Recently, three Canadian provinces held Provincial nominee program draws to invite potential candidates. The nominating provinces include British Columbia, Saskatchewan, & Ontario, which sent ITAs to candidates for Canadian permanent residence. Read on to discover the provincial nomination result of Canada’s three Provinces. The outcome below outlines the targeted immigration streams by each province, the number of candidates invited, and the minimum required score. 

The province targeted candidates under various demographic and labor market streams. All of them have different eligibility criteria. 

Notably, the PNP of each province uses a different scoring system. This results in significant variation in cut-off scores for candidates from different provinces.

Provincial Nomination Result of Canada’s Three Provinces Between March 2 – March 8

This section will share the latest PNP draw results of three Canadian provinces, including British Columbia, Saskatchewan, & Ontario.

Ontario

The province of Ontario held its PNP draw on March 7 called the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP). Under this, the province sent a total of 2,104 invitations to candidates who had a CRS score ranging between 352 and 421. Ontario targeted healthcare professionals under the Human Capital Priorities stream.

 In order to receive invitations under the following healthcare occupations, candidates must have professional experience. 

Ontario’s Human Capital Priorities stream is aligned with the Express Entry stream or enhanced PNP stream. This implies that under this pathway, candidates within the Express Entry pool may receive an invitation. 

To be eligible for an invitation under this draw, Candidates must satisfy the following conditions.

• They must have a proper Express Entry profile.
• They must have full-time work experience of at least one year.
• They must possess a bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD degree
• They must have at least level 7 language proficiency as per the Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) or Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadien (NCLC) for English or French, respectively. 

British Columbia 

British Columbia, on March 5, held targeted and general draws under its PNP called the BCPNP.

The province sent at least 156 invitations to apply to invite potential candidates. 

In a general draw, the province invited 54 candidates from five different streams.

The four targeted streams include the Skilled Worker-Express Entry British Columbia (EEBC) option, Skilled Worker, International Graduate EEBC option, and International Graduate. The needed CRS score for these streams was 126.

The fifth targeted stream under the general draw was the Entry Level and Semi-Skilled stream. The needed score for this stream was 99.

Besides this, British Columbia also held targeted draws targetting the Skilled Worker International Graduate (includes EEBC option) 

stream.

To be eligible, Candidates must have professional experience in in-demand occupations in BC.

The following is the draw result:

• 32 candidates from Childcare professions. The needed minimum score was 70;
• 30 candidates from the Construction profession. The needed minimum score was 80;
• 39 candidates from the Healthcare profession. The needed minimum score was 70; and
• Less than 5 candidates from the Veterinary care profession. The needed minimum score was 70.

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan released its PNP draws results on March 7, called the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP). The province targeted two different streams. This was the first PNP draw of Saskatchewan since December 27, 2023.

The province invited 14 candidates under the Occupations In-Demand stream. The candidates needed a minimum score of 89 and professional experience in targeted occupations.

The province also targeted the Express Entry stream. A total of 21 candidates received an invitation who had a score of 89.

Under both streams, candidates must either be educated in Canada or have an education credential assessment (ECA) 

In addition, candidates needed professional experience in the several in-demand professions in Saskatchewan.