The latest draw through the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program saw 217 candidates receive Letters of Advice to Apply. In the February 27 draw, 161 of the LAAs went to applicants for the Skilled Workers in Manitoba stream, with the lowest-ranked candidate scoring 499 points. A further 32 candidates received LAAs through the International Education Stream. The final 24 candidates received LAAs as...

North Vancouver in British Columbia was Canada’s top growth city of 2019, according to moving and storage company U-Haul. The city in one of Canada’s most sought-after regions saw the largest net gain of one-way moving trucks entering the city versus leaving it across the course of the year. It heads a list otherwise dominated by Ontario cities, which make up...

Details have been released of the first 2020 draw to take place through Quebec’s Arrima Expression of Interest system. In the January 16 draw, 23 Quebec immigration invitations were issued. The candidates invited met the following criteria: Their application to the Quebec Skilled Worker Program under the old system was terminated as part of the governing Coalition Avenir Quebec’s Bill 9. ...

British Columbia immigration has issued invitations to 53 candidates in a third consecutive BC PNP Tech Pilot draw. The February 19 draw focused on four streams of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program. Minimum scores were 90 across the board for the four streams:  SI – Skilled Worker SI – International Graduate EEBC – Skilled Worker EEBC - International Graduate Through the...

Prince Edward Island plans to conduct the second Expression of Interest draw of 2020 on Thursday, February 20. The Prince Edward Island Provincial Nominee Program (PEI PNP) draw will feature invites for the province’s immigration streams for Express Entry, Labour Impact and Business Impact candidates. In the only draw so far in 2020, 123 invites were issued through the PEI PNP. PEI...

Manitoba has invited 242 immigration candidates in the latest draw through the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. The February 13 draw saw Letters of Advice to Apply issued across three Manitoba immigration streams. Skilled Workers in Manitoba stream candidates received 182 LAAs, with the lowest-ranked candidate scoring 525 points. Candidates for the International Education Stream received 33 LAAs. Skilled Workers Overseas candidates received 27...

Saskatchewan’s latest Expression of Interest draw saw 107 occupations targeted with 646 invitations across two provincial streams. The February 13 draw was the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program’s third skilled worker draw of 2020. Occupations In-Demand stream candidates received 369 invitations, while Saskatchewan Express Entry candidates received 277. The minimum score was 70 for both featured streams. The draw was the 12th since the...

Ontario immigration has conducted a new draw under the province’s Express Entry-linked Human Capital Priorities stream targeting 10 specific occupations. The February 13 draw saw 486 Notifications of Interest issued to candidates with profiles in the Express Entry pool scoring between 467 and 471 Comprehensive Ranking System points. The 10 targeted occupations were: 0111   Financial managers 0114   Other administrative...

British Columbia immigration has issued immigration invitations to 83 candidates with skills and experience in one of 29 targeted occupations through the BC PNP Tech Pilot. A February 11 draw targeted four British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program streams.  Those four streams were the direct provincial streams for skilled workers and international graduates, plus the Express Entry-link streams for skilled workers and...

Alberta immigration targeted Express Entry candidates with Comprehensive Ranking System scores as low as 300 in two new provincial draws. The Alberta Express Entry draws, which took place on January 22 and 29, saw Notification of Interest Letters issued to 351 Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program candidates. On January 22, 201 letters were sent, with the lowest-ranked candidate scoring 350. On January 29,...