On October 9, 2025, Manitoba held a new invitation round in the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP). In round #255, the MPNP invited 862 applicants under the Skilled Worker in Manitoba (SWM) stream.
Of these, 279 candidates were invited under the Skilled Worker pathway, and 583 under the occupation-specific selection category. In this invitation round, the province invited a total of 203 Express Entry candidates.
This year, Manitoba invited 6,658 candidates through the MPNP draws, including 1,258 Express Entry candidates.
#manitoba, #mpnp, #international_students, #pnp, #swo, #swm, #skilled_worker_in_manitoba
October 10, 2025
On October 8, 2025, Alberta released the results of the recent Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) immigration draws.
On October 1, 2025, the province invited 1,003 candidates under the Alberta Opportunity stream.
Additionally, on October 3, Alberta invited 230 candidates under the Alberta Express Entry Stream – Accelerated Tech Pathway, while on October 7, Alberta invited 91 candidates working in the construction sector under the Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors. So far, Alberta has invited 6,909 candidates through the AAIP streams this year.
#alberta, #aaip, #pnp, #ita, #nomination_certificate, #express_entry, #priority_sectors, #aos
October 10, 2025
On October 9, 2025, the Government of Ontario finally held immigration draws in the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream (EJO FW), International Student Stream (EJO IS) and In-Demand Skills Stream (EJO IDS) of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP).
The province held two EJO FW draws and issued 671 invitations to apply (ITAs) in a targeted draw for health occupations and early childhood educators and assistants, and 24 ITAs for Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI).
Ontario also conducted two EJO IS stream draws, inviting 757 healthcare workers and early childhood educators and 53 REDI candidates. In the EJO IDS stream, the province invited 13 REDI candidates and 162 healthcare professionals. In total, OINP issued invitations to 10,479 candidates in 2025.
#oinp, #ontario, #employer_job_offer, #foreign_workers, #ejo_ids, #ejo_fw #ejo_is
October 10, 2025
On October 6, 2025, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held a new Express Entry draw for French language proficiency candidates.
In round #371, IRCC issued 4,500 Invitations to Apply (ITA) to francophone candidates. The cut-off score of this draw was 432points, 14 points fewer than in the previous draw in this category.
The tie-breaking rule for this round was June 13, 2025, at 19:07:01 UTC. This year, Canada issued 71,338 ITAs through 41 Express Entry draws, and 30,000 of them were sent to francophone candidates.
#express_entry, #ircc, #ita, #immigration_to_canada, #pr, #francophone_draws
October 7, 2025