Ontario's largest draw for immigration candidates
The province invited more than 1,800 people at a time.
On May 5, the province of Ontario held an immigration drawing under its provincial program. The invitations were sent out to applicants of the Human Capital Priorities stream, which selects in-demand skilled specialists using the Express Entry system.
This time, 1,863 invitations were issued to candidates with technical occupations. They had to score between 475 and 482 points on the Comprehensive Ranking System. This is Ontario's largest selection by number of invitations in recent years.
The list of professions is as follows:
- computer and information systems managers;
- data scientists;
- database analysts and data administrators;
- computer systems developers and programmers;
- software engineers and designers;
- software developers and programmers;
- web designers;
- web developers and programmers;
- computer engineers.
The previous Human Capital Priorities stream selection was held on March 10, and the minimum scores were slightly higher, ranging from 479 to 489. Points are awarded for factors such as age, language skills, education, work experience, and so on.
Follow the history of Ontario draws to stay up-to-date on passing scores and the number of invitations issued.
