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The page restructures and clarifies Canadian work experience rules for CEC. Key substantive changes: (1) Work "in Canada" now explicitly includes Quebec for counting experience, though applicants must still prove intent to settle outside Quebec; (2) the non-countable experience list is expanded/clarified to explicitly list volunteering, unpaid internships, and unauthorized work (not legally allowed to work) alongside self-employment and full-time study; (3) the physician self-employment exemption is generalized—no longer limited to those invited to apply on/after April 25, 2023—removing that date-based eligibility restriction; (4) the "full-time at more than 1 job" hour-counting example is clarified to specify hours are combined across jobs, capped at 30/week, rather than 30 hours per job.
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“the Canadian experience class is prescribed as a class of persons who may become permanent residents on the basis of their ability to become economically established in Canada, their experience in Canada, and their intention to reside in a province other than the Province of Quebec.”
“be gained by working **in Canada** (including the province of Quebec) while authorized to work under temporary resident status”
“you were a volunteer or an unpaid intern - [you were not legally allowed to work in Canada]”
“You can count your self-employment as Canadian work experience if you have work experience providing publicly funded medical services in Canada (such as fee-for-service work).”
“full time at more than 1 job**: 30 hours a week for 12 months at more than 1 job = 1 year full time (1,560 hours)”
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