As a self-employed person, you must have relevant experience in cultural activities, athletics, or farm management.

You must also have the intention and ability to establish a business that will, at a minimum, create employment for yourself. You must make a significant contribution to cultural activities or athletics.

Your experience is relevant if you have:

• taken part in cultural activities or athletics at a world-class level or
• been a self-employed person in cultural activities or athletics

Relevant experience for a self-employed person means at least two years of experience.

for cultural activities:

.    2 one-year periods being self-employed in cultural activities, or
a. 2 one-year periods participating at a world-class level in cultural activities, or
b. a combination of a one-year period described in (a), and a one-year period described in (b)

• for athletics:

. 2 one-year periods being self-employed in athletics, or
a. 2 one-year periods participating at a world class level in athletics, or
b. a combination of a one-year period described in (a) above, and a one-year period described in (b) above

Selection criteria

You are accessed on following factors:

• experience
• education
• age
• language abilities
• adaptability

No immigration conditions are imposed on this class. You must have enough money to support yourself and your family members after you arrive in Canada.

Requirements

Self-employed person means a foreign national who has relevant experience and has the intention and ability to be self-employed in Canada and to make a significant contribution to specified economic activities in Canada.

Relevant experience in respect of a self-employed person, means at least two years in the period beginning five years before the date of application for a permanent resident visa and ending on the day a determination is made in respect of the application, in one of the following types of experience:

Self-employment in cultural activities or in athletics, or
participation at a world-class level in cultural activities or athletics.
Specified economic activities in respect of a self-employed person, means cultural activities or athletic.