Manitoba immigration issues 257 invitations to workers in childcare, education, and healthcare

On October 8, the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) issued a total of 340 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAAs) for provincial nomination, inviting

• 211 workers in select education or childcare occupations;
• 46 workers in healthcare; and
• 83 strategically recruited candidates.

Invited candidates can take the next step toward Canadian permanent residence by submitting a complete provincial nomination application within 60 days, and upon receiving a nomination, they may request a work permit support letter from the MPNP for use in a federal work permit application.

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Provincial nominees may also qualify for a Bridging Open Work Permit (BOWP) after submitting their application for permanent residence.

Since June 9, 2026, a temporary public policy has enabled base PNP applicants to apply for BOWPs months earlier by easing certain eligibility conditions.

Those who were not invited may still access an open work permit through the Manitoba Workforce Transition Bridge policy, a measure designed to support 2,700 at-risk Manitoba workers—specifically MPNP candidates who held a provincial support letter and an active EOI profile as of December 31, 2025.

Draw details

The MPNP’s 20th provincial immigration draw saw invitations distributed as follows:

Stream/pathway	Selection criteria	Details	LAAs issued
Skilled Worker in Manitoba pathway	Occupation-specific selection	Employment in a qualifying education or childcare occupation	211
		Employment in a healthcare occupation	46
Skilled Worker Stream – in Manitoba and overseas	Direct invitation under a strategic recruitment initiative	Invitation under one of five eligible recruitment initiative	83

Among the 340 candidates invited in this round, 103 had declared a valid Express Entry profile number and job seeker validation code.

The province did not publish the cutoff score of invited candidates for any of its selection criteria in this draw.

Skilled Worker in Manitoba

Manitoba issued a total of 256 LAAs to candidates who met one of the following two selection criteria:

1) Employment in a qualifying education or childcare occupation

Manitoba issued most (211) of its the total invitations distributed in this round to individuals working in one of the following four occupations:

• Early childhood educators and assistants (42202).
• Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants (43100).
• Elementary school and kindergarten teachers (41221).
• Secondary school teachers (41220).

Candidates needed to indicate in their Expression of Interest (EOI) that they were currently employed within Manitoba in one of these four occupations to be invited.

2) Employment in a healthcare occupation

Under this selection criteria, Manitoba issued 46 invitations to candidates who reported currently employment in Manitoba falling under Broad Occupational Category 3 of the National Occupational Classification system.

This occupational category encompasses a broad range of healthcare roles, including specialized middle management positions, professional and technical occupations involving direct patient care, and roles that support the delivery of health services.

Four Major Groups fall under Broad Occupational Category 3:

• Assisting occupations in support of health services (code 33).
• Professional occupations in health (code 31).
• Specialized middle management occupations in healthcare (code 30).
• Technical occupations in health (code 32).

Each code encompasses several occupations that were eligible for invitation.

Skilled Worker Stream – in Manitoba and overseas

Under this selection category, the MPNP issued a total of 83 LAAs through to foreign nationals in Manitoba and overseas who indicated in their EOI that they’ve been directly invited by the province under

• A strategic recruitment initiative; or
• The now-expired Temporary Public Policy to Facilitate Work Permits for Prospective Provincial Nominee Program Candidates (TPP).

Invitations were broken down as follows, with foreign nationals invited under Employer Services making up the greatest share:

Strategic recruitment initiative	LAAs issued
Employer Services	45
Francophone Community	16
Regional Communities	12
Ethnocultural Communities	9
Temporary Public Policy to Facilitate Work Permits for Prospective Provincial Nominee Program Candidates (TPP)	1

MPNP provincial nomination figures

The MPNP releases monthly statistics for its Skilled Worker Stream (SWS), providing data on:

• Expressions of Interest (EOIs) drawn;
• Nominations issued;
• Applications received for provincial nomination;
• Nomination applications under assessment or pending assessment; and
• Applications refused.

At the time of writing, the most recent figures available for 2026 cover the period from January 1 to August 31:

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