Business & Investor Immigration
Canada offers pathways for entrepreneurs, investors, and business owners who want to expand or establish operations in Canada. Maple Route Immigration helps you understand the available options and what each program typically requires.
Main Business Immigration Pathways
1. Start-Up Visa (SUV)
- ✔ For innovative business ideas
- ✔ Requires support from a designated organization (incubator, angel investor, VC)
- ✔ Allows permanent residence if conditions are met
2. Intra-Company Transfer (ICT)
- ✔ For business owners or senior employees expanding to Canada
- ✔ No LMIA required
- ✔ Work permit pathway leading to PR through skilled experience
- ✔ Must show existing business operations outside Canada
3. Provincial Entrepreneur Programs (PNP)
- ✔ Each province has its own requirements
- ✔ Typically requires a business plan
- ✔ Net worth verification
- ✔ Active business management inside Canada
4. Owner-Operator (Legacy Route)
- ✔ Previously common for business owners buying a Canadian business
- ✔ IRCC now follows stricter LMIA rules
- ✔ Still possible through legitimate employer needs
What Maple Route Immigration Helps With
- ✔ Assessing realistic immigration pathways for entrepreneurs
- ✔ Understanding requirements for ICT, SUV, or PNP entrepreneur streams
- ✔ Document preparation guidance
- ✔ High-level help with business concept explanation
- ✔ Understanding PR pathways through these routes
Email Us Your Business Profile
Please send us:
- • Your current business type
- • Years of ownership or management experience
- • Annual revenue or size (optional)
- • Your business goals in Canada
- • Preferred province (if any)
📩 Email: info@maplerouteimmigration.ca
We will reply with general guidance on which business immigration pathway may suit you.
Maple Route Immigration provides general guidance based on publicly available IRCC information. We do not guarantee results and are not the Government of Canada.