Alberta issues invitations to candidates in healthcare, agriculture and tech occupations

Between August 4–August 12, the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) invited 367 candidates to apply for provincial nomination.

Invitations were issued across five selection rounds, and targeted individuals across a variety of in-demand sectors such as agriculture, healthcare, and tech.

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As of August 12, the AAIP has conducted a total of 69 provincial immigration draws over the course of 2026.

Draw details

The province’s latest AAIP draws, two of which targeted healthcare workers, saw invitations issued through the following streams and pathways:

• Alberta Express Entry Stream;
  • Priority sectors – Agriculture.
  • Priority sectors – Construction.
  • Priority sectors – Healthcare.
• Rural Renewal Stream; and
• Dedicated Health Care pathway – Express Entry.

The highest proportion of invitations was issued to candidates under the Rural Renewal Stream, at 34.6%:

Draw date	Stream/pathway	Invitations issued	Minimum score
August 12, 2026	Dedicated Health Care Pathway – Express Entry	57	60
August 11, 2026	Rural Renewal Stream	127	51
August 7, 2026	Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Agriculture)	38	55
August 6, 2026	Alberta Express Entry Stream – Accelerated Tech Pathway	95	60
August 4, 2026	Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Health Care)	50	66

The August 4 draw targeting candidates in the healthcare sector features the highest cutoff for this draw type in 2026 thus far.

As of August 12, the province has invited no fewer than 11,215 invitations to apply (ITAs) to apply for provincial nomination over the course of 2026.

Breakdown of Alberta’s provincial nomination figures

Alberta was recently granted additional nominations by the federal government, bringing its total 2026 allocation to 6,603—up from 6,403.

As of August 12, the province reports having used a total of 4,184 nominations, leaving 2,419 slots available for the remainder of 2026.

A stream-by-stream breakdown of AAP nominations is provided in the table below:

Stream/pathway	2026 nomination allocation	Nominations issued	Remaining nomination slots
Alberta Opportunity Stream	3,562	2,268	1,294
Rural Renewal Stream	1,057	622	435
Tourism and Hospitality Stream	156	134	22
Dedicated Health Care Pathways (EE + non-EE)	518	256	262
Alberta Express Entry – Accelerated Tech Pathway	619	408	211
Alberta Express Entry – Law Enforcement Pathway	12	<10	N/A
Alberta Express Entry – Priority sector draws/initiatives	619	456	163
Entrepreneur streams	60	33	27

Alberta also reports having nominated 50 practice-ready physicians and 12 francophone candidates through supplementary nomination spaces; these do not count toward the province’s 2026 PNP allocation.

Worker expressions of interest and applications awaiting processing

Alberta also reports the distribution of WEOIs across its streams and the number of nomination applications awaiting a final decision

As of August 12, Alberta’s WEOI pool contained 36,932 profiles, with approximately 63.1% submitted under the Alberta Opportunity Stream.

The province had a total of 1,336 nomination applications awaiting a final decision as of that date.

Stream/pathway	WEOIs in the pool	Applications awaiting processing
Alberta Opportunity Stream	23,291	627
Rural Renewal Stream	1,728	61
Tourism and Hospitality Stream	3,490	15
Dedicated Health Care Pathways (EE + non-EE)	1,335	42
Alberta Express Entry – Accelerated Tech Pathway	2,046	211
Alberta Express Entry – Law Enforcement Pathway	51	N/A
Alberta Express Entry – Priority sector draws/initiatives	4,991	163
*Entrepreneur streams	N/A	217

*AAIP entrepreneur streams are not represented in the worker EOI pool, as they follow a separate consideration process.

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