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International Experience Canada - Working Holiday

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Which nationalities and age range can participate?

Participation is decided by citizenship: the applicant's country or territory of citizenship must have a youth mobility agreement (YMA) with Canada. The official source does not state the age range.

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Limits of the record
  • The capture states no age range for incoming participants. The only ages on the page, 'Canadians ages 18-35', sit under a heading about Canadians going abroad, not about foreign nationals coming to Canada.
  • The per-country lists show which categories each country or territory may use, but the capture gives no country-by-country age limits.
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    To participate in International Experience Canada (IEC), your country or territory of citizenship must have a youth mobility agreement (YMA) with Canada.

What combination of travel, work, study or training does the programme permit?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the combination of travel, work and study the programme permits.

What are the defining limitations: quota, ballot, previous participation, employer limits, study limits or equivalent?

A participation counts if the person arrives in Canada and gets their work permit; an approved application that is never followed by coming to Canada to get a work permit does not count. The official source does not state a quota, ballot, the number of participations allowed or employer or study limits for this category.

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Limits of the record
  • The capture states no quota, cap or ballot, and no employer or study limit for this category.
  • It does not say how many participations the Working Holiday category allows; that is left to each country's own rules elsewhere on the page.
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    It counts as a participation if you arrive in Canada and get your work permit. If we approve your application, but you don’t come to Canada to get a work permit, that doesn’t count as a participation.

What funds, insurance, onward travel or similar preparation is particularly important?

Insurance must cover repatriation: the cost of getting the participant to a medical facility, returning them to their home country, or returning their remains to their home country, in the event of severe illness, injury or death. The official source does not state a funds amount or a return-travel requirement.

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Limits of the record
  • The capture states no amount of funds, no minimum insurance value and no onward or return-travel ticket requirement.
  • The insurance text appears as a detached explanatory note; the requirement sentence it explains is not in the capture.
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    This is when you need to return to your country in the event of severe illness, injury or death. Your insurance would need to include the cost of - getting you to a medical facility - returning you to your home country or - returning your remains to your home country

How long can the person stay, can the programme be extended or repeated, and what happens when it ends?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the length of stay, extension or repeat rules and what happens at the end.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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