Freelance Work Experience counts??

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I have a bachelors (4 years study) from a Canadian university plus a 1.5 years diploma done in Canada. I also have mostly freelance work experience (graphic design...so it is skilled level), which is part time but over 2 years, plus about 6 months full-time skilled work experience. This amounts to over a year work experience after studies, but im just not sure if they count freelance as experience for CEC. Also, how would I be able to prove this experience, etc?
anyone heard of this situation or been in the same situation? i would love to know. thanks.