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Provincial Nominee Programs

Canadian provinces and territories nominate people who fit local labour needs.

How the Provincial Nominee Program works

Provinces and territories nominate people who have the skills, education and work experience to help their economy and who want to live there and become permanent residents. Each one sets its own requirements and the number of nominations it can make each year.

Through Express Entry

If you qualify for a stream and a federal Express Entry program, a nomination gives you 600 extra points, which helps you get invited to apply.

Non-Express Entry

If you qualify for a stream but not a federal program, you apply to the province first and then to IRCC for permanent residence.

Quebec and Nunavut

Quebec and Nunavut have no PNP. Quebec selects its own immigrants through separate programs.

Alberta

Streams for workers, graduates and entrepreneurs who fit Alberta’s labour needs.

British Columbia

Streams geared toward tech, healthcare and the trades.

Manitoba

Targets skilled workers and international graduates.

New Brunswick

Includes skilled worker and business streams.

Newfoundland and Labrador

Nomination for workers, graduates and entrepreneurs who settle in the province.

Northwest Territories

Nomination for workers and business people who fill territory labour needs.

Nova Scotia

Nomination streams linked to the province’s labour market priorities.

Ontario

Features employer job offer, master’s graduate and regional priority streams.

Prince Edward Island

Nomination for workers, graduates and business applicants.

Saskatchewan

Known for its occupation-in-demand and Express Entry streams.

Yukon

Employer-driven nomination for workers filling Yukon vacancies.

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