The Canadian skilled worker immigration programme is a points based system assessed on the following six factors:

• Education (up to 25 points)
• English and French language ability (up to 24 points)
• Work Experience (up to 21 points)
• Age (up to 10 points)
• Arranged Employment (up to 10 points)
• Adaptability (up to 10 points)

Applicants must attain at least 67 points in order to qualify for a permanent residence in Canada.

You must also meet the following minimum requirements to apply as a skilled worker:

• you have at least one continuous year of full-time, paid work experience or the equivalent in part-time continuous employment;
• your work experience must be Skill Type 0 (managerial jobs), A (professional jobs) or B (technical jobs and skilled trades) on the Canadian National Occupational Classification (NOC); and
• you must have had this experience within the last 10 years.
• Your work experience must be in a profession listed below (note there are many job titles under each of these headings):
• Accommodation Service Managers
• Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists
• College and Other Vocational Instructors
• Chefs
• Computer and Information Systems Managers
• Cooks
• Construction Managers
• Contractors and Supervisors, Pipe Fitting Trades
• Contractors and Supervisors, Carpentry Trades
• Contractors and Supervisors, Heavy Construction Equipment Crews
• Crane Operators
• Drillers and Blasters � Surface Mining, Quarrying and Construction
• Electricians (Except Industrial and Power System)
• Financial Auditors and Accountants
• Financial Managers
• General Practitioners and Family Physicians
• Geological Engineers
• Geologists, Geochemists and Geophysicists
• Head Nurses and Supervisors
• Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics
• Industrial Electricians
• Licensed Practical Nurses
• Managers in Health Care
• Medical Radiation Technologists
• Mining Engineers
• Occupational Therapists
• Petroleum Engineers
• Physiotherapists
• Plumbers
• Registered Nurses
• Restaurant and Food Service Managers
• Specialist Physicians
• Steamfitters, Pipe Fitters and Sprinkler System Installers
• Supervisors, Mining and Quarrying
• Supervisors, Oil and Gas Drilling and Service
• Supervisors, Petroleum, Gas and Chemical Processing and Utilities
• University Professors
• Welders and Related Machine Operators

If you are not on the above list of occupations and wish to emigrate to Canada you must have one of the following:

1. Arranged Employment Offer (AEO)
2. Labour Market Opinion and Work Permit (LMO/WP)
3. Provincial Nominee Certificate (PNP)

All of the above will require a job offer under current Canadian immigration regulations.

You also need to show that you have enough money to support yourself and your dependants after you arrive in Canada, and pass a medical examination and security and criminal checks.


Fill out our Canada immigration assessment and one of our registered migration agents will assess your options for emigrating to Canada under the Skilled Worker category.