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The government of Canada launched the Canada Agri-Food Immigration Pilot in 2020 with hopes of bringing in workers and sustain its growth output.

However, this program will only accept applications for 3 years.

Eligible candidates are requested to send out their applications from May 15, 202 to May 14, 2023.
On a yearly basis, around 2750 applications are going to be accepted each year and for this year, the government of Canada has made it clear that they are going to target people that are already in Canada because of the ongoing pandemic and the travel restrictions that it has brought.

Here are the eligible occupations you can apply in:

  • Retail butcher
  • Industrial butcher
  • Food processing labourer
  • Harvesting labourer for year-round mushroom production
  • Harvesting labourer for year-round greenhouse crop production
  • Harvesting labourer for year-round livestock raising
  • Farm supervisor or Specialised livestock worker
  • Farm supervisor or Specialised livestock worker for meat processing
  • Farm supervisor or Specialised livestock worker for mushroom production
  • Farm supervisor or Specialised livestock worker for greenhouse crop production
  • Farm supervisor or Specialised livestock worker for livestock raising

Eligibility requirements for Agri-Food Immigration Pilot

  • 12 month full-time work experience in Temporary Foreign Worker Program
  • Canadian language benchmark level 4 in English
  • Canadian language benchmark level 4 in French
  • Foreign equivalent of a high-school level education
  • Foreign equivalent of higher education
  • Job offer for full time work in Canada outside Quebec
  • Job offer for non-seasonal work in Canada outside of Quebec

More information about jobs in the Agri-Food Immigration Pilot

Sectors and NOC Code Occupation Expected Intake
Meat product manufacturing industry
(NOC B 6331)
(NOC C 9462)
(NOC B 8252)
(NOC D 9617)
Retail Butchers
Industrial Butchers
Farm Supervisors and Specialised Livestock Workers
Food Processing Labourers
1,470
1,470
50
730
Greenhouse, nursery and floriculture production industries
(NOC B 8252)
(NOC C 8431)
(NOC D 8611)
Farm Supervisors And Specialised Livestock Workers
General Farmworkers
Harvesting Labourers
50
200
600
Animal production industry
(NOC B 8252)
(NOC C 8431)
Farm Supervisors And Specialised Livestock Workers
General Farmworkers
50
2
General Farmworkers

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