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For a person who wants to settle permanently in Quebec in order to start up an innovative company (Start-up of an innovative company profile).
You can apply for the Start-up of an innovative company profile if you want to settle permanently in Québec to start up an innovative company.
The applicant must have received a service offer from an organisation specialised in innovation, with an establishment in Quebec, whose main activity is support services (training, mentoring, search for financing) for people starting or growing an innovative business, and which has committed to supporting the business project. It must show it can support the project by completing the 'Offre de service en innovation' form, filed with the application. The business project must be set out in a business plan on the 'Plan d'affaires — Programme des entrepreneurs Volet 1' template (French only), submitted with the application.
You must have received a service offer from an organization specialized in innovation that has committed to supporting you in carrying out your business project. An organization specialized in innovation is an organization with an establishment in Québec whose main activity is to provide support services (training, mentoring, searching for financing) to people whose business project entails starting or growing an innovative business. The organization must be able to demonstrate that it can support you in your business project. To do so, it must draw up an Offre de service en innovation (PDF 233 Kb) (innovation service offer) in which it presents the services it intends to offer you for carrying out your project. The service offer makes it possible to assess the capacity of the organization to support you in carrying out your business project. The resources deployed by the support organization must be sufficient and adapted to the needs related to carrying out your project. You must include the form completed by the organization with your application. For reference, see the list of available resources in innovation and entrepreneurship (in French).. Business plan Your business project must be outlined in a business plan and submitted with your application. To draw up your business plan, you must use the document Plan d’affaires — Programme des entrepreneurs Volet 1 (PDF 202 Kb) (in French only).
The applicant's contribution to the original capital of the business they will create must be at least 10% of the business's value, held alone or with the spouse included in the application. The official source does not state a minimum investment sum or net worth.
Your contribution to the original capital of the business that you will create must correspond to at least 10% of the value of this business. You can hold it alone or with the spouse included in the application.
The business must not operate in payday loans, cheque cashing or pledge loans; in the production, distribution or sale of pornographic or sexually explicit products or sex-industry services such as nude or erotic dancing, escort services or erotic massage; or in trading, leasing, brokerage, development or planning in the property sector. The official source does not state the family position.
Your business must not be engaged in activities in the following sectors: Payday loans, cashing cheques or pledge loans; Production, distribution or sale of pornographic or sexually explicit products or services related to the sex industry, such as nude or erotic dancing, escort services or erotic massage; Trading, leasing, brokerage, development or planning in the property sector.
The route is aimed at permanent settlement: the profile is open to a person who wants to settle permanently in Quebec to start up an innovative company, and the programme's general conditions are framed around obtaining permanent resident status, with the financial self-sufficiency commitment running for the three months from the date that status is obtained. The official source does not state the approval sequence, the duration of any status or its renewal.
You can apply for the Start-up of an innovative company profile if you want to settle permanently in Québec to start up an innovative company.
You must commit for three months as of the date of obtaining permanent resident status to meeting your essential needs, those of the members of your family accompanying you and those of dependent children who are Canadian citizens.
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