October 2021, PNP Overview

An overview of Canada’s PNP immigration results for October 2021
Every Canadian province and territory, except Quebec and Nunavut, operates its own Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). Having their own immigration programs allows provincial governments to select the most suitable candidates to meet their local labour market needs and to manage the regional settlement of the immigrant population within their jurisdiction. Each province adopts its own criteria for selecting foreign workers eligible for Canadian permanent residence under its respective PNP.

Ontario
The province of Ontario invited 2,620 immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination in October, significantly more than the previous month.

British Columbia
British Columbia held a total of six draws and invited 960 candidates to apply for a provincial nomination through the Express Entry British Columbia and Skills Immigration streams closely matching the number of invitations issued every month since the beginning of the year.

Manitoba
The province of Manitoba held two draws through the following three streams: Skilled Workers in Manitoba, International Education Stream, and Skilled Workers Overseas this past month. A total of 885 Letters of Advice to Apply were issued of which 179 were issued to candidates who declared a valid Express Entry profile.

Alberta
The Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP)’s Express Entry Stream held only one invitation round.  The AINP held the draw on October 12 and invited 293 candidates with CRS scores of at least 300. 

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island held a large pre-scheduled draw on October 21 and issued a combined 204 invitations to immigration candidates. Most of the invitations, 195, were issued to Express Entry and Labour Impact candidates. The remaining nine invitations went to Business Impact candidates who had a minimum point threshold of 72.

Most participating provinces and territories have at least one PNP stream that is aligned with the federal Express Entry system - Canada’s principal source of economic immigration.

In October, IRCC conducted two Express Entry draws targeting PNP candidates, issuing 681 ITAs on October 13, and another 888 on October 27.