Ontario invites over 1,800 PNP candidates across 77 occupations

Ontario’s Provincial Nominee Program held more draws on September 3, issuing 1,893 invitations to apply for provincial immigration.

The draws targeted candidates with job offers within 77 priority occupations, and who are currently residing in Canada.

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The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) held two draws in total and issued invitations to apply through the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker and International Student streams.

Both draws considered profiles created between July 2, 2025 and September 3, 2025.

Details on the OINP’s September 3 draws

Candidates only received an invitation under these draws if they met the minimum score requirement and had a job offer in one of the following National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes:

• NOC 10011 — Human resources managers.
• NOC 10012 — Purchasing managers.
• NOC 10019 — Other administrative services managers.
• NOC 10020 — Insurance, real estate and financial brokerage managers.
• NOC 10021 — Banking, credit and other investment managers.
• NOC 11200 — Human resources professionals.
• NOC 12010 — Supervisors, general office and administrative support workers.
• NOC 12011 — Supervisors, finance and insurance office workers.
• NOC 12013 — Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling coordination occupations.
• NOC 12100 — Executive assistants.
• NOC 12101 — Human resources and recruitment officers.
• NOC 12102 — Procurement and purchasing agents and officers.
• NOC 12103 — Conference and event planners.
• NOC 12110 — Court reporters, medical transcriptionists and related occupations.
• NOC 12111 — Health information management occupations.
• NOC 12112 — Records management technicians.
• NOC 13100 — Administrative officers.
• NOC 13112 — Medical administrative assistants.
• NOC 20010 — Engineering managers.
• NOC 20011 — Architecture and science managers.
• NOC 20012 — Computer and information systems managers.
• NOC 21100 — Physicists and astronomers.
• NOC 21200 — Architects.
• NOC 21222 — Information systems specialists.
• NOC 21311 — Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers).
• NOC 30010 — Managers in health care.
• NOC 31120 — Pharmacists.
• NOC 31200 — Psychologists.
• NOC 31202 — Physiotherapists.
• NOC 31203 — Occupational therapists.
• NOC 32100 — Opticians.
• NOC 32103 — Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists.
• NOC 32109 — Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment.
• NOC 32110 — Denturists.
• NOC 32111 — Dental hygienists and dental therapists.
• NOC 32112 — Dental technologists and technicians.
• NOC 32121 — Medical radiation technologists.
• NOC 32122 — Medical sonographers.
• NOC 32123 — Cardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists.
• NOC 32129 — Other medical technologists and technicians.
• NOC 32201 — Massage therapists.
• NOC 33100 — Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants.
• NOC 33101 — Medical laboratory assistants.
• NOC 33109 — Other assisting occupations in support of health services.
• NOC 40020 — Administrators – post-secondary education and vocational training.
• NOC 40030 — Managers in social, community and correctional services.
• NOC 41301 — Therapists in counselling and related specialized therapies.
• NOC 41302 — Ecclesiastical occupations.
• NOC 50012 — Recreation, sports and fitness program and service directors.
• NOC 51110 — Editors.
• NOC 51113 — Journalists.
• NOC 51120 — Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations.
• NOC 52110 — Film and video camera operators.
• NOC 52111 — Graphic arts technicians.
• NOC 52113 — Audio and video recording technicians.
• NOC 52119 — Other technical and co-ordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting and the performing arts.
• NOC 70010 — Construction managers.
• NOC 70011 — Home building and renovation managers.
• NOC 70012 — Facility operation and maintenance managers.
• NOC 70021 — Postal and courier services managers.
• NOC 72010 — Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations.
• NOC 72011 — Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations.
• NOC 72013 — Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades.
• NOC 72014 — Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers.
• NOC 72020 — Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades.
• NOC 72021 — Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews.
• NOC 72025 — Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations.
• NOC 73101 — Tilesetters.
• NOC 73112 — Painters and decorators (except interior decorators).
• NOC 73201 — General maintenance workers and building superintendents.
• NOC 80020 — Managers in agriculture.
• NOC 82031 — Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services.
• NOC 92010 — Supervisors, mineral and metal processing.
• NOC 92011 — Supervisors, petroleum, gas and chemical processing and utilities.
• NOC 92013 — Supervisors, plastic and rubber products manufacturing.
• NOC 92014 — Supervisors, forest products processing.
• NOC 92021 — Supervisors, electronics and electrical products manufacturing.

Candidates who have received invitations must respond to the OINP with a complete application for provincial nomination.

After receiving their nomination from OINP, successful nominees can apply to the federal government for permanent residence.

OINP draws in 2025

These draws closely follow another round of significant invitations to apply issued by the OINP; On September 2, the OINP conducted three draws, issuing a total of 2,643 invitations to foreign nationals with job offers in priority health occupations.

This brings the total number of invitations to apply by the OINP in the first week of September to 4,536, as of time of writing.

Earlier this year, the OINP announced that its provincial nomination allocation for 2025 had been reduced to 10,750, down from 21,500 in 2024.

In addition, Ontario introduced changes to the application process for its Employer Job Offer streams. On July 2, the province launched a new online employer portal.

This change shifts the application process from being applicant-led to employer-led. Employers must now initiate the application by submitting job offer details directly to the OINP before a candidate can register an Expression of Interest (EOI).

The draws mentioned above only considered candidates whose employers submitted job offers through the new portal. Candidates who created EOIs before July 2 must work with their employers to resubmit their profiles using the portal in order to be considered.

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