Skilled Worker

This is the largest area of selection of immigrants to Canada out of all the thousands of immigrants selected to Canada each year the most come from this category.

Skilled Worker’s can apply for Immigration to Canada if they fall within the following 3 criteria: They have an offer of arranged employment in Canada or have lived legally in Canada for one year as a temporary foreign worker or international student; or have at least one year of full time work experience in one or more of 38 designated by the Federal Government high-demand occupations and the yearly quota for such occupations have not been reached (see high demand occupation list here).

Once the potential applicant is within at least 1 of the above critieria they are then assessed under a point system that evaluates their ability to establish themselves in the Canadian Labour Market based on the following point categories; Age, Education, Work Experience, Language Skills, Arranged Employment and Adaptability. The Pass Mark is 67 points out of a total 100 points in the Point System.

In General, in order to pass the point system calculation, a skilled worker will need to have a minimum 2 year University Degree or College DIploma and four years of work experience, be less than 50 years of age and speak English or French at a very high level.

To assess your changes of emigrating to Canada under the Skilled Worker Category, please submit the Free Online Skilled Worker Assessment Form by clicking here.