Quebec Entrepreneur, business start-up

Separate settlement route required: This Canadian work-permit route grants temporary permission. Express Entry, a qualifying provincial nomination or another separate PR category must be assessed, operating or transferring to a business does not guarantee PR.

Prepare the start-up plan and profile evidence, apply for Québec selection and, where issued, use the notice of intent to selection to support a federal work-permit application. Demonstrate the required business implementation before final selection and federal PR.

Age 18 or above, the required diploma and level-7 spoken French, with at least 25% equity in the qualifying enterprise.

The start-up profile normally requires CAD 600,000 net worth and two years of management experience in the last five. Eligible spending is CAD 300,000 in metropolitan Montréal or CAD 150,000 outside it, with at least 25% equity. The already-started profile has separate CAD 300,000 net-worth and Québec residence conditions.

Québec selection can support a separate application for Canadian permanent residence. A selection certificate is not itself federal immigration approval.