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Entrepreneur ProgramImportant: The maximum number of applications to receive for the period from November 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022 has been reach on March 8, 2022 for non-Francophone entrepreneur applicants. The intake of permanent selection applications under the Entrepreneur Program — Stream 2 has been temporarily suspended. For more information, consult the Immigration rules and procedures page.
Effective January 1, 2020, a new selection condition regarding the learning of democratic values and the Québec values expressed by the Charter of human rights and freedoms applies to all new permanent selection applications submitted under one of the economic immigration programs. For more details, see the page about the attestation of learning about democratic values and the Québec values.
To be eligible for this program, you must meet the following conditions: Stream 1
Nevertheless, to assist you with the procedure, you can consult a list of projects from business incubators, business accelerators, and university entrepreneurship centres, supported by the Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Innovation, for information. A business incubator, a business accelerator or university entrepreneurship centre that wants to support an entrepreneur applicant and his/her project must meet the appropriate definition:
The organization must demonstrate its ability to support the applicant and his/her project. To this end, it must write a service offer in which it presents the services it intends to offer the entrepreneur to accomplish his/her project. The support organization must also present:
As stipulated in the Service Offer Writing Guide – Entrepreneurs Program – Component 1 A-8200-JF (in French only - PDF, 142 ko), the purpose of the service offer is to assess the adequacy between the business project presented by the immigration applicant and the organization’s ability to support its implementation. The resources deployed by the support organization must be sufficient and adapted to meet the needs related to carrying out the entrepreneur’s project. Note that even if you have already launched your business project in Québec, you may still be eligible for the Entrepreneur Program, as long as the project is not yet fully implemented. However, you will still have to observe all of the Program’s rules, which include presenting a business plan and meeting the financial requirements. Stream 2
Please note that you cannot acquire a business purchased, in the five years prior to submitting your selection application, from an immigrant selected as an entrepreneur under the program. Your application will also be assessed on the basis of other factors and criteria including:
Note that even if you have already launched your business project in Québec, you may still be eligible for the Entrepreneur Program, as long as the project is not yet fully implemented. However, you will still have to observe all of the Program’s rules, which include presenting a business plan and meeting the financial requirements. |
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