Canada immigration news: Ontario has issued a total of 1,320 invitations in four Expression of Interest draws through its Masters Graduate, Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker, and Employer Job Offer: International Student streams.
The draws were conducted on March 1, 2022.
Through the Masters Graduate Stream, 238 invitations were issued to candidates with a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 41.
Under the Foreign Worker stream, a general draw saw 456 candidates invited, with a minimum score of 39 points.
For the International Student stream, a general draw saw 411 invitations issued, with a minimum score of 72.
A second draw through the International Student stream saw invitations issued to candidates with a minimum score of 42, with work experience in one of the following National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes:
- NOCÂ 2232 – Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians
- NOCÂ 2233 – Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians
- NOCÂ 2242 – Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment)
- NOCÂ 2243 – Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics
- NOCÂ 2253 – Drafting technologists and technicians
- NOCÂ 2282 – User support technicians
- NOCÂ 2283 – Information systems testing technicians
- NOCÂ 7201 – Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations
- NOCÂ 7202 – Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations
- NOCÂ 7203 – Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades
- NOCÂ 7204 – Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades
- NOCÂ 7205 – Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers
- NOCÂ 7232 – Tool and die makers
- NOCÂ 7233 – Sheet metal workers
- NOCÂ 7236 – Ironworkers
- NOCÂ 7241 – Electricians (except industrial and power system)
- NOCÂ 7242 – Industrial electricians
- NOCÂ 7251 – Plumbers
- NOCÂ 7271 – Carpenters
- NOCÂ 7281 – Bricklayers
- NOCÂ 7282 – Concrete finishers
- NOCÂ 7284 – Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers
- NOCÂ 7291 – Roofers and shinglers
- NOC 7293 – Insulators
- NOCÂ 7294 – Painters and decorators (except interior decorators)
- NOCÂ 7301 – Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades
- NOCÂ 7302 – Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews
- NOCÂ 7303 – Supervisors, printing and related occupations
- NOCÂ 7305 – Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators
- NOCÂ 7311 – Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics
- NOCÂ 7312 – Heavy-duty equipment mechanics
- NOCÂ 7313 – Refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics
- NOCÂ 7314 – Railway carmen/women
- NOCÂ 7315 – Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors
- NOCÂ 7318 – Elevator constructors and mechanics
- NOCÂ 7321 – Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers
- NOCÂ 7333 – Electrical mechanics
- NOCÂ 7334 – Motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle and other related mechanics
- NOCÂ 7371 – Crane operators
- NOCÂ 8255 – Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services
- NOCÂ 9241 – Power engineers and power systems operators
To qualify for each draw, candidates needed to have created profiles between April 28, 2021 and March 1, 2022.
Full requirements for all the mentioned streams are included further down this article.
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Masters Graduate Stream Expression of Interest Draw
Date issued |
Number of invitations issued |
Date profiles created |
Score range |
Notes |
March 1, 2022 |
238 |
April 28, 2021 – March 1, 2022 |
41 and above |
General draw |
Ontario Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream Expression of Interest Draw
Date issued |
Number of invitations issued |
Date profiles created |
Score range |
Notes |
March 1, 2022 |
456 |
April 28, 2021 – March 1, 2022 |
39 and above |
General draw |
Ontario Employer Job Offer: International Student Stream Expression of Interest Draw
Date issued |
Number of invitations issued |
Date profiles created |
Score range |
Notes |
March 1, 2022 |
411 |
April 28, 2021 – March 1, 2022 |
72 and above |
General draw |
March 1, 2022 |
215 |
April 28, 2021 – March 1, 2022 |
42 and above |
Targeted draw for skilled trades occupations. |
Ontario Expression of Interest Ranking System
Points are awarded based on the following attributes:
- Level and field of education and where they completed their studies.
- Proficiency in English or French.
- Intention to settle outside of the Greater Toronto Area.
- Skill and work experience level, earnings history, other factors relevant to prospects in Ontario job market.
- Labour market needs in the province or region of the province.
Masters Graduate Stream
This stream offers an opportunity to obtain permanent residence to international students who obtained a masters degree in Ontario without requiring a job offer.
To be eligible to apply, a candidate must meet the following criteria:
- Graduated from a Master’s degree program from an eligible institution in Ontario, that was at least one-year full-time.
- Obtained minimum language CLB/NCLC level 7 or above in English or in French.
- Resided legally in Ontario for at least one year in the last two.
- Have sufficient settlement funds.
- Intend to live and work in Ontario.
- Must have legal status in Ontario or abroad.
- Applications from elsewhere in Canada will not be accepted.
- Application must be submitted within two years of completing the requirements to graduate from the master’s degree.
Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream
To qualify under this stream, applicants must have:
- A permanent and full-time job offer under NOC 0, A or B that meets the median wage levels for Ontario, and in a position that is necessary to the business;
- For those already working in the position, the proposed wage must be equal or greater than the current wage being paid
- Two cumulative years of relevant work experience in the previous five years before the date of application;
- Relevant mandatory licensing in Ontario, if the position so requires;
- Live abroad, or be working, studying or visiting Canada on a valid permit;
- Intention to settle in Ontario.
Employer Job Offer: International Student Stream
To qualify under this stream, applicants must have:
- A permanent and full-time job offer under NOC 0, A or B that meets low wage levels for Ontario, and in a position that is necessary to the business;
- For those already working in the position, the proposed wage must be equal or greater than the current wage being paid
- Either
- Graduated or met requirements of a full-time minimum two-year degree from a publicly-funded Canadian college or university; OR
- Graduated or met requirements of a full-time minimum one-year post-graduate diploma program from a publicly-funded Canadian college or university.
- Completed at least half the studies in Canada;
- Apply within two years from the date you completed the above course
- Legal status in Ontario
- Intention to settle in Ontario.