If you received your Canadian PR through the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) stream of Express Entry and are wondering whether you can settle in Quebec, here's the key thing to understand:
- Quebec doesn't participate in federal Express Entry. The province runs its own separate immigration system (Quebec Skilled Worker Program / Quebec Selection Certificate), so an FSW/EE application is, by design, not intended for someone planning to settle in Quebec.
- Because of this, you technically should not indicate an intention to reside in Quebec when applying through FSW. IRCC's Express Entry program assumes you plan to settle in a province other than Quebec.
- In practice, once you have your PR (or later your citizenship), you are generally free to move to and live in Quebec like any other Canadian PR — the restriction is really about your stated intent at the time of application, not a permanent legal bar on ever moving there.
Bottom line: nothing stops a PR holder from later relocating to Quebec, but declaring an intention to live there while applying under FSW/Express Entry runs against how that stream is meant to be used.