Caregiver Program

Caregivers have options to come to Canada to become permanent residents or temporary workers through:

• Home Child Care Provider （closed for 2021，reopen jan 2022）
• Home Support Worker

If you don’t have any qualifying work experience, you can apply for permanent residence through the Home Child Care Provider Pilot or the Home Support Worker Pilot as long as you meet the other eligibility requirements.

Home child care provider (NOC 4411)

• You must care for children under the age of 18 in your own home or in your employer’s home
• You don’t need to live in your employer’s home to qualify
• Experience as a foster parent doesn’t count

Home support worker (NOC 4412)

• You must care for someone who needs help from a home support worker either in your own home or in your employer’s home
• You don’t need to live in your employer’s home to qualify
• Only home support workers are eligible under NOC 4412
• Experience as a housekeeper doesn’t count

Eligibility

• You may be eligible to apply for the Home Child Care Provider Pilot or Home Support Worker Pilot, if you:
• have a genuine and valid job offer
• are able to do the job
• meet the language level
• meet the education requirement
• are admissible to Canada
• plan to live outside the province of Quebec as a permanent resident