The Canadian Experience Class is for skilled workers who have Canadian work experience and want to become permanent residents.

Minimum requirements:

• meet the required language levels needed for your job for each language ability

• have at least 1 year of skilled work experience in Canada, in the last 3 years before you apply, and the work experience must be full-time, or an equal amount in part-time

• have gained your work experience by working in Canada while under temporary resident status with authorization to work

• Self-employment and work experience gained while you were a full-time student (even if you were on a co-op work term) doesn’t count towards the minimum requirements for this program.

You must plan to live outside the province of Quebec. The province of Quebec selects its own skilled workers. If you plan on living in Quebec, see Quebec-selected skilled workers for more information.