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Follow Oliver’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.
Asha 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.
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 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 workersPlan 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.
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 · 2 adults. Compare an arrival reserve without assuming employment income.
Housing $2,600/month + essentials $1,500/month, travel $1,400 and setup $1,500.
Available savings have not been supplied. Confirm funding before committing.
Fictional inputs, not market quotes or an immigration proof-of-funds threshold. No salary is counted.
Housing $2,600/month + essentials $1,500/month, travel $1,400 and setup $1,500.
Available savings have not been supplied. Confirm funding before committing.
Fictional inputs, not market quotes or an immigration proof-of-funds threshold. No salary is counted.
Six-month planning subtotal: $27,500.
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.
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Assessment version 1 · October 26, 2026
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You’re aiming for: Spouse or partner sponsorship (join or sponsor family in Canada).
You’re aiming for: Spouse or partner sponsorship (join or sponsor family in Canada). We checked your answers against 10 requirements for your goal. Here’s what we found: 8 appear to be met, 1 needs more information and 1 needs a lawyer to look closer.
Which missing evidence should I gather first, and which pathway needs further assessment?
This is a fictional example. No additional personal information supplied.
3 months · 2 adults · 0 children · Toronto
Balance after costs using confirmed income: CAD -15,200. Hypothetical income remains separate.
Costs included: CAD 15,200. 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.
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