Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Marginal note:Class

• 87.1 (1) For the purposes of subsection 12(2) of the Act, the Canadian experience class is prescribed as a class of persons who may become permanent residents on the basis of their ability to become economically established in Canada, their experience in Canada, and their intention to reside in a province other than the Province of Quebec.

• Marginal note:Member of the class

  (2) A foreign national is a member of the Canadian experience class if

  • (a) they have acquired in Canada, within the three years before the date on which their application for permanent residence is made, at least one year of full-time work experience, or the equivalent in part-time work experience, in one or more occupations, other than a restricted occupation, that are listed in TEER Category 0, 1, 2 or 3 of the National Occupational Classification;

  • (b) during that period of employment they performed the actions described in the lead statement for the occupation as set out in the occupational descriptions of the National Occupational Classification;

  • (c) during that period of employment they performed a substantial number of the main duties of the occupation as set out in the occupational descriptions of the National Occupational Classification, including all of the essential duties;

  • (d) they have had their proficiency in the English or French language evaluated by an organization or institution that is designated under subsection 74(3) using a language test that is approved under that subsection, the results of which must indicate that the foreign national has met the applicable threshold that is fixed by the Minister under subsection 74(1) for each of the four language skill areas; and

  • (e) in the case where they have acquired the work experience referred to in paragraph (a) in more than one occupation, they meet the threshold for proficiency in the English or French language, fixed by the Minister under subsection 74(1), for the occupation in which they have acquired the greater amount of work experience in the three years referred to in paragraph (a).

• Marginal note:Application

  (3) For the purposes of subsection (2),

  • (a) any period of employment during which the foreign national was engaged in full-time study shall not be included in calculating a period of work experience;

  • (b) any period of self-employment or unauthorized work shall not be included in calculating a period of work experience; and

  • (c) the foreign national must have had temporary resident status during their period of work experience.

  • (d) to (g) [Repealed, SOR/2012-274, s. 13]

• (4) and (5) [Repealed, SOR/2012-274, s. 13]