Canada immigration update: All PNP draws in August 2021

As per the message from Marco E. L. Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship in the 2020 Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration — “Immigrants enrich Canada beyond measure, and no accounting of our progress over the last century and a half is complete without including the contributions of newcomers. Even as we adjust to the extraordinary challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic, we cannot lose sight of the enormous benefits immigration presents to our prosperity and way of life.” [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fmGvD4-VvY[/embed] A newcomer to Canada brings along their heritage and culture to the new home country. The perspectives, ideas and talents of those newcomers also find their way into Canada in the process. Across the years, the immigration selection programs of the federal government of Canada have continued to grow and innovate. Much of this growth has come from established programs administered through IRCC Express Entry, as well as programs run in partnership with the provincial and territorial governments through the Provincial Nominee Program [PNP]. Canadian PNP has nearly 80 different immigration pathways or ‘streams’ available. Each of the PNP streams targets a specific class of immigrants –

• skilled workers,
• semi-skilled workers,
• Businesspeople, or
• International students.

Of the 401,000 expected to be welcomed by Canada in 2021, as many as 80,800 will gain permanent residence in Canada through the provincial route. 9 provinces and 2 territories in Canada are a part of the Canadian PNP. Under the Canada -Quebec Accord, Quebec enjoys a greater autonomy over the immigrants that intend settling within the province. The only Canadian province not a part of Canadian PNP, Quebec has its own immigration programs. The territory of Nunavut, on the other hand, does not have immigration program for the induction of newcomers. Here, we shall be seeing the provincial draws held in August 2021 under the PNP of Canada. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RELATED

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quebec held 3 provincial draws – also referred to as Arrima draws – in August 2021. A total of 1,602 invitations were issued by Quebec this month. The latest draw by Quebec was held on August 26, 2021, wherein 585 were invited to apply. While 515 invitations were issued in the Arrima draw on August 12, 2021; another 502 were invited by Quebec on August 19, 2021. With the launch of an Expression of Interest [EOI] system for 5 OINP streams, invitations issued by Ontario are of 2 kinds – [1] under the Expression of Interest [EOI] system, and [2] Notification of Interest [NOI] letters. The EOI system for all the 5 OINP streams is now open. There is no window for applications as such. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK YOUR ELIGIBILITY

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Number of PNP invitations issued in 2021, by provinces part of the PNP
PNP Province/Territory	January 2021	February 2021	March 2021	April 2021	May 2021	June 2021	July 2021	August 2021
Alberta	150	359	500	400	500	375	329	1,246
British Columbia	523	871	1,514	984	914	974	885	1,414
Manitoba	490	503	634	1,009	382	1,300	1,792	275
New Brunswick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Newfoundland and Labrador	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northwest Territories	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nova Scotia	Not disclosed	43	Not disclosed	0	0	0	0	0
Ontario	484	1,469	880	528	479	2,509	2,907	875
Prince Edward Island	211	121	150	156	155	113	127	161
Saskatchewan	887	840	666	548	528	255	575	948
Yukon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

  PNP draws held in August 2021 –

Province / Territory	PNP program	Category/Stream	Status	Information of draw[s]
Alberta	Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program [AINP]	Express Entry	1 draw held	August 30 – invitations issued: 400   August 23 – invitations issued: 450   August 10 – invitations issued: 396
British Columbia	British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program [BC PNP]	Skills Immigration [SI], Express Entry BC [EEBC]	8 draws held	August 31 – invitations issued: 467   August 31 – invitations issued: 21 [only to NOC 0621, NOC 0631]   August 24 – Tech draw – invitations issued: 74   August 17 – invitations issued: 363   August 17– invitations issued: 64 [only to NOC 0621, NOC 0631]   August 10 – Tech draw – invitations issued: 51   August 3 – invitations issued: 361   August 3 – invitations issued: 13 [only to NOC 0621, NOC 0631]
Manitoba	Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program [MPNP]	Skilled Workers in Manitoba, International Education Stream, Skilled Workers Overseas	1 draw held	August 12 [EOI Draw #124] – invitations issued: 275
New Brunswick	New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program [NBPNP]	Express Entry	No update for this month	-
Newfoundland and Labrador	Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program [NLPNP]	Express Entry & Other Programs	No update for this month	No invitations issued so far this year.   A new stream – Priority Skills Newfoundland and Labrador – launched in January 2021.
Northwest Territories	Northwest Territories Provincial Nominee Program	-	-	-
Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia Nominee Program [NSNP]	Labour Market Priorities, Express Entry Express Entry & Other Programs	No update for this month	-
Ontario	Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program [OINP]	Entrepreneur Stream [ES], Employer Job Offer [EJO]: Masters Graduate, EJO: PhD Graduate, EJO: In-Demand Skills, EJO: International Student stream, EJO: Foreign Worker stream	7 draws held	August 26 – OINP ES – invitations issued: 20   August 25 – EJO Masters Graduate – invitations issued: 326   August 18 – EJO Masters Graduate – invitations issued: 402   August 18 – EJO PhD Graduate – invitations issued: 77   August 11 – EJO In-Demand Skills – invitations issued: 48   August 6 – EJO Foreign Worker stream – invitations issued: 1   August 6 – EJO International Student stream – invitations issued: 1
Prince Edward Island [PEI]	Prince Edward Island Provincial Nominee Program [PEI PNP]	Labour & Express Entry, Business Work Permit	1 draw held	August 19 – invitations issued: 161   The next draw is to be on September 16, as per PEI PNP draw schedule for 2021.
Saskatchewan	Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program [SINP]	Express Entry, Occupation In-Demand	2 draws held	August 19 – invitations issued: 496   August 5 – invitations issued: 452
Yukon	Yukon Nominee Program [YNP]	-	-	-

Note. NOC: National Occupational Classification [NOC] matrix.

PNP Highlights in August 2021

·         Newfoundland and Labrador PNP – Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador extend immigration agreement. ·         Ontario PNP – The new Expression of Interest [EOI] system opens for intake for 2 streams [for Employer Job Offer [EJO]: Masters Graduate and EJO: PhD Graduate stream] on August 9, 2021. ·         Nova Scotia PNP – Nova Scotia launches new immigration stream targeting international graduates.

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