Discover your Canadian Business Immigration Options

Canada offers a variety of immigration pathways for entrepreneurs, investors, and self-employed persons. These pathways are operated by the Canadian government, as well as by provincial and territorial governments.

This comprehensive CanadaVisa pages provides you with an overview of Canada’s various business immigration options.


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Overview of Canadian Business Immigration

Through its various business immigration programs, Canada aims to attract individuals that have a significant ability to contribute to the economy. These programs are offered with the goal of promoting economic development by attracting investors, entrepreneurs, and self-employed individuals with available venture capital, significant business acumen, and entrepreneurial skills.

These programs also seek to develop new commercial opportunities in Canada and to improve Canada’s access to growing international markets by welcoming immigrants who are familiar with those markets and their unique requirements and customs.

If business immigration sounds well-suited to your experience and goals, there are numerous pathways from which to choose. Depending on where you plan to reside, you may choose to apply through one of the programs offered by a particular province, such as the Quebec business immigration programs, or by the federal government.