You can bring family members with you to Canada if they were processed for permanent
residence as your dependents.
This includes:
• your spouse or common-law partner
• your dependent child
• your spouse or common-law partner’s dependent child
• a dependent child of a dependent child The family members that can’t come with you include:
• your parents
• grandparents
• brother or sister
• uncle or aunt
• nephew or niece
• other relatives
Your dependents can’t arrive in Canada before you. They must arrive with you or after you.
You may be able to sponsor them after you immigrate to Canada.