Canada routes beyond Express Entry and study permits.
Provincial entrepreneur streams, the Quebec investor route, the Start-up Visa, the self-employed programme, and community pilots that hand out PR with a job offer. Each page says who it is for, what it costs, and whether it is open today.
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Canada Entrepreneur Streams — Investor PR by Province
The real “Canada investor visa” today: buy or start a business in a province, get nominated for PR.
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Quebec Immigrant Investor Program
Canada’s only passive-investment PR route, reopened in 2024 with a French requirement.
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Self-Employed Program — Artists, Athletes, Cultural Workers
PR for people who have made a living from culture or sport for two of the last five years.
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Rural Community Immigration Pilot (RCIP)
PR through a job offer from a designated employer in one of 14 small communities.
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Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP)
PR with a job offer in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI or Newfoundland.
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Francophone Community Immigration Pilot
PR for French speakers with a job offer in a Francophone minority community outside Quebec.
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Home Care Worker Immigration Pilots — PR on Arrival
Child care and home support workers with a job offer get PR without prior Canadian experience.
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Questions we get on this
No — the old federal investor programme is closed. What replaced it is the provincial entrepreneur streams: you buy or start a business in a province and are nominated for PR. The only passive-investment PR route left is the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program, reopened in 2024 with a French requirement.
No. Almost every stream is a two-step: temporary entry to establish the business under a performance agreement, then nomination once you meet its terms. Plan for two to three years.
No. Arranging overseas employment needs an MEA Recruiting Agent licence, which Lifeset Overseas does not hold. Those pages are information only. If you already hold a designated job offer, we can advise on the PR paperwork.
As of September 2026 the federal intake remains paused and IRCC has not announced a reopening date. Check the IRCC page for the current position before paying anyone to prepare a file.
Yes — Express Entry French-language category draws need no job offer and have had some of the lowest CRS cut-offs of any draw. The Francophone Community Immigration Pilot, by contrast, needs a job offer from a designated employer.
Programme facts checked 2026-09-11. IRCC rules change without notice — confirm the live IRCC page before relying on a date or fee.
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