Very, very few people have been awarded visas under this program. This article from two months ago says that in the 21 months the program had been running only

Very, very few people have been awarded visas under this program. This article from two months ago says that in the 21 months the program had been running only five people were accepted: http://www.techvibes.com/blog/canadas-startup-visa-program-2015-01-08 http://www.techvibes.com/blog/canadas-startup-visa-program-2.... Here's another article from the summer in which the government trumpeted their acceptance of a total of two people in the first sixteen months of the program: http://metronews.ca/news/canada/1098581/immigration-minister-promotes-entrepreneur-visa/ http://metronews.ca/news/canada/1098581/immigration-minister....