Business immigration
For entrepreneurs, investors and business owners: federal and provincial routes, planned around your net worth, experience and the province you want to build in.
Routes
Federal and provincial business programs
Provincial entrepreneur streams open, close and change often. Each guide shows a stream's status and figures with the date they were checked.
Start-up Visa (paused)
Federal route for founders backed by a designated organization. New applications paused since June 30, 2026.
Provincial entrepreneur streams
BC PNP, AAIP, SINP, MPNP, OINP, NSNP, New Brunswick and PEI, with each stream's current status.
Owner-operator
Buying or starting a business in Canada and working in it.
Intra-company transfer
Executives, managers and specialists moving to a Canadian branch.
Self-employed
The federal self-employed route (status checked before each update).
Business plans and source of funds
What RAE prepares, and what accountants and verifiers do.
Business points calculators
Score an expression of interest for each provincial entrepreneur stream.
Our approach
A business file is built before it is filed
We work with your accountant and business plan writer on the source of funds, net worth verification and the business case, so the application tells one consistent story.
- Business consultationNet worth, investment, experience and preferred province.
- Route and provinceFederal or provincial, compared on cost, time and risk.
- Expression of interestPrepared and scored before you submit it.
- Work permit and PRFrom nomination to permanent residence.
Book a business consultation
A 90-minute session to review your profile and compare the federal and provincial routes that fit.