This chapter provides critical insights on the main features and implementation dynamics of two Canadian policy instruments falling within the scope of complementary pathways of admission for refugees: the well-established Private Sponsorship of Refugees (PSR) program, a key component of Canada’s refugee resettlement since the late 1970s, and the Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP), an initiative launched in 2018 to enable the resettlement of a relatively small but growing number of refugees through Canada’s existing labour migration channels. The analysis aims to identify a set of normative criteria to assess those two pathways’ alignment with international refugee, human rights and labour law standards. It pays specific attention to aspects of equitable access and procedural fairness in the design and implementation of complementary pathways, including the possibility for refugees to exercise their agency and autonomy when accessing and navigating those programmes. Crucially, the chapter discusses which legal and policy adjustments are needed to ensure that Canadian pathways—as well as similar admission instruments developed elsewhere—not only create safe entry channels for refugees additional to resettlement, but also provide them a clear path towards achieving a durable solution.