Depending on your qualifications, there are many programs that you can use in order to  immigrate to Canada. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada facilitates the entry of permanent residents and they classified migration options into two classes:

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 Economic classes

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• applicants are selected on the basis of their ability to become economically   established in Canada.

• The economic immigration class is the largest source of permanent resident admissions, at approximately 58% of all admissions in 2019. 

• In 2019, the number of individuals admitted to Canada under the Economic Class totaled 196,658, which is 5.5% higher than in 2018. This represents a record high number of admissions under this category

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Programs:

Express Entry

Federal skilled workers (FSWP)

Canadian experience class (CEC)

Federal skilled trades class (FSTP)

Provincial Nominee Programs (PNP)​

 

Caregiver Programs

Home Child-Care Provider Pilot 

Home Support Worker Pilot

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Business Programs

Entrepreneurs and self- employed persons

Investors

Start-up business class

Immigrant Investor Venture Capital class

 

Pilot Programs

Atlantic Immigration Pilot Programs

Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot Program

Agri-Food Immigration Pilot Program

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Non-economic classes

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applications submitted under family-related and humanitarian classes, for which applicants are selected on the basis of family-reunification, social and humanitarian objectives.

 

Programs

Members of the family class

Adoptions

Spouse or common-law partner in Canada class

Humanitarian and compassionate consideration

Protected persons

Temporary resident permit holders

 

Family Class

Spouses or common-law partners (In Canada Class or Outside Canada )

Parents and Grandparents

Dependent Children

Adoptions

Other Eligible Relatives

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