The CEC is a permanent residence category for people with skilled work experience in Canada. It was developed for temporary foreign workers and foreign graduates with qualifying Canadian work experience.
With one or more years of skilled work experience in Canada, you may eligible for the CEC program for Permanent Residence.In an effort to improve the responsiveness of the immigration system to regional and sectoral skill shortages, the Canadian government created the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) in 1998, and the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) in 2008