Qualifications and Conditions for Entrepreneurs, Investors, Self-Employed, and Family Class Members

• As an entrepreneur immigrant, you intend and have the ability to establish, purchase or invest substantially in a business or commercial venture in Canada that will contribute significantly to the economy and create jobs. The venture must employ at least one Canadian citizen or permanent resident.

• As an investor immigrant, you must have successfully operated, controlled or directed a business and must have a net worth, accumulated by your own endeavours, of at least CAD $500,000. You must also have made a minimum investment in an approved fund or business since the date of your application.

• As a self-employment immigrant, you must establish or purchase a business in Canada that will keep them employed and contribute significantly to Canada’s economy or cultural or artistic life (for example, professional athletes, artists, actors, farmers, writers.

• As a family class member, you must be related to your sponsor in one of the following ways:

  • spouse
  • fiance
  • dependent child
  • parent or grandparent
  • orphaned brother, sister, nephew, niece or grandchild under 19 and unmarried

  Family class immigrants are people sponsored by a relative (who is already a Canadian citizen or permanent resident) to come to Canada.

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