Use the OINP Entrepreneur Stream to invest and live in Ontario
The Entrepreneur stream of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) benefits entrepreneurs from outside of Canada who are interested in starting or buying a business in Ontario. Once their business has been established in Ontario, the entrepreneur (and up to one foreign national business partner) have the opportunity to be nominated for permanent residency by the OINP.
Applicants must start or buy a business in Ontario.
Applicants may have up to one additional foreign national business partner, or may partner with a Canadian.
Applicants must be actively involved in the management of the business.
As a first step, applicants will be required to register an EOI.
If invited, applicants apply online.
An in-person interview is conducted by OINP as part of the application assessment.
Applicants sign a performance agreement, receive work permit support, arrive in Ontario, and have 20 months to establish the business.
If all requirements are met, an OINP nomination is issued and applicants may then apply for permanent residency.
Learn more about how to apply to the Entrepreneurship Stream
Download the OINP Entrepreneur Stream quick guide (875.19 KB)
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