British Columbia holds latest Provincial Nomination draws as PNPs slow

Asheesh Moosapeta
Published: December 3, 2022

The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP) held both a general and targeted draw on November 28th .

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The province issued 253 invitations to apply (ITAs) for general candidates, and at least 75 ITAs to targeted professions .

All provinces (with the exception of Quebec and Nunavut) hold their own Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs); an economic immigration pathway by which provincial governments can nominate foreign skilled talent to immigrate to their province, and address labour needs.

The PNP has become a huge addition to Canada’s immigration programs, and is expected to overtake the Express Entry managed programs by 2024; as the main economic immigration pathway for foreign workers to Canada.

BC Provincial Nomination Draw Results: November 28th – Dec 2nd

This week British Columbia held a PNP draw, issuing over 300 total ITAs, with varying CRS cut-offs per each stream. The BCPNP drew across all streams of the BCPNP, which encompasses the:

  • Skilled Worker;
  • Skilled Worker-EEBC Option;
  • International Graduate;
  • International Graduate-EEBC option; and
  • Entry Level and Semi-Skilled Worker streams.

Additionally British Columbia also held a targeted draw under these streams for specific professions that the province is looking to fill. These are:

The entire draw breakdown, including minimum CRS score for each stream can be found below:

DateStreamNumber of InvitationsMinimum ScoreDescription
28th of November 2022Skilled Worker253105General draw (includes tech occupations)
Skilled Worker - EEBC option105
International Graduate105
International Graduate - EEBC option105
Entry Level and Semi Skilled82
28th of November 2022Skilled Worker, International Graduate (includes EEBC option)4960 Targeted draw: Childcare: Early childhood educators and assistants (NOC 42202)
Skilled Worker, International Graduate, Entry Level and Semi-Skilled (includes EEBC option)2460Targeted draw: Healthcare (unless specified below)
Entry Level and Semi-Skilled<560Targeted draw: Healthcare: Health care assistants (NOC 33102)
Skilled Worker, International Graduate (includes EEBC option)<560T>argeted draw: Other priority occupations (NOCs 31103, 32104)

The Impact of NOC changes

The last two weeks have less PNP draws. While the end of the year does tend to bring a slowdown in activity, one important policy change has greatly impacted economic immigration to Canada: updating of the National Occupation Classification (NOC) codes.

On the 16th of November, Canada changed from the 2016 NOC to the new 2021 NOC codes. While these changes are largely for classification purposes, it is important to note that 16 new occupations have also been added to the Express Entry eligibility list.

As the NOCs are the main way to classify jobs for economic immigration, they impact both the Express Entry managed systems and the PNPs (British Columbia for example recently updated their scoring system in accordance with the new NOCs).

In fact, there have only been three draws (including the above November 28th draw) since this change took effect on the 16th of November. It is likely that as provinces continue to adjust their programs to the new classifications and added job titles, that PNPs will return to operating more regularly.

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