What are the Home Care Worker Pilots?

The Home Care Worker Pilots are immigration programs for foreign caregivers providing in-home care for:

• Children (Home Child Care Provider stream)
• Seniors or persons with disabilities (Home Support Worker stream)

These pilots replaced the prior Live-in Caregiver Program (closed) and the 2019-2024 Home Child Care Provider / Home Support Worker Pilots.

Eligibility

To qualify, applicants must:

• Have a Canadian job offer in NOC 44100 (Home child care providers) or NOC 44101 (Home support workers and related occupations) — or equivalent
• Meet language requirements (CLB 4 for the work permit stage; higher for PR)
• Have education equivalent to Canadian high school + occupation-specific training
• Have relevant experience (typically 12+ months of paid caregiving)
• Demonstrate intent to work as a caregiver in Canada (not just transit to PR)

Two-step pathway to PR

1. Work permit under the caregiver stream — typically a closed work permit for the specific Canadian employer
2. After 6+ months of qualifying Canadian work experience, apply for PR through the caregiver-specific pathway

Why this matters for Filipino / Indian applicants

The caregiver streams are heavily-used by Filipino workers (the Philippines is historically the largest source country for Canadian caregivers). Indian and other South Asian caregivers also qualify; numbers have been growing.

Halani's note

The caregiver pathway has historically had specific eligibility nuances that change between program iterations. We verify current eligibility against IRCC's published rules before accepting caregiver-stream files.