Ontario Conducts Skilled Trades Draw of 2020, Issues 190 NOIs

Ontario immigration’s first draw of 2020 through its Express Entry Skilled Trades Stream saw 190 Notifications of Interest issued.

The April 29 draw was targeted at 14 specific skilled trades National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes.

Those occupation were:

7235 Structural metal and platework fabricators and fitters
7236 Ironworkers
7241 Electricians
7244 Electrical power line and cable workers
7252 Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers
7271 Carpenters
7282 Concrete finishers
7291 Roofers
7302 Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews
7312 Heavy duty equip mechanics
7313 Refrigeration and AC mechanics
7316 Machine fitters
7318 Elevator constructors and mechanics
7371 Crane operators

Candidates were required to have submitted Express Entry profiles into the federal pool within the last 12 months preceding the draw date to qualify.

The first draw of 2020 comes after Ontario issued 1,399 NOIs through the Skilled Trades stream in three 2019 draws.

Express Entry Skilled Trades Stream 2020

Date	NOIs	Express Entry profile submission date
29-Apr-20	190	April 29, 2019 to April 29, 2020

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Colin Singer is an international acclaimed Canadian immigration lawyer and founder of immigration.ca featured on Wikipedia. Colin Singer is also founding director of the Canadian Citizenship & Immigration Resource Center (CCIRC) Inc. He served as an Associate Editor of ‘Immigration Law Reporter’, the pre-eminent immigration law publication in Canada. He previously served as an executive member of the Canadian Bar Association’s Quebec and National Immigration Law Sections and is currently a member of the Canadian Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Colin has twice appeared as an expert witness before Canada’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. He is frequently recognized as a recommended authority at national conferences sponsored by government and non-government organizations on matters affecting Canada’s immigration and human resource industries. Since 2009, Colin has been a Governor of the Quebec Bar Foundation a non-profit organization committed to the advancement of the profession, and became a lifetime member in 2018.