Ontario invited 754 Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination on March 2.
Invited candidates had profiles in the Express Entry system with Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores between 463 and 467.
The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) invited candidates who may be eligible for the Express Entry Human Capital Priorities Stream (HCP). This Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) gives foreign workers the opportunity to launch their careers in Ontario, and make Canada’s most populous province their new home.
In this draw, the OINP invited Express Entry candidates to apply for the provincial nomination if they had work experience in one of the following 10 occupations:
While the drop in immigration to Canada was felt across the country in 2020, early signs suggest that most provinces will see their intakes recover by the end of this year.
The coronavirus pandemic caused immigration to Canada to fall to the lowest level since 1998 last year. As a result, Canada welcomed just over 184,000 new immigrants, well short of the 341,000 newcomers it was seeking to welcome in 2020.
Canada got off to a strong start in 2020 before travel restrictions and other COVID-19 disruptions caused newcomer flows to fall beginning in March.
The decline affected each province and territory. However, immigrant settlement patterns were largely unaffected by the pandemic.
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Ontario immigration has issued 1,186 Notifications if Interest
in a new Tech Draw through its Express Entry Human Capital Priorities
stream.
The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program
(OINP) draw took place on February 16, with the invited candidates
scoring between 466 and 467 Express Entry Comprehensive Ranking
System (CRS) points.
Candidates were required to have submitted Express Entry
profiles between February 16, 2020 and February 16, 2021.
Tech Draws target six technology occupations:
0213 - Computer and information systems managers
2147 - Computer engineers
2173 - Software engineers and designers
2174 - Computer programmer and interactive media
Ontario held a new draw on February 16, inviting 1,186 immigration candidates with work experience in the tech sector to apply for a provincial nomination.
The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) issued the invitations to Express Entry candidates with Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores between 453 and 467. The OINP issued invitations to candidates who may be eligible for a nomination under the Human Capital Priorities stream.
Invited candidates will need to demonstrate that they have eligible work experience in one of the targeted occupations, in order to get the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) nomination. These six occupations include the following:
Computer and information systems managers (NOC 0213);