Who is eligible to sponsor their parent or grandparent to Canada?
The opportunity to sponsor a parent or grandparent is open to Canadian citizens or Permanent Residents who are at least 18 years old, living in Canada and earn an income that meets the required levels. Sponsors must agree to be financially responsible for their parent or grandparent for 20 years from the date they take up residence in Canada.
What is the minimum necessary income to sponsor your parents or grandparents to Canada?
- The funds you require to be eligible to sponsor depends on the number of people in your family. To calculate your family size, you need to take into account all of the following:
- Yourself
- Your spouse or common law partner
- Any children who are less than 22 years old and not married or common law
- Anyone else you have sponsored for immigration purposes
- The parents or grandparents you want to sponsor, and their children less than age 22
- The total of all these people becomes your family size for immigration sponsorship purposes.
