Canada’s new Home Care Worker Immigration Pilots will open on March 31, 2025. The earlier versions of the Home Child Care Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker Pilot closed on June 17, 2024.
The Home Child Care Provider Pilot and the Home Support Worker Pilot were 5-year pilot programs that let qualified caregivers and their family members come to Canada to become permanent residents. The application process varied based on how much qualifying work experience they had.
The new caregiver pilots are expected to provide home care workers with permanent residence (PR) on arrival in Canada. They will also be allowed to work for organizations that provide temporary or parttime care for people who are semi-independent or recovering from an injury or illness. This new pathway means that caregivers can more easily find proper work with reliable employers and have clear, straightforward access to permanent resident status as soon as they arrive in Canada.
As part of the 2024–2026 Immigration Levels Plan, Canada will admit over 15,000 caregivers as permanent residents.
As of April 30, 2024, nearly 5,700 caregivers and their family members have become permanent residents since the launch of the Home Child Care Provider Pilot and the Home Support Worker Pilot in 2019.
These new PR-on-arrival pilot programs mark an important step forward in Canada’s efforts to meet the evolving home care needs of its diverse population. After the full launch of the pilots, more information will be available including full eligibility criteria and details on how to apply.
Through these new pilot programs, candidates interested in working in Canada’s home care sector could be eligible to apply if they meet the following criteria:
Attain a minimum of level 4 based on the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB)
Hold the equivalent of a Canadian high school diploma
Have recent and relevant work experience
Have an offer for a full-time home care job