This well-known immigration route enables Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents to sponsor their parents and grandparents for Permanent Residency.
Parent and grandparent sponsorship is available through the Family Class sponsorship programme for Canadian citizens and permanent residents.

Eligibility for the Parent and Grandparent Programs
Both the sponsor and the person(s) being sponsored must meet certain qualifying standards.

Sponsors are required to:
• be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada;
• satisfy specific income standards
• financially support the sponsored individual(s) and their dependents.

The sponsor and the sponsored person(s) must enter into a sponsorship agreement that has the following provisions:
• commits the sponsor to financially support the sponsored person(s) and any other eligible relatives accompanying them for a period of three to twenty years, depending on their age and relationship to the sponsor, beginning on the date they become permanent residents;
• states that persons becoming permanent residents will make all reasonable efforts to support themselves.