{"id":23685,"date":"2025-11-27T16:06:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/canada-entrepreneur-visa-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T02:17:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T22:47:52","slug":"canada-entrepreneur-visa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/canada-entrepreneur-visa\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Entrepreneur Visa: Requirements, Costs and Routes in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"23685\" class=\"elementor elementor-23685 elementor-16749\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-608b4d90 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"608b4d90\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a681988 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7a681988\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47a2e188 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47a2e188\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72a2ba0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"72a2ba0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/canada-flag-with-approved-stamp-visa-passport-document-immigration-airport-country-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-19716\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/canada-flag-with-approved-stamp-visa-passport-document-immigration-airport-country-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/canada-flag-with-approved-stamp-visa-passport-document-immigration-airport-country-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/canada-flag-with-approved-stamp-visa-passport-document-immigration-airport-country-scaled-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/canada-flag-with-approved-stamp-visa-passport-document-immigration-airport-country-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/canada-flag-with-approved-stamp-visa-passport-document-immigration-airport-country-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/canada-flag-with-approved-stamp-visa-passport-document-immigration-airport-country-scaled-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-787b1db6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"787b1db6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8324f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d8324f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Canada Entrepreneur Visa<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34c7c7c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34c7c7c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From running a business to Canadian permanent residence<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcf0cb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fcf0cb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have capital and a real track record of running a business, Canada is worth a serious look. There is no single programme called the Canada entrepreneur visa. In practice the phrase covers two things: the federal Start-up Visa, and the entrepreneur streams that individual provinces run under the Provincial Nominee Program. Most provincial routes work the same way. You arrive on a temporary work permit, build and run the business, meet the targets you agreed, and only then apply for permanent residence. Picking the right province and writing a plan you can actually deliver is what makes the route predictable. Every decision rests with IRCC and the province, not with any adviser.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55337124 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"55337124\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-224e8557 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"224e8557\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/evaluation-form\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Free assessment<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75ae747c elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"75ae747c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"tel:02159307\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Call us<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f2e1878 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1f2e1878\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29bb1faf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"29bb1faf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0f766f e-con-full carf e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d0f766f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e8019d elementor-view-default elementor-position-block-start elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"5e8019d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-cc-visa\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFamily included\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSpouse and dependent children can be included in the application\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-265025f3 e-con-full carf e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"265025f3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d426307 elementor-view-default elementor-position-block-start elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"3d426307\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-language\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLanguage requirement\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCLB 4 to CLB 5, depending on the stream\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74dbdc3b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74dbdc3b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73422b82 e-con-full carf e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"73422b82\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29842169 elementor-view-default elementor-position-block-start elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"29842169\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTypical timeline\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout 2 to 5 years to permanent residence\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c0efb45 e-con-full carf e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4c0efb45\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aeac146 elementor-view-default elementor-position-block-start elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"3aeac146\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-dollar-sign\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCapital needed\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCAD 200,000 from a designated VC fund, CAD 75,000 from a designated angel group, or no investment with a designated incubator; net worth is tested by the provincial streams, not the federal one\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-561a59b9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"561a59b9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-194cc167 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"194cc167\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Group-2147220669.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-19008\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72214959 e-transform e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"72214959\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_flipX_effect&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a2fdc69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5a2fdc69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Group-2147220669.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-19008\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18377106 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18377106\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61add0b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61add0b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Entrepreneur routes at a glance<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54c93cfc e-n-tabs-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"54c93cfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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Open items with Enter or Space, close with Escape and navigate using the Arrow keys.\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs-heading\" role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-14224744921\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-14224744921\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab-index=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-14224744921\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 1;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tRequirements\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-14224744922\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-14224744922\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab-index=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-14224744922\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tOpportunities\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-14224744923\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-14224744923\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab-index=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-14224744923\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 3;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tDocuments\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-14224744924\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-14224744924\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab-index=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-14224744924\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 4;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tPath to PR\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-14224744921\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-14224744921\" data-tab-index=\"1\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 1;\" class=\"e-active elementor-element elementor-element-3cf1e24c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3cf1e24c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74d613f6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74d613f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36260af6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36260af6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who qualifies for a Canada entrepreneur visa?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78fe5f46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78fe5f46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two to three years of hands-on business ownership or senior management<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal capital that matches the province or stream you choose<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A business plan you can deliver, with numbers that stand up to scrutiny<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A genuine intention to live in the province and manage the business yourself<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No criminal or security inadmissibility<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enough settlement funds to support your family while the business gets going<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lawfully obtained, provable net worth, usually CAD 300,000 or more depending on the province. The federal Start-up Visa sets no net-worth test, only settlement funds<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-14224744922\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-14224744922\" data-tab-index=\"2\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-4cf7e39d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4cf7e39d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ac91d5b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ac91d5b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-399d8a14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"399d8a14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What does an entrepreneur route open up?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46f3a948 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46f3a948\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting or buying a business in the province that suits it<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selling into the United States, Europe and Asia under Canadian trade agreements<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Permanent residence for you and your family, if the application succeeds<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Publicly funded school places for dependent children<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trading in a stable, transparent and well-regulated economy<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Provincial business support and research and development tax credits<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-14224744923\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-14224744923\" data-tab-index=\"3\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 3;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-5dc2a39e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5dc2a39e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6eabc9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6eabc9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Document checklist for a Canada entrepreneur visa<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fbcc19e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fbcc19e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valid passport<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asset statements and bank records that show where the money came from<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proof of business ownership or senior management experience<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A business plan written for the province you are applying to<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Language test results from an approved test: CELPIP, IELTS General, TEF or TCF<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Police certificates from every country you have lived in for six months or more<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The federal or provincial forms for your stream<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-14224744924\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-14224744924\" data-tab-index=\"4\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 4;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-50e419d5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"50e419d5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29b7fdba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29b7fdba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Does an entrepreneur visa lead to permanent residence?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66c76da5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66c76da5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You arrive on a temporary work permit tied to the business<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You set up and run the business on the terms of your performance agreement<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the province is satisfied you met those terms, it may nominate you<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a nomination you apply to IRCC for permanent residence, which assesses you separately<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you hold permanent residence you can change province and grow the business freely<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Citizenship becomes possible after 1,095 days of physical presence in Canada<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-640661ea e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"640661ea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25070350 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"25070350\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Group-2147220669.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-19008\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4796edf4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4796edf4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6223bba2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6223bba2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fees you should budget for<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17cb484c elementor-widget elementor-widget-progress\" data-id=\"17cb484c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"progress.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-title\" id=\"elementor-progress-bar-17cb484c\">\n\t\t\t\tIRCC processing fee\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div aria-labelledby=\"elementor-progress-bar-17cb484c\" class=\"elementor-progress-wrapper\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"80\" aria-valuetext=\"80% (CAD 1,895)\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-bar\" data-max=\"80\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-text\">CAD 1,895<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa9e1dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-progress\" data-id=\"fa9e1dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"progress.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-title\" id=\"elementor-progress-bar-fa9e1dc\">\n\t\t\t\tRight of Permanent Residence Fee (RPRF)\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div aria-labelledby=\"elementor-progress-bar-fa9e1dc\" class=\"elementor-progress-wrapper\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"40\" aria-valuetext=\"40% (CAD 600)\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-bar\" data-max=\"40\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-text\">CAD 600<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed825e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-progress\" data-id=\"ed825e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"progress.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-title\" id=\"elementor-progress-bar-ed825e3\">\n\t\t\t\tProvincial programme fee\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div aria-labelledby=\"elementor-progress-bar-ed825e3\" class=\"elementor-progress-wrapper\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"90\" aria-valuetext=\"90% (Varies by province)\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-bar\" data-max=\"90\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-text\">Varies by province<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4d292e elementor-widget elementor-widget-progress\" data-id=\"a4d292e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"progress.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-title\" id=\"elementor-progress-bar-a4d292e\">\n\t\t\t\tLanguage test fee\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div aria-labelledby=\"elementor-progress-bar-a4d292e\" class=\"elementor-progress-wrapper\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"30\" aria-valuetext=\"30% (About CAD 300)\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-bar\" data-max=\"30\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-text\">About CAD 300<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daea65f elementor-widget elementor-widget-progress\" data-id=\"daea65f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"progress.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-title\" id=\"elementor-progress-bar-daea65f\">\n\t\t\t\tBiometrics fee\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div aria-labelledby=\"elementor-progress-bar-daea65f\" class=\"elementor-progress-wrapper\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"15\" aria-valuetext=\"15% (CAD 85 per person)\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-bar\" data-max=\"15\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-text\">CAD 85 per person<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17cddb8c e-transform e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"17cddb8c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_flipX_effect&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1311a122 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1311a122\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Group-2147220669.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-19008\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f98cf03 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2f98cf03\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-385cb9ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"385cb9ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Group-2147220669.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-19008\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e97d5fa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2e97d5fa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41378cfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41378cfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Common questions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34f4778e elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"34f4778e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;expanded&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8880\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" open>\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8880\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> My English is not strong. Can I still apply? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8880\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66a12bea e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"66a12bea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3336675b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3336675b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most streams set a language floor rather than a high bar. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The federal Start-up Visa requires CLB 5 in each of the four abilities. British Columbia sets CLB 4 and Manitoba CLB 5. Where a province scores applicants and issues invitations, a higher result usually improves your ranking, so treat the minimum as a floor, not a target.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8881\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8881\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Can I buy a business that already exists? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8881\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-558f2e6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"558f2e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-496da751 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"496da751\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In several provincial streams, yes. Buying a business is not enough on its own. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have to show that you will hold a controlling share, manage it in person and grow it. Provinces expect the purchase to protect the jobs already there and usually to add new ones, and the officer will ask what you intend to change. Buying a trading name and leaving the business as it was does not meet the test.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8882\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8882\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Can I change province after permanent residence? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8882\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f884214 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6f884214\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66753e1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66753e1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes. Once you hold permanent residence you may live and work anywhere in Canada. Until then you are bound by the performance agreement you signed with the province, and leaving early can cost you the nomination.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d4c9e0e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7d4c9e0e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42b424b6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"42b424b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4859ec34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4859ec34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Do you meet these requirements?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55505c41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55505c41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask for a free eligibility review before you commit money to a business plan or a deposit. No one can promise a visa, because the decision belongs to IRCC and the province. What a proper review does give you is a clear answer on whether a stream fits your capital and your experience, and what the whole route will cost, before you spend.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c90097e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3c90097e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e08cb3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4e08cb3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Contact us<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f3e9be1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3f3e9be1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/evaluation-form\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Assessment form<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-301c2513 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"301c2513\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7dacd0e8\" data-id=\"7dacd0e8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f78d2fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f78d2fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Canada Entrepreneur Visa: Requirements, Costs and Routes in 2026<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\">The Start-up Visa, the provincial entrepreneur streams, and what each one asks of you<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">If you want to invest in a Canadian company, buy a trading business or apply through a provincial entrepreneur programme, the route is open to applicants anywhere in the world. Canada has a stable economy, a skilled workforce and immigration programmes built specifically around business owners. <\/span>What it does not have is a single programme called the Canada entrepreneur visa. That phrase is shorthand for two different things: the federal Start-up Visa, which is aimed at scalable, innovative companies backed by a designated organisation, and the entrepreneur streams run by each province under the Provincial Nominee Program, which are aimed at owner-operators who will run a business in that province. They ask for different money, different experience and different evidence.<\/p>\n<p>This guide covers the Canada entrepreneur visa requirements for 2026, the capital and net worth each route expects, the documents, the fees, the realistic timelines and how the two routes differ from investor programmes. It is written for people comparing options before they spend anything.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17199\" src=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/canada-entrepreneur-visa.webp\" alt=\"Canada entrepreneur visa\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/canada-entrepreneur-visa.webp 1200w, https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/canada-entrepreneur-visa-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/canada-entrepreneur-visa-1024x512.webp 1024w, https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/canada-entrepreneur-visa-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>What is the Canada entrepreneur visa?<\/h2>\n<p>The federal route is the Start-up Visa. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/services\/immigrate-canada\/start-visa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Government of Canada<\/a>, it is designed for people who can build an innovative company in Canada outside Quebec, create jobs for Canadians and compete internationally. The business must be genuinely new and scalable, and it must be backed by a Canadian organisation that IRCC has designated for the purpose.<\/p>\n<p>The provincial route is different. Every province except Quebec and Nunavut runs some form of entrepreneur stream under its Provincial Nominee Program. These streams do not require venture capital or an incubator. They ask for personal net worth, a direct investment in a local business, hands-on management, and jobs for Canadian citizens or permanent residents. Quebec runs its own business immigration programmes, Investor, Entrepreneur and Self-Employed Worker, separately from the federal system. Intake conditions have changed repeatedly in recent years, so confirm the current status on the Quebec government website before you plan an application. The federal Self-Employed Persons Program, which is a separate route for cultural and athletic workers, has been paused for new applications.<\/p>\n<p>Both routes exist for the same policy reason. Canada wants owner-operators who create employment, add research and development spending, diversify the workforce and strengthen the start-up ecosystem. That is the test your file has to meet, and it is why a vague plan with borrowed numbers fails while a modest, well-evidenced one succeeds.<\/p>\n<h2>Why entrepreneurs choose Canada<\/h2>\n<p>Business immigration to Canada is slower than a work permit and more demanding than a visitor visa. These are the reasons applicants still choose it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Permanent residence can include your family<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A spouse or common-law partner and dependent children can be included in the same permanent residence application as the principal applicant. If it is approved, the family holds permanent residence together, with access to provincial health cover, the labour market and public services on the same terms as other residents. For most applicants this, rather than the business itself, is the point of the exercise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Publicly funded schooling for children<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dependent children of permanent residents attend public school without tuition fees. At university they later pay domestic tuition, which is far below the international rate. They also learn in English or French from the outset, which matters more to long-term outcomes than most families expect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. You own and run the business yourself<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These are not passive investment programmes. You are expected to be the active owner-manager. On the federal Start-up Visa that means a business supported by a designated organisation: a venture capital fund, an angel investor group, or a business incubator. On provincial streams it means living in the province and running the company day to day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16421\" src=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7.png\" alt=\"Benefits of the Canada entrepreneur visa\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. A stable place to carry commercial risk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Canada has one of the more predictable regulatory and banking environments in the world. That does not remove commercial risk, but it does mean contracts are enforceable, credit is available and planning three years ahead is realistic. You also get access to established business networks, professional advisers and formal funding channels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Competitive tax and access to global markets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Canadian company can trade into the United States, Mexico, the European Union, the United Kingdom and much of Asia under existing trade agreements. Small business corporate tax rates are competitive, and federal and provincial research and development credits reduce the cost of building a product.<\/p>\n<h2>Canada Start-up Visa requirements 2026<\/h2>\n<p>These are the federal Start-up Visa criteria. Provincial entrepreneur streams set their own thresholds, which are covered further down.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A commitment from a designated organisation: a venture capital fund, an angel investor group or a business incubator. This is the designated organisation letter of support, and without it the application cannot proceed.<\/li>\n<li>At least CAD 200,000 invested by a designated venture capital fund, or CAD 75,000 from a designated angel investor group, or acceptance into a designated business incubator programme, which carries no minimum investment.<\/li>\n<li>Qualifying ownership. Each applicant must hold at least 10 per cent of the voting rights, and the applicants together with the designated organisation must hold more than 50 per cent.<\/li>\n<li>A business that is genuinely innovative, scalable and able to create jobs for Canadians, with active management from within Canada.<\/li>\n<li>CLB 5 or higher in each of the four abilities, in English or French, proven by an approved test.<\/li>\n<li>Settlement funds for yourself and your family, at the level IRCC publishes for your family size.<\/li>\n<li>Medical, criminal and security admissibility under Canadian immigration law.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>IRCC also limits how many applications each designated organisation can support in a year and gives priority to files backed by capital or by an incubator in Canada&rsquo;s Tech Network. That has made the letter of support, not the money, the hardest part of the federal route.<\/p>\n<p>Meeting these criteria makes an application possible. It does not make it successful. Officers assess whether the business is real, whether the money is lawfully yours and whether you intend to run the company rather than buy a status. The clearer the plan, the stronger the management history and the more transparent the source of funds, the fewer questions you will face.<\/p>\n<h2>Documents you will need<\/h2>\n<p>Gathering evidence is the first practical step for both the federal route and provincial entrepreneur programmes. Most files need the following.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A passport with enough validity left to cover processing<\/li>\n<li>Proof of personal assets and bank statements showing the source of the funds<\/li>\n<li>Evidence of management experience or business ownership: registration documents, tax filings, payroll records<\/li>\n<li>A full business plan with objectives, staffing and financial forecasts<\/li>\n<li>An approved English or French test result at or above the required CLB level<\/li>\n<li>Police certificates for every country you have lived in for six months or more<\/li>\n<li>The federal or provincial application forms for your stream<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Incomplete evidence causes delay. Misrepresentation is far worse: under section 40 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act it can lead to a five-year ban on applying to come to Canada. Never sign a form or a plan you have not read.<\/p>\n<h2>Provincial entrepreneur programmes in Canada<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/canada-entrepreneur-visa\/\">provincial entrepreneur programmes<\/a> are the route most owner-operators actually use. Choosing the province is a commercial decision as much as an immigration one, because you will be living there and the business has to work in that local market. Thresholds below are the published figures at the time of writing; provinces revise them, and several have paused or narrowed intake since federal nomination allocations were cut, so confirm the current rules on the province&rsquo;s own site before you commit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. British Columbia: BC PNP Entrepreneur Immigration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welcomebc.ca\/immigrate-to-b-c\/for-entrepreneurs-and-businesses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BC PNP Entrepreneur Immigration<\/a> lets you start or buy a business in British Columbia and be considered for nomination once you have delivered what you agreed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Personal net worth from CAD 600,000, with an eligible personal investment from CAD 200,000<\/li>\n<li>At least three years as an active business owner-manager, or four or more years in senior management, and at least one new full-time job for a Canadian citizen or permanent resident<\/li>\n<li>Language ability at CLB 4 or above<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You enter on a temporary work permit and have roughly 20 months from arrival to implement the business plan. Only after the performance agreement is met does the province consider a nomination.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Manitoba: MPNP Business Investor Stream, Entrepreneur Pathway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Manitoba&rsquo;s Entrepreneur Pathway suits people who intend to start a company or buy an existing one in the province.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Personal net worth from CAD 500,000, with a minimum investment from CAD 250,000 in the Winnipeg Capital Region, or less outside it<\/li>\n<li>For the <a href=\"https:\/\/immigratemanitoba.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program<\/a>, at least three years of recent experience owning or managing an active business<\/li>\n<li>Language ability at CLB 5 or above<\/li>\n<li>Education at or above the equivalent of a Canadian secondary school diploma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The process runs through an Expression of Interest, an invitation to apply, entry on a temporary work permit and then delivery of the agreed plan. Only once the business is trading as promised can you be nominated for permanent residence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Other provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan and&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A2%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 1rem;\">Ontario<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thresholds elsewhere differ considerably, particularly between capital cities and regional communities:<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-545\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-545\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Province<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Net worth<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Investment<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Management experience \/ ownership<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">New Brunswick<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">CAD 600,000<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CAD 250,000<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Ownership or active management of a business<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Nova Scotia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">CAD 600,000 (within Halifax) \/ CAD 400,000 (outside Halifax)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CAD 150,000<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">At least 3 years of ownership or 5 years of senior management<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Saskatchewan<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">CAD 500,000<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CAD 200,000 to CAD 300,000<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">At least 33% ownership or active management<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ontario<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">CAD 800,000 to CAD 1,500,000<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CAD 500,000 to CAD 1,000,000<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">At least 3 years of management or ownership<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-545 from cache -->\n<p>The right province depends on your capital, your sector and where your business genuinely has customers. A lower investment threshold is a poor reason to choose a market you do not understand.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17649\" src=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/canada-entrepreneur-visa-1.webp\" alt=\"Provincial Nominee Program entrepreneur streams\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/canada-entrepreneur-visa-1.webp 900w, https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/canada-entrepreneur-visa-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/canada-entrepreneur-visa-1-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>How to apply, step by step<\/h2>\n<p>Whichever stream you use, the sequence is broadly the same.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1: check that you are eligible<\/strong><br>Confirm your net worth, your ownership or management history, your available capital and your language level against the specific stream. Doing this first is what stops people spending money on a plan for a programme they cannot enter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2: choose the province<\/strong><br>BC PNP Entrepreneur Immigration, the Manitoba Entrepreneur Pathway and the others each set their own minimum investment, job creation and residency conditions. Match them to your capital and your sector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3: write the business plan<\/strong><br>The plan must set out the investment, the ownership structure, the jobs you will create for Canadians and the financial detail behind them. It is the document the province assesses most closely, and it is covered in detail below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4: submit an Expression of Interest<\/strong><br>You register a summary of the plan and your background, and the province scores it against its published grid. Higher-scoring registrations are invited first. If you are invited, you receive an invitation to apply and file the full application.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5: sign the performance agreement<\/strong><br>After conditional approval you sign an agreement with the province covering the investment, the jobs, your ownership share and your residency in the province. This is a binding commitment, and it is what your nomination is later measured against.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6: move to Canada and build the business<\/strong><br>You arrive on a temporary work permit, establish the company and run it. During the performance period you report to the province and evidence what you have done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 7: apply for permanent residence<\/strong><br>If you complete the performance agreement, the province may nominate you. You then apply to IRCC, which assesses admissibility and the application on its own merits and makes the final decision.<\/p>\n<h2>Why the business plan decides the file<\/h2>\n<p>The business plan carries more weight than any other document, because it is the only evidence that you have a workable route to trading in Canada and creating employment there.<\/p>\n<p>Why does it matter so much?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the main basis on which an assessor judges whether the business is viable, credible and useful to the local economy<\/li>\n<li>Its revenue, cost and cash-flow forecasts show whether you can actually run a company and manage the investment<\/li>\n<li>Its market analysis, target customers and competitor review show whether there is real demand where you propose to trade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What a strong business plan contains<\/h3>\n<p>A professional plan is what separates a serious file from a hopeful one. Use this structure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The idea and the objectives: <\/strong>state the business, the short and long-term goals and the competitive advantage in plain terms. This is the first section an assessor reads.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The business and its market: <\/strong>describe the product or service, the target customers and the revenue model. Answer one question directly: who buys this, and what problem does it solve for them?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Operations and management: <\/strong>explain how the business will run and what your role is. Your own management experience is part of the evidence here, not a separate matter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marketing and growth: <\/strong>set out how you will find customers and expand. This is where you show the business can scale rather than simply survive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Financials and risk: <\/strong>give forecasts, cash flow, costs and the path to profitability. Name the risks that could damage the business and say how you would handle each one. Assessors trust a plan that admits risk more than one that pretends there is none.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Choosing the right business: <\/strong>pick something innovative or scalable that will genuinely employ people locally. Proper market research, realistic finances and a credible management team are what make a plan defensible.<\/p>\n<p>A strong plan does not guarantee approval, and no adviser can offer one. What it does is answer the officer&rsquo;s questions before they are asked. If you want a second opinion on yours, the team at <a href=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aval Visa<\/a>&nbsp;can review it.<\/p>\n<h2>How long does a Canada entrepreneur visa take?<\/h2>\n<p>Processing depends entirely on the route you choose.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. The federal Start-up Visa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First you secure a letter of support from a designated organisation, which commonly takes three to six months and can take longer if the organisation is at its annual cap. The permanent residence application then goes to IRCC. Processing times for this stream are published and updated by IRCC and have varied considerably. Check the current figure on IRCC&rsquo;s processing times tool rather than relying on any adviser&rsquo;s estimate, including this one.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16425\" src=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%AA-%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A2%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7.png\" alt=\"Canada entrepreneur visa processing times\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Provincial entrepreneur streams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In British Columbia or Manitoba you register, wait for an invitation, arrive on a work permit, run the business through the performance period, and only then obtain a nomination and apply for permanent residence. Three to five years end to end is normal.<\/p>\n<h3>What makes the difference to timing<\/h3>\n<p>Nothing here is fixed. These are the factors that move it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Application volumes, annual caps and backlogs<\/li>\n<li>Whether the business hits the targets in the performance agreement<\/li>\n<li>Complete documents and the status of your <a href=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/canada-work-permit\/\">Canadian work permit<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Security and medical checks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Files move faster when the evidence is complete on first submission and the plan clearly answers the province&rsquo;s stated priorities. Staying in contact with the designated organisation or the provincial officer, and updating your file when circumstances change, prevents most avoidable delay.<\/p>\n<h2>What a Canada entrepreneur visa costs<\/h2>\n<p>Budget for two separate things: government fees, which are modest and fixed, and the real investment in the business, which is not. Amounts differ between the federal Start-up Visa and provincial entrepreneur streams. All figures are in Canadian dollars, and government fees change, so confirm them on the IRCC and provincial fee schedules before you transfer anything.<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-546\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-546\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Immigration pathway<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Application processing fee<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Permanent residence fee<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Minimum investment \/ net worth<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Federal Start-up Visa (Canada)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">CAD 1,625<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CAD 515<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Venture capital fund: at least CAD 200,000 \/ angel investor: at least CAD 75,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">British Columbia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">CAD 1,150<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CAD 500<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Base stream: net worth CAD 600,000 and investment of CAD 200,000; regional stream: net worth CAD 300,000 and investment CAD 100,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Manitoba<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">CAD 1,150<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CAD 500<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Minimum net worth of CAD 500,000 and investment of CAD 250,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Nova Scotia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">CAD 1,150<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CAD 500<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Investment of CAD 150,000, or CAD 100,000 outside the Halifax Regional Municipality<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-546 from cache -->\n<h2>Entrepreneur, investor and start-up routes compared<\/h2>\n<p>Canada runs several business programmes and they are easy to confuse. The entrepreneur streams, the <a href=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/canada-investor-visa\/\">investor routes<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/canada-start-up-visa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada Start-up Visa<\/a> differ in capital, in control and in how much of your time they demand.<\/p>\n<p>\n<table id=\"tablepress-544\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-544\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Visa type<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Type of participation<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Key requirements<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Capital \/ net worth required<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Best suited for<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Entrepreneur visa<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Actively operating a business<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Management experience + business plan + job creation<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Varies by province (e.g. Ontario: CAD 800,000 net worth + CAD 600,000 investment)<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Those who want to run their own business in a specific province<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Investor visa (Quebec programmes only)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Passive investment<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">No federal passive-investor programme; only Quebec&#8217;s investor and entrepreneur programmes and provincial entrepreneur streams<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Set by Quebec&#8217;s programme; no federal figure<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Those with substantial capital who want to invest without day-to-day management<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Start-up visa<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Launching an innovative start-up<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Letter of support from a designated organisation + scalable start-up idea<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">CAD 200,000 (venture capital fund) \/ CAD 75,000 (angel investor), or business incubator support<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Innovative entrepreneurs with scalable ideas applying directly for permanent residence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-544 from cache --><br>Which one fits depends on how much capital you have, whether you want to run a company yourself and how quickly you need to be in Canada.<\/p>\n<h2>Working with Aval Visa<\/h2>\n<p>Aval Visa is led by Hadi Imani, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant, RCIC #R522575, regulated by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants. An RCIC can advise on and represent you in Canadian immigration matters. We do not give investment or tax advice, and litigation before the Federal Court is work for a Canadian lawyer rather than a consultant.<\/p>\n<p>We will tell you plainly whether a business route fits your capital and your experience, or whether another programme would serve you better. What we cannot do, and what nobody can do, is influence the outcome: IRCC states that using a representative does not improve your chances of approval. What proper representation does is make sure the file is complete, consistent and filed against the right stream. To start, use the <a href=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/evaluation-form\/\">free assessment form<\/a> or book a consultation.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1. How much capital do I need?<\/strong><br>On the federal Start-up Visa, CAD 200,000 from a designated venture capital fund or CAD 75,000 from a designated angel group, with no minimum if you are accepted by a business incubator. Provincial streams instead test personal net worth, commonly from CAD 300,000 to CAD 600,000, with a direct investment from about CAD 100,000 to CAD 250,000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Does my family get permanent residence too?<\/strong><br>A spouse or common-law partner and dependent children can be included in the same application and, if it is approved, obtain permanent residence at the same time as the principal applicant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Can I buy an existing business?<\/strong><br>Provinces that allow it generally expect controlling ownership, hands-on day-to-day management, and a plan that protects the existing jobs and adds new ones. The exact conditions are set by each province, so check the stream&rsquo;s current guide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Can I move to another province later?<\/strong><br>After you receive permanent residence, yes. Before that, your work permit and performance agreement tie you to the nominating province.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. When can I apply for citizenship?<\/strong><br>Once you have been physically present in Canada for 1,095 days within the five years before you apply, and you meet the other requirements of the Citizenship Act.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background:#faf7f7;border-right:3px solid #c71434;padding:12px 14px;margin:18px 0\"><strong>Related:<\/strong> Before you commit any money, look at the published approval rates and queue lengths: <a href=\"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/blog\/canada-startup-visa-data-2025\/\">Canada Start-up Visa data<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A plain guide to Canada&#8217;s entrepreneur immigration routes in 2026: the federal Start-up Visa and the provincial entrepreneur streams, with the net worth, investment, documents, fees and timelines each one requires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17199,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23685","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23685"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24001,"href":"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23685\/revisions\/24001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}