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Canada,
Quebec

Canada consistently ranks among the best countries for quality of life, education, freedom, and transparency. It’s a diverse nation, rich in history and nature, and a longtime leader in shaping the immigrant investor landscape.

Why choose Canada?

Canada is one of the most popular destinations for investor immigrants wishing to relocate. It consistently ranks high on major comparative surveys of industrialized nations. Other of the country’s key benefits include the following:

  • Application processing within three to four months.
  • Inclusion of financially-dependent children under 30.
  • Inclusion of financially-dependent parents or grandparents over 55.
  • Inclusion of physically or mentally handicapped children living with, and fully supported by the main applicant.
  • Inclusion of unmarried sibling of the main applicant or the spouse.
  • Inclusion of a future spouse, future spouse of a qualified dependent child, or a future child of a qualified dependent.
  • No requirement to travel to Antigua & Barbuda during the application process.
  • No interview, education or managerial experience required.
  • Visa-free travel to 144 countries, including the Schengen zone, the U.K., Hong Kong, Singapore and more.
  • No tax on worldwide income.

Qualifications

The Quebec Immigrant Investor Program was established in 1986. Throughout its history, the program has undergone significant changes in investment thresholds, transitioning from CA$400,000 to CA$800,000 and eventually to CA$1.2 million. In 2024 it was relaunched with new qualification and investment requirements. The program is designed to allow business people and their families to enter the province of Quebec as permanent residents on an unconditional basis. In return, funding made available through the program helps provide subsidies in support of small and medium businesses in Quebec. The program has undergone significant transformation in the past couple of years, addressing the application process.

To qualify for residency or citizenship, applicants must fulfill the investment requirements below in addition to meeting the following criteria:

  • Show Level 7 French language proficiency (intermediate).
  • Demonstrate business experience.
  • Have a net worth of at least CA$2 million.
  • Provide documents supporting the source and origin of invested funds.
  • Settle in the province of Quebec.

Investment Requirements

As of January 2024, the financial contribution required to quality for the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program has been split into two parts – a donation and a term investment, totalling CA$ 1,200,000.

Donation

Investors are now required to make a non-refundable financial contribution of CA$ 200,000 to Investissement Québec – Immigrants Investisseurs Inc.

Investment

There are different ways to make the required investment in order to qualify for the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program. Investors can either deposit the full amount (Full Investment), or Finance the required amount (Financed Investment) from a chartered Canadian bank.

1. Full Investment
Applicants choosing this option must invest CA$1,000,000 in a government-guaranteed investment and hold it for a period of five years. At the end of this period, the guaranteed full amount is returned to the investor without accrued interest. The program provides for full investment or financing through authorized financial institutions. Arton Investments is such a financial institution duly recognized by the Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI) and Investissement Quebec (IQ). Additionally, investors will also need to make a mandatory non-refundable donation of CA$200,000 to Investissement Quebec.

2. Financed Investment
Under this option investors pay a reduced amount that is used to finance a CA$1,000,000 closed 62-month term loan from a chartered bank. This loan is initiated and repaid at no further cost and without additional guarantees from the applicant.

Citizenship Requirements

Investors and their family members who have lived in Canada for three out of the four years (1,095 days) preceding the application, have adequate knowledge of English and/or French, have no criminal record, and have acquired knowledge of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, as well as an understanding of Canada’s history, values, institutions and symbols are eligible to apply for citizenship.

92,581
Population Growth: 1.23%

24,100 USD
GDP (per capita)
GDP (purchasing power parity)
2.171 billion USD (2016)

143
Visa free countries

LOCATION
Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Altantic Ocean, east-southeast of Puerto Rico

CAPITAL
Saint John’s

DIFFERENCE
UTC-4

TOTAL AREA
442.6 sq. km.

AGE DEMOGRAPHICS
0-14: 23.36%, 15-24: 17%, 25-54: 42.31%, 55-64: 9.53%, 65+: 7.8%

LANGUAGE
English

RELIGIONS
Protestant: 68.3% (includes Anglican: 17.6%, Seventh Day Adventist: 12.4%, Pentecostal: 12.2%, Moravian: 8.3%, Methodist: 5.6%, Wesleyan Holiness: 4.5%, Church of God: 4.1%, Baptist: 3.6%), Roman Catholic: 8.2%, Other: 12.2%, Unspecified: 5.5%, None: 5.9%

GOVERNMENT TYPE
Parliamentary democracy (Parliament) under a constitutional monarchy and Commonwealth realm

CURRENCY
East Caribbean dollars (XCD), tied to USD

EXCHANGE RATE
1 USD = 2.7 XCD (2014)

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