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Provincial Nominee Program · Alberta

Alberta AAIP 2026Points, draws and eligible NOCs

Alberta runs the most sector-engineered nominee program in Canada. Where other provinces hold general draws, the AAIP holds dozens of targeted ones — 56 worker-stream draws in the first half of 2026 alone — aimed at construction, manufacturing, agriculture, aviation, technology, health care and even police officers. Its 2026 allocation of 6,603 is one of the country's largest, and Alberta was the rare province to win a mid-year top-up of 200 extra nominations from IRCC in August, a signal that it fully spends what it is given.

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2026 allocation
6,603
of allocation used
100%
rounds in 2026
84
latest round
Oct 7
CRS, enhanced nomination
+600

Free tool · Worker EOI points

AAIP points calculator, counted to 100.

I’m with earned . English and French . I’ve worked in total, with in Canada. I a permanent full-time job offer , a Rural Renewal, tourism or law-enforcement offer, an Alberta trade certificate and a parent, child or sibling in Alberta.

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    Occupation checker

    Is your occupation eligible for the AAIP?

    Alberta works the opposite way round to most provinces. The Alberta Opportunity Stream accepts every NOC from TEER 0 to 5 except a published list of 34 exclusions — so if your occupation is not on that list, it is not restricted. Separate lists govern the targeted pathways. Enter a NOC code or job title to check all of them at once.

    Browse all 99 listed occupations

    Ineligible for the Alberta Opportunity Stream 34

    A job offer in any of these cannot support an AOS application.
    NOC 2021OccupationTEER
    00010Legislators0
    40021School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education0
    40030Managers in social, community and correctional services0
    40041Fire chiefs and senior firefighting officers0
    60040Escort agency managers and massage parlour managers partial0
    41100Judges1
    41220Secondary school teachers1
    41221Elementary school and kindergarten teachers1
    51111Authors and writers (except technical)1
    51122Musicians and singers1
    42200Justices of the peace partial2
    42202Early childhood educators without Alberta certification, or certified at Level 1 only partial2
    43100Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants3
    43109Other instructors3
    33100Dental laboratory assistants and bench workers partial3
    53121Actors, comedians and circus performers3
    53122Painters, sculptors and other visual artists3
    53124Artisans and craftspersons3
    53200Athletes3
    63101Real estate agents and salespersons3
    44100Home child care providers4
    44101Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations4
    64321Casino occupations4
    55109Other performers5
    65109Other sales related occupations5
    65211Operators and attendants in amusement, recreation and sport5
    65229Other support occupations in personal services5
    65329Other service support occupations5
    75200Taxi and limousine drivers and chauffeurs5
    85101Harvesting labourers5
    85102Aquaculture and marine harvest labourers5
    85104Trappers and hunters5
    85110Mine labourers5
    85121Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers5

    Four entries marked partial exclude only the named job titles, not the whole NOC. Retail and wholesale trade managers (60040), paralegals (42200), Level 2 and Level 3 certified early childhood educators (42202) and dental assistants (33100) all remain eligible.

    Accelerated Tech Pathway 44

    Eligible tech occupations for the Express Entry Accelerated Tech Pathway.
    NOC 2021Occupation
    00012Senior managers – financial, communications and other business services
    10011Human resources managers
    10022Advertising, marketing and public relations managers
    10030Telecommunication carriers managers
    11200Human resources professionals
    11202Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations
    12101Human resources and recruitment officers
    20010Engineering managers
    20011Architecture and science managers
    20012Computer and information systems managers
    21210Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries
    21211Data scientists
    21220Cybersecurity specialists
    21221Business systems specialists
    21222Information systems specialists
    21223Database analysts and data administrators
    21230Computer systems developers and programmers
    21231Software engineers and designers
    21232Software developers and programmers
    21233Web designers
    21234Web developers and programmers
    21300Civil engineers
    21301Mechanical engineers
    21310Electrical and electronics engineers
    21311Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers)
    22110Biological technologists and technicians
    22212Drafting technologists and technicians
    22220Computer network and web technicians
    22221User support technicians
    22222Information systems testing technicians
    22301Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians
    22302Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians
    22310Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians
    32120Medical laboratory technologists
    32129Other medical technologists and technicians
    33101Medical laboratory assistants and related technical occupations
    41402Business development officers and market researchers and analysts
    50011Managers – publishing, motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts
    51120Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations
    52120Graphic designers and illustrators
    60010Corporate sales managers
    72200Electricians (except industrial and power system)
    72201Industrial electricians
    72205Telecommunications equipment installation and cable television service technicians

    Your employer must also operate in one of 27 eligible tech industries by NAICS code. Both conditions apply — an eligible occupation at an employer outside those industries does not qualify. An initial pathway web form must be submitted before you register an EOI. Alberta’s published list is dated November 2022 and has not been refreshed since.

    Tourism and Hospitality Stream 18

    Eligible occupations for the Tourism and Hospitality Stream.
    NOC 2021Occupation
    54100Program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport and fitness
    60030Restaurant and food services managers
    60031Accommodation service managers
    62020Food service supervisors
    62200Chefs
    63200Cooks
    64300Maîtres d’hôtel and hosts and hostesses
    64301Bartenders
    64314Hotel front desk clerks
    64320Tour and travel guides
    64322Outdoor sport and recreational guides
    65200Food and beverage servers
    65201Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations
    65210Support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services
    65310Light duty cleaners
    65311Specialized cleaners
    65312Janitors, caretakers and heavy-duty cleaners
    65320Dry cleaning, laundry and related occupations

    Your employer must belong to an eligible sector association and hold WCB coverage in industry codes 80701 to 89702. This stream carries the lowest experience bar in Alberta — six consecutive months, 780 hours, with the same employer — but the highest cut-off, running 71 to 73 points all year. Only 22 nominations remained in August 2026.

    Law Enforcement Pathway 3

    Eligible occupations for the Express Entry Law Enforcement Pathway.
    NOC 2021Occupation
    40040Commissioned (management) police officers and related occupations in public protection services
    41310Police investigators and other investigative occupations
    42100Police officers (except commissioned)

    Your job offer must come from an Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police member organisation. This is the smallest pathway in the country: 12 nominations for all of 2026, and every draw is reported as fewer than ten invitations.

    Two pathways publish no occupation list at all. Priority Sectors names only construction, agriculture and aviation on its eligibility page, yet 2026 draws also ran manufacturing and health care rounds — sector scope is set draw by draw. Dedicated Health Care is defined by nine regulated professions and their colleges rather than by NOC. Source: alberta.ca, verified August 22, 2026; confirm on alberta.ca before you file.

    Live status

    Where the AAIP stands today.

    Sector-targeted draws, a rural gateway, and Canada's busiest EOI pool. Alberta publishes a dated draw table and a live nomination count; both feed the tracker above. IRCC added 200 nominations to the allocation in August 2026.

    13,559invitations issued across all AAIP draws in 2026 · 84 rounds
    100% of the 6,603 nominations allocated for 2026 · indicative, counts differ by province

    Invitations by month · 2026

    Recent rounds
    DateRoundInvited
    Oct 7Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Aviation)Minimum score 56 (EOI)22
    Oct 2Alberta Opportunity StreamMinimum score 54 (EOI)123
    Sep 29Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (General)Minimum score 64 (EOI)200
    Sep 24Rural Renewal StreamMinimum score 51 (EOI)131
    Sep 23Alberta Opportunity StreamMinimum score 58 (EOI)113
    Sep 22Alberta Express Entry Stream – Accelerated Tech PathwayMinimum score 59 (EOI)100

    Program status

    Alberta is the most transparent program in the country: it publishes a dated draw table plus live nomination counts.

    What to watch next

    Draws run several times a month by pathway - Opportunity Stream, Rural Renewal, Dedicated Health Care, Accelerated Tech, Law Enforcement and Priority Sectors (construction, agriculture).

    Source: the province’s own page (opens in a new tab), verified October 8, 2026. Verify before you rely on them. Every province in the live tracker

    Analyst’s read

    Alberta in 2026: the picture.

    The program modernized sharply in 2026: a $135 fee now applies to each Worker EOI, job offers must carry wage and hours data, EOIs became editable, and invited candidates may now reject an invitation and return to the pool. The discontinued Family Connection pathway is a common trap — family in Alberta now earns points, not a stream.

    Where people settle

    Where people settle in Alberta.

    The Rural Renewal Stream requires a job offer from an employer in a designated rural community, so where you work changes which stream you can use.

    1. 01

      Calgary

      Energy, corporate head offices, logistics and a large tech sector.

    2. 02

      Edmonton

      The provincial capital: health care, public administration, petrochemicals and post-secondary institutions.

    3. 03

      Red Deer

      Central Alberta manufacturing and trades, and a designated community for rural pathways.

    4. 04

      Lethbridge

      Agriculture and food processing in the south, also a rural-designated centre.

    Living in Alberta is what the AAIP is for: a nomination ties you to this province, and you are expected to settle here. Talk to a licensed RCIC before you commit to a destination.

    The program

    How the AAIP works.

    Alberta Advantage Immigration Program, run by Government of Alberta with IRCC. You qualify under a stream, get selected or nominated, then IRCC decides your PR. Official site

    Worker EOI

    Scoring · out of 100

    • AAIP points cut-offs in 2026 have ranged from 47 (aviation) to 73 (tourism), and the pool held roughly 36,900 EOIs in August — sector and stream choice matter more than raw score.

    Allocation and fees

    2026 snapshot

    2026 nomination allocation
    6,603
    Application fee
    $1,500

    Source: the province’s own site (opens in a new tab), verified October 9, 2026.

    1. 01Step

      Qualify under a stream

      Worker EOI scoring, out of 100. Job offer, work experience and language set the floor.

    2. 02Step

      Get selected

      EOI or registration; ranked provincial draw. Selection is competitive; eligibility alone is not enough.

    3. 03Step

      Provincial nomination

      Nomination certificate. An enhanced nomination adds +600 CRS in Express Entry.

    4. 04Step

      Permanent residence

      IRCC assesses admissibility and issues PR. Federal processing, not provincial.

    Pathways

    AAIP streams.

    Choose the stream that fits your profile. Criteria and open or closed status change often; we confirm what is live before you file.

    1. Stream 01

      Alberta Opportunity Stream

      The workhorse — 3,562 of the 2026 allocation. TEER 0–5, but only for people already working in Alberta for an Alberta employer; there is no overseas entry point. Mid-2026 cut-offs ran 50–65 points.

    2. Stream 02

      Rural Renewal Stream

      1,057 spaces. A designated rural community — not just an employer — must endorse you before you can be invited. The endorsement letter is the real gateway document.

    3. Stream 03

      Express Entry — Accelerated Tech

      619 spaces for tech occupations with Alberta ties; 2026 cut-offs ran 55–63. Requires both an eligible NOC and an employer in an eligible tech industry, and an initial web form before you can register. Adds 600 CRS points to a federal profile.

    4. Stream 04

      Express Entry — Priority Sectors

      619 spaces drawn by industry: construction hit 65 points in July, agriculture 56, manufacturing 50, aviation 47 in June. Alberta publishes no occupation list for this pathway — sector scope is set draw by draw.

    5. Stream 05

      Express Entry — Law Enforcement

      The smallest pathway in the country: 12 nominations for all of 2026, every draw reported as fewer than ten. Restricted to three NOCs — 40040, 41310 and 42100 — with a job offer from an Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police member service. Cut-offs 46–58.

    6. Stream 06

      Dedicated Health Care Pathways

      518 spaces across Express Entry and non-EE tracks for physicians, nurses and other regulated health workers; 2026 cut-offs 52–64.

    7. Stream 07

      Tourism & Hospitality Stream

      Just 156 spaces and nearly exhausted by mid-2026 — cut-offs of 71–73 made it the hardest AAIP draw of the year.

    8. Stream 08

      Entrepreneur streams

      Rural, Graduate, Foreign Graduate and Farm streams share a tiny 60-space allocation. Farm Stream fee is now $3,500.

    What matters: where Alberta selection actually turns

    1. 01

      A 36,932-deep pool

      Demand dwarfs supply: 23,291 of the 36,932 profiles sit in the Alberta Opportunity Stream pool alone, against 4,991 in Priority Sectors, 3,490 in Tourism & Hospitality, 2,046 in Accelerated Tech, 1,728 in Rural Renewal, 1,335 in Health Care and just 51 in Law Enforcement. Targeting an undersubscribed sector draw beats waiting in the general queue.

    2. 02

      Pay-to-play EOIs

      Since April 7, 2026 each Worker EOI costs $135, non-refundable — Alberta is the first province to charge at the pool stage. The application fee itself is $1,500 for worker streams and $3,500 for entrepreneur and farm streams, and the entrepreneur EOI carries its own separate $200 fee.

    3. 03

      Sector draws, not general draws

      Construction, manufacturing, agriculture, aviation, tech, health care and law enforcement each get their own draws and their own cut-offs.

    4. 04

      Fast, dated processing

      Alberta publishes exactly which application date each stream is assessing — most streams sat 1–3.5 months behind in August 2026.

    A AAIP nomination adds 600 CRS points.

    Through the Alberta Express Entry Stream, an enhanced nomination lifts your Comprehensive Ranking System score by 600, which in practice means an invitation in the next round that includes provincial nominees.

    See your CRS

    Answers

    AAIP questions.

    When was the latest AAIP draw?
    The most recent AAIP round on record was held on October 7, 2026, issuing 22 invitations (Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Aviation)), with a cut-off of 56 EOI. In 2026 so far, Alberta has held 84 rounds for 13,559 invitations. Every round is listed in the live tracker on this page and in our Canada PR draw tracker.
    When is the next AAIP draw?
    Draws run several times a month by pathway - Opportunity Stream, Rural Renewal, Dedicated Health Care, Accelerated Tech, Law Enforcement and Priority Sectors (construction, agriculture). Based on 2026 rounds to date, Alberta has drawn roughly every 2 days, and the last round was 13 days ago. The tracker on this page updates automatically when a new round is published.
    Can I apply to the AAIP from outside Canada?
    Mostly no. The Alberta Opportunity Stream — over half the allocation — requires you to already be working in Alberta. The realistic overseas doors are the Express Entry pathways (tech, priority sectors, health care), which still favour Alberta job offers or work history, and the Rural Renewal Stream with a community endorsement.
    What happened to the Family Connection pathway?
    It was discontinued on March 17, 2025. A parent, sibling or child in Alberta now earns additional EOI points but no longer opens a dedicated pathway — advice built on the old rules leads to wasted EOI fees.
    What does the AAIP cost in 2026?
    A $135 non-refundable fee per Worker EOI submission (since April 7, 2026), then a $1,500 application fee if invited — up from $840 before April 2025. The Farm Stream costs $3,500.
    How competitive are AAIP draws right now?
    It depends entirely on the stream: aviation drew at 47 points in June 2026 while tourism and hospitality needed 71–73. The Alberta Opportunity Stream ran 50–65 through mid-2026. Alberta publishes both the pool size and the remaining spaces, and the pool has run at more than ten times the spaces left all year - so stream selection is the whole game. The live figures are in the tracker above.
    Does a AAIP nomination guarantee permanent residence?
    No. Alberta nominates you, but Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) makes the final permanent-residence decision after its own admissibility, medical and security checks.
    How does the AAIP connect to Express Entry?
    If you're nominated through the Alberta Express Entry Stream, an Express-Entry-aligned stream, you receive 600 additional CRS points, which effectively guarantees an invitation to apply in a following Express Entry round.
    What is the AAIP scoring system?
    Worker EOI scored out of 100. AAIP points cut-offs in 2026 have ranged from 47 (aviation) to 73 (tourism), and the pool held roughly 36,900 EOIs in August — sector and stream choice matter more than raw score.
    Can CHK Immigration help if I'm not in Ontario?
    Yes. We're a licensed RCIC practice based in Brampton and London, Ontario, and we assist clients applying to provincial programs across Canada, working remotely and by video.

    AAIP eligibility review

    Would Alberta actually invite you?

    Send a few details and a licensed RCIC will tell you where you would rank under Worker EOI, which AAIP stream fits, and whether another province is a faster route.

    1. 01Scored against the live AAIP cut-offs, not last year’s
    2. 02A written shortlist of the streams you realistically qualify for
    3. 03Reviewed by a CICC-licensed Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant
    4. 04Consultations are fee-based; you get the fee and available times by reply

    CHK Immigration Services, Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (CICC). Offices in Brampton and London, Ontario. Submitting this form does not create a client–consultant relationship; IRCC makes all final decisions. Prefer to talk first? Call 647-948-7200 or book a paid consultation.

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