Quebec Financial Capacity for Sponsoring Spouse

[leaf777]

We're about to apply for the spouse sponsoring application and there is one thing we cannot wrap our heads around.

The Quebec governement says that I need to prove financial capacity but the terms are unclear to us. On this page: https://www.quebec.ca/en/immigratio...e-conjugal-partner/verifying-your-eligibility
It says:

Demonstrating your financial capacity
If your wife or husband, spouse or conjugal partner has a dependent child who also has a dependent child, you must demonstrate that you have enough income to honour your undertaking.

My wife has no child and I would sponsor her alone. Does that even apply to us?

How would I need to prove financial capacity to the Quebec government?

So based on what I quoted above, these:
https://www.quebec.ca/en/immigration/sponsor-family-member/calculating-income
https://www.canadavisa.com/necessary-income-levels-for-family-sponsorship.html

Would ONLY apply if my wife would have kids, right?

Bonus question: I'm a freelancing software engineer. Could that cause any issues? (since I'm not "employed")

Thank you.
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[leaf777]

Here are other examples of documentation citing that we don't need to prove financial capacity:
https://destinationcanada.com.au/financial-ability/

A Canadian sponsor residing in Quebec must demonstrate a level of income that meets the minimum income for a given family size, as established by the Quebec government in the chart below. The sponsor is free from this requirement if:The individual requiring sponsorship is the spouse, common-law partner, or conjugal partner of the Canadian sponsor; orThe individual requiring sponsorship is the dependent child of a Canadian sponsor.

https://leromlaw.com/family-sponsorship-requirements

A sponsor's minimum income requirement exists only for some categories of Family Class sponsorship.
Thus, a sponsor does not need to meet a minimum income requirement to sponsor:
spouse
common-law
conjugal partner
dependent children (under 22 years old), with some exceptions though.

So I guess we really don't need to have a specific amount of income?