Ontario Skilled Trades Stream 

This stream gives foreign nationals with Ontario work experience in eligible skilled trades the opportunity to apply to permanently live and work in Ontario.

Mandatory requirements

• You must have at least one year of full-time work experience in certain jobs.
• Your work experience must have been:
• obtained within the last two years
• in one or more of the occupations that you identified in your Express Entry profile
• in Ontario while maintaining legal status in Canada
• You must be living in Ontario and hold a valid work permit at the time you apply.
• You must have CLB level 5 in either English or French