This week, three Canadian provinces, including Ontario, British Columbia, and New Brunswick, have issued invitations to candidates under the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP).

Provinces invite candidates who they feel can easily integrate into the provincial labor market and establish themselves economically.

Most of the Canadian provinces and territories, excluding Quebec and Nunavut, hold Provincial Nominee Program Draws to invite candidates with specific occupations like skill trades, healthcare, tech occupations, etc. This enables the provinces to fill their labor shortages.

Likewise, through IRCC, the federal government is going to start holding new category-based selection draws under Express Entry to target candidates with specific occupations and French language proficiency.

If candidates in the Expres Entry pool receive a provincial invitation, they are rewarded with an extra 600 points in the CRS or Comprehensive Ranking System.

This increases the likelihood that they will receive an invitation to apply for permanent residence.

Economic immigration candidates may still be able to apply for a provincial nomination, even if they are not in an Express Entry program.

This adds more value to their permanent resident application.

It’s notable that receiving a nomination and receiving a permanent resident status are two different things. A candidate having a provincial nomination is still required to apply to the IRCC separately for PR. This is due to the reason that immigration is a joint responsibility of both provincial and federal governments.

Provincial Nominee Program results between June 17-22

Discover the PNP draw results of Ontario, British Columbia, and New Brunswick.

Ontario

Three draws occurred in Ontario on June 20, in which the province invited 1,000 candidates. Ontario targeted candidates under the Employer Job Offer stream of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program or OINP.

In its first draw, Ontario targeted candidates with job proposals in the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream. A total of 426 candidates were invited by the province, with the least score of 36 and with work experience in any skilled trade profession.

In the second draw, Ontario invited 318 overseas workers with Job proposals in the healthcare profession. The minimum required score for this draw was 33.

The third draw was a general draw in which Ontario invited 256 candidates via the Employer Job offer in the In-demand Skills stream. The minimum required score for this draw was 26.

British Columbia

On June 20, four draws occurred in British Columbia in which it invited a total of 144 candidates. BC targeted candidates inBC PNP’sSkilled Worker and International Graduate streams, including the EE candidates.

In its largest draw, it invited 107 candidates with tech professions. The minimum required SIRS score was 90. The SIRS or Skills Immigration Registration System is identical to the CRS or Comprehensive Ranking System of Express Entry. But, the SIRS only applies to the candidates of BC PNP.

In the remaining three draws, BC invited 18 candidates from the early childhood educators and assistants stream, 19 from the healthcare professions, and less than five from the other priority professions. All the candidates in these draws needed a minimum score of 60.

New Brunswick

New Brunswick recently declared the monthly results for its provincial Express Entry draws, which occurred in May. Throughout May, it invited a total of 93 Express Entry candidates in three streams. It invited:

  • 62 candidates in the Occupations in Demand connection
  • 21 candidates in the NB Employment connection
  • 10 candidates in the NB Student Connection

This year, New Brunswick has so far invited 509 provincial Express Entry candidates. The highest number of candidates were invited in March, which was 186 in total. The business of the month of March was possible because March was also the active month for Federal Express Entry Draws, in which IRCC invited 21,667 candidates.