Over the past few weeks, Canada's provincial nominee programs (PNPs) have been active, with invitation rounds being held in most provinces across Canada.
Altogether, since the beginning of May, the provinces have issued over 2000 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence.
Many of the invitations have been issued through “enhanced” nomination streams that allow provinces to nominate candidates in the Express Entry system
The Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP)
No of Candidates invited by AINP – 191
Express Entry candidates were invited to apply for a provincial permanent residence nomination on May 13.
Candidates only needed a 300-point Comprehensive Ranking System i.e. CRS score to receive an Alberta Notification of Interest (NOI).
Alberta considers provincial candidates only if they already live and work in the province, as coronavirus continues to pose an imminent public health risk and impact immigration applications. The province does, however, offer some flexibility to PNP candidates who are unable to submit all documents because of service disruptions caused by the pandemic.
British Columbia Provincial Nomination (BC-PNP)
Two draws were conducted by BC-PNP under Tech Pilot on May 7 and May 26.
A total of 632 candidates were issued invitations to apply for a provincial Nomination.
Two draws were carried out under the Tech Pilot of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP), which assists the technology sector in the province's efforts to recruit talent through weekly draws.
The 225 candidates selected through tech draw last month were from subcategories of Skilled Workers and International Graduates, and required a minimum provincial score of 80.
The other two draws issued invitations through their Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC streams to skilled, entry-level and semi-skilled workers as well as to international graduates.
Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP)
The MPNP has held two Expression of Interest draws on May 7 and May 21.
Number of Candidates invited- 222
Candidates were invited under Skilled Workers in Manitoba stream, Skilled Workers Overseas stream as well as International Education streams.
Letters of Advice to Apply sent till date this year- 2030
Number of Draws conducted till the month of May since April 2014- 90
Nova Scotia Provincial Nominee Program (NS-PNP)
The province has held its draw on May 22.
Registered Nurses were invited to apply for a provincial nomination through its Labour Market Priorities Stream.
Number of applicants invited- N/A
The invited applicants should have a profile in Express Entry.
Minimum of 3 years’ experience needed as a registered nurse or registered psychiatric nurse i.e NOC 3012
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP)
This province has been active in May. It has conducted its draw on May 13.
Total number of candidates invited to apply for Provincial Nomination-703
The candidates who have work experience in Six Tech Sector occupations were invited through its Express Entry-aligned immigration pathway
CRS Score requirements- Between 421 and 451. This score requirement is the lowest from its first draw held in July 2019 under this stream.
Prince Edward Island- Provincial Nominee Program (PEI PNP)
This province has held a draw on May 15.
Number of Candidates invited-15
Candidates invited are working in essential Services.
The province also published details of two previous draws that took place on 23 March and 27 April.
PEI PNP invited only applicants from the categories of Express Entry and Labour Impact who worked in an essential service such as healthcare or trucking for all three draws.
In the three most recent draws, only 29 candidates received invitations. The PEI PNP draws typically result in over 100 invitations across three streams of the province.
Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP)
SINP has conducted draw on May 28.
Number of candidates invited to apply for Nomination- 252
Categories invited: ISW-Express Entry and ISW-Occupations in demand
