44101 Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations
No. NOC 44101 is not on the high-wage list.
Not on the list TEER 4
TEER 4 and 5 work does not count as skilled Canadian experience for Express Entry.
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Example job titles
- attendant for persons with disabilities - home care
- family caregiver
- home support worker
- live-in caregiver
- live-in caregiver - seniors
- personal aide - home support
- personal care attendant - home care
- respite worker - home support
Main duties
- Provide care and companionship for individuals and families during periods of incapacitation, convalescence or family disruption
- Administer bedside and personal care to clients such as aid in ambulation, bathing, personal hygiene, and dressing and undressing
- Plan and prepare meals and special diets, and feed or assist in feeding clients
- May perform routine health-related duties such as changing non-sterile dressings, assisting in the administration of medications and collecting specimens under the general direction of home care agency supervisor or nurse
- May perform routine housekeeping duties such as laundry, washing dishes and making beds.
What changes on November 3, 2026
- A new Labour Market Integration factor replaces the Canadian work experience points.
- Canadian experience in a high-wage occupation adds 20, 40 or 70 points on top of work-length points.
- A job offer in a high-wage occupation gives 50, 70 or 100 points, and no LMIA is needed.
- The two routes do not add up. You get the higher one: up to 150 points (140 with a spouse).
- Invitation rounds pause for up to two weeks while IRCC recalculates every profile.