Canada PNP Roundup: June-July 2026 Provincial Draws

Last 30 days: June 13 – July 13, 2026. Every draw, every stream change, every quota update — pulled straight from the official provincial pages and IRCC. No aggregator hearsay, no recycled newsroom copy. If you are trying to decide which province to bet on this summer, this is the number you actually need.

The 30-second version

Between June 13 and July 13, 2026, Canada's provinces issued more than 3,900 provincial nomination invitations across at least 25 distinct draws — while the country's largest program by volume, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP), went completely dark. Ontario replaced eight streams with one, closed its Expression of Interest (EOI) system, and has yet to reopen it. Alberta held twelve draws. British Columbia held ten. Manitoba issued 201 Letters of Advice to Apply across two draws. And Saskatchewan — which has already burned through 55 percent of its 2026 quota — is running capped-sector intakes by the hour rather than the month.

If you are stuck in a provincial pool waiting for a nomination, the shape of the last 30 days matters more than any average CRS score. Some provinces are aggressively pulling candidates. Some are on pause. And a few are quietly rewriting the rules while everyone is watching Express Entry.

Ontario: the big freeze

On June 25, 2026, the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development amended Ontario Regulation 422/17 under the Ontario Immigration Act, 2015. The changes closed eight streams — Employer Job Offer (Foreign Worker, In-Demand Skills, International Student), Master's Graduate, PhD Graduate, and the three Express Entry-aligned streams (Human Capital Priorities, French-speaking Skilled Worker, Skilled Trades) — and replaced them with a single, consolidated Ontario Workforce Priority (OWP) Stream.

The OWP Stream has three pathways:

• TEER 0-3 pathway — full-time, permanent job offer in a TEER 0, 1, 2, or 3 occupation. Applicants must show one of: 6 consecutive months in the last 12 months in the job-offer role with the job-offer employer; 3 consecutive months for recent Ontario graduates; or 2 cumulative years in the last 5 in the NOC occupation. Language: Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 6 (CLB 5 for certain occupations). Education: post-secondary degree or diploma. Licenced applicants are exempt from the experience requirement.
• TEER 4-5 pathway — full-time, permanent job offer in a TEER 4 or 5 occupation. Experience: 9 cumulative months in the last 2 years in the job-offer position with the job-offer employer. Language: CLB 4. Education: Canadian secondary school diploma or equivalent.
• Self-Employed Physicians — no job offer required. Must be a member in good standing with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, hold a valid certificate of registration in an eligible class (independent, academic, or provisional), and be eligible to bill through OHIP.

Rural employers get a break. Businesses located in a census division with a population under 150,000 face lower gross annual revenue thresholds, a change designed to move more nominations into northern and rural Ontario.

The EOI system is closed to new registrations. Ontario has said the OWP EOI portal will reopen “later in the summer” but has not committed to a date. EOIs and job offers registered under the former streams that did not result in an invitation to apply are being automatically withdrawn — affected applicants, employers, and representatives will receive notice directly. Applications that were already submitted under a former stream continue to be assessed against the eligibility rules in place at the time of submission.

The redesign also cut the response window for anyone served with a Notice of Intent to Issue an Administrative Monetary Penalty (AMP) or Ban Order from 60 days to 30 days — and now permits those notices to be delivered by mail, email, or in person, deemed delivered without proof of receipt.

Source: Ontario.ca — 2026 OINP Updates.

What this means for you. If you were in the OINP EOI pool with a stream that no longer exists, your profile is being withdrawn. Do not wait for a reopening notice — start building the file for the new OWP requirements now (CLB 6 language, post-secondary credential, employer approval). We wrote a full applicant guide for the OINP transition: OINP Redesign: All Streams Closed, New Pathways Open, and a side-by-side breakdown of the regulation at OINP Then vs Now: Regulation 422/17 Side-by-Side (2026).

Alberta: twelve draws, 1,318 invitations

Alberta's AAIP was the busiest program in the country over this window. According to the official processing page maintained by the Ministry, the AAIP held twelve distinct draws between June 8 and June 29, 2026:

• June 29, 2026 — Dedicated Health Care Pathway (non-Express Entry): 75 invitations, minimum score 63.
• June 24, 2026 — Alberta Express Entry Stream, Priority Sectors (Aviation and skilled trade): 35 invitations, minimum score 47.
• June 22, 2026 — Dedicated Health Care Pathway (Express Entry): 46 invitations, minimum score 64.
• June 19, 2026 — Alberta Express Entry Stream, Accelerated Tech Pathway: 100 invitations, minimum score 59.
• June 18, 2026 — Tourism and Hospitality Stream: 61 invitations, minimum score 71.
• June 17, 2026 — Alberta Opportunity Stream: 720 invitations, minimum score 58 — the single largest AAIP draw of the window.
• June 15, 2026 — Priority Sectors (Manufacturing): 56 invitations, minimum score 50.
• June 12, 2026 — Priority Sectors (Agriculture): 37 invitations, minimum score 52.
• June 11, 2026 — Priority Sectors (Health Care): 50 invitations, minimum score 63.
• June 10, 2026 — Rural Renewal Stream: 54 invitations, minimum score 51.
• June 9, 2026 — Dedicated Health Care Pathway (non-Express Entry): 35 invitations, minimum score 45.
• June 8, 2026 — Dedicated Health Care Pathway (Express Entry): 49 invitations, minimum score 60.

Total: 1,318 invitations across health care, aviation, skilled trades, manufacturing, agriculture, tech, tourism, rural renewal, and the general Alberta Opportunity Stream.

Source: Alberta.ca — AAIP Processing Information.

What this means for you. Alberta is running the most diversified draw calendar of any province right now. If you work in a priority sector — health care, tech, aviation, manufacturing, agriculture — Alberta is inviting at cut-off scores that are dramatically lower than any other in-Canada pathway. The Alberta Opportunity Stream also cleared 720 candidates at score 58, a nearly baseline entry point for anyone with an Alberta job offer.

British Columbia: Care and Build carry the summer

BC PNP held ten Skills Immigration and Entrepreneur ITAs across two draw dates: June 2 (in-window overlap with the tail of May, included here for completeness), June 18, and July 9. Categorized by BC PNP's own naming:

• July 9, 2026 — Care: Childcare: 91 ITAs (min. 108). Care: Health: 116 ITAs (min. 96). Care: Veterinary Care: fewer than 5 each in two separate rounds (min. 88). Build: Construction Trades: 136 ITAs (min. 97).
• June 18, 2026 — Innovate: High Economic Impact: 130 ITAs (no minimum). Innovate: High Economic Impact: 149 ITAs (min. 136).
• June 2, 2026 — Care: Childcare: 91 ITAs (min. 111). Care: Health: 117 ITAs (min. 100). Care: Veterinary Care: 6 ITAs in each of two rounds (min. 92). Build: Construction Trades: 128 ITAs (min. 101).

Total invited across BC PNP draws in the window: approximately 958 invitations (excluding the small veterinary and pre-June-13 rounds).

Source: WelcomeBC — Invitations to Apply.

What this means for you. BC is running two engines. The Care and Build stream is the volume play — childcare, healthcare, and construction trades ITAs went out at moderate score thresholds (88–108) and captured most of the invitations. The Innovate: High Economic Impact sub-stream is the second engine — targeted at entrepreneurs and skilled workers backed by high-impact BC employers, and it issued 279 ITAs across a single June 18 date. If you are in health, childcare, or construction, this is your province. Read our BC PNP French Teachers 2026 SIRS Score Guide for the French-speaker angle.

Manitoba: 201 invitations, and a shift toward directly-invited candidates

Manitoba held two EOI draws in the window under its Skilled Worker Stream:

• Draw #273 (June 18, 2026) — 124 Letters of Advice to Apply. Breakdown by strategic recruitment initiative: Employer Services 49, Ethnocultural Communities 9, Francophone Community 15, Regional Communities 19, Temporary Public Policy for Prospective PNP Candidates (TPP) 32. Of the 124, 22 went to candidates with a valid Express Entry profile.
• Draw #274 (July 2, 2026) — 77 Letters of Advice to Apply. Breakdown: Employer Services 36, Francophone Community 8, Regional Communities 2, TPP 31. Of the 77, 15 went to candidates with a valid Express Entry profile.

Total: 201 Letters of Advice to Apply, all under the Skilled Worker Stream, all to candidates who had been directly invited under a strategic recruitment initiative or the TPP.

Sources: MPNP Draw #273, MPNP Draw #274.

What this means for you. The MPNP has quietly moved to a “direct invitation” model — you no longer get pulled from the general pool on CRS alone. You need to be invited by a Manitoba employer or under one of the province's community pathways (Francophone, Regional, Ethnocultural) or the TPP. Read our Manitoba MPNP Francophone 2026: Two French PR Paths guide for the two dedicated French pathways.

Saskatchewan: 55 percent burned by mid-year

The Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) announced at the end of June that it has already used 55 percent of its 2026 nomination allocation — 2,628 of 4,761 nominations. That is a striking pace, and it changed how the program is running its remaining intakes.

Rather than open-window EOI draws, SINP is running capped, hour-specific sector intakes. On July 6 and July 7, 2026, four sectors opened with hard caps and staggered opening times:

• Trucking (NAICS 48-49): opened July 6 at 8:30 a.m., cap of 25 applications.
• Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): opened July 6 at 8:30 a.m., cap of 50 applications.
• Accommodations (NAICS 721): opened July 6 at 12:30 p.m., cap of 50 applications.
• Food services (NAICS 722): opened July 7 at 12:30 p.m., cap of 50 applications.

Employer Position Assessments (EPAs) submitted outside the designated window are ineligible. Two more capped-sector windows are scheduled before the end of 2026: September 14 and November 2.

Source: Saskatchewan.ca — SINP.

What this means for you. If your Saskatchewan employer is in trucking, retail, accommodations, or food services, you are competing not on score but on timing. Miss the window by five minutes and the application will be rejected. Employers need their EPA package — proof of maintained status, an IRCC letter confirming permit submission, the original work permit, wage documentation, and a detailed job description — ready to submit at the second the window opens.

New Brunswick: 699 invitations in a two-day cluster

New Brunswick ran six distinct draws on June 3 and June 4, 2026, issuing 699 total invitations across the New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program (NBPNP) and the Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP). The largest single round — the New Brunswick Experience Pathway — issued 243 invitations to experienced workers already in the province. The NB Skilled Worker (NB Graduates Stream) issued 138 invitations to international alumni of New Brunswick post-secondary institutions.

New Brunswick's 2026 running total sits at approximately 2,738 invitations. The province operates on rolling EOI intake — profiles remain in the pool for 365 days from the date of submission.

What this means for you. If you graduated from a New Brunswick institution or have work experience in the province, this is one of the most accessible AIP pathways in the country. Priority sectors: construction trades, healthcare specialists, and logistics.

Prince Edward Island: 182 invitations in one draw

PEI held a single Expression of Interest draw on June 18, 2026, issuing 182 invitations across the Labour Impact and Express Entry categories. That is up from 113 in May and 127 in April — PEI has been increasing its monthly invitation volume steadily since the start of 2026.

Source: Prince Edward Island — EOI Draws.

What this means for you. PEI prioritizes candidates in priority sectors and international graduates from University of Prince Edward Island, Holland College, and Collège de l'Île. If you are on a PEI work permit in a priority-sector role, you have a realistic path.

Yukon: the July EOI window and a hard reset

Yukon opened its second 2026 Expression of Interest intake on July 6, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. Yukon Standard Time, closing on July 17, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. This is the second of two annual intake windows (the first ran January 19-30, 2026). For 2026, IRCC has allocated Yukon a maximum of 282 nomination spots.

The important detail: candidates who submitted an EOI during the January 2026 intake — or any earlier intake — must submit a new EOI for the July window. Profiles are not carried forward. Employers submit one EOI per foreign worker.

Source: Yukon.ca — Yukon Nominee Program. See also our Yukon YNP Francophone 2026 guide for the French-language priority pathway.

What this means for you. If you were counting on the January EOI carrying over, it did not. The July window is short — eleven days — and it is the final EOI opportunity of 2026.

Federal shifts that hit provinces sideways

Express Entry PNP-linked draws

IRCC held two Provincial Nominee Program category draws through Express Entry during this window:

• June 22, 2026 (Round #419) — 955 ITAs at a CRS minimum of 730. The largest PNP draw of 2026 up to that point.
• July 6, 2026 (Round #423) — 534 ITAs at a CRS minimum of 708. Volume dropped 44 percent from the June round; the cut-off dropped 22 points.

Total PNP-linked ITAs through Express Entry in the window: 1,489. Read our full Express Entry Draws July 6-7, 2026: PNP + CEC Recap for the profile-level breakdown.

Source: IRCC — Express Entry Rounds of Invitations.

The College of Immigration Consultants regulations — July 15, 2026

The strengthened regulatory regime for immigration and citizenship consultants takes effect July 15, 2026. The College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC) receives enhanced investigative, disciplinary, and public-protection authority — and the way complaints against RCICs and CICC members are handled changes materially. If your representative is a licensed RCIC, this affects how they are supervised. If your representative is not licensed, this is a good moment to reconsider.

Source: Canada.ca — Strengthened Consultant Regulation.

Brar v Canada 2026 FC 631 — a nudge on NOC characterization

The Federal Court set aside the refusal of an Agri-Food Pilot application because the officer relied on an internet search of a job title rather than the applicant's own evidence to determine NOC eligibility. The decision has broader relevance across every PNP that relies on NOC characterization — and given that most provincial streams now categorize by TEER, expect representatives to cite Brar in judicial review applications where officer NOC decisions were made without engaging the applicant's file.

What is not happening

Three things worth flagging because they are widely misreported:

• Quebec PEQ has not reopened. The Programme de l'expérience québécoise ended on November 19, 2025 and remains closed. Applications submitted before that date continue to be reviewed, but no new applications are being accepted. Reports of a July 2, 2026 reopening are not supported by the official Quebec.ca program page. If Quebec is your target, look at the Programme de sélection des travailleurs qualifiés (Skilled Worker Selection Program) via Arrima instead.
• Nova Scotia's Nominee Program has not published a public draw table for June-July 2026. The NSNP operates on a Notice of Interest (NOI) model — if you have a NOI in your Express Entry portal, that is your invitation. There is no equivalent to the BC or Alberta public draw page.
• Saskatchewan is not accepting general Occupation In-Demand applications right now. Only the capped-sector windows above are open, and the next open window is September 14, 2026.

Who should apply where — a rough decision matrix

None of this is a substitute for a proper file review. But if you are trying to narrow your options this week:

• You have a healthcare license/registration and Canadian work experience: Alberta (Dedicated Health Care Pathway, invited at score 45-64), Ontario (OWP Self-Employed Physicians once EOI reopens), BC (Care: Health, invited at score 96), NSNP NOI pathway.
• You are in construction/skilled trades in BC: BC PNP Build: Construction Trades, invited at 97 in July. Consistent draws.
• You have an Ontario job offer and a post-secondary credential: Wait for OINP OWP EOI reopening (later summer 2026). Have your CLB 6 test date booked; employer approval package ready.
• You are in tech in Alberta: AAIP Accelerated Tech Pathway, invited at 59.
• You are a French speaker with any Canadian credential: Manitoba MPNP Francophone Community, Yukon YNP July intake, or federal French category draw (5,000 ITAs went out on July 9 at CRS 420).
• You are on a Saskatchewan work permit in trucking/retail/accommodations/food service: Prepare your Employer Position Assessment package for the September 14 intake window.
• You are a New Brunswick graduate or NB experience-pathway candidate: Submit an EOI now — the June 3-4 cluster suggests NB is running a high-volume, sector-focused draw schedule.
• You are in PEI on a work permit in a priority-sector role: Continue your EOI. Monthly draws, growing volumes.

The consultation conversation

PNP strategy is not a matter of picking whichever province has the loudest headline that week. It is a matter of matching your credential, work history, language score, spouse's profile, and time-on-status to the specific sub-stream that will invite you. A candidate with a Manitoba employer and CLB 8 English is not going to benefit from an Alberta Rural Renewal application — but might be a strong Manitoba TPP candidate. A construction worker in BC with 4 years of Canadian trades experience is competing in a completely different pool than the same worker in New Brunswick.

What we do at VG Immigration Services: pull your Express Entry profile (or build one), audit every credential, language score, and reference letter for how it maps against currently-open provincial streams, and give you a written plan — with fallback options — before you spend a dollar on an application. Consultations start at $19.99 CAD for a 10-minute phone call and scale up based on how deep the review needs to go.

Sources

1. Ontario.ca — 2026 Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program Updates
2. Ontario e-Laws — Regulation 422/17 under the Ontario Immigration Act, 2015
3. Alberta.ca — AAIP Processing Information
4. WelcomeBC — Invitations to Apply
5. Manitoba Immigration — EOI Draw #273
6. Manitoba Immigration — EOI Draw #274
7. Saskatchewan.ca — Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program
8. Prince Edward Island — Expression of Interest Draws
9. Yukon.ca — Yukon Nominee Program
10. Quebec.ca — Programme de l'expérience québécoise (PEQ)
11. IRCC — Express Entry Rounds of Invitations
12. Canada.ca — Strengthened Consultant Regulation

Written by the VG Immigration Services editorial team, reviewed by Dimple Verma, RCIC-IRB (R708308). Program details change without notice. Nothing in this article is legal advice for your specific file. Confirm every stream requirement against the official source before applying.