EE & Provincial Draws

Manitoba invited skilled workers in the new MPNP draw

On November 6, 2025, Manitoba held the invitation round #267 under the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP).

The province invited 47 skilled workers under the Skilled Worker in Manitoba and Skilled Workers Overseas streams as part of a strategic recruitment initiative.

In this round, ten invitations were extended to candidates with a valid Express Entry profile number and a job seeker validation code.

This year, the MPNP invited 7,062 candidates, and 1,277 of them received invitations in the Express Entry system.

#manitoba, #mpnp, #international_students, #pnp, #swo, #swm, #skilled_worker_in_manitoba

November 7, 2025

Alberta conducted four new draws under the AAIP in the last week of October

On November 5, 2025, Alberta released the results of the recent Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) immigration draws.

On October 23, the province invited 60 candidates under the Alberta Opportunity stream, while the October 24 draw invited 142 candidates under the Dedicated Health Care Pathway – non-Express Entry stream, with a minimum score of 42.

On October 28 and 29, Alberta conducted draws under the Alberta Express Entry Stream, inviting 60 construction workers under the Priority Sectors and up to ten candidates under the Law Enforcement Pathway, respectively. So far, Alberta has invited 7,380 candidates through the AAIP streams this year.

#alberta, #aaip, #pnp, #ita, #nomination_certificate, #express_entry, #priority_sectors, #aos

November 7, 2025

PEI PNP held an unexpected draw and issued 159 invitations

On October 27, 2025, Prince Edward Island held the eleventh invitation round of the Prince Edward Island Provincial Nominee Program (PEI PNP), although it was scheduled for November 20, 2025.

In this round, the province issued 159 targeted invitations to international graduates from UPEI, Holland College, and Collège de l’Île who are living and working in PEI. So far, the province has invited only one business candidate and 1,239 skilled workers and graduates through the regular PEI PNP draws in 2025.

#prince_edward_island, #peipnp, #skilled_workers, #pnp #UPEI, #Holland_College, #Collège_de_l’Île

October 31, 2025

Canada invited 6,000 Francophone candidates under Express Entry

On October 29, 2025, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held a new Express Entry draw for French language proficiency candidates.

In round #376, IRCC issued 6,000 Invitations to Apply (ITA) to francophone candidates. The cut-off score of this draw was 416 points, 16 points fewer than in the previous draw in this category.

The tie-breaking rule for this round was September 8, 2025, at 15:27:09 UTC. This year, Canada issued 81,485 ITAs through 46 Express Entry draws, and 36,000 of them were sent to francophone candidates.

#express_entry, #ircc, #ita, #immigration_to_canada, #pr, #francophone_draws

October 30, 2025