Welcome to CIKH.CA — Canadian Immigration Knowledge Hub. These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) are a legally binding agreement between you (“you” or “user”) and CIKH (“we”, “us”, or “our”) governing your access to and use of the website located at https://cikh.ca and all content, tools, features, and services available through it.
Please read these Terms carefully before using our website. By accessing or using CIKH — whether you are a first-time visitor reading a news article, a returning reader using our CRS calculator, or a subscriber receiving our email updates — you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy and Disclaimer, both of which are incorporated herein by reference.
If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use this website.
1. About CIKH
CIKH — Canadian Immigration Knowledge Hub is an independent, privately operated online publication. Our mission is to provide accurate, reliable, and timely updates on all aspects of Canadian immigration — including Express Entry draws, Provincial Nominee Programs, citizenship pathways, work permits, study permits, and related immigration news and policy changes. We are dedicated to breaking down complex immigration policies into clear, easy-to-understand language, empowering prospective immigrants, current residents, and immigration professionals with the knowledge they need.
CIKH is not affiliated with any government body. All content is for informational purposes only. Please refer to our Disclaimer for important information about the limitations of our content.
2. Eligibility
By using this website, you confirm that you are at least 13 years of age. If you are under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you confirm that you have the consent of a parent or legal guardian to use this website. CIKH is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
3. Permitted Use of This Website
CIKH grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and use this website for lawful, personal, and non-commercial purposes — specifically, to read immigration news, access immigration information, use our free tools, leave comments, and subscribe to our newsletter or draw alerts.
You agree that you will not:
- Copy, reproduce, republish, redistribute, or commercially exploit any part of the content on this website without our prior written permission.
- Use any automated program, bot, web crawler, scraper, or data extraction tool to harvest content or data from this website in bulk.
- Use the website in any way that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair its functionality or interfere with other users’ ability to use it.
- Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the website, its underlying systems, its servers, or any database connected to it.
- Upload, post, or transmit any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, obscene, invasive of privacy, or otherwise objectionable.
- Misrepresent your identity, impersonate any person or entity, or falsely claim an affiliation with CIKH or any organisation.
- Use this website to distribute spam, unsolicited commercial messages, or any form of advertising without our written consent.
- Violate any applicable local, provincial, federal, or international law or regulation while using this website.
We reserve the right to restrict, suspend, or permanently block access to this website for any user who violates these Terms, without prior notice and without liability to you.
4. No Account Required
CIKH does not require you to create an account or log in to access any content on this website. All articles, news updates, draw results, program guides, tools, and resources are freely accessible to all visitors without registration.
The only situations in which you may optionally provide personal information are: (a) when you choose to leave a comment on an article, which requires a display name and email address; (b) when you choose to subscribe to our free newsletter or email alert service, which requires an email address; and (c) when you choose to contact us through our contact form, which requires a name and email address. In each case, providing this information is entirely voluntary and at your discretion. None of this information is shared with third parties for marketing purposes.
5. Comments
CIKH articles include a comments section where readers can share their perspectives, ask questions, and engage with the community. Participation in the comments section is entirely optional and voluntary.
To leave a comment, you are required to provide a display name and a valid email address. Your display name will appear publicly alongside your comment. Your email address will not be displayed publicly — it is used only to associate your comment with an identity and, if you opt in, to notify you when someone replies to your comment.
You are not required to register for an account. There is no login requirement to comment.
By submitting a comment, you represent and warrant that:
- The comment is your own original content and does not reproduce copyrighted material without permission.
- The comment does not contain personal attacks, hate speech, discriminatory language, or content that targets any individual or group based on race, religion, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
- The comment does not contain spam, promotional material, or advertising of any kind.
- The comment does not include personal information about third parties without their consent.
- You are not submitting the comment for purposes of manipulation, astroturfing, or misrepresenting public opinion.
CIKH moderates all comments and reserves the right, without liability, to edit, hold for review, or permanently delete any comment that violates these standards or that we deem, at our sole discretion, to be inappropriate for our community. We do not endorse any opinion expressed in reader comments.
By submitting a comment, you grant CIKH a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide licence to display that comment on this website and to remove it at any time.
6. Newsletter and Email Alert Subscriptions
CIKH offers a free newsletter and email alert service (including notifications for new Express Entry draws and immigration news updates). These services are entirely optional and free of charge.
By subscribing, you consent to receive periodic email communications from CIKH. The frequency of emails varies depending on the volume of immigration updates and draw activity. Every email we send includes a clearly visible unsubscribe link at the bottom. You may withdraw your consent at any time by clicking that link or by emailing us at info@cikh.ca. Upon unsubscribing, your email address will be removed from all active mailing lists within seven business days.
We do not share or sell subscriber email addresses to any third party for their own marketing or commercial purposes.
7. Intellectual Property Rights
All content published on CIKH — including but not limited to news articles, editorial commentary, immigration guides, Express Entry draw analyses, PNP updates, tool interfaces, infographics, images, the CIKH name, the CIKH logo, and the overall visual design and layout of the website — is the intellectual property of CIKH or its respective content contributors and is protected under Canadian copyright law and applicable international intellectual property treaties.
You are permitted to:
- Share links to individual CIKH articles on social media, forums, messaging platforms, or your own website, provided the link clearly points to the original content on https://cikh.ca.
- Quote brief excerpts from CIKH articles (not exceeding 100 words per excerpt) in your own original content, provided each excerpt is accompanied by a clear written attribution to CIKH and a working hyperlink to the original article.
You are not permitted to:
- Reproduce, republish, redistribute, or mirror full articles, guides, or substantial portions of content from this website on any other platform, website, newsletter, or publication without our prior written permission.
- Remove, alter, or obscure any copyright notice, attribution, or branding from CIKH content.
- Use CIKH content, in whole or in part, for any commercial purpose — including in paid products, paid newsletters, training datasets, or monetised publications — without a written licence agreement from CIKH.
- Present CIKH content as your own original work.
To request permission for any use of CIKH content beyond what is described above, please contact us at info@cikh.ca.
8. Tools and Calculators
CIKH provides free tools, including a CRS Score Calculator and an Immigration Eligibility Quiz, as a convenience to our readers. These tools are offered on an ‘as is’ basis, without any warranty of accuracy, completeness, or fitness for any particular purpose. Results generated by our tools are indicative and educational only. They do not constitute an official assessment of your immigration eligibility or CRS score. Please refer to our Disclaimer for further information about the limitations of these tools.
9. Third-Party Links and Advertising
This website contains links to third-party websites, including official government portals, news publications, and other resources. CIKH also displays third-party advertisements, including those served through Google AdSense. These links and advertisements are provided for your convenience and for informational purposes only.
CIKH does not endorse, vouch for, or take responsibility for the content, accuracy, privacy practices, or reliability of any third-party website or advertiser. Your interactions with third-party websites or advertisers are governed entirely by their own terms and policies, and CIKH has no involvement in and accepts no liability for those interactions.
All advertising displayed on CIKH is clearly presented as advertising. The display of an advertisement does not imply CIKH’s endorsement of the advertised product, service, or organisation.
10. Availability and Modifications
CIKH strives to keep this website accessible and available at all times. However, we do not guarantee uninterrupted availability. The website may be temporarily unavailable due to scheduled maintenance, technical issues, hosting outages, or circumstances beyond our control. We are not liable for any inconvenience, loss, or damage caused by any period of unavailability.
We reserve the right to modify, update, add to, or remove any part of this website — including features, tools, content, and these Terms — at any time, without prior notice. Changes to these Terms take effect from the moment they are posted on this page with an updated ‘Last Updated’ date. Your continued use of the website after a change is posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms.
11. Disclaimer of Warranties
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, CIKH provides this website and all of its content, tools, and features on an ‘as is’ and ‘as available’ basis, without any representations or warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise. This includes, without limitation, any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, or completeness.
We do not warrant that the website will be error-free, virus-free, or free from other harmful components; that defects will be corrected; or that the server that makes the website available is free from malicious code.
12. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, CIKH, its founders, team members, editors, writers, contributors, and operators shall not be liable to you or any third party for any loss or damage of any kind — whether direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive — arising out of or in connection with:
- Your access to or use of, or inability to access or use, this website.
- Any content, information, or advice obtained from this website.
- Any unauthorised access to or alteration of your data or transmissions.
- Any other matter relating to this website.
This limitation applies regardless of the legal basis of the claim (contract, tort, statutory duty, or otherwise) and regardless of whether CIKH has been advised of the possibility of such damage. In jurisdictions that do not permit certain limitations of liability, our liability is limited to the greatest extent allowed under applicable law.
13. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless CIKH and its team members, contributors, and operators from and against any claims, actions, proceedings, liabilities, damages, losses, penalties, fines, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your use of this website; (b) your breach of these Terms; (c) your violation of any applicable law or regulation; or (d) any content you submit to this website, including comments.
14. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of Canada, without regard to its conflict of law principles. Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or in connection with these Terms or your use of this website shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Canada, and you hereby irrevocably consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.
15. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unlawful, void, or unenforceable for any reason, that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any remaining provisions, which shall continue in full force and effect.
16. Waiver
Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms on any occasion shall not constitute a waiver of that right or provision on any future occasion. Any waiver of a specific provision must be made in writing to be effective.
17. Entire Agreement
These Terms, read together with our Privacy Policy and Disclaimer, constitute the entire agreement between you and CIKH regarding your use of this website. They supersede all prior agreements, understandings, representations, and communications — whether oral or written — between you and CIKH on the same subject matter.