Editorial Policy

Canadian immigration rules, fees and thresholds change on a schedule nobody publishes in advance. This page explains how we deal with that: where we get our numbers, who writes and reviews each article, how often we check it, and how corrections work.

1. Sourcing rules

Every article ends with a Sources section that ties each figure to the page that publishes it. We follow a source hierarchy:

Primary government sources first. Program rules, eligibility thresholds, fees and forms come from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and the relevant provincial or territorial program. Where IRCC publishes a figure, we use IRCC's version even if a secondary source disagrees.
Official statistics for economic data. Inflation, grocery prices, wages, employment and population come from Statistics Canada. Housing and rental market data comes from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
The body that actually sets the number. A transit fare is cited to the transit agency, not to a blog round-up. A salary range is cited to a published wage survey, not to a recruiter's marketing page.
Nothing cited to a search snippet. If we cannot reach the source, we do not publish the number.

Where a figure is an estimate or a market average rather than an official statistic, the article says so in the same sentence. We do not present an estimate as though it were a published number.

2. Writing standards

A named author on every article. No anonymous posts, no stock content, no AI-generated filler published without human review and a byline.
No guest posts and no advertorial. We do not accept paid placements, sponsored articles, or content written on behalf of a school, recruiter, law firm or government body.
Plain language, no urgency tactics. We do not use countdowns, artificial scarcity, or “act now” language. If a deadline is real, it comes from the government and we cite it.
No invented credentials. We do not claim to be a law firm, a licensed consultancy, or an employer, and we do not imply that reading a guide is equivalent to professional advice.
Fraud warnings where they belong. Anywhere a reader could be targeted — recruitment fees, “invitation” offers, refundable deposits, agents who appear on social media — we link to the official IRCC fraud guidance.

3. Review and update cycle

Every article carries a byline, a publication date and a last-updated date. The updated date is also published as dateModified in the page's structured data.
High-churn articles are checked when IRCC publishes a change — that means proof-of-funds amounts, fee tables, language score conversions, and the immigration levels plan.
Market-price articles (rent, transit, groceries) are reviewed at least annually, since they move with the market rather than with government policy.
Annual review is a floor, not a ceiling. If IRCC changes a rule and we get it wrong in the meantime, that is a correction, not a silent update — see below.

4. Corrections

Errors get fixed and the fix gets recorded. We do not quietly edit a number, because a reader who bookmarked an article has no way to tell that its advice changed underneath them.

Material corrections (a wrong threshold, fee, deadline or eligibility rule) are listed on the contact page with the date they were made.
The Sources section is updated in the same pass as the body text, so the citation and the claim cannot drift apart.
No corrections are removed. The correction log is append-only.

To report an error, use the contact page. Please include the page URL, the exact figure, and the official source that shows the correct value if you have it.

5. Conflicts of interest

BeCanada carries no advertising and accepts no paid placements. Its only commercial activity is the sale of the domain name, which buys no editorial influence and is not allowed to affect what we write or what we link to. We do not accept payment for a place in an Express Entry pool, for a favourable CRS assessment, or for a positive article about any school, program, agent or employer.

BeCanada is not a law firm, not a licensed immigration consultancy, and not an employer. Our guides are informational. Read the disclaimer.

Last updated: September 29, 2026