Community sponsors – Sponsoring refugees
Some community organizations can sponsor refugees to come to Canada.
The organization must agree to give emotional and financial support to the refugees for the full sponsorship period - usually one year.
Effective October 19, 2012, community sponsors may only sponsor applicants who are recognized as refugees by either the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or a foreign state.
Determine your eligibility
A community sponsor can be an organization, an association or a corporation. Find out more about eligibility.
Apply
Follow the steps to sponsor a refugee as a community sponsor.
Check processing times
Find out how long it will take CIC to process your application.
After you apply: get next steps
Find out what you should do after you apply to sponsor a refugee.
Quebec has its own process to sponsor refugees. Sponsors who live in the province of Quebec should contact the Ministère de l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles.
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