How it works
About the foreign graduate entrepreneur stream
An unusual route: it is aimed at graduates of foreign universities rather than Canadian ones, and entry runs through an Alberta-approved designated agency that must recommend you.
Applying from outside Canada: Built for applicants abroad, since it requires a non-Canadian degree.
Source: the province's own page for this stream. Last checked September 11, 2026. Provinces change stream criteria without notice, so confirm the detail before you rely on it.
Requirements
What this stream asks for
- A degree from an institution outside Canada, assessed as equivalent to a Canadian degree
- A letter of recommendation from a designated agency approved by the programme
- An investment of at least $100,000 in an urban area, or $50,000 regionally
- At least 34 per cent ownership in an urban area, or 51 per cent regionally
- Six months of full-time experience managing or owning a business, or an accepted equivalent such as an incubator programme
- Language at CLB 5
Programme
The Alberta programme right now
Open, with no structural overhaul. Changes this year have been administrative: a fee to submit a worker expression of interest from April 2026, editable profiles from May, and an extra 200 nominations in August taking the year's allocation to 6,603.
Alberta's only expired streams are the employer-driven and strategic recruitment categories, which ended in 2018. Note that Alberta does not stamp its stream pages with a last-updated date, and one page still refers to priorities for 2024 and early 2025, so treat undated Alberta detail with care.
Official AAIP page Official draw results
Checked against the province's own pages on September 11, 2026. Streams change through the year, so confirm on the official page before you apply.
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