Canada invites 761 new candidates to apply for permanent residency through its provincial nominee program. The successful candidates had to score a minimum of 742 in order to get the invitation. IRCC issued the 19th PNP draw of the year on 29 September 2021. PNP candidates get 600 automatically as they get the nomination from any of the provinces. The invited candidates have only had now 60 days to apply for permanent residency.
IRCC has broken the record number of applicants accepted through the express entry program this year. It issued invitations to 109,696 candidates from PNP and CEC categories. This is far more than last years’ numbers of 107,350 and it is just September.
The draw details (under the Express Entry system #206– September 29, 2021) are as below:
- Number of invitations issued: 761
- Rank required to be invited to apply: 761st or above
- Date and time of round: September 29, 2021, at 13:17:49 UTC
- CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 742
- Tie-breaking rule: July 29, 2021, at 09:45:29 UTC
Canada has so far issued the following draws in 2021 under these streams:
| Date | Draw | Number of ITA’s | Lowest CRS Scores |
| 6/1/2021 (PNP) | 1 | 250 | 813 |
| 7/1/2021 (CEC) | 2 | 4,750 | 461 |
| 20/1/2021 (PNP) | 3 | 374 | 741 |
| 21/1/2021 (CEC) | 4 | 4,626 | 454 |
| 10/2/2021 (PNP) | 5 | 654 | 720 |
| 13/2/2021 (CEC) | 6 | 27,332 | 75 |
| 08/3/2021 (PNP) | 7 | 671 | 739 |
| 17/03/2021 (PNP) | 8 | 183 | 682 |
| 18/03/2021 (CEC) | 9 | 5,000 | 449 |
| 31/03/2021 (PNP) | 10 | 284 | 778 |
| 01/04/2021 (CEC) | 11 | 5,000 | 432 |
| 14/04/2021 (PNP) | 12 | 266 | 753 |
| 16/04/2021 (CEC) | 13 | 6,000 | 417 |
| 28/04/2021 (PNP) | 14 | 381 | 717 |
| 29/04/2021 (CEC) | 15 | 6,000 | 400 |
| 12/05/2021 (PNP) | 16 | 557 | 752 |
| 13/05/2021 (CEC) | 17 | 4,147 | 401 |
| 20/05/2021 (CEC) | 18 | 1,842 | 397 |
| 26/05/2021 (PNP) | 19 | 500 | 713 |
| 31/05/2021 (CEC) | 20 | 5,956 | 380 |
| 09/06/2021 (PNP) | 21 | 940 | 711 |
| 10/06/2021 (CEC) | 22 | 6,000 | 368 |
| 23/06/2021 (PNP) | 23 | 1,002 | 742 |
| 24/06/2021 (CEC) | 24 | 6,000 | 357 |
| 07/07/2021 (PNP) | 25 | 627 | 760 |
| 08/07/2021 (CEC) | 26 | 4,500 | 369 |
| 21/07/2021 (PNP) | 27 | 462 | 734 |
| 22/07/2021 (CEC) | 28 | 4,500 | 357 |
| 04/08/2021 (PNP) | 29 | 512 | 760 |
| 05/08/2021 (CEC) | 30 | 3,000 | 404 |
| 18/08/2021 (PNP) | 31 | 463 | 751 |
| 19/08/2021 (CEC) | 32 | 3,000 | 403 |
| 01/09/2021 (PNP) | 33 | 635 | 764 |
| 14/09/2021 (CEC) | 34 | 2,000 | 462 |
| 15/09/2021 (PNP) | 35 | 521 | 732 |
| 29/09/2021 (PNP) | 36 | 761 | 742 |
The PNP works for those who:
- want to live in that province
- want to become permanent residents of Canada
- have the skills, education, and work experience to contribute to the economy of a specific province or territory
Check here for more details about the provincial Nominee programs of Canada.
How PNP programs are progressing?
Canadian provinces invited through PNP programs, about 3,400 immigration candidates to apply for permanent residency. The provincial nominee programs are doing a great job. For example, Alberta has released the details for two of its biggest draws of the year:
- On August 23, the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) held its largest draw to date, with 450 invitations to Express Entry candidates with a CRS score of 300,
- On August 30, Alberta held its biggest draw since 2019 with 400 invitations to Express Entry candidates who had scores of at least 301,
- Ontario holds the first PNP invitation round for Masters and Ph.D. grads and invited 479 international student graduates to apply for a provincial nomination on August 18,
- British Columbia invited 422 in latest PNP draws on 29 September(B.C. has now issued over 9,000 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination since the start of the year.)
- The Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) held one draw on September 14, where 385 immigration candidates were invited to apply for a provincial nomination.
- Manitoba invited 650 in latest PNP draw on 27 September
- Some Canadian provinces invited the following number of candidates in:
- August:Ontario:875
- Saskatchewan: 948
- British Columbia: 900
Quebec released the results of a third PNP draw that took place last month on August 26 by inviting 585 immigration candidates with a score of at least 517 in the Arrima pool.