Three Canadian provinces invite applicants in latest PNP draws. Ontario and British Columbia have done so through their respective Provincial Nominee Programs. PNPs were introduced in 1998 to help spread the benefits of immigration throughout parts of Canada that historically did not attract many newcomers. 

IRCC shares responsibility for immigration with Canada’s provincial governments. Through the PNP, IRCC allocates a specific number of nominations to every participating province and territory, and provinces further select the economic immigration applicants who will integrate into Canada’s economy.  

Being nominated by a province doesn’t grant the applicant permanent resident status. Nomination implies that applicants have a much stronger application when they submit their final permanent residency application to IRCC. In fact, Express Entry applicants who also obtain a provincial nomination benefit from an additional 600 CRS points, thus making it almost guaranteed they will get an ITA in an upcoming Express Entry Draw.    

Quebec does not have a PNP because it has a separate agreement with the federal government that grants it autonomy over the selection of all its economic immigration applicants. It also sets its own level plan for the number of newcomers it plans to admit every year. 

Provincial Immigration Results From September 14 – 20 

Three Canadian provinces invite applicants in latest PNP draws. Below are the results for the same. 

1. Ontario 

On September 17, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program issued invitations to applicants in the Master’s Graduate and PhD graduate streams. 

Of these, 1,249 invitations were issued to Master’s Graduate applicants with a score of 53 or higher, and 194 went to PhD Graduate applicants with a score of 45 or higher. 

The province held another draw on September 19 for those in the Express Entry Human Capital Priorities stream of the OINP. It was a targeted draw for 1,424 applicants in ‘other priority occupations’. 

They required a CRS score in the range of 505 -528 to be considered. 

2. British Columbia 

The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program also held draws on September 17, inviting more than 163 applicants. 

The largest draw was general, and candidates were selected from the BC PNP’s Skilled Worker, International Graduate, Entry-Level, and semi-skilled streams. Skilled Workers and International Graduate applicants are required to have a minimum score of 128.

Those in the Entry Level and Semi-Skilled Worker stream required a score of at least 110 in order to be considered. 

Another three draws for Skilled Worker and International Graduates targeted for applicants in specific professions: 

  • Childcare Professions: 43 applicants with a score of 83
  • Construction Professions: 29 applicants with a score of at least 89
  • Healthcare Professions: 29 applicants with a minimum score of 99

3. Quebec 

Three Canadian provinces invite applicants in latest PNP draws, out of which Quebec was the last. 

Quebec published the results of a provincial selection draw for the Quebec Skilled Worker Program. Quebec generally posts selection draw results retroactively. 

The province invited over 1,417 applicants to apply for permanent selection. The minimum score required was 575 points. 

In addition, all applicants were required to demonstrate a level 7 oral proficiency/ higher in French as per the Échelle québécoise des niveaux de compétence en français(Québec’s scale of French proficiency levels for adult immigrants) or its equivalent.   

Applicants might also have been considered if they had a job/ employment offer outside of the territory of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal.


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