Manitoba Business Investor Stream
The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program’s Farm Investor Pathway (FIP) replaces the Farm Strategic Recruitment Initiative (FSRI). The pathway is part of Manitoba’s Business Investor Stream and allows individuals with farm business experience and sufficient capital to immigrate in order to establish and operate a farm in the province.
Around 12 per cent of Canada’s farmland is located in Manitoba, primarily in southern Manitoba. Successful FIP applicants are expected to establish a farm business in rural Manitoba producing primary products consistent with the province’s current farm industry. The type of operation and investment must correlate with provincial statistics and be relevant to Manitoba’s farm industry.
Applicants to the Farm Investor Pathway must be eligible to apply to the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP).
Manitoba Farm Investor Pathway Criteria
| Criterion | Minimum Requirement |
| Farm Business Experience | Minimum of three years farm business management or farm ownership and operation experience supported by verifiable documents. |
| Official Languages Proficiency | The FIP recognizes language capabilities in either of Canada’s two official languages are an important adaptability skill that will accelerate your ability to become economically established in rural Manitoba.
Applicants invited to attend a FIP interview will be required to conduct the interview in either French or English. |
| Farm Business Investment | At least $300,000. Applicants are expected to establish a farming business in rural Manitoba.
Farm business investments must be in eligible tangible assets as defined by the MPNP. A farm business plan is required and is an integral part of the application. Investments into a farm business operated primarily for the purposes of deriving passive investment income or speculative purposes are not eligible. |
| Farm Business Research Visit | Applicants must conduct a Farm Business Research Visit to Manitoba. |
| Farm Business Activities | A farm business entity should have ongoing and recurring business activities in rural Manitoba.
Applicants are required to live on the farm and actively participate in the management of the farm business on an ongoing basis from within Manitoba. The farm business must be in active primary agriculture production and economically viable. The MPNP requires you to conduct value-added farm business activities in Manitoba. Purely speculative activities or the use of third-party farm managers are not eligible under the MPNP. |
| Economic Establishment Adaptability | Applicants must demonstrate adaptability, specifically relating to practical farming skills, technical knowledge and experience in technological based farming practices that will transfer directly to Manitoba’s current primary farm production industry. |
| Net Worth | At least $500,000.
The FIP retains the option to have personal net worth verified by a third party supplier approved by the MPNP. If optioned, the verification report along with the application must be submitted to the MPNP within 120 days of receiving Invitation to Apply. |
Entrepreneur Pathway
The Entrepreneur Pathway allows the province to recruit and nominate eligible foreign business owners to move to Manitoba. They must have the intent and ability to establish or purchase a new business, or co-own an existing business. They must do so in the first two years after arriving in Manitoba on a temporary work permit.
The Entrepreneur Pathway is part of the province’s Business Investor Stream. Through this pathway, Manitoba can recruit and nominate qualified business professionals from overseas who have the intention and financial capacity to move to the province and establish or purchase a business or create a partnership with an existing business in Manitoba.
The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) Entrepreneur Pathway is linked to the province’s Expression of Interest (EOI) pool. Eligible candidates make their EOI by creating an online profile, which is assigned a score based on the answers provided in the Self-Assesment form.
Manitoba Entrepreneur Pathway Eligibility Criteria
| Criterion | Minimum Requirement |
| Business Experience | Minimum three out of five years experience as an active business owner or senior management in a successful business.
Business owners are given higher points in comparison to senior managers. Business owners must have at least 33 1/3% ownership to qualify for points. |
| Official Languages Proficiency | Minimum CLB 5. |
| Education | Minimum Canadian high school certificate equivalent. |
| Age | No minimum or maximum age; however, ranking points are allocated to candidates 25 to 49 years of age. |
| Business Investment | Minimum investment is $250,000 for businesses located in the Manitoba Capital Region.
Minimum investment is $150,000 if a business is located outside of the Manitoba Capital Region. Business investment must be made in an eligible business as defined by the MPNP. The proposed business must create or maintain at least one job for a Canadian Citizen or a Permanent Resident in Manitoba (excluding owners of the business and/or their close relatives). |
| Business Research Visit | A Business plan is required and is an important part of the application.
A Business Research Visit allows the applicant to conduct extensive research on their future business investment or proposal. The Business Research Visit must be conducted no more than one year prior to the submission of an EOI. |
| Adaptability | Points will be allocated if:
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| Net Worth | Minimum of $500,000
Personal net worth will be verified by a third-party supplier approved by the MPNP. A verification report, along with the application, must be submitted to the MPNP within 120 days of receiving a Letter of Advice to Apply (LAA). |
| Business Performance Agreement | After an application is approved, a Business Performance Agreement (BPA) must be signed prior to the MPNP issuing an applicant a letter of support for applying for a work permit. |
