Immigration

Every year, three hundred thousand immigrants are admitted to Canada by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the country's government immigration agency, mostly under the Economic Class and the Family Reunification Class.

The Economic Class 

Professionals and skilled workers who seek permanent residency in Canada must show a high possibility of doing well financially there. Due to this, the primary selection criteria for all economic programmes are an appropriate degree, experience working in a profession in high demand, and language proficiency in one of Canada's official languages.

Using the Express Entry system, IRCC oversees Canada's federal skilled worker immigration programmes. To apply for one of the three federal Canada immigration programs—the federal skilled worker programme, the federal skilled trades programme, the Canadian experience class, or a participating provincial nominee immigration program—applicants must first meet the basic requirements and then submit an online profile to the Express Entry pool, also known as an expression of interest.

Under a Comprehensive Ranking System, the candidate profiles in the pool are compared to one another.  Under routine draws, the top applicants are given consideration for an invitation to submit an application for permanent residency. Candidates that are invited to apply must complete their applications as soon as possible and within a restricted window of time.  In just six months, the government wants to process all cases.

Quebec oversees its own immigration initiatives. Quebec Experience Class and Quebec Skilled Worker.

The Economic Class also comprises a variety of investment- and business-based programmes.

The Quebec Immigrant Investor Programme (QIIP), the Quebec Entrepreneur Programme, the Quebec Self-Employed Programme, the Federal Immigrant Investor Venture Capital (IIVC) Programme, and the Federal Start-Up Visa Programme are a few corporate immigration programmes that allow permanent entrance to Canada.

The Family Class

The present sponsorship laws support the reunification of Canadian citizens and permanent residents with their immediate family members in Canada under the category of family reunification.
In accordance with the Sponsorship programmes, eligible relatives include:

An unmarried dependent child under the age of 22, an adult spouse, common-law partner, or conjugal partner, a parent or grandparent, an orphaned sibling, nephew, niece, or grandchild who is under the age of 18, or any other relative if the sponsor does not have any of the aforementioned family members in Canada or abroad.