The latest PNP Draw results of three Canadian provinces are now available.

The provinces that have issued invitations to candidates this week include Ontario, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island,

IRCC established the PNP stream because, in Canada, immigration is a joint responsibility of both federal and provincial governments. The stream gives more control to the provincial governments over selecting the economic immigrants who settle in the nominating province.

Through PNP, provincial governments select talented candidates who they feel are able to fill the vacant positions in the provincial labor market and can easily integrate into the provincial economy. This implies that the province issues invitation to candidates who will most probably stay in the province and ultimately advance and succeed.

Candidates who receive a provincial nomination have an increased possibility of receiving an Invitation to Apply (ITA) for Canadian permanent residence.

In addition, Candidates in the Express Entry who have a provincial nomination are awarded an extra 600 CRS points. This ensures that they’ll receive an invitation to apply (ITA) in the forthcoming draw.

Based on the target of the immigration level plans, the IRCC, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada allocates the number of PNP nominations to each province. The immigration levels plan is an annual plan that summarises the admission targets for permanent residency during the next three years.

As per recent reports, the provinces are demanding additional control over economic immigration. Also, they have highlighted that they want to have an agreement with the federal government similar to the province of Quebec.

Quebec has an agreement with the federal government, the Canada-Quebec Accord, which gives it total control over the economic immigration to the province. Notably, Quebec is the only Canadian province that has a special agreement with the government.

Although such agreements have not been achieved, the group of ministers who are responsible for immigration met in March and sanctioned a new initiative from the IRCC. This established provincial immigration-level plans that specify the allocation of provincial nominations for the upcoming three years. In this, many of the allocations are higher than the earlier allotments.

This will allow provincial governments to plan for an increased number of new immigrants to the province and guarantee that there are sufficient job and housing opportunities, as well as other key infrastructure, to support new immigrants within the province. This will assist in making the province an appealing destination for immigration.

Provincial Nominee Program Draw Results between July 15-20

Discover the latest PNP draw results of three provinces, including Ontario, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island, held between July 15-20.

Ontario

On July 20, two draws occurred in the province of Ontario. The draws invited candidates from the targeted occupations under the Human Capital Priorities Stream of Express Entry.

In the draw, Ontario issued invitations to a total of 902 candidates from the tech occupations and 159 candidates from the healthcare sector. All candidates in both streams required a CRS score between 458-462.

The results of these provincial results are identical to the newly launched Express Entry category-based selection draws.

In the federal Express Entry draws this summer, a total of 2000 candidates from the healthcare category and 500 candidates from the

science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) category received an invitation to apply (ITAs).

British Columbia

In British Columbia, the recent PNP draw occurred on July 18, as usual, on Tuesday. The province held four draws this week, in which a total of 167 candidates received an invitation.

The draws targeted candidates in the Skilled Worker or International Graduate Streams and also included the Express Entry Candidates.

In the largest draw, BC invited 112 candidates from the tech occupations and required a minimum Skills Immigration Registration System (SIRS) score of 88.

The other three draws were also occupation-specific and targeted candidates from different sectors. The required SIRS score for each draw was 60.

The province of British Columbia invited the following number of candidates in the rest of the three draws:

  • 39 early childhood educators and assistants
  • 16 healthcare specialists
  • Less than five candidates from other priority occupations

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island (PEI) held the PNP draw on July 20, in which 106 candidates received provincial nominations. This was the first PEI PNP draw of this month.

PEI invited candidates from two categories in this draw, theLabour and Express Entry stream and the Business Work Permit Entrepreneur stream.

A total of 97 candidates under the Critical Worker Stream were invited by the province of PEI, who have a least EOI score of 50 and are working for a PEI Employer. In addition, the province issued invitations to nine candidates under the Business Work Permit Entrepreneur stream. To be eligible, they required a minimum score of 80.