AtlasCarta
Pathways/Canada
🇨🇦

Canada · Federal (Canada)

Business Investor

Start-up Visa

For entrepreneurs with a qualifying business, a letter of support from a designated organization, and enough money to settle, to become Canadian permanent residents.

PausedPublishedAutomated update — not yet checked by a person

Check against your profile

Use AtlasCarta’s deterministic assessment to see whether your saved facts meet this pathway’s published requirements.

Check my options

Filtering and assessment do not predict visa approval.

Pathway overview

For entrepreneurs with a qualifying business, a letter of support from a designated organization, and enough money to settle, to become Canadian permanent residents.

IMPORTANT — verified directly from IRCC's own eligibility page: the Start-Up Visa Program was paused on June 30, 2026 and is not currently accepting new applications (IRCC continues to process applications accepted before that date). Requirements when the program is open, for reference: a qualifying business (each applicant holds 10%+ voting rights; applicants + the designated organization together hold 50%+), a letter of support from a designated organization, Canadian Language Benchmark 5 in all four abilities, and proof of funds (CAD 15,263 for one person, more for larger families, updated July 29, 2025). Only language and funds are encoded as rules here.

Eligibility requirements

Intended applicant
Not yet confirmed in structured format
Job offer
Not yet confirmed in structured format
Age
Not yet confirmed in structured format
Language
Not yet confirmed in structured format
Experience
Not yet confirmed in structured format

Costs and financial requirements

Main financial requirement
Not yet confirmed in structured format
Government fee
Not yet confirmed in structured format

Application process

Express Entry / SkillSelect online profile

Status, validity and rights

Current status
Paused
Initial validity
Not yet confirmed in structured format
Renewal
Not yet confirmed in structured format
Work rights
Not yet confirmed in structured format
Study rights
Not yet confirmed in structured format

Family inclusion

Not yet confirmed in structured format

Permanent residence and citizenship

Permanent residence

Not yet confirmed in structured format

Citizenship

Not yet confirmed in structured format

Eligibility to apply for permanent residence or citizenship never guarantees approval.

Required documents

An official pathway-specific document checklist has not yet been confirmed in structured format.

Official sources and verification

No reviewer-confirmed official source is available for public display yet.

Last published
2026-09-05
Last source verification
Not yet confirmed in structured format
Effective from
Not yet confirmed in structured format
Effective to
No end date published

Research, not application advice

AtlasCarta explains published immigration requirements for research and comparison. It does not provide immigration advice or predict an application outcome.

Verification badges show whether a person checked the published rule set against its cited official source.

How verification works →