Canada’s Ontario Invites 1,084 in the Latest Round of OINP Invitations

Another round of invitations held by Ontario under the pathway to Canadian permanent residence that goes through the provincial and territorial (PT) governments.

On January 11, 2022, Ontario invited a total of 1,084 to apply for a nomination under the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP). Ontario is part of the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), commonly referred to as Canadian PNP.

Invitations to apply (ITA) were issued under all the three Employer Job Offer (EJO) streams.

Those invited must apply online, provided they qualify under the stream identified in their invitation to apply. The OINP application must be submitted within 14 calendar days of receiving the ITA from Ontario PNP.

The score allotted following an assessment by the OINP is referred to as the Expression of Interest score, or EOI score, of that individual.

A full-time and permanent job offer from an Ontario employer will be required to be eligible for the Employer Job Offer category of the OINP.

An Overview of the January 11 OINP round of invitations Total ITAs issued: 1,084
Draw Details	Stream	EOI score required	Total invited
Draw 1 of 3   General Draw	EJO: Foreign Worker [For workers in skilled positions]	EOI 38 and above	264
Draw 2 of 3   General Draw	EJO: International Student [For recent graduates in Ontario]	EOI 59 and above	762
Draw 3 of 3   Targeted Draw: For health, manufacturing and agricultural occupations.	EJO: In-Demand Skills   [For intermediate skilled workers in certain sectors]	EOI 11 and above	58

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Which occupations were included in the OINP’s EJO: In-Demand Skills draw held on January 11, 2022?

The latest OINP round of invitations invited candidates under three separate streams. While the EJO: Foreign Worker stream and EJO: International student stream were general draws, the EJO: In-Demand Skills draw was a targeted one.

To be eligible for the EJO: In-Demand Skills stream OINP draw held on January 11, 2022, the candidate must have had – (1) an EOI score of 11 and above, along with (2) work experience in any of the following occupations as per the National Occupational Classification (NOC) code matrix.

The NOC code allots a unique 4-digit code to each of the occupations available in the Canadian labour market.

	NOC Code & Occupation
Health and agricultural occupations	·       NOC 3413 – Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates ·       NOC 4412 – Home support workers, housekeepers and related occupations ·       NOC 8431 – General farm workers ·       NOC 8432 – Nursery and greenhouse workers ·       NOC 8611 – Harvesting labourers ·       NOC 9462 – Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers
Manufacturing occupations (outside the GTA only)	·       NOC 9411 – Machine operators, mineral and metal processing ·       NOC 9416 – Metalworking and forging machine operators ·       NOC 9417 – Machining tool operators ·       NOC 9418 – Other metal products machine operators ·       NOC 9421 – Chemical plant machine operators ·       NOC 9422 – Plastics processing machine operators ·       NOC 9437 – Woodworking machine operators ·       NOC 9446 – Industrial sewing machine operators ·       NOC 9461 – Process control and machine operators, food, beverage and associated products processing ·       NOC 9523 – Electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers ·       NOC 9526 – Mechanical assemblers and inspectors ·       NOC 9536 – industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators ·       NOC 9537 – Other products assemblers, finishers and inspectors

Note. GTA: Greater Toronto Area, includes the city of Toronto and the four regional municipalities (Durham, Halton, Peel, and York).

Ontario is the second-largest province in Canada, after Quebec. Bordered by Manitoba (in the west), Quebec (in the east), and the US in the south, Ontario is also the most populous Canadian province. Over 1/3rd of the population of Canada lives in Ontario.

With a significant share of Canada’s natural resources and a diversified industrial economy, Ontario is also the wealthiest Canadian province.

As per an official report, Northern Ontario needs 1,62,000 new immigrants.

Indians made up 43% of new Canadian permanent residents in 2020. Of the 14,100 newcomers that got their Canada PR visa in 2020 through the Express Entry-linked PNP streams, 2,763 were headed to Ontario.

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