If you're eligible, you can sponsor your spouse, partner or dependent children to become permanent residents of Canada. If you do, you must be able to: support them financially. make sure they don't need social assistance from the government.

Parent: Eligibility requirements to sponsor a child for Canadian immigration. To qualify as a sponsor, a parent must be at least 18 years old and have status as either a Canadian citizen or permanent resident. ... If the parent does not intend to live in Canada with the sponsored child once they become a permanent resident ...

If you're a Canadian citizen living outside Canada, you must show that you plan to live in Canada when the persons you want to sponsor become permanent residents. You can't sponsor someone if you're a permanent resident living outside Canada.

processing fees for you, the people you're sponsoring and their dependants. the right of permanent residence fee. the biometrics fee.

Children under the age of 18 are considered minors in Canada. They must follow the same rules to enter Canada as any other visitor. Minors who try to enter Canada without the proper documents, or who are with adults other than their parents or legal guardian(s), will be checked more closely.

It used to be around 2 to 3 months from the time they receive the documents. Mind you, it takes some time to collect and mail the documents. If the child has a passport from a country that allows visa free entry as a visitor, then, it is highly likely the Canadians will let the child stay with the parent as a visitor.