Immigrate to Canada & Get Canada PR easily as an Agriculture Worker in 2023

If you would like to to immigrate to Canada easily as an agriculture worker in 2023 and eventually get Canadian permanent residence as an agriculture worker, then you wan to read this post to the very end.

Through Canada’s three-year Agri-Food Pilot program, foreignors with expertise in the agriculture and agri-food sector can immigrate to Canada to help address the country’s labour needs and eventually an opportunity to easily become permanent residents of Canada after an initial two-year stint as a temporary foreign worker.

The Agri-Food Pilot program is a pathway to Canada permanent residence for experienced, non-seasonal workers in specific industries and occupations in the Agriculture sector.

Who is eligible for Canada’s Agri-Food Immigration Pilot?

To apply for permanent residence under the Agri-Food Pilot, you need

1. eligible Canadian work experience (i.e. at least one year Canadian work experience – at least 1,560 hours in the past three years) in one or more of the eligible industries and occupations
2. a full-time (at least 30 paid hours per week), non-seasonal job offer from a Canadian employer in one of the following eligible industries and occupations (outside of Quebec)
   • Eligible industries under the Agri-Food Pilot are:
     • meat product manufacturing (NAICS 3116) in the following eligible occupations:
       1. NOC B 6331 – Retail butchers
       2. NOC C 9462 – Industrial butchers
       3. NOC B 8252 – Farm supervisors and specialized livestock workers
       4. NOC D 9617 – Food processing labourers
     • greenhouse, nursery and floriculture production, including mushroom production (NAICS 1114) in the following eligible occupations:
       1. NOC B 8252 – Farm supervisors and specialized livestock workers
       2. NOC C 8431 – General farm workers
       3. NOC D 8611 – Harvesting labourers
     • animal production, excluding aquaculture in the following eligible occupations:
       • NOC B 8252 – Farm supervisors and specialized livestock workers
       • NOC C 8431 – General farm workers
     • • cattle ranching and farming (NAICS 1121)
       • hog and pig farming (NAICS 1122)
       • poultry and egg production (NAICS 1123)
       • sheep and goat farming (NAICS 1124)
       • other animal production (NAICS 1129)
3. to meet or exceed the language requirements
   • You must score a minimum of Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) of Level 4 on an approved language test in either English or French.
4. to meet or exceed the educational requirements
   • You must have completed level of education equivalent to a Canadian high school diploma (or higher). If you completed your studies outside Canada, then you must have your credentials assessed by a valid Educational Credentials Assessment (ECA) agency.
5. to maintain temporary resident status (if already in Canada)
6. to have settlement funds (if applicable)
   • You must show proof of funds enough to support you and your family upon arrival in Canada. If you are already working in Canada with a valid work permit then the proof of funds requirement is waved.
   • If you are not already working in Canada, the settlement funds requirement is as follows:

   • Number of family members	Required funds (in $CAD)
     1 (single applicant)	$13,310
     2	$16,570
     3	$20,371
     4	$24,733
     5	$28,052
     6	$31,638
     7	$35,224
     For each additional family member, add	$3,586

Application limits of the Agri-Food Pilot by eligible occupation

There are annual limits on the number of the Agri-Food Pilot applications that will be processed for each eligible occupation.

Starting on January 1 of each year, applications will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis. This pilot will last for 3 years.

As at the writing of this article the Agri-Food Pilot program is currently accepting applications until May 2023 when the program will come to a close.

The Agri-Food Pilot program accepts a maximum of 2,750 principal applicants, plus their family members, in each of one of 3 years of its tenure as tabulated below:

The target is a total of approximately 16,500 immigrants get Canada permanent residents over the three-year duration of the Agri-Food Pilot program.

If your application is rejected because the annual limit for your occupation category has been reached, IRCC Canada refund your application fees.