Canadian Experience Class

Canadian Experience Class (CEC)

The Canadian Experience Class is for skilled workers who have Canadian work experience and want to become permanent residents.
Minimum requirements FSW for
  • You must meet the required language levels needed for your job for each language ability in writing, reading, listening and speaking.
  • You must have at least 1 year of skilled work experience in Canada, in the last 3 years before you apply, and the work experience must be full-time, or an equal amount in part-time. Have gained your work experience by working in Canada while under temporary resident status with authorization to work. Your work experience must be in the skill level 0, skill type A, or skill type B.

Please note that Self-employment and work experience gained while you were a full-time student (even if you were on a co-op work term) doesn’t count towards the minimum requirements for this program.