Latest round Apr 30, 2026 · Live data, checked Oct 19, 3:15 PM ET
Provincial Nominee Program · Ontario
Ontario OINP 2026Points calculator, Workforce Priority Stream and draws
Estimate your Workforce Priority Stream EOI score and check whether your school is a recognized institution, built on Ontario’s official criteria and guided by a licensed RCIC in Brampton and London.
- 2026 allocation
- 14,119
- of allocation used
- 97%
- rounds in 2026
- 26
- latest round
- Apr 30
- CRS, enhanced nomination
- +600
Live status
Where the OINP stands today.
Ontario rebuilt the OINP in 2026. The eight former streams are closed, one stream replaced them, and the expression of interest portal is now open.
Invitations by month · 2026
| Date | Round | Invited |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 30 | Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker or International StudentMinimum score 57 (EOI) | 1,063 |
| Apr 23 | Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker, International Student or In-Demand Skills | 886 |
| Apr 23 | Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker, International Student or In-Demand Skills | 539 |
| Apr 23 | Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker, International Student or In-Demand SkillsMinimum score 60 (EOI) | 428 |
| Apr 23 | Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker, International Student or In-Demand Skills | 303 |
| Apr 22 | Masters GraduateMinimum score 61 (EOI) | 674 |
Program status
OINP Redesign Phase 1. Ontario Regulation 422/17 was amended in force June 25, 2026: all 8 former streams are closed and no further invitations will be issued under them. The old EOI system is closed; the replacement Workforce Priority EOI portal opened August 4, 2026. Unactioned EOIs and job offers are being withdrawn automatically.
What to watch next
The new Ontario Workforce Priority stream opened its EOI portal on August 4, 2026, with three pathways: TEER 0-3 with a job offer, TEER 4-5 with a job offer, and self-employed physicians. Ontario has not yet announced when the first invitation round under the new stream will run, or what scores it will take. Employers already registered do not need to re-register, but must submit a new job offer.
Source: the province’s own page (opens in a new tab), verified October 10, 2026. Verify before you rely on them. Every province in the live tracker
October 16, 2026: a new REDI round for six communities, to the end of 2027
Ontario launched a new round of the Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI) initiative, which sets aside OINP nomination spaces for Greater Sudbury, Kenora District, Nipissing District, Rainy River District, Renfrew County and Thunder Bay. There is no separate application: you are considered if you meet OINP eligibility, so a job offer in one of these communities goes through the Workforce Priority stream like any other. Ontario has not published the number of spaces. What REDI means for your job offer. Job offer route
Source: ontario.ca, 2026 OINP updates (opens in a new tab) and REDI initiative (opens in a new tab), verified October 16, 2026.
October 7, 2026: earnings of $80,000 or more score 10 points
From October 5, 2026, registrants who earned $80,000 or more in a single year within the past five years, as shown on a CRA Notice of Assessment, receive 10 points on the earnings history factor. Ontario applied the change automatically to every existing expression of interest, so registrants do not need to log in or edit anything. The calculator below uses this scale. Job offer route Physician route
Source: ontario.ca, 2026 OINP updates (opens in a new tab), verified October 9, 2026.
August 4, 2026: the expression of interest portal opened
Ontario opened the expression of interest portal for the Ontario Workforce Priority stream, with pathways for job offers in every NOC TEER category and for self-employed physicians. Candidates whose employer has registered a job offer, and self-employed physicians, can now register. Ontario says program materials and website pages have been updated. Job offer route Physician route
If you had an EOI or an application in the old system
The former pool is closed. EOIs and job offers registered under the old streams that never received an invitation are being withdrawn automatically, and Ontario says affected registrants, employers and representatives are notified directly. Applications already submitted after an invitation continue to be assessed under the rules in force on the submission date.
Employers already registered in the employer portal do not need to register again, but they must submit a new job offer and a new application for approval of an employment position before you can start a fresh EOI.
Source: ontario.ca, 2026 OINP updates and Ontario Workforce Priority stream, verified October 10, 2026. Ontario’s Act and regulations prevail over any summary, including ours.
Closed on June 25, 2026 (announced June 26)
- Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker
- Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills
- Employer Job Offer: International Student
- Master’s Graduate
- PhD Graduate
- Express Entry Human Capital Priorities
- Express Entry French-speaking Skilled Worker
- Express Entry Skilled Trades
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Eligibility first, then the points.
One flow. It settles whether your school is on Ontario’s eligible list (199 institutions in our checker), then whether you meet the stream criteria at all, and only then what you would score.
- 1Route
- 2Your school
- 3Eligibility
- 4Points
Which route are you on?
The Workforce Priority Stream has two. They are scored out of different totals, and one of them needs no employer at all.
Your school, before anything is scored.
Ontario only awards Canadian-credential points for schools on its own published list, and the recent-Ontario-graduate concessions — three months of experience instead of six, and no language test — only apply to an eligible Ontario institution. Getting this wrong is the single most expensive mistake on this stream, so it is settled first.
Checked against Ontario’s published list of eligible Ontario and Canadian institutions, section 6 of the stream page.
Each one must be from an eligible Canadian institution and take at least one year full-time to complete. Anything from a school that is not on the list scores zero here.
A credential earned outside Canada needs an ECA report less than five years old on the date you apply. It still scores here — it just cannot earn Canadian-credential points above.
Can you actually be nominated?
Scoring factors and stream criteria are two different things. A high score on an application that fails a criterion is worth nothing, so the criteria are checked first.
Your employer’s job offer names it. This one code fixes your TEER, your occupational category, whether the stream counts you as a skilled trade, and which of Ontario’s occupation-specific rules apply — so nothing else can be screened until it is in.
This sits alongside the usual one-year post-secondary credential, not instead of it — either one satisfies the education criterion.
Only needed because the code above was not recognised. The second digit of the five-digit NOC.
Major groups 72 (excluding 726), 73, 82, 83, 93 (excluding 932), minor group 6320 and unit group 62200. A listed trade lowers the language bar to CLB 5 and the education floor to high school.
IELTS General Training, CELPIP General, PTE Core, TEF Canada or TCF Canada, taken within two years of the application date. Academic and One Skill Retake tests are not accepted.
Now the points.
Everything you have already answered is carried in and locked. These are the factors that remain.
Only needed because the NOC code was not recognised. The first digit of the NOC.
Ontario falls back to this scale when you have under six months in the offered position itself.
Taken from a CRA Notice of Assessment.
Northern includes Muskoka, Nipissing, Sudbury, Algoma, Thunder Bay, Kenora and the rest of the north. Inside the GTA means Durham, Halton, Peel and York.
New in 2026
Self-employed physicians: no job offer needed.
The Workforce Priority Stream carries one route that does not involve an employer at all. If you practise medicine in Ontario on your own billing number, you can register an expression of interest yourself.
- The two tests
What you must be able to prove
Ontario sets only two requirements for this route, and you must satisfy both.
- You are eligible to be paid for publicly funded health services under the Health Insurance Act, 1990; in practice, you hold an OHIP billing number.
- You are a member in good standing of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario holding a certificate of registration authorising independent, academic or provisional practice.
- What you skip
Requirements that fall away
Meet both tests and Ontario exempts you from the rest of the applicant criteria, and the employer criteria do not apply to you at all.
- No job offer, and no employer registration or position approval.
- No employer revenue, headcount, wage-level or recruitment-effort tests.
- The hourly wage scoring factor is simply not applicable, which is why this route is scored out of 117 rather than 132.
- Watch this
A postgraduate licence is not enough
If your CPSO registration is a postgraduate education licence, you cannot use the self-employed physician route. That is a hard line, not a discretionary one.
- Residents and fellows on a postgraduate licence are excluded from this route.
- You may still qualify under the same stream with a job offer from an Ontario employer.
- Restrictions on your certificate class are worth reviewing before you spend anything.
- How it runs
The process, in order
The entry point is different: you contact the OINP directly instead of waiting on an employer portal submission.
- Contact the OINP to begin registering your expression of interest.
- If invited, submit your application and pay within 17 calendar days.
- You may ask to be nominated through Express Entry; a nomination you accept adds 600 CRS points, and you then have 60 days to file with IRCC.
How your points are worked out on this route
Your TEER category and broad occupational category are prepopulated, so a physician effectively banks 9 points for TEER 1 and 10 points for health as the occupational category. Ontario experience is measured as cumulative medical practice in Ontario: 18 points above 24 months, 15 from 13 to 24 months, 12 from 6 to 12 months. Regionalization is read from your Ontario practice address as registered for OHIP billing, so a Northern Ontario practice is worth 15 points where a Toronto practice is worth none.
Everything else is scored exactly as it is for job-offer applicants: earnings history from a CRA Notice of Assessment, legal status in Canada, highest credential, number of Canadian credentials, your lowest CLB across the four abilities, and whether you test in one official language or two.
Source: ontario.ca, Ontario Workforce Priority stream, steps to apply as a self-employed physician, verified October 10, 2026. This is a summary for orientation, not advice on your file.
The scoring
How OINP points are scored.
The Workforce Priority Stream ranks expressions of interest on four groups of factors. The bands add up to a maximum of 132 points, though Ontario publishes the individual factors without stating a total. Higher scores get invited first. Job offer · /132 Physician · /117
- Up to 72points
Employment and labour market
The biggest lever: your job offer’s TEER and occupation, hourly wage, time in the position, Canadian earnings, and legal status.
- Wage $40+/hr scores highest (15) Job offer
- 24+ months in role adds 18 Job offer Practice months
- Best single year of Canadian earnings in the last five: $80,000 or more scores 10, $70,000–79,999 scores 8, $50,000–69,999 scores 6, $30,000–49,999 scores 4, under $30,000 scores 0
- A valid work permit adds 10
- Up to 25points
Language
Scored on your lowest CLB across all four abilities, with a bonus for a second official language.
- CLB 9+ scores 15
- Two official languages add 10
- Up to 20points
Education
Your highest credential plus how many Canadian credentials you hold, which is where the institution checker matters.
- Doctorate / medical degree: 10
- Master’s degree: 8
- More than one Canadian credential: 10
- Up to 15points
Regionalization
Rewards jobs outside Toronto, a real edge for our Brampton and London clients hiring across the region.
- Northern Ontario: 15 points
- Eastern / Southwestern / Central outside the GTA: 10
- Inside the GTA, except Toronto: 5
- Toronto: 0 points
Source: ontario.ca, Ontario Workforce Priority stream, scoring factors (opens in a new tab), verified October 9, 2026.
The program
What the OINP is, and how it flows.
Ontario’s economic immigration program, run with IRCC. You register interest, get ranked, and can only apply once invited. Official overview
- Focus
Workforce Priority Stream
For skilled workers with a qualifying Ontario job offer in any NOC, plus self-employed physicians without a job offer.
- Route A
Via Express Entry
Job offer in TEER 0–3 (or a physician)? Get nominated through Express Entry for +600 CRS and faster PR.
- Route B
Outside Express Entry
No Express Entry profile needed. Your nomination is used in the paper-based provincial nominee PR process.
- 01Step
Employer submits a job offer
They register in the Employer Portal; you get a job offer ID and 30 days to register your EOI.
- 02Step
You register an EOI
Scored on Ontario’s published factors and ranked. Registering is free; you only pay after an invitation. Physicians register without an employer.
- 03Step
If invited, you both apply
The employer applies for position approval (14 days); you apply and pay (17 days).
- 04Step
Nomination, then PR
Apply to IRCC within 6 months. IRCC makes the final PR decision.
Requirements and timelines
What it takes, and when.
Requirements vary by your job offer’s TEER category, and self-employed physicians are exempt from them. Deadlines are short: missing one removes your EOI from the pool. Full requirements
TEER 0–3
Higher-skilled roles · job offer
- 6 months in the role (or 2 years in the same NOC, or 3 months for a recent Ontario graduate)
- CLB 6 in all abilities (CLB 5 for listed trades)
- 1-year+ post-secondary credential (ECA if foreign)
TEER 4–5
Lower-skilled roles · job offer
- 9 months in the offered position (in the last 2 years)
- CLB 4 in all four abilities
- Canadian high-school diploma or equivalent
Deadlines once things start moving
- 30days
Register your EOI
After your employer submits the job offer. Job offer
- 14days
Employer applies
For position approval once you are invited. Job offer
- 17days
You apply and pay
Your full application after the invitation.
- 30days
Accept an Express Entry nomination
In your Express Entry profile.
- 6months
Apply to IRCC
After the nomination is issued.
Physicians: contact the OINP to start; there is no employer step. Physician
Government fees
Set by Ontario
- Register an EOI
- Free
- Application, outside the GTA
- $1,500
- Application, within the GTA
- $2,000
GTA = Toronto plus Durham, Halton, Peel and York. Non-refundable once processing starts. Official fees
Your employer must qualify too
Employer criteria
- 3+ years in active business and premises in Ontario
- No outstanding ESA or OHSA orders
- Revenue and minimum-employee thresholds, plus recruitment effort
- The Ontario Public Service is not currently a participating employer
Fine print that decides cases
Occupation rules, exclusions and employer thresholds.
The Workforce Priority stream has no eligible-occupation list: any NOC can qualify. But a handful of occupations carry their own conditions, some applicants are excluded outright, and the employer has to clear thresholds of its own.
Occupations with their own rules
- NOC 73300 · 73301
Truck and bus drivers
Transport truck drivers and bus drivers, subway operators and other transit operators must meet the six-month consecutive experience requirement even if they hold the licence or graduated recently in Ontario. Neither shortcut is available, and they cannot use the licence-based education pathway.
- NOC 33102
Nurse aides and patient service associates
Can also satisfy the education criterion with an Ontario college certificate of at least one year full-time from an eligible Canadian institution, alongside the usual one-year post-secondary credential. Experience as a licensed practical nurse (32101) or a registered nurse (31301) may be used toward the two-year work-experience requirement.
- NOC 33103
Pharmacy assistants
Experience as a pharmacist (31120) may be used toward the requirement for pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants.
- NOC 223
Engineering technicians
For technical occupations related to engineering, experience in the professional engineering group (213) may be used toward the requirement.
Who cannot apply
- Excluded
Self-employed applicants
People self-employed or working under a contract for services, where there is no legal employer–employee relationship, are not eligible, with the single exception of self-employed physicians, who have their own pathway.
- Excluded
Ontario Public Service employers
Job offers from the Ontario Public Service and OPS entities are not accepted. Other government bodies not staffed by OPS employees may still qualify as employers.
- Excluded
Postgraduate education licence holders
A physician holding a postgraduate education licence cannot apply through the self-employed physician pathway. They may still apply with a qualifying job offer.
Which trades get the CLB 5 concession
A job offer in a listed skilled trade lowers the language bar to CLB 5 and lets a Canadian secondary school diploma satisfy the education requirement. The listed trades are NOC Major Group 72 (excluding Sub-Major Group 726), Major Group 73, Major Group 82, Major Group 83, Major Group 93 (excluding Sub-Major Group 932), Minor Group 6320, and Unit Group 62200, chefs. Outside those groups the standard CLB 6 and post-secondary credential apply.
What the employer has to clear
The employer must have been in active business for at least three years before applying, have premises in Ontario where the applicant will work, carry no outstanding orders under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 or the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and meet revenue and minimum Canadian-citizen or permanent-resident employee thresholds keyed to the job offer location. Recruitment effort for a Canadian or permanent resident must be shown, but only where the applicant is living outside Canada or working outside Ontario.
Rural relief: lower gross annual revenue thresholds apply to employers in rural communities, defined for the program as a community in a census division with a population under 150,000. The specific revenue and headcount figures sit in the Employer Guide rather than on the stream page.
Language tests that count
Only IELTS General Training (not Academic), CELPIP General, PTE Core (not PTE Academic), TEF Canada and TCF Canada are accepted. One Skill Retake results are not accepted. The test must be within two years of the date you submit. Scoring uses your lowest ability of the four; if you sat both English and French, the higher-scoring test is used.
An educational credential assessment is required for studies completed outside Canada and must be less than five years old on the date you apply.
Where the program is heading
The Workforce Priority stream is phase 1 of a redesign that consolidates the former eight streams into four. Ontario has said the remaining three streams are expected to launch later this year. Ontario’s 2025 allocation was 10,750 nominations. Ontario published its 2026 allocation on February 6, 2026: 14,119 nominations, up 31% on 2025. What has been retired is the page that used to carry the running nominations-issued count, so the allocation is firm, but any “spots remaining” figure you see quoted for Ontario in 2026 is an estimate, because Ontario no longer publishes how many it has used.
An enhanced OINP nomination adds 600 CRS points.
Through the Express Entry route, a nomination you accept lifts your Comprehensive Ranking System score by 600, which in practice means an invitation in the next round that includes provincial nominees.
Good to know
Questions, answered.
The Ontario questions we hear most, answered by our consultants. The full list is in the Help Centre.
How does the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program work?
Can I apply directly, or must I be invited?
How does OINP connect to Express Entry?
How do I know if my school is eligible?
Does living outside Toronto help my score?
More questions on this topic are answered in the Help Centre.
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Is your OINP score good enough this year?
A calculator gives you a number. It cannot tell you whether Ontario will draw at that number, whether your NOC is in a targeted category, or whether Express Entry is the faster door. A licensed RCIC can.
- 01Your estimate re-checked against Ontario’s published scoring factors
- 02A written read on the route that fits — job offer, physician, or Express Entry
- 03Reviewed by a CICC-licensed Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant
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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