a foreign bachelor’s degree and one year of skilled experience. This is a separate example: Priya is not required to study, and Maria has already graduated.
UBC Master of Data Science: 10 months, tuition $59,767.92, illustrative total $86,567.92.
SFU Master of Science in Big Data: 16–20 months, first four terms $55,424.64, 16-month illustrative total $97,224.64.
Both are public DLIs with eligible graduate programs. Admission, study permit, PGWP conditions and future PR competitiveness are four separate decisions. Living and travel costs are fictional inputs; official program sources checked 2026-10-26.
Vancouver, British Columbia · in person · 10 months
DLI O19330231062. Public university; IRCC listed with graduate and PGWP-eligible programs in the source review.
$86,567.92Illustrative total: published tuition $59,767.92 + 10 × $2,500.00 living + $1,800.00 travel.
A shorter period away from work, with an intensive workload. No employment income is assumed during study.
Living and travel are fictional inputs. Student fees, insurance and other costs are additional. Admission and permits are not assured.
Platform DLI record checked 2026-10-24: institution found.
Burnaby, British Columbia · in person · 16–20 months; modelled at 16 months, with a 20-month sensitivity
DLI O18781994282. Public university; IRCC listed with graduate and PGWP-eligible programs in the source review.
$97,224.64Illustrative total: published tuition $55,424.64 + 16 × $2,500.00 living + $1,800.00 travel.
A longer period of living expenses and practical work experience through the program; a placement or job after graduation is not guaranteed.
Living and travel are fictional inputs. Student fees, insurance and other costs are additional. Admission and permits are not assured.
Platform DLI record checked 2026-10-24: institution found.
| Check | University of British Columbia | Simon Fraser University |
|---|---|---|
| Admission | Equivalent four-year bachelor’s degree; B+ / 76% in upper-year and prerequisite courses. Programming, statistics/probability, and calculus or linear algebra prerequisites. The university decides admission. | Bachelor’s in computing science or a related field, university academic minimums (normally CGPA 3.00/4.33) and country-specific equivalency. Preparation in programming, mathematics, algorithms, databases and operating systems. |
| Academic language | If required: IELTS Academic 7.0 overall, 6.5 in each component. Academic admission evidence is separate from immigration language tests. | University English minimum, where required: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall, 6.0 in each component. Confirm any higher program requirement directly; admission is competitive. |
| Career relevance | Applied statistics, computing and AI, with real datasets and a capstone project. | Distributed systems, data engineering and scalable machine learning, with labs and a co-op component. |
| Tuition basis | 2026S/2026W international program tuition: three instalments of CAD 19,922.64. Student fees and later continuing fees are separate; future cohorts may pay different rates. | 2026/27 international tuition: first four terms at CAD 13,856.16 each. A fifth term at the published 50% continuing rate adds CAD 6,928.08; co-op fee included, ancillary fees separate. |
| A longer stay | Another term, if needed, can add tuition and living expense; confirm the university’s continuing fee. | At 20 months, the same fictional living/travel inputs plus one continuing term give $114,152.72, before ancillary costs. |
The released Marketplace matcher checks the fictional applicant against each exact program. UBC’s ten-month program tuition falls within one year; SFU’s first-year tuition is three terms, CAD 41,568.48. Whole-program costs remain separate above. Applicant evidence and authorization stay unresolved; academic English is not inferred from an immigration language test.
Your education meets the usual entry level for this program (a bachelor’s degree). Admission itself is the institution’s decision.
You said you could show $90,000; the first year here is about $59,768 in tuition alone.
In British Columbia, the province you told us about.
Based on your answers, your results from a test IRCC lists for a PGWP (CELPIP General, IELTS General Training, PTE Core, TEF Canada or TCF Canada) appear to meet the minimum for your program, or you are exempt as a flight school graduate. Your results must be less than 2 years old when you submit your application.
Post-graduation work permit (PGWP)
Post-graduation work permit: Who can applyBased on your answers, the PGWP field-of-study requirement does not appear to apply to your program.
Post-graduation work permit (PGWP)
Post-graduation work permit: Field of study requirementBased on your answers, you appear able to work off campus up to 24 hours a week during regular terms once you start full-time studies, if your permit allows it and you have a SIN.
Study permit: off-campus work
Work off campus as an international studentBased on your answers, you appear able to work on campus without a work permit and with no hour limit while you study full-time, if your permit allows it and you have a SIN.
Plan using today’s rules and stated assumptions. Start: 1 September 2027. Province: British Columbia. Fictional CLB 9 listening / CLB 8 other English skills are assumed renewed when required; one year of authorized, paid, qualifying Canadian skilled work is an additional scenario.
Baseline CRS 356 → graduation 413 → plus one qualifying work year 491.
Completion 2028-07-01, age 26; work scenario 2029-07-01, age 27.
No nomination, job offer, admission, permit or employment is assumed. The work scenario is conditional on all required authorizations.
Baseline CRS 356 → graduation 413 → plus one qualifying work year 491.
Completion 2029-01-01, age 26; work scenario 2030-01-01, age 27.
No nomination, job offer, admission, permit or employment is assumed. The work scenario is conditional on all required authorizations.
Master’s graduates may qualify for a three-year PGWP, subject to all applicable conditions and passport validity. CLB/NCLC 7 in all four abilities, eligible study history and application deadlines still matter. A prior PGWP prevents a second one. Verify current requirements before enrolment and again before applying.
Study permit: on-campus work
We need to confirm your school's DLI status, program length, full-time enrolment in each session (other than the final one or an authorized leave), your completion date, and that your study permit was valid at some point in the 180 days after you completed your program.
Post-graduation work permit (PGWP)
Post-graduation work permit: Who can applyWe need to confirm whether any PGWP exclusion applies, such as distance learning or a curriculum-licensing program, and the dates that may create an exception.
Post-graduation work permit (PGWP)
Post-graduation work permit: Who can applyWe need to confirm your program level and length, and whether your passport stays valid for the full PGWP you could receive: a PGWP is issued only for the period your passport is valid. It may be valid for up to 3 years for a program of 2 years or more or a master's degree of at least 8 months, and otherwise for up to the length of your program.
Post-graduation work permit (PGWP)
Post-graduation work permit: About the post-graduation work permit (PGWP)We need to confirm that you have a letter of acceptance and that the school is on IRCC's designated learning institution list, ideally with its DLI number.
Study permit
Study permit: Get the right documentsWe need to confirm your program level, whether your school is public or private, and which PAL/TAL exemption you rely on, with documents that prove it.
Study permit
Study permit: Get the right documents Provincial attestation letter or territorial attestation letterWe need your documented available funds, first-year tuition, number of accompanying family members and school province (Quebec sets its own amounts) to compare with the required total.
Study permit
Study permit: Get the right documents - Proof of financial supportWe need to confirm whether you have ever worked or studied without authorization, exceeded work hours, stopped attending, or otherwise broken a permit condition.
Study permit
Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227)We need to confirm whether you need an immigration medical exam. You need one if you will work in a job where public health must be protected (for example in health care, a clinical lab, a primary or secondary school, child care, domestic work or in-home care), whatever the length of your stay. For a stay of more than 6 months, you also need one if, in the year before you come to Canada or apply, you lived in or travelled to a country or territory for 6 months or more in a row where IRCC's country list says an exam is needed. If you already live in Canada and had an exam in the last 5 years that showed low or no risk, you may be exempt from another.
Immigration medical examination (temporary residents)
Medical exams for visitors, students and workersYour education meets the usual entry level for this program (a bachelor’s degree). Admission itself is the institution’s decision.
You said you could show $90,000; the first year here is about $41,568 in tuition alone.
In British Columbia, the province you told us about.
Based on your answers, your results from a test IRCC lists for a PGWP (CELPIP General, IELTS General Training, PTE Core, TEF Canada or TCF Canada) appear to meet the minimum for your program, or you are exempt as a flight school graduate. Your results must be less than 2 years old when you submit your application.
Post-graduation work permit (PGWP)
Post-graduation work permit: Who can applyBased on your answers, the PGWP field-of-study requirement does not appear to apply to your program.
Post-graduation work permit (PGWP)
Post-graduation work permit: Field of study requirementBased on your answers, you appear able to work off campus up to 24 hours a week during regular terms once you start full-time studies, if your permit allows it and you have a SIN.
Study permit: off-campus work
Work off campus as an international studentBased on your answers, you appear able to work on campus without a work permit and with no hour limit while you study full-time, if your permit allows it and you have a SIN.
Study permit: on-campus work
Work on campus as an international studentWe need to confirm your school's DLI status, program length, full-time enrolment in each session (other than the final one or an authorized leave), your completion date, and that your study permit was valid at some point in the 180 days after you completed your program.
Post-graduation work permit (PGWP)
Post-graduation work permit: Who can applyWe need to confirm whether any PGWP exclusion applies, such as distance learning or a curriculum-licensing program, and the dates that may create an exception.
Post-graduation work permit (PGWP)
Post-graduation work permit: Who can applyWe need to confirm your program level and length, and whether your passport stays valid for the full PGWP you could receive: a PGWP is issued only for the period your passport is valid. It may be valid for up to 3 years for a program of 2 years or more or a master's degree of at least 8 months, and otherwise for up to the length of your program.
Post-graduation work permit (PGWP)
Post-graduation work permit: About the post-graduation work permit (PGWP)We need to confirm that you have a letter of acceptance and that the school is on IRCC's designated learning institution list, ideally with its DLI number.
Study permit
Study permit: Get the right documentsWe need to confirm your program level, whether your school is public or private, and which PAL/TAL exemption you rely on, with documents that prove it.
Study permit
Study permit: Get the right documents Provincial attestation letter or territorial attestation letterWe need your documented available funds, first-year tuition, number of accompanying family members and school province (Quebec sets its own amounts) to compare with the required total.
Study permit
Study permit: Get the right documents - Proof of financial supportWe need to confirm whether you have ever worked or studied without authorization, exceeded work hours, stopped attending, or otherwise broken a permit condition.
Study permit
Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227)We need to confirm whether you need an immigration medical exam. You need one if you will work in a job where public health must be protected (for example in health care, a clinical lab, a primary or secondary school, child care, domestic work or in-home care), whatever the length of your stay. For a stay of more than 6 months, you also need one if, in the year before you come to Canada or apply, you lived in or travelled to a country or territory for 6 months or more in a row where IRCC's country list says an exam is needed. If you already live in Canada and had an exam in the last 5 years that showed low or no risk, you may be exempt from another.
Immigration medical examination (temporary residents)
Medical exams for visitors, students and workersData science: no professional licence assumed. Job Bank records data scientists (NOC 21211) as not regulated in Canada. Priya is not assigned a professional licensing requirement; employer requirements and her immigration ECA remain separate.
Job Bank requirements · checked 2026-10-26Keep the immigration ECA, any professional licence for the intended activities, and employer recognition of skills separate. Do not buy an optional credential until its relevance to the role is clear.
Occupation catalogue checked 2026-10-25.
Job Bank records data scientists (NOC 21211) as not regulated in Canada. Priya is not assigned a professional licensing requirement; employer requirements and her immigration ECA remain separate.
Job Bank occupation requirements · checked 2026-10-26Pass the two-hour Professional Data Engineer exam of 40 to 50 questions. No prerequisites; Google recommends three or more years of industry experience including one or more designing and managing solutions on Google Cloud. The certification is valid for two years.
Can be done entirely before you leave
Google Cloud · issuing-body requirementsRequirements vary by credential. Advanced Programming Using SAS 9.4 requires passing A00-232 and already holding an accepted current SAS Base credential.
Whether this can be started from abroad is for the body to confirm
SAS Institute · issuing-body requirementsPublished catalogue checked 2026-10-25. Immigration, professional licensing and employer recognition are separate.
Collect the degree, ECA and employment evidence already used in Priya’s profile. Compare the exact role’s requirements before paying for optional training.
Government immigration fees, regulator charges, voluntary certification and professional advice have different purposes. Obtain applicable published fees or quotations; no unverified fee is included in the sample budget.
Not regulated. Vendor certifications are tied to one product and expire or are retired on the vendor's own schedule, so the certification that signals current skill changes faster here than elsewhere.
Data scientist, NOC 21211
$95,000.00 per year · NOC 21211 · 37.5 hours/week · fictional professional role.
Fit evidence: The same occupation as one you told us about.
No job offer or employer interest is assumed. Work authorization and employer support remain separate checks.
Toronto, Ontario · NOC 21211 · TEER 1
$95,000.00 / year37.5 hours/week · permanent, full time · fictional terms.
Build statistical models, evaluate machine-learning results and explain findings to a product team. Python, SQL and a portfolio of applied projects are fictional employer requirements.
The same occupation as one you told us about.
TEER 1: skilled work for Express Entry purposes. A year in it in Canada could count toward the Canadian Experience Class.
Express Entry: Canadian Experience ClassMatching explains evidence; it is not a probability of getting hired.
No job offer, employer interest, LMIA or work authorization is assumed. The employer and the applicable route must meet their own requirements.
From November 3, 2026, a job offer that is valid under Express Entry and is in an occupation on IRCC's high-wage list earns 50, 70 or 100 CRS points instead of none, without needing an LMIA, and you get these points or your Canadian work experience points, whichever is higher.
Express Entry: Comprehensive Ranking System
2026 changes to points for Canadian work experience and job offersConditional CRS: 368 baseline → 368 with the matcher’s stated job assumptions. A listing itself earns no entitlement.
This is a conditional comparison: what the rules would say if an employer offered this fictional job on the stated terms. References to “your offer” below describe that assumption, not the person’s present situation. Employer participation, a valid offer, the appropriate permit route and permission to work still need separate evidence.
The same occupation as one you told us about.
TEER 1: skilled work for Express Entry purposes. A year in it in Canada could count toward the Canadian Experience Class.
Express Entry: Canadian Experience Class$95,000 a year, 37.5 hours a week.
Employer support and any required authorization are unconfirmed.
Based on your answers, you appear to intend to live outside Quebec or, as a nominee, in the province or territory that nominated you, as these programs require.
Express Entry: FSW, CEC and FST; Provincial Nominee Program
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker ProgramBased on your answers, your estimated Federal Skilled Worker selection score is 67 or more out of 100, the pass mark. The estimate is only as accurate as your answers, so check each factor against your documents; a lawyer can review them with you in a consultation.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker Program
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker ProgramFrom November 3, 2026, the only announced change to the Federal Skilled Worker selection factors is to arranged employment: a qualifying job offer no longer needs an LMIA for candidates invited to apply on or after that date who meet the conditions of IRCC's temporary public policy.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker Program
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker ProgramPublic postings, historical employer/LMIA records, organizations accepting profiles and actual employer interest are different kinds of evidence. None of them is created by this sample.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2026
10:00–10:30 a.m. · Toronto (EDT)
Assessment version 1 · October 26, 2026
1 selected opportunity · 1 budget · 1 conditional comparison
Payment: None taken in this example.
Meeting link: Issued privately for a real confirmed appointment.
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The example below shows the completed state. Select your details and confirm above to try it.
Shared 2026-10-26. Assessment released 2026-10-26. This saved version stays unchanged when your live assessment or saved opportunities change.
Sharing is for consultation preparation. It does not mean a lawyer has reviewed or accepted your matter.
You’re aiming for: Permanent residence (become a permanent resident).
You’re aiming for: Permanent residence (become a permanent resident). We checked your answers against 20 requirements for your goal. Here’s what we found: 18 appear to be met and 2 may not be met.
No missing information was recorded in this assessment.
Which missing evidence should I gather first, and which pathway needs further assessment?
This is a fictional example. No additional personal information supplied.
Data scientist: fictional example · job
Published date unavailable. Source checked 2026-10-26.
Build statistical models, evaluate machine-learning results and explain findings to a product team. Python, SQL and a portfolio of applied projects are fictional employer requirements.
Toronto, Ontario · CAD 95,000 per year: fictional input
3 months · 1 adults · 0 children · Toronto
Balance after costs using confirmed income: CAD -12,750. Hypothetical income remains separate.
Costs included: CAD 12,750. This total is your own arithmetic over the figures you chose to include. No regulator or government publishes a total for a route, so a total is never theirs, and anything nobody publishes is left out of it and listed under what is still unknown.
Confirmed income over 3 months: CAD 0.
Hypothetical income, excluded from the confirmed balance: CAD 0.
CRS estimate: 368 before, 442 under the selected assumptions.
Using the Marketplace is optional and is never a condition of booking a consultation or retaining the firm.
Open your assessment to arrange a consultationBased on your answers, your settlement funds appear to meet IRCC's amount for your family size, or you appear exempt as someone authorized to work in Canada with a valid job offer. Applicants invited under the Canadian Experience Class don't need proof of funds either.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker and Federal Skilled Trades Programs
Documents for Express Entry: Proof of fundsFrom November 3, 2026, IRCC says a job offer used to meet Federal Skilled Worker or Federal Skilled Trades eligibility no longer needs an LMIA. IRCC's proof-of-funds page still describes the exemption as being authorized to work in Canada with a valid job offer and does not yet mention this change, so confirm that an offer without an LMIA qualifies before relying on the exemption.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker and Federal Skilled Trades Programs
Documents for Express Entry: Proof of fundsFrom November 3, 2026, a job offer that is valid under Express Entry and is in an occupation on IRCC's high-wage list earns 50, 70 or 100 CRS points instead of none, without needing an LMIA, and you get these points or your Canadian work experience points, whichever is higher.
Express Entry: Comprehensive Ranking System
2026 changes to points for Canadian work experience and job offersWe need to confirm your job offer is full-time, non-seasonal, for at least one year in TEER 0 to 3, and backed by an LMIA already issued or a qualifying LMIA-exempt work permit.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker Program
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker ProgramWe need to confirm your Canadian work or study, close relatives in Canada, any job offer, and your accompanying spouse's language, Canadian study and work to count FSW adaptability points.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker Program
Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227)From November 3, 2026, a valid job offer can earn the 10 FSW arranged-employment points without an LMIA or an LMIA-exempt work permit, for candidates invited to apply on or after that date who meet the conditions of IRCC's temporary public policy; the offer must still meet the program's other requirements, such as full-time work for at least 1 year in a TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 job.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker Program
Express Entry: Job offerFrom November 3, 2026, candidates invited to apply on or after that date who meet the conditions of IRCC's temporary public policy do not need an LMIA for a qualifying job offer, and the 5 adaptability points come with arranged-employment points; no change to the other adaptability factors has been announced.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker Program
Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227)States both former-stream transition provisions, the updates page and O. Reg. 422/17, s. 3(5), and keeps those applications for individual review.
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program: Ontario Workforce Priority stream
Ontario Workforce Priority stream | ontario.caNames the driver CLB conflict for legal review, reconciles the post-nomination promotion guidance with the stream page, and links the OINP employer guide.
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program: Ontario Workforce Priority stream
O. Reg. 422/17, sections 1, 3, 5, 6 and 16; Ontario Workforce Priority and employer guidesFresh application and language evidence; historical, missing-date and conflicting driver cases remain unknown.
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program: Ontario Workforce Priority stream
Ontario Workforce Priority stream | ontario.caAccepts a Canadian secondary-school diploma or credential as the regulation does, matching the reworded question.
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program: Ontario Workforce Priority stream
Ontario Workforce Priority stream | ontario.caWe need proof of your available funds, such as bank statements, to compare with your family size, the community where you will live and your work permit program; IRCC sets no fixed amount for work permits.
Temporary work permits: general requirements
Work permit: Applying from outside CanadaWe need to review any possible admissibility concern or past refusal, and confirm your employer is not on IRCC's non-compliant employers list or in a prohibited sector.
Temporary work permits: general requirements
Work permit: Applying from outside CanadaWe need to confirm whether your job, or time spent in certain countries in the past year, requires an immigration medical exam with an IRCC panel physician.
Temporary work permits: medical examination
Medical exams for visitors, students and workersWe need to confirm you have never worked or studied without authorization or broken permit conditions, that your employer is eligible, and that your qualifications fit the job.
Temporary work permits: general requirements (IRPR s. 200(3))
Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227), section 200Set out the conditions for filing a work permit extension before the LMIA or CAQ decision, and the CPTS2026 code the form needs, which the guidance referred to in passing.
Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP): LMIA-based work permit
Find out if you need a labour market impact assessmentBefore a port-of-entry application, we need to confirm you are visa-exempt or a U.S. permanent resident, whether you live in Canada, and that your LMIA, offer number or open-permit papers are ready.
Temporary work permits: where to apply
Work permit: Applying at a port of entry (POE)Until November 2, 2026, job offers earn no CRS points. From November 3, 2026, a job offer that is valid under Express Entry and is in an occupation on IRCC's high-wage list earns 50, 70 or 100 CRS points, depending on the occupation's level, and it no longer needs an LMIA; you get these points or your Canadian work experience points, whichever is higher, not both. Even if its occupation is not on the high-wage list, a valid offer can still help with FSW arranged-employment points, the proof-of-funds exemption, FST eligibility and some provincial streams.
Express Entry: Comprehensive Ranking System
Ministerial Instructions Amending the Ministerial Instructions Respecting the Express Entry System, 2025-1A written offer is not by itself entitlement. From November 3, 2026 an officer has to be satisfied that a qualifying job offer is genuine: that the employer is actively engaged in the business the offer is made for, that the offer reflects its reasonable employment needs, that the employer can reasonably meet the terms, that you are qualified and able to do the work and likely to accept and carry it out, and that the employer has followed employment and recruitment law. An offer that is revoked no longer qualifies, and a work permit on its own is not a job offer. Where you or a family member owns part of the employer or takes part in the hiring, expect those questions to be examined closely, and keep the incorporation, financial and recruitment records for the position to hand.
Express Entry: system and pool
Changes to Express Entry for high-wage occupationsUnless you are exempt, your settlement funds must be your own and available, not borrowed or tied up in property, shown by letters from each bank listing balances, six-month averages and debts. You don't need proof of funds if you're invited under the Canadian Experience Class, or if you're authorized to work in Canada and have a valid job offer; IRCC's system still asks everyone for a proof of funds document, so in that case you upload a letter explaining why. Keep your funds up to date in your profile, since you may not know ahead of time which program you'll be invited under.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker and Federal Skilled Trades Programs
Documents for Express Entry: Proof of fundsFrom November 3, 2026, no change has been announced to which funds count or how to prove them; only who is exempt may change, as set out for the settlement funds amount.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker and Federal Skilled Trades Programs
Documents for Express Entry: Proof of fundsStates both earnings look-backs, a notice issued in the last 5 years and earnings in a single year within the past 5 years, and asks for the earnings year to be confirmed.
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program: Ontario Workforce Priority stream
Ontario Workforce Priority stream | ontario.caOntario’s new Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI) round, running to the end of 2027, sets aside nomination spaces for partner communities including Greater Sudbury, Kenora, Nipissing, Rainy River, Renfrew and Thunder Bay. There is no separate application: you apply through Ontario’s nominee program and must meet its requirements.
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program: Ontario Workforce Priority stream
2026 Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program Updates | ontario.caThe area you named is one of the partner communities in Ontario’s Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI) round, which runs to the end of 2027 and sets aside nomination spaces for communities with a critical need for workers. This is not a separate application and not a decision about you: Ontario considers you through its nominee program, and that program’s requirements still decide whether you qualify. Ontario draws each community as a census division defined by Statistics Canada rather than by a city limit, so check the boundary for the town you have in mind. Ontario has not published how many spaces this round holds, or how they are split between the six communities.
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program
Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI) initiative | ontario.caExpect IRCC fees of about CAD 155 per work permit, plus CAD 100 for an open work permit, CAD 85 for biometrics, or CAD 401.25 to restore worker status; check IRCC's fee list before you pay.
IRCC fees: work permits
Fee list (IRCC)Contexts checked: Conditional offer: your current immigration plan; Conditional offer: separate work authorization.
