Destination preparation
1 pathway-specific preparation option available
COUNTRY COVERAGE RECORD
Canada
1 released preparation pathway · destination authority catalogued · 160 distinct official sourcesDestination authority
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada; Canada Border Services Agency; Immigration and Refugee Board; and delegated provincial, territorial and Quebec authorities catalogued
Documents from this country
No document rules published
Preparation pathways for Canada
These are narrow, versioned workflows for immigration to this country. A released pack does not establish eligibility or authorize filing.
Released preparation pack
Family Class married spouse outside Canada — preparation pack
Family Class — married spouse living outside Canada
Published scope
Narrow structured-preparation scope for a sponsor age 18 or older who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, lives in Canada outside Quebec, and sponsors a married spouse living outside Canada with no dependent children or identified eligibility or admissibility complexity. This is not an eligibility determination.
- Structured requirements
- 7
- Official form records
- 8
- Preparation mode
- Structured Answer Review
Preparation output
Structured answer reviews for transfer to official IRCC forms and portal
- Authority-form mode
- External Xfa And Portal Transfer
- Legal review
- Attorney Approval Required
- Government submission
- Not provided
Filing channel and boundary
IRCC Permanent Residence Portal: current official XFA PDFs plus portal-native online forms. Wayfinder does not generate filing artifacts, sign, upload, pay, or submit.
Wayfinder prepares structured review records, not filing-ready IRCC XFA forms. Published country-rule packs cover only part of the repository; every declared country must pass exact source review. The official PDFs or portal, signatures, fees, and authorized submission channel remain external.
Official sources for this pack
Sponsor your spouse, partner or child — application packageChecked 07/12/26 · Online package, form routing, country-specific instructions, signatures, biometrics, and submission sequence.
Open official source ↗Document Checklist — Spouse (including dependent children)09/2022 · Official Family Class spouse checklist; country-specific document instructions remain mandatory.
Open official source ↗Application to Sponsor, Sponsorship Agreement and Undertaking09/2024 · Official dynamic XFA PDF; validate, digitally sign, and upload through the official IRCC workflow.
Open official source ↗Relationship Information and Sponsorship Evaluation02/2021 · Official dynamic XFA PDF completed by the sponsor and principal applicant.
Open official source ↗Permanent Residence PortalChecked 07/12/26 · IMM 0008, IMM 5669, IMM 5406 and IMM 5562 are completed as portal-native online forms when applicable.
Open official source ↗Use of a Representative11/2025 · Official dynamic XFA PDF; paid representatives must be authorized and in good standing.
Open official source ↗IRCC fee listChecked 07/12/26 · Do not cache an amount as filing authority; recheck the live fee page immediately before payment.
Open official source ↗Official authority record
This record identifies the government authority and current channel boundaries. It is independent from whether Wayfinder has released a preparation pathway.
Governed authority release
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada; Canada Border Services Agency; Immigration and Refugee Board; and delegated provincial, territorial and Quebec authorities
Active release 2; only the approved active release is public
Filing boundary
This public catalogue is research-only. Canada has no verified universal public filing, payment, status or decision API; every route depends on the live authority, actor, account, form edition, checklist, fee, signature, biometrics, medical examination, interview, hearing, oath and other legally personal stages. IRCC, CBSA, the IRB, the Federal Court, ESDC or Service Canada, provinces, territories, communities and Quebec exercise different statutory or delegated roles; Quebec selection and undertakings and provincial or territorial nomination, attestation, licensing, civil-status and benefit actions do not replace federal admissibility, immigration status, citizenship or border decisions. The current consolidated IRPA, IRPR, Citizenship Act and regulations must be reconciled with commencement, transitional provisions, ministerial instructions, temporary public policies, program-delivery instructions and controlling court or tribunal decisions for the relevant event date. Bill C-12 asylum ineligibility timing rules apply to claims made on or after June 3, 2025, including the one-year first-entry rule tied to entry after June 24, 2020 and the 14-day irregular Canada-United States land-entry rule; later asylum measures awaiting required IRPR changes are not treated as operative. The Citizenship Act amendment enacted as 2025 chapter 5 and effective December 15, 2025 requires event-specific descent, adoption and substantial-connection analysis. As observed July 16, 2026, Parent and Grandparent Program intake is paused, the Start-Up Visa new-intake deadline of June 30, 2026 has passed, and the Home Care Worker pilots and Self-Employed Persons Program are paused; each status must be reverified before route selection. Forms, country instructions, document checklists, fees, portal availability, processing times, allocations, invitation rounds, program openings and policy expiry dates are dynamic and may not be hard-coded or treated as guarantees. Canada is party to the 1951 Refugee Convention and 1967 Protocol and the 1961 Reduction of Statelessness Convention, is not party to the 1954 Stateless Persons Convention, and has been bound by the Apostille Convention since January 11, 2024; reservations, declarations, competent authorities, destination acceptance and provincial or territorial extensions for adoption, child-abduction and service conventions must still be verified. Published legal and service sources do not authorize legal advice, account access, credential sharing, signature, payment, transmission or representative filing; applicants and authorized professionals must retain their own credentials and complete all legally personal stages. This research-only authority revision does not expand the separately versioned Canada Family Class married-spouse-outside-Canada structured-preparation pack and activates no additional pathway, eligibility decision, form-preparation pack, source monitoring, fee engine, representative filing, portal action, payment, transmission, legal advice, or government submission.
Representative participation
IRCC, CBSA, the IRB and the Federal Court apply route- and proceeding-specific representation rules. Paid immigration or citizenship advice requires an authorized Canadian lawyer or permitted paralegal, a Quebec notary, or a licensed College consultant as applicable, with current regulator status, competence, conflict and scope checks. IMM 5476 or the controlling tribunal or court appointment record does not transfer an applicant's declarations, signatures, biometrics, medical examination, interview, hearing, oath or portal credentials; the authorized representative must use the correct account and route-specific channel.
Official authority links
Competition Bureau authority, merger, deceptive-marketing and compliance guidancehttps://competition-bureau.canada.ca/
Open official source ↗FINTRAC authority, compliance guidance and reporting-system boundarieshttps://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/intro-eng
Open official source ↗FINTRAC money-services-business registry; registration is not endorsement or licence evidencehttps://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/msb-esm/reg-eng
Open official source ↗Federation of Law Societies — directory context for Canada's 14 provincial and territorial legal regulatorshttps://flsc.ca/
Open official source ↗Canada Gazette Parts I, II and III publication index for proposed rules, regulations and public Actshttps://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/publications-eng.html
Open official source ↗Immigration and Refugee Board forms index — current downloads controlhttps://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/forms/Pages/index.aspx
Open official source ↗Basis of Claim form — current Refugee Protection Division form and instructionshttps://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/forms/Pages/RpdSpr0201.aspx
Open official source ↗IRCC fee changes — current transitions and payment-difference instructionshttps://ircc.canada.ca/english/information/fees/fee-changes.asp
Open official source ↗IRCC live citizenship and immigration fee list — amounts must not be hardcodedhttps://ircc.canada.ca/english/information/fees/fees.asp
Open official source ↗Federal corporation search; provincial, territorial, financial and foreign entities are outside its scopehttps://ised-isde.canada.ca/cc/lgcy/fdrlCrpSrch.html?locale=en_CA
Open official source ↗CIPO authority, search, application, fee and representative guidancehttps://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/canadian-intellectual-property-office/en
Open official source ↗Corporations Canada authority, online filing, fee and service guidancehttps://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/corporations-canada/en
Open official source ↗Office of Consumer Affairs guidance; many contract and consumer remedies are provincial or territorialhttps://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/office-consumer-affairs/en
Open official source ↗Official insolvency-record search instructions; login, fee and database-scope limits applyhttps://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/office-superintendent-bankruptcy/en/bankruptcy-and-insolvency-records-search/instructions
Open official source ↗Justice Laws official consolidations hub; currentness and not-in-force annotations must be checked on each instrumenthttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/
Open official source ↗Accessible Canada Act — federally regulated accessibility planning, reporting and enforcementhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/A-0.6/
Open official source ↗Access to Information Act — federal records access and proactive-publication frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/A-1/
Open official source ↗Bank Act — federal bank incorporation, ownership, business and consumer-protection frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/B-1.01/
Open official source ↗Bank of Canada Act — central-bank mandate and note-issuance frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/B-2/
Open official source ↗Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act — bankruptcy, proposal, receivership and trustee frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/B-3/
Open official source ↗Canada Consumer Product Safety Act — product-safety, reporting, recall and enforcement frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-1.68/
Open official source ↗Canada Cooperatives Act — federal cooperative incorporation and governance frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-1.7/
Open official source ↗Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 — federal pollution and toxic-substance frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-15.31/
Open official source ↗Canadian Multiculturalism Act — federal policy and institutional obligationshttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-18.7/
Open official source ↗Citizenship Act — official consolidation including 2025 c. 5 changes in force 15 December 2025https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-29/
Open official source ↗Civil Marriage Act — federal marriage capacity and civil marriage frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-31.5/
Open official source ↗College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants Act — current statute; SOR/2026-68 is not yet in forcehttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-33.6/
Open official source ↗Competition Act — mergers, deceptive marketing, restrictive practices and enforcement baselinehttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-34/
Open official source ↗Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act — court-supervised restructuring frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-36/
Open official source ↗Copyright Act — federal copyright, moral rights and remedies frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-42/
Open official source ↗Canada Business Corporations Act — federal incorporation, records, control and dissolution frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-44/
Open official source ↗Criminal Code — federal offences, procedure and record consequences; legal assessment remains individualizedhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/
Open official source ↗Canada Evidence Act — federal evidence rules subject to court and proceeding scopehttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-5/
Open official source ↗Customs Act — import, accounting, examination, enforcement and appeal frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-52.6/
Open official source ↗Currency Act — Canadian monetary unit, legal tender and currency-contract ruleshttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-52/
Open official source ↗Customs Tariff — current tariff, origin, relief and trade-measure frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-54.011/
Open official source ↗Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act — federal not-for-profit corporation frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-7.75/
Open official source ↗Canada Pension Plan — contribution, benefit and appeal framework outside the Quebec Pension Planhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-8/
Open official source ↗Divorce Act — federal divorce, parenting, support and recognition frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/D-3.4/
Open official source ↗Excise Tax Act — GST, HST and federal excise-tax frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/E-15/
Open official source ↗Employment Equity Act — designated-group duties for covered federal employershttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/E-5.401/
Open official source ↗Employment Insurance Act — contribution, benefit and appeal frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/E-5.6/
Open official source ↗Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — federal information, garnishment and licence-denial regimehttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/F-1.4/
Open official source ↗Fisheries Act — federal fisheries, habitat, authorization and enforcement frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/F-14/
Open official source ↗Federal Courts Act — jurisdiction and remedies must be matched to the controlling proceedinghttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/F-7/
Open official source ↗Government Employees Compensation Act — work-injury compensation for covered federal employeeshttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/G-5/
Open official source ↗Canadian Human Rights Act — federal-sector discrimination and commission or tribunal frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/H-6/
Open official source ↗Immigration and Refugee Protection Act — official consolidation current to 26 May 2026https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-2.5/
Open official source ↗Impact Assessment Act — federal project-assessment framework, subject to constitutional and amendment historyhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-2.75/
Open official source ↗Investment Canada Act — review, notification and national-security framework for non-Canadian investmenthttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-21.8/
Open official source ↗Interpretation Act — federal interpretation, commencement and time-computation baselinehttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-21/
Open official source ↗Income Tax Act — federal income-tax baseline; live CRA filing instructions and dates still control operationshttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-3.3/
Open official source ↗Official consolidated federal Acts index — consolidations are generally updated every two weekshttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/index.html
Open official source ↗Canada Labour Code — federally regulated employment, standards and occupational-safety baselinehttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/L-2/
Open official source ↗Marriage prohibited-degrees statute — relationship-capacity rule separate from provincial solemnizationhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/M-2.1/
Open official source ↗National Housing Act — federal housing-finance and CMHC statutory frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/N-11/
Open official source ↗Official Languages Act — federal official-language rights and institutional dutieshttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/O-3.01/
Open official source ↗Old Age Security Act — residence-based pension and benefit frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/O-9/
Open official source ↗Privacy Act — federal-institution personal-information and access frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/P-21/
Open official source ↗Proceeds of Crime and Terrorist Financing Act — federal AML, reporting and registration baselinehttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/P-24.501/
Open official source ↗Non-Canadian residential-property purchase prohibition — federal law with prescribed exceptionshttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/P-25.2/
Open official source ↗Pay Equity Act — proactive federal public and private-sector pay-equity regimehttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/P-4.2/
Open official source ↗Patent Act — federal patent rights, applications and enforcement frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/P-4/
Open official source ↗PIPEDA — private-sector personal-information rules subject to scope and provincial equivalencyhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/P-8.6/
Open official source ↗Species at Risk Act — federal listing, protection, permitting and recovery frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/S-15.3/
Open official source ↗Statutory Instruments Act — federal regulation registration, scrutiny and publication frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/S-22/
Open official source ↗Supreme Court Act — court constitution, jurisdiction and appeal frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/S-26/
Open official source ↗Trademarks Act — federal trademark registration, rights and opposition frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/T-13/
Open official source ↗United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act — federal implementation frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/U-2.2/
Open official source ↗Statutes of Canada 2025 chapter 5 — Citizenship Act amendments assented 20 November 2025https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/annualstatutes/2025_5/
Open official source ↗Official annual Statutes of Canada index; enactment does not by itself prove commencementhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/AnnualStatutes/index.html
Open official source ↗Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982 and Canadian Charter — official federal consolidationhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/Const/Const_index.html
Open official source ↗Canada Pension Plan Regulations — contribution, evidence and benefit-administration detailshttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/C.R.C.,_c._385/
Open official source ↗Income Tax Regulations — withholding, reporting and prescribed-detail frameworkhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/C.R.C.,_c._945/
Open official source ↗Canada Labour Standards Regulations — federal hours, wages, leave, records and termination detailshttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/C.R.C.,_c._986/
Open official source ↗Official consolidated federal regulations index with amendment and not-in-force annotationshttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/index.html
Open official source ↗Canada Business Corporations Regulations, 2001 — current forms, filing and disclosure detailshttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2001-512/
Open official source ↗Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada — current filing, service and appeal procedurehttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-156/
Open official source ↗Proceeds of Crime and Terrorist Financing Regulations — current customer and reporting controlshttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-184/
Open official source ↗Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations — official consolidation current to 26 May 2026https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-227/
Open official source ↗Immigration Division Rules — current admissibility and detention procedurehttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-229/
Open official source ↗Refugee Protection Division Rules — current tribunal procedurehttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2012-256/
Open official source ↗Refugee Appeal Division Rules — current tribunal appeal procedurehttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2012-257/
Open official source ↗Citizenship Regulations, No. 2 — current adoption, proof, representative and transitional ruleshttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2015-124/
Open official source ↗Pay Equity Regulations — calculation, posting, reporting and administrative detailshttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2021-161/
Open official source ↗Non-Canadian residential-property purchase regulations — current persons, property and transaction exceptionshttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2022-250/
Open official source ↗Immigration Appeal Division Rules, 2022 — current tribunal appeal procedurehttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2022-277/
Open official source ↗Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — federal workplace-safety requirementshttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-86-304/
Open official source ↗Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings Regulations — court-to-registry process, not a public filing portalhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-86-600/
Open official source ↗Citizenship Regulations — current rules including amendments in force 15 December 2025https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-93-246/
Open official source ↗Employment Insurance Regulations — eligibility, records, premiums and benefit administrationhttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-96-332/
Open official source ↗Federal Child Support Guidelines — current tables and income rules, last amended 1 October 2025https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-97-175/
Open official source ↗Federal Courts Rules — current procedure, forms, service and filing requirementshttps://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-98-106/
Open official source ↗UN 1961 Reduction of Statelessness Convention status — Canada acceded 17 July 1978https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?chapter=5&clang=_en&mtdsg_no=V-4&src=TREATY
Open official source ↗UN 1967 Refugee Protocol status — Canada partyhttps://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?chapter=5&clang=_en&mtdsg_no=V-5&src=TREATY
Open official source ↗UN 1951 Refugee Convention status — Canada party with reservations and declarationshttps://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetailsII.aspx?chapter=5&clang=_en&mtdsg_no=V-2&src=TREATY
Open official source ↗UN 1954 Stateless Persons Convention status — Canada is not listed as a partyhttps://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetailsII.aspx?chapter=5&clang=_en&mtdsg_no=V-3&src=TREATY
Open official source ↗Barreau du Quebec roll search for active-member and good-standing verificationhttps://www.barreau.qc.ca/en/find-a-lawyer/
Open official source ↗Official-languages rights, programmes and complaint-routing hub; statutory commissioner powers remain under the Acthttps://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/official-languages-bilingualism.html
Open official source ↗Finance Canada notice extending the federal foreign-buyer prohibition to 1 January 2027https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2024/02/government-announces-two-year-extension-to-ban-on-foreign-ownership-of-canadian-housing.html
Open official source ↗Temporary Foreign Worker Program — employer LMIA process separate from the worker applicationhttps://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/foreign-workers.html
Open official source ↗Temporary Foreign Worker Program median-wage thresholds — effective dates and location controlhttps://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/foreign-workers/median-wage.html
Open official source ↗Social Insurance Number authority guidance; a SIN is personal and is not work authorizationhttps://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/sin.html
Open official source ↗Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada mandate and authorityhttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/mandate.html
Open official source ↗IRCC public policies — current temporary exemptions and special measureshttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/mandate/policies-operational-instructions-agreements/public-policies.html
Open official source ↗IRCC Employer Portal — employer-controlled LMIA-exempt offer channelhttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/partners-service-providers/employer-portal.html
Open official source ↗IRCC operational instructions and guidelines — route-specific staff guidancehttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals.html
Open official source ↗IRCC Program Delivery Updates — high-frequency operational change feedhttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/updates.html
Open official source ↗Bill C-12 immigration and asylum measures now in force — later regulatory implementation remains separatehttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2026/03/new-immigration-and-asylum-measures-from-bill-c-12-the-strengthening-canadas-immigration-system-and-borders-act-have-become-law.html
Open official source ↗IRCC notices — current intake, fee and programme-change announcementshttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/notices.html
Open official source ↗Parents and Grandparents Program — new intake paused 15 July 2026 until further noticehttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/notices/responsibly-manage-parent-grandparent-program.html
Open official source ↗IRCC forms and guides index — current versions and edition dates controlhttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides.html
Open official source ↗IMM 5476 Use of a Representative — November 2025 version and signature ruleshttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/imm5476.html
Open official source ↗Immigration medical examinations — approved panel physicians and current exemptionshttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/medical-police/medical-exams.html
Open official source ↗Police certificates — country-specific procurement and timing requirementshttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/medical-police/police-certificates.html
Open official source ↗Permanent Residence Portal — credentialed route-specific applicant channelhttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/pr-portal.html
Open official source ↗In-Canada refugee claims — eligibility and referral remain separate from IRB merits decisionshttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/asylum/in-canada.html
Open official source ↗Biometrics requirements — route, age, validity and exemption ruleshttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/biometrics/who-needs-to-give.html
Open official source ↗Atlantic Immigration Program — employer designation and provincial endorsement routehttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/atlantic-immigration.html
Open official source ↗Home Care Worker Immigration Pilots — application intake paused through 2026https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/caregivers/home-care-worker-immigration-pilots/child-care-home-support.html
Open official source ↗Express Entry route hub — a profile is not a permanent-residence applicationhttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry.html
Open official source ↗Family sponsorship route hub — class, undertaking and package-specific ruleshttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/family-sponsorship.html
Open official source ↗Immigration inadmissibility grounds and relief-route overviewhttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/inadmissibility.html
Open official source ↗Provincial Nominee Program — nomination and federal adjudication remain separatehttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/provincial-nominees.html
Open official source ↗Quebec-selected skilled workers — Quebec selection precedes federal processinghttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/quebec-skilled-workers/eligibility.html
Open official source ↗Rural and Francophone community immigration pilots — community and employer gateshttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/rural-franco-pilots.html
Open official source ↗Self-Employed Persons Program — intake paused since 30 April 2024https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/self-employed/eligibility.html
Open official source ↗Start-Up Visa Program — final eligible 2025 commitment filing deadline passed 30 June 2026https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/start-visa.html
Open official source ↗Pre-removal risk assessment — removal-stage eligibility and filing instructionshttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/refugees/protection/refusal-options/pre-removal-risk-assessment.html
Open official source ↗Private refugee sponsorship — sponsor type and current intake status controlhttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/refugees/sponsor-refugee/private-sponsorship-program.html
Open official source ↗Study permit application instructions — online-first and location-specifichttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/study-permit/apply.html
Open official source ↗Study permit eligibility — designated institution and applicant requirementshttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/study-permit/eligibility.html
Open official source ↗Provincial or territorial attestation letter requirements and exemptionshttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/study-permit/get-documents/provincial-attestation-letter.html
Open official source ↗Post-graduation work permit eligibility and application guidancehttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/work/after-graduation.html
Open official source ↗Visit Canada route hub — entry-document and temporary-residence routinghttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada.html
Open official source ↗Electronic travel authorization guidance — passport-linked and not a guarantee of admissionhttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/eta.html
Open official source ↗Visitor-record application instructions — in-Canada extension or status changehttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/extend-stay/apply.html
Open official source ↗Visitor visa application instructions — online-first with limited paper exceptionshttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/visitor-visa/apply.html
Open official source ↗Work in Canada route hub — permit and authorization routinghttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada.html
Open official source ↗Work permit types — employer-specific and open permits remain distincthttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada/permit/temporary/work-permit-types.html
Open official source ↗Federal labour-standards guidance; provincial or territorial rules govern most Canadian employmenthttps://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/workplace/federal-labour-standards.html
Open official source ↗CRA business-number and program-account registration guidance; account authority is actor-specifichttps://www.canada.ca/en/services/taxes/business-registration.html
Open official source ↗CBSA commercial-import guidance; importer, broker, account and declaration authority remain transaction-specifichttps://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/import/menu-eng.html
Open official source ↗CBSA detention, alternatives and removal-enforcement hubhttps://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/security-securite/detent/menu-eng.html
Open official source ↗CBSA travel-document and border guidance — documents do not guarantee admissionhttps://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/td-dv-eng.html
Open official source ↗Canadian Human Rights Commission federal authority, complaint and compliance guidancehttps://www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/en
Open official source ↗HCCH Service Convention status — Canadian central authorities and declarations must be checkedhttps://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/status-table/?cid=17
Open official source ↗HCCH Child Abduction Convention status — Canadian territorial-unit extensions and declarations controlhttps://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/status-table/?cid=24
Open official source ↗HCCH Apostille Convention status — in force for Canada 11 January 2024; competent authorities varyhttps://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/status-table/?cid=41
Open official source ↗HCCH Intercountry Adoption Convention status — Canadian territorial-unit extensions and declarations controlhttps://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/status-table/?cid=69
Open official source ↗Justice Canada family-law guidance; federal and provincial or territorial responsibilities remain distincthttps://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/fl-df/index.html
Open official source ↗Law Society of Ontario lawyer and paralegal directory for current status checkshttps://www.lso.ca/public-resources/finding-a-lawyer-or-paralegal/lawyer-and-paralegal-directory
Open official source ↗Office of the Information Commissioner authority and federal access-complaint guidancehttps://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/en
Open official source ↗OSFI authority and regulated financial-institution guidance; status must be checked in current registershttps://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en
Open official source ↗Office of the Privacy Commissioner authority, guidance, findings and complaint routeshttps://www.priv.gc.ca/en/
Open official source ↗Vital Statistics Council guidance — provinces and territories issue civil records; Justice Canada records divorceshttps://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/about/advisory-groups/vscc/faq
Open official source ↗Rules for records from Canada
These rules are keyed to where a record was issued, residence or citizenship, and police-history facts. The destination pathway is stated on every pack.
Not published
No source-specific document rules are published for records from Canada.
This does not mean records from this country are accepted without review. The controlling destination checklist and official instructions still apply, and unsupported country-document scope remains held for source research.