Home Care Worker Immigration Pathway

• Language Proficiency: Minimum Level 4 for all 4 language skills (writing, reading, listening and speaking) in English or French.

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• Education: To qualify, you need education equal to a Canadian high school diploma or higher. If you studied abroad, you must get your credentials assessed to confirm they match Canadian standards.

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• At least 6 months of recent, relevant work experience or completion of a related home care training program of at least 6 months.

  • ​Work Experience 

    • Child Care​

      • Eligible NOC's​

        • Home child care providers (NOC 44100)​

        • Early childhood educators and assistants (NOC 42202)

          • Only experience as an assistant, helper or worker counts. Experience as an early childhood educator, day care teacher or in a supervisory or administrative role doesn’t count.​

    • Home Support

      • Eligible NOC's​

        • Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations (NOC 44101)​

        • Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates (NOC 33102)

  • Training

    • The training must be targeted towards the following NOC job categories​

      • Child Care​

        • ​Home child care providers (NOC 44100)

        • Early childhood educators and assistants (NOC 42202)

          • ​Only training as an assistant, helper or worker counts. Training as an early childhood educator, day care teacher or in a supervisory or administrative role doesn’t count.

      • Home Support

        • Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations (NOC 44101)​

        • Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates (NOC 33102)

 

Your training must be at the post-secondary level and completed on a full-time basis, with at least 15 hours of instruction per week during the academic year or study period.

 

The program should be delivered primarily in an in-person classroom setting, must have been started when you were at least 17 years old, and completed within the two years before applying.

 

If you completed this training outside Canada, you do not need an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA), unless you are also using the training to meet the education requirement. Training will not count if it was focused on occupations outside this pilot (for example, medical field training), completed mainly online, or obtained through on-the-job training.​

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• Job Offer: Full-time home care position in Canada (excluding Quebec).

  • ​This job offer can be from Private Households or​​

  • from the Organizations that employ full-time staff to provide short-term or occasional home care services, such as: 

    • ​home health care service providers

    • home care support service providers

    • direct care agencies

    • personal care services in residential settings

    • pediatric home health care service providers

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Note: If you are a home care worker in Canada without status, you may still be eligible for the Home Care Worker Immigration pilots under a public policy.