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A no-cost strategic review for entrepreneurs, business owners, and investors evaluating a move to Canada — we map your capital, corporate structure, and goals against the pathways that are actually open today.
LMIA-Exempt Work Permit
For entrepreneurs and owner-operators whose business would deliver significant economic, social, or cultural benefit to Canada. No LMIA is required, but the business case must be substantiated: ownership, control, a credible plan, and measurable Canadian benefit.
LMIA-Exempt Work Permit
IRCC retired the old single C12 code in October 2024 and split it into three: C61 (establishing a new Canadian office, 1-year cap), C62 (executive/manager at an existing operation, 7-year cap), and C63 (specialized knowledge, 5-year cap). All three require a genuine parent/subsidiary/branch/affiliate relationship and at least 1 year of full-time employment with the foreign entity in the prior 3 years.
Neither C11 nor an intra-company transfer runs on a published points chart — IRCC weighs your situation holistically. Answer a few quick questions (pick, don't type) and get a clear signal before you spend a cent on legal or business-plan work.
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We'll ask the right questions for your actual pathway — no generic form.
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Most provinces and territories run their own business or entrepreneur nomination stream through the Provincial Nominee Program — generally expecting active day-to-day management, a minimum investment and net-worth threshold, job creation, and often a signed performance agreement before nomination.
Alberta
5 distinct business streams (Rural, Graduate, Farm, Foreign Graduate, Tourism & Hospitality)
British Columbia
Entrepreneur Immigration
Manitoba
Business Investor Stream
Saskatchewan
Entrepreneur & Farm Owner/Operator
Nova Scotia
Entrepreneur & International Graduate Entrepreneur
New Brunswick
Entrepreneurial streams
Prince Edward Island
Business Work Permit Entrepreneur
Yukon
Business Nominee Program
Northwest Territories
Business stream
The OINP has replaced all of its previous streams — including the former Entrepreneur Stream — with a single consolidated Ontario Workforce Priority Stream, launched in July 2026. The new stream is job-offer-based and open across all NOC/TEER levels, plus a separate self-employed physician pathway. Further changes are expected shortly. In practical terms, Ontario currently has no standalone business or investor PNP stream, while other provinces still do — so entrepreneurs targeting Ontario typically build a federal work-permit strategy (C11 or an intra-company transfer) or consider another province.
Program details reflect our latest research and are subject to change without notice — confirm current requirements during your consultation.
C11 (Significant Benefit) is for entrepreneurs and owner-operators whose business would deliver significant economic, social, or cultural benefit to Canada — no employer relationship is required, but the business case must be substantiated. An intra-company transfer (C61/C62/C63) requires a genuine parent/subsidiary/branch/affiliate relationship with a foreign entity and at least 1 year of full-time employment with that entity in the prior 3 years.
No — C11 is an LMIA-exempt work permit, though the business case for ownership, control, a credible plan, and measurable Canadian benefit must still be substantiated.
IRCC retired the single C12 code in October 2024 and split it into three: C61 (new Canadian office, 1-year cap), C62 (executive/manager at an existing operation, 7-year cap), and C63 (specialized knowledge, 5-year cap).
No. The OINP replaced all of its previous streams — including the former Entrepreneur Stream — with a single Ontario Workforce Priority Stream in July 2026, which is job-offer-based rather than investor-based. Entrepreneurs targeting Ontario typically build a federal work-permit strategy or consider another province.
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories each run their own business, entrepreneur, or investor nomination stream.
Bring us your structure, capital, and timeline — we'll tell you honestly which pathway fits.