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Ontario, British Columbia (B.C.), and Manitoba have issued nominations through their respective (PNPs) this week, while Quebec has also issued invitations through its provincial immigration program.

Across Canada, 11 of the country鈥檚 13 provincial and territorial governments 鈥� excluding Quebec and Nunavut, where PNPs are not operated 鈥� use their PNP to find immigration candidates who they feel best align with the labour force and demographic needs of their region.

to learn more about the PNPs that operate across Canada.

Upon being issued an Expression of Interest (EOI) by a province or territory, immigration candidates can proceed in one of two ways:

• Base PNP Stream: the candidate can use the EOI to apply for permanent residence directly through the PNP program
• Enhanced PNP Stream: the candidate can use the Notification of Interest to apply for a provincial nomination certificate while in the Express Entry pool

Candidates who receive a provincial nomination certificate through an Enhanced PNP Stream will strengthen their candidacy for economic immigration through because provincial nominees automatically receive an additional 600聽 (CRS) points. Adding 600 additional CRS points will result in an (ITA) for permanent residence at subsequent draws from the Express Entry pool.

Provincial immigration results from February 3 to February 9

British Columbia

This week, conducted four targeted draws for through the .

Specifically, in the February 6 draw, B.C. issued the following number of invitations to candidates in these occupations.

Note: The numbers included in brackets indicate the minimum score required for candidates in that particular occupational group

• 46 invitations were issued to those in childcare (60)
• 26 invitations were issued to those in construction (75)
• 39 invitations were issued to those in healthcare (60)
• Less than five invitations were issued to those in veterinary care (60)

In addition to the targeted draws this week, the BC PNP also issued a total of 102 invites in a general draw on February 6. This draw saw invitations spread between candidates from the following five streams:

• Skilled Worker
• Skilled Worker 鈥� EEBC option
• International Graduate
• International Graduate 鈥� EEBC option
• Entry Level and Semi-Skilled

For all but one category, 鈥淓ntry Level and Semi-Skilled鈥� candidates, the minimum score required was 122. In the case of Entry Level and Semi-Skilled BC PNP candidates, the February 6 draw required a minimum score of 97.

Ontario

Also on February 6, the (OINP), issued 2,086 Notifications of Interest (NOIs) to聽 candidates that qualified for stream. The draw targeted candidates in healthcare occupations.

All candidates who received an NOI in Ontario鈥檚 February 6 draw had a CRS score in the range of 379 and 430.

Then, on February 8, the OINP conducted three more draws, one under the Human Capital Priorities stream and two under the Employer Job Offer: International Student stream. The draw results are as follows:

• Human Capital Priorities draw: 2,118 invitations issued to candidates in tech occupations with scores ranging from 471 and 480
• Employer Job Offer 鈥� International Student draw聽 1,182 invitations issued to candidates with scores ranging from 78 and above. It was general, meaning no occupations were targeted.
• Employer Job Offer 鈥� International Student draw: 1,252 invitations issued to candidates who had scores ranging from 73 and above in a targeted draw for health and tech occupations.

Aside from this week鈥檚 PNP results, it is also worth noting that the Ontario government it is suspending the receipt of 鈥渁pplications to the [OINP鈥檚] Entrepreneur Stream.鈥� This suspension has been in effect since December 4, 2023, but was announced officially this week.

In an announcement on February 5, Ontario clarified that this means 鈥渘o new expressions of interest or applications are being accepted鈥� and the province is directing anyone with questions to contact business.immigration@ontario.ca.

Quebec

This week, has released the results of a January 24 draw that invited two separate groups of candidates based on different eligibility criteria. In total, the province invited 1,007 people to apply for permanent selection.

does not operate a PNP and the province has a unique arrangement with a (IRCC) that instead allows it to maintain control over provincial economic immigration policies and procedures.

In the first group of candidates, extracted on January 4, all invitation recipients were required to have a valid job offer outside the territory of the Communaut茅 m茅tropolitaine de Montr茅al. This means that no occupations or other human capital attributes were targeted.

Those in the second group of candidates, extracted on January 22, were part of a draw that saw Quebec target . This candidate group was required to have a minimum score of 615 to be considered, in addition to having to meet the following eligibility requirements:

• Having a level 7 oral proficiency (or higher) in French according to the (Qu茅bec scale of French proficiency levels for adult immigrants) or its equivalent
• Having a valid job offer outside the territory of the Communaut茅 m茅tropolitaine de Montr茅al

Those who received an invitation can then apply for a and then apply to IRCC for permanent residency.

Manitoba

On February 8, posted new results from three recent EOI draws, inviting a total of 282 candidates.

Under Skilled Worker in Manitoba Stream of the (MPNP),聽 151 Letters of Advice to Apply were issued to candidates who declared that they had a close relative in Manitoba. The minimum score of these candidates was 619.

The province also issued 83 Letters of Advice to Apply through its International Education Stream.

Finally, through the Skilled Worker Overseas Stream of the MPNP, the provincial government issued 48 Letters of Advice to Apply to eligible candidates with a minimum score of 713.