Canada immigration news: Ontario has conducted six separate Expression of Interest draws through its Employer Job Offer streams for Foreign Workers, International Students and In-Demand Skills, issuing 1,186 invitations.
Two draws under each stream were conducted on December 7, 2021.
Under the Foreign Worker stream, a general draw saw 470 candidates invited, with a minimum score of 37 points on the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program points grid. A further targeted draw for Regional Immigration Pilot candidates saw 33 invitations issued.
For the International Student stream, a general draw saw 583 invitations issued, with a minimum score of 62, while a Regional Immigration Pilot draw featured 37 invitations.
Under the In-Demand Skills stream, a Regional Immigration Pilot draw saw 10 invitations issued, while a targeted draw saw 53 invitations issued to candidates with skills and experience in the following health, manufacturing and agricultural occupations:
Health and Agricultural
Manufacturing (outside GTA only)
To qualify for each draw, candidates needed to have created profiles between April 28 and December 7, 2021.
Full requirements for all the mentioned streams are included further down this article.
Date issued | Number of invitations issued | Date profiles created | Score range | Notes |
December 7, 2021 | 470 | April 28 – December 7, 2021 | 37 and above | General draw |
33 | N/A | Targeted draw for Regional Immigration Pilot candidates. |
Date issued | Number of invitations issued | Date profiles created | Score range | Notes |
December 7, 2021 | 583 | April 28 – December 7, 2021 | 62 and above | General draw |
37 | N/A | Targeted draw for Regional Immigration Pilot candidates. |
Date issued | Number of invitations issued | Date profiles created | Score range | Notes |
December 7, 2021 | 53 | April 28 – December 7, 2021 | N/A | Targeted draw for health, manufacturing and agricultural occupations. |
10 | N/A | Targeted draw for Regional Immigration Pilot candidates. |
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The Ontario EOI system manages application intake for the following streams:
Points are awarded based on the following attributes:
To qualify under this stream, applicants must have:
To qualify under this stream, applicants must have:
This stream targets candidates with specific skilled in-demand in Ontario. To qualify, applicants must have:
The Regional Immigration Pilot is designed to use the OINP to bring skilled labour not available locally to smaller Ontario communities.
To qualify candidates must have a permanent job offer from one of the three participating communities:
Candidates must also meet the criteria for one of the Ontario Employer Job Offer streams, namely:
Candidate Requirements
Number of Nominations
Approximately 150 Employer Job Offer nominations have been set aside for the pilot.
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