According to official data issued by StatsCan, the approval rate for the Canada Startup Visa Program, on average, was only 38.3% for the period 2015 – 2020.
The success rate, per country is included in the table below:
Country RankingApplicant CountryApproval Rate 1South Africa91.7% 2Brazil73.2% 3UK61.5% 4Russia56.9% 5Hong Kong55.8% 6USA42.9% 7Vietnam36.6% 8India34.0% 9China31.4% 10Turkey31.8% Program Average38.3%
NOTE: These approval rates have changed considerably since 2020, and more recently, independent applicants have seen higher rejection rates than those working with experienced service providers; in the Business Incubation sub-stream, in particular.