Moving to Canada from the UK
IEC Working Holiday, Express Entry and employer-sponsored routes. How British citizens make the move to Canada, from visa pools to provincial healthcare.
The UK-Canada IEC agreement gives British citizens aged 18 to 35 access to Working Holiday, Young Professionals and International Co-op pools, with up to 10,000 places allocated each year. Beyond that, Express Entry and provincial nominee programmes offer permanent residency routes for skilled workers at any age.
Canada front-loads its admin differently to the UK: you will need a Social Insurance Number, a Canadian bank account, and provincial health insurance registration within your first weeks. These guides walk you through the sequence, costs and the things that catch British newcomers off guard.