Category-based selection

IRCC category-based selection page says you still need Federal Skilled Worker, Canadian Experience Class, or Federal Skilled Trades to sit in the pool. Category eligibility is extra, not a replacement.

The 22 Jun 2026 page listed 10 current categories, including French-language proficiency, occupation categories, physicians, senior managers, researchers, and skilled military recruits. Occupation categories use a 12-month full-time (or equivalent part-time) rule in the last three years in a single listed NOC.