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 Ranking Applicant Country Approval Rate
1 South Africa 91.7%
2 Brazil 73.2%
3 UK 61.5%
4 Russia 56.9%
5 Hong Kong 55.8%
6 USA 42.9%
7 Vietnam 36.6%
8 India 34.0%
9 China 31.4%
10 Turkey 31.8%
Program Average 38.3%

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.