Ontario Targets 10 Occupations With 486 NOIs In New Provincial Draw

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 services managers
0124 Advertising, marketing and public relations managers
0601 Corporate sales managers
0621 Retail and wholesale trade managers
0651 Managers in customer and personal services, n.e.c.
1111 Financial auditors and accountants
1114 Other financial officers
1122 Professional occupations in business management consulting
3012 Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses

Candidates must demonstrate work experience in one of the above NOC codes to be eligible for a nomination from the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program.

Ontario Human Capital Priorities Targeted Draw

Date/time NOIs issued	Number of NOIs issued	Profiles created in IRCC’s Express Entry system	CRS score range
February 13, 2020 9am EST	486	February 13, 2019 – February 13, 2020	467-471

Colin Singer

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.