Definitions
 1. In this Regulation, “Canadian Language Benchmarks” means the documents entitled “Canadian Language Benchmarks: English as a Second Language for Adults” and “Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens: français langue seconde pour adultes”, as amended from time to time and available on the website of the Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks; (“Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens”) “Canadian experience class” means the class described in section 87.1 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations made under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada); (“catégorie de l’expérience canadienne”) “designated educational credential assessment organization” means an institution that has been designated by the federal Department of Citizenship and Immigration to issue an educational credential assessment and that is listed as such on the website of the federal Department of Citizenship and Immigration, as the list is amended from time to time; (“organisme désigné d’évaluation des diplômes d’études”) “eligible Canadian institution” means a publicly funded Canadian university or college listed on the Ministry’s website, as the list is amended from time to time; (“établissement canadien admissible”) “eligible Ontario institution” means a publicly funded Ontario university listed on the Ministry’s website, as the list is amended from time to time; (“établissement ontarien admissible”) “Express Entry system” means the system of that name administered by the federal Department of Citizenship and Immigration; (“système Entrée express”) “family member” has the same meaning as in subsection 1 (3) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations
made under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada); (“membre de la famille”) “federal skilled worker class” means the class described in section 75 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations made under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada); (“catégorie des travailleurs qualifiés (fédéral)”) “full-time” means, (a)  in respect of an employment position, a position that requires no fewer than 1,560 hours of paid work in a 12-month period and no fewer than 30 hours of paid work per week in a 12-month period, (b)  in relation to a program of study, a program that leads to an educational credential and requires at least 15 hours of instruction per week during the academic year, including any period of training in the workplace that forms part of the course of instruction; (“temps plein”) “Government of Canada Job Bank” means the job bank of that name on the website maintained by the Government of Canada, as the job bank is amended from time to time; (“Guichet-Emplois du gouvernement du Canada”) “Greater Toronto Area” means the geographic area composed of the City of Toronto and the regional municipalities of Durham, Halton, Peel and York; (“Grand Toronto”) “institutional investor” means an institution, including a bank, pension fund, mutual fund, endowment fund, or hedge fund, whose primary purpose is to manage financial assets and that is regulated by the Ontario Securities Commission or its equivalent in another jurisdiction; (“investisseur institutionnel”) “minimum necessary settlement amount” means one-half of the amount identified as the low-income cut-off in the most recent edition of the publication concerning low income cut-offs that is published annually by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Act; (“montant vital minimum pour l’établissement”) “National Occupational Classification” means the National Occupational Classification available on the website of the Government of Canada, as the Classification is amended from time to time; (“Classification nationale des professions”) “notification of interest from Ontario” means a notification sent to a person from the Government of Ontario informing the person that he or she may apply for a certificate of nomination to the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program; (“déclaration d’intérêt de l’Ontario”) “restricted occupation” has the same meaning as in subsection 73 (1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations made under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada). (“profession d’accès limité”) O. Reg. 422/17, s. 1; O. Reg. 243/19, s. 1.