Sponsor your family — find your pathway
Bringing family together is the most meaningful thing Canadian immigration does — and one of the most rule-bound. Answer a few honest questions about who you want to sponsor and where you both stand, and we'll map the realistic route: spouse or partner, children, parents and grandparents, even the narrow doors for other relatives — including the hard truths and the workarounds.
Getting started
Step 1
Who are you in this journey?
Why we ask: Sponsorship is really two applications in one — the sponsor's eligibility and the family member's admissibility. Knowing which side you're on tells us how to talk you through it.
Prefer to read instead? Browse the complete guide — every scenario from this pathway on one page.
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