Agri Food Pilot

Eligible Occupations

The occupations and industries eligible under the Agri-Food Immigration Pilot includ

• meat processing
• retail butcher
• industrial butcher
• food processing labourer
• harvesting labourer for year-round mushroom production and greenhouse crop production
• general farm worker for year-round mushroom production, greenhouse crop production, or livestock raising
• farm supervisor and specialized livestock worker for meat processing, year-round mushroom production, greenhouse crop production or livestock raising

Job offer requirement

Those who want to apply for the Agri-Food Pilot must have a valid job offer in Canada. Their job offer must meet the following requirements:

• Be in an eligible occupation and industry
• Be for a full-time position
• Be for a non-seasonal position
• Be for permanent employment
• Have the wage determined by the applicable collective agreement
• Be for a job outside of Quebec

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for the Agri-Food Pilot, applicants must:

• Have at least 1 year of non-seasonal, full-time work in the 3 years preceding the application
• Have work experience in 1 or more of the eligible occupations
• Have gained work experience in Canada through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program

The following types of work do not count towards the work experience requirement:

• Volunteering
• Unpaid internships
• Part-time positions
• Seasonal positions
• Work not authorized by IRCC

Minimum education requirement

To be eligible for the Agri-Food Pilot, applicants must have one of the following:

• A diploma from a Canadian high school
• An educational credential assessment (ECA) report from a designated organisation confirming that they completed a foreign credential at the secondary school level or higher