Overview of Pilot Programs
Canada offers several pilot programs designed to meet specific labor market needs.
Caregiver Program
The Home Child Care Provider Pilot and the Home Support Worker Pilot ended on June 17, 2024, and there are new changes to the pilot.
New Changes to the Pilot
These changes are now in effect and apply to all applications being processed:
- You only need 6 months of work experience, instead of 12, to qualify.
- For the Gaining experience category, IRCC will accept eligible work experience
- from inside or outside Canada
- Gained anytime between the 36-month period before you submitted your permanent residence application and the date you provide proof of work experience
Two types come under caregivers
- 1. Home Child Care Provider and
- 2. Home Support Worker
Qualifying work experience
Qualifying work experience means you’ve worked full-time in Canada in 1 of these (NOC) jobs:
Home childcare provider (NOC 44100)
- You must care for children in your own home or in your employer’s private home.
- The location can’t be an institutional setting such as a daycare.
- 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 44101)
- You must care for someone who needs help from a home support worker in your employer’s private home.
- The location can’t be an institutional setting such as a nursing home.
- You don’t need to live in your employer’s home to qualify.
