On April 14, 2021, the Canadian Immigration Minister announced
that Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada
(IRCC) is creating a new pathway for permanent
residency (PR) for 90,000 essential workers,
international graduates and French speakers who are
currently in Canada.
Streams
Following are the three eligible streams:
- Temporary foreign workers in 40 health-related occupations with
an intake cap of 20,000 applications;
- Temporary foreign workers in 95 other selected essential
occupations with an intake cap of 30,000 applications; and
- International students who graduated from a Canadian
institution with an intake cap of 40,000 applications.
To promote Canada's official languages and demonstrate the
vitality of Francophone communities across Canada, French-language
speakers outside Quebec will be eligible to apply through the
streams, but will be exempt from the quotas.
