Manitoba immigration selects 488 workers across two occupational categories

On Nov. 5, the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) issued 526 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAAs) to

• Candidates employed in natural resources, agriculture, manufacturing, and utilities occupations (488); and
• Strategically recruited candidates (78).

Those invited have the opportunity to pursue Canadian permanent residence through the MPNP.

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Each candidate who received an invitation has up to 60 days to respond to the MPNP with a complete application for provincial nomination.

Once nominated, a candidate can request a work permit support letter from the MPNP for use in a federal work permit application.

A nominee may also be eligible to apply for a bridging open work permit (BOWP) once they have applied for permanent residence.

Under a federal temporary measure, MPNP candidates who have not been invited may be eligible for a work permit if they

• Have a Manitoba support letter that was issued to them on or before Dec. 31, 2025; and
• Currently hold, or recently held, a work permit.

Draw details

The MPNP’s 22nd draw of 2026 resulted in the following distribution of provincial immigration invitations:

Candidates who declared a valid Express Entry profile number and job seeker validation code accounted for 49 of the 526 LAAs issued in this round.

Skilled Worker in Manitoba pathway

Under the MPNP’s occupation-specific selection category, 488 invitations were issued to candidates who declared current employment in Manitoba falling under:

• Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations (Broad Occupational Category 8); and
• Occupations in manufacturing and utilities (Broad Occupational Category 9).

Occupations falling under Broad Occupational Category 8

Occupations within this category range from middle management in natural resources, agriculture, and related production to supervision and equipment operation in mining, oil and gas production, forestry and logging, agriculture, horticulture, and fishing.

The grouping also extends to harvesting, landscaping, and natural resource labourers.

Five Major Groups fall under this occupational category:

• Harvesting, landscaping and natural resources labourers (code 85).
• Middle management occupations in production and agriculture (code 80).
• Occupations in natural resources and related production (code 83).
• Supervisors in natural resources, agriculture and related production (code 82).
• Workers in natural resources, agriculture and related production (code 84).

Occupations falling under Broad Occupational Category 9

This occupational grouping covers middle management positions in manufacturing and utilities, together with supervisory, production, and labouring roles across manufacturing, processing, and utilities.

There are five Major Groups under this category:

• Central control and process operators and aircraft assembly assemblers and inspectors (code 93).
• Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities (code 95).
• Machine operators, assemblers and inspectors in processing, manufacturing and printing (code 94).
• Middle management occupations in manufacturing and utilities (code 90).
• Processing, manufacturing and utilities supervisors and utilities operators and controllers (code 92).

Across both broad occupational categories, each listed code encompasses multiple occupations that were eligible to receive invitations.

Manitoba did not disclose how many candidates were selected under each occupational category.

Skilled Worker Stream – in Manitoba and overseas

This selection category saw a total of 78 invitations issued to foreign nationals within Manitoba and overseas who declared having been directly invited by the MPNP under

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

The table below outlines how invitations were distributed across the five initiatives, with the greatest share going to those invited under the Regional Communities initiative:

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