Manitoba Invites 766 Workers in Latest Immigration Draw

Manitoba issued 766 Letters of Advice to Apply for provincial nomination on July 30 through Expression of Interest draw #276.

The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program focused mainly on candidates already living and working in the province. Invitations went to skilled workers in Manitoba, Francophone candidates, people in selected occupations, and applicants connected to strategic recruitment initiatives.

Most invitations went to applicants employed in Manitoba, reflecting the draw’s strong emphasis on workers who are already contributing to the provincial economy.

Manufacturing and Utilities Receive Most Invitations

The province issued 696 invitations through the Skilled Worker in Manitoba pathway. The largest group included 605 candidates working in manufacturing and utilities occupations. These applicants needed a minimum ranking score of 632.

The province considered workers in Broad Occupational Category 9 of Canada’s National Occupational Classification system. This category covers middle management, supervisors, operators, assemblers, inspectors and labourers in manufacturing, processing and utilities.

Eligible major groups included codes 90, 92, 93, 94 and 95. Together, they cover management and supervisory jobs, utilities operators and controllers, process operators, aircraft assembly workers, machine operators, inspectors and labourers.

Seven Occupations Included in Targeted Selection

Another 74 invitations went to Manitoba residents working in seven specific occupations.

These were aerospace engineers; air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors; aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors; aircraft instrument, electrical and avionics mechanics, technicians and inspectors; aircraft mechanics and inspectors; facility operation and maintenance managers; and general practitioners and family physicians.

No minimum score was listed for this category.

Canada’s NOC system places jobs into six TEER levels, from zero to five, based on the training, education, experience and responsibilities required for each occupation. TEER 0 covers highly skilled positions, while TEER 5 includes lower-skilled roles.

Francophone and Strategic Candidates Invited

Manitoba also invited 17 Francophone candidates. To qualify, applicants had to state that French was their language of communication with Manitoba and provide valid French-language test results. No cut-off score was published for this group.

A further 70 invitations went to candidates in the Skilled Worker in Manitoba and Skilled Worker Overseas pathways. These applicants had received direct invitations through strategic recruitment initiatives or through a now-expired temporary policy supporting work permits for prospective provincial nominees.

The selection drew from EOI profiles in both pathways, provided candidates had declared a strategic recruitment invitation or eligibility under the expired temporary public policy in their profiles.

The 70 invitations included 25 through the Francophone Community initiative, 20 through Employer Services, 12 through Ethnocultural Communities, seven under the temporary public policy, and six through Regional Communities.

Express Entry Profiles Included

Of all 766 invited candidates, 94 declared a valid Express Entry profile and job seeker validation code.

The province said some candidates who appeared eligible may not have received an invitation. Possible reasons included a missing, invalid or expired language-test identification number, or a strategic recruitment claim without a valid invitation number.

By July 30, Manitoba had completed 15 selection rounds during the year and issued 4,822 invitations in total.