Alberta holds five provincial immigration draws

The Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) has held multiple draws from June 5 to June 19, 2025, inviting more newcomers to apply for provincial nomination.

Candidates were invited based on their professional experience, in-demand skills, and ability to aid the Alberta labour market.

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Summary of draws, 5 – 19 June

Within two weeks, the AAIP held five draws across five different immigration streams, with varying cut-off scores for each draw.

Three of these five draws took place through Express Entry-aligned streams:

Date	Stream	Cut-off score	Number of invitations issued
June 5	Alberta Express Entry – Priority Sectors*	70	18
June 10	Dedicated Health Care Pathway – Non Express Entry	53	33
June 17	Tourism and Hospitality stream	71	39
June 18	Alberta Express Entry Stream – Law Enforcement Pathway	51	<10
June 19	Alberta Express Entry Stream – Accelerated Tech Pathway	73	22

*Priority sectors for the Alberta Express Entry stream include:

Construction;
Agriculture;
Aviation; and
Healthcare.

The AAIP previously announced that the Alberta Express Entry stream would consider invitations to apply (ITAs) in 2025 based on the above priority sectors, in addition to the three pathways contained within the stream:

Dedicated Health Care Pathway;
Accelerated Tech Pathway; and
Law Enforcement Pathway.

How many more invitations and nominations will the AAIP issue in 2025?

As of 19 June, the AAIP has issued 2,535 nominations out of its 4,875 nomination allocation, meaning the province still has 2,340 nomination spots to assign to candidates this year.

More detailed information for the stream selected in these draws, including individual nomination allocations, nominations issued, and Expression of Interest (EOIs) in each stream’s candidate pool, is given below:

Stream	Nomination allocation	Nominations issued	Nominations to be issued	EOIs in candidate pool
Alberta Express Entry – Priority Sectors*	405	199	206	4,111
Dedicated Health Care Pathway – Non Express Entry	500	208	292	1,568
Tourism and Hospitality stream	245	181	64	6,048
Alberta Express Entry Stream – Law Enforcement Pathway	20	<10	N/A	111
Alberta Express Entry Stream – Accelerated Tech Pathway	146	81	65	3,397

The AAIP notes that there are currently 2,657 applications for nomination in their inventory to be processed.

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