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BUSINESS/INVESTOR PNPS IN CANADIAN PROVINCES

Canadian provinces and territories nominate eligible entrepreneurs and investors through the Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs). Candidates must want to live in a specific Canadian province and have the funds, skills, education, and business work experience to contribute to the economy of a Canadian province.

Business/Investor PNPs in Canadian Provinces

Overview of Business/Investor PNPs by Canadian Province 

Each Canadian province has its investor, entrepreneur, and/or farm investor business programs and specifies requirements for each stream. There are 4 main criteria under which provinces select their business nominees: personal net worth, relevant business experience, amount of investment, the viability of a business idea. There are also other criteria such as education, language ability, age, etc.

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Quebec 

Entrepreneur Program (intake temporarily suspended)

Interested in coming to Québec to establish or acquire a business?

Read more about Quebec Entrepreneur Program →

Investor Program (application intake suspended until March 31, 2021)

Interested in coming to Québec to participate in its economic development by making an investment?

Learn more about Quebec Investor Program →

Self-Employed Worker Program


Interested in coming to Québec to create your own job as a self-employed professional or tradesperson?

Read more about Quebec Self-Employed Worker Program →

Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) - Streams for Entrepreneurs

Self-Employed Farmer Stream


If you're an experienced farmer looking to immigrate to Alberta and start or purchase a farm, you can apply for permanent residence.

International Graduate Entrepreneur Immigration Stream

International graduates from post-secondary institutions in Alberta who want to start a business or buy an existing business can submit an Expression of Interest (EOI).

Foreign Graduate Start-Up Visa Stream

The FGSVS is an economic immigration program for qualified foreign educated graduates from outside of Canada who want to launch innovative businesses in Alberta.

British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) - Entrepreneur Immigration Streams

Entrepreneur Immigration – Regional Pilot


The BC Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) Entrepreneur Immigration – Regional Pilot (EI – Regional Pilot) is geared toward attracting the best and brightest entrepreneurs to settle in the region. This will help meet the regions' economic needs, encourage investor and entrepreneur activity, and support sustainable community development.

Entrepreneur Immigration - Base Category

If you want to move to B.C. and are ready to invest in and manage a valid business here, you may qualify for our Entrepreneur Immigration - Base Category.

Read more about BC PNP Entrepreneur Immigration - Base category →

Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) Business Investor Streams

Entrepreneur Pathway of Business Investor Stream


Entrepreneur Pathway is a provincial program that allows the Government of Manitoba to recruit and nominate qualified entrepreneurs from around the world who have the intent and ability to move to Manitoba and to establish, purchase a business or become partners in an existing business within the first two years of their arrival in Manitoba on a temporary work permit.

Read more about MINP Entrepreneur Pathway of Business Investor Stream →

Farm Investor Pathway of Business Investor Stream


The FIP is for individuals with demonstrated farm business experience, entrepreneurial mindset, and funds who are willing to make investment in farm operations. It is expected that successful applicants of the FIP will establish a farm business in rural Manitoba producing primary products that are consistent with the province’s current farm industry.

New Brunswick Business Immigration Stream

Business Immigration Stream


The New Brunswick Business Immigration stream is an economic immigration pathway for experienced business people who are ready to establish, operate and actively manage a business in New Brunswick while living and settling in New Brunswick permanently.

Nova Scotia Nominee Program (NSNP) Entrepreneur Streams

Entrepreneur

The Entrepreneur Stream is for experienced business owners. They must start a new business or buy an existing business and must actively participate in the day-to-day management of the business. After operating the business for a year, the entrepreneur may be nominated for permanent residence.

International Graduate Entrepreneur


The Nova Scotia Graduate Entrepreneur Stream is open to graduates of a Nova Scotia university or community college who have running and/or operating a Nova Scotia business. They must have been involved for at least one year. If they are intending to stay in Nova Scotia, they will be invited to apply for permanent residence.

Northwest Territories Nominee Program (NWT NP) - Business Stream 

Business Stream (intake temporarily paused until further notice)


NWT Business Stream is for people who want to start new or invest in and operate an existing business based in NWT.

Eligibility criteria under NWT Business Stream →

Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) - Entrepreneur Stream

Entrepreneur Stream


The Entrepreneur Stream is an immigration stream under the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP). This stream is for business owners interested in relocating to Ontario and starting a new or buying an existing business. It gives the primary applicant (and up to one foreign national partner) the opportunity to apply for permanent residence once their business has been established.

Learn more about OINP Entrepreneur Stream →

Prince Edward Iceland Provincial Nominee Program (PEI PNP)

Work Permit Stream


If you are interested in immigrating and investing and running a business in Prince Edward Island, you may be eligible to secure residency through the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). The Work Permit Stream is for nationalities interested in living and working in PEI as a business owner.

Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) - Entrepreneur Categories

Entrepreneur Category


The Entrepreneur category is for business people who wish to obtain or partner in a business in Saskatchewan and have a genuine desire and ability to be actively involved in its management while residing in Saskatchewan.

International Graduate Entrepreneur Category


The International Graduate Entrepreneur Category is for international students graduating from a Saskatchewan institution who want to start, partner in or obtain a business in the province. Through this program, a graduate and their family can initiate a business in Saskatchewan and be actively involved in managing it while residing there.

Farm Owner and Operator Category


The Farm Owner and Operator Category is for foreign nationals who'd like to move to Saskatchewan and who plan to buy and run a farm. A candidate must have proven experience in farming and considerable capital (money, assets) to invest in a farming operation.

Yukon 

Yukon Business Nominee Program.

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