Requirement for Work Permit

French is not required to obtain an initial work permit or visitor record. At this time, it is also not required to extend a work permit.

The Quebec government has announced that a beginner level of spoken French will be required to renew work permit based on a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) and Certificat d鈥檃cception du Qu茅bec (CAQ) for individuals who have resided in Quebec for 3 years. This requirement may be extended to other types of work permit.

While the details of this new French language requirement have not been confirmed, foreign national employees on LMIA based work permit are encouraged to begin to learn French as soon as possible.

Requirement for Permanent Residence

Almost all programs to access permanent residence in Quebec require a spoken and/or written level of French. Spouses can also be required to hold a beginner level of spoken French.

Please refer to Permanent Residence for an overview of the different programs.

Resources on Campus

The Mon Fran莽ais Program provides French language courses for international tenure-stream and ranked CAS colleagues. Spouses of eligible faculty members are also welcome and encouraged to participate. The goal of the program is to help new faculty become conversant in French in order to facilitate engagement with the broader community in Montr茅al and in Qu茅bec, and to prepare them for the Test d'茅valuation du fran莽ais adapt茅 pour le Qu茅bec (TEFAQ). 涩里番 will reimburse the TEFAQ fees for eligible faculty members and their spouses.

涩里番 also has various French-language instruction options to suit the needs of current students and employees. For full information, please refer to Learn French, French at Work Program and Language Learning Guide.

Schooling in French for Accompanying Children

Visit the 涩里番 Family Care website for general information about access to English schools, the French 鈥淲elcome Class鈥�, and mandatory schooling in French.