Canadian provinces held more than 10 draws in October 2020.

Canadian provinces held more than 10 draws last month.

Together, all invitation rounds resulted in close to 3,000  invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence across the country.

There are two types of provincial nomination streams:

• Enhanced nomination streams, which are linked to Express Entry
• Base nomination streams, which are not linked with Express Entry

All nine provinces and two territories that take part in the PNP have enhanced nomination streams which are linked to the Express Entry system.

These streams allow provinces to nominate candidates in the federal Express Entry system, which manages the pool of candidates for three of Canada’s main economic immigration categories—the Federal Skilled Worker Class, Federal Skilled Trades Class and Canadian Experience Class.

Canada’s Provincial Nominee Program allows participating provinces and territories to nominate a set number of economic immigration candidates each year for permanent residence.

Candidates who are selected through enhanced nomination streams are invited to apply for a provincial nomination. If they are successful, they receive an additional 600 points towards their Express Entry Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS)  score and are effectively guaranteed an invitation to apply for Canadian permanent residence.

Last week, Canada released its Immigration Levels Plan 2021-2023 which targets the highest level of immigration in its history. Canada’s PNPs are also set to continue the growth they’ve experienced in recent years.

The admission target for Canada’s PNP has been set in the plan at 80,800 for 2021, and this number is expected to increase annually.

For 2022 and 2023, IRCC is planning to raise the number of PNP admissions to 81,500 and 83,000, respectively.