Sponsoring under family class allows Permanent Residents and Citizens of Canada to sponsor members of family class provided they will and are able to provide care and support to sponsored person.
Members of family class include a sponsors spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner; a dependent child of the sponsor; the sponsor’s mother or father; a person the sponsor intends to adopt; and other relatives of the sponsor as defined by regulation.
You can sponsor certain relatives to immigrate to Canada under the Family Class if you’re at least 18 years old and a:
Sponsoring means that the sponsor signs an unconditional contract for a period of time agreeing to provide, for a specific number of years, financial support and basic requirements such as:
To sponsor someone, your annual household income as demonstrated by your tax returns, should be greater than the LICO (low income cut off) Chart. LICO chart gives the income threshold based on members living in family unit (including those you are sponsoring, because once sponsored they will be part of your household).
However, you are not required to meet the LICO threshold if you are sponsoring any of these
You must prove that you have an annual income that is at least equal to the minimum necessary income to support the group of persons consisting of:
Minimum necessary income, you need to demonstrate the following family income in order to sponsor. The table applies to all provinces except Quebec.
Table 1 - Low Income Cut-Off (LICO)