Typical window from arrival in Canada to permanent residency eligibility.
CANADA · ENTREPRENEUR PATHWAY
Your business is the path to Canada.
Entrepreneur Pathway (C-11)
A C-11 aligned work permit, structured on a real venture.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Use a viable Canadian business to support an entrepreneur work-permit strategy.
A C-11 aligned work permit, structured on a real venture. Alpha Oak coordinates the commercial, mobility and family considerations as one connected strategy, so the route works beyond approval or launch.
PROGRAMME SNAPSHOT
How a C-11 case is built.
Four tests the file must answer, clearly, on day one.
Foreign-owned Canadian operating entity, owned and led by you.
Where Alpha Oak runs entrepreneur cases in any given year.
Canada · ALPHA OAK
Your business is the path to Canada.
A C-11 aligned work permit, structured on a real venture.FULL DETAILS
A pathway for entrepreneurs, not investors.
C-11 is a work permit for self-employed entrepreneurs running a real business in Canada. It is not a passive investor visa, it expects a viable venture, with you in the driver's seat from day one.
FULL DETAILS
How a C-11 case is built.
Four tests the file must answer, clearly, on day one.
A real venture
Approval favours operating businesses with traction, not paperwork ones.
Owner-operator
You hold the controlling stake, and you run the business day-to-day.
Significant benefit
The venture must deliver economic, cultural or social benefit to Canada.
A route to PR
Structured so the work permit transitions cleanly to permanent residency.
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Three routes in.
C-11 supports the venture you actually have in mind.
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Talk to a North America desk advisor.
Talk to a North America desk advisor.
We map your venture, your timeline and your family plan into one C-11 case file.
Canada · Entrepreneur Pathway (C-11)