The redesigned Ontario Workforce Priority stream supports eligible workers with qualifying job offers, with a separate provision for self-employed physicians.
Residency to citizenship
- 01Ontario
- 02Permanent residence
- 03Canadian citizenship
Each stage has its own eligibility requirements.
Ontario’s official overview states that the previous streams are closed, assess new applicants under the current Workforce Priority rules.
- Benefits
- Ontario nomination supporting a federal permanent-residence application.
- Eligibility
- Meet the job’s TEER-specific work-experience, language, education and status requirements, or the physician criteria. The employer and offered position must also qualify.
- Requirements
- Employer-portal job submission, Expression of Interest and invitation, followed by employer and applicant documents. TEER0–3 experience can qualify through specified local-service, graduate, two-year experience or mandatory-licence alternatives.
YOUR LONG-TERM PATHWAY
Residency to citizenship
- 01
Ontario
The redesigned Ontario Workforce Priority stream supports eligible workers with qualifying job offers, with a separate provision for self-employed physicians.
- 02
Permanent residence
Apply for federal permanent residence and pass the applicable admissibility checks. A provincial nomination is not the grant of permanent residence.
- 03
Canadian citizenship
As a permanent resident, accumulate at least 1,095 days of physical presence in the previous five years. Eligible pre-PR temporary days count as half-days, up to 365 days. Tax filing, language and citizenship-test requirements apply where required.
Citizenship is based on actual qualifying presence. Simply holding a Canadian permit or owning a business does not meet the residence test.
Each stage requires its own qualifying conditions and decision. The years shown are eligibility periods, not approval times.
