As of April 1, 2026, economic immigrant eligibility is limited to 6 years.

Examples of economic class PR programs

• Canadian Experience Class
• Federal Skilled Worker Program
• Federal Skilled Trades Program
• Provincial Nominee Program
• Atlantic Immigration Program
• Start-up Visa Program
• Self-Employed Persons Program
• Rural Community Immigration Pilot
• Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot
• Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot
• Francophone Community Immigration Pilot
• Agri-Food Pilot
• Home Care Worker Immigration Pilots
• Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident Pathway

There is no time limit to access newcomer services if you’re a non-economic PR program participant.

Examples of Non-economic class PR programs

• Family sponsorship
• Refugee resettlement
• Hong Kong residents in Canada
• Resettled Yazidis and survivors of Daesh
• Foreign nationals who were in state care
• Ukrainian nationals with families in Canada
• Family-based program for Colombians, Haitians and Venezuelans
• Families of flight PS752 victims
• People affected by the conflict in Sudan
• Out-of-status construction workers in the Greater Toronto Area

Non-PRs - Non-Permanent Residents

Examples of non-PRs

• Protected persons with an approved asylum claim
• Palestinians and their families who left Gaza on or after September 1, 2023 (until March 31, 2027)
• Temporary residents (and their families) in these programs:
  • Atlantic Immigration Program
  • Francophone Community Immigration Pilot
  • Francophone Minority Communities Student Pilot