Quebec Economic Classes
This section contains policy, procedures and guidance used by IRCC staff. It is posted on the department’s website as a courtesy to stakeholders.
This section describes how to process applications for permanent residence that are submitted online or on paper under the following programs:
- Quebec skilled workers (paper only)
- Quebec immigrant investor
- Quebec entrepreneur
- Quebec self-employed persons
Quebec's economic immigration program has four main objectives:
- to promote francophone immigration
- to maximize the economic benefits of selection
- to manage the volume of immigration in terms of Quebec's needs and capacity for integration
- to select economic immigrants who are most adaptable to the Quebec labour market