Canadian Experience Class

CIC News is profiling Canada's various provincial nominee programs over the coming weeks
Canada’s Provincial Nominee Program has grown exponentially since its creation in the 1990s and now stands second only to the federal Express Entry system as the leading pathway to Canadian permanent residence for skilled foreign workers.

Recent weeks have seen nominee streams in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Nova Scotia issue more than 2,500 invitations to workers with a range of skills and professional experience to apply for a nomination for Canadian permanent residence.
Quebec is the only Canadian province that does not take part in the PNP. It has a separate agreement with the federal government that gives it sole responsibility for the selection of economic-class immigrants.

Since the PNP’s first year in operation in 1996, when only 233 people were admitted to Canada through the program, it has evolved to the point where its admissions target for 2019 is 61,000.
Looked at over the next three years, Canada could receive as many as 213,000 new permanent residents through the PNP alone.
The reasons for this expansion are clear: Canada’s population is ageing, its birth rate is declining and labour shortages are expanding as a result. This trend is especially heightened in smaller provinces, which are also struggling with the loss of residents to other parts of Canada.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has invited 1,000 Canadian Experience Class (CEC) candidates to apply for permanent residence in the latest Express Entry draw, held on September 3, 2025.

IRCC has issued 1,000 Invitations to Apply in a new Canadian Experience Class draw. Candidates needed a minimum CRS score of 533 and an Express Entry profile created before October 17, 2025.

Canada’s latest Express Entry pool update on November 9, 2025, shows a steady rise in high-performing candidates, with 11% now holding a CRS score above 500. This reflects growing competitiveness, but also signals that many applicants are successfully improving their profiles through education, work experience, language skills, and provincial nominations.

International students hoping to remain in Canada on a Post-Graduation Work Permit now have six months to apply once they obtain their notice of graduation and are no longer required to have a valid study permit.  

Newly، elected Prime Minister,of Canada , Justin Trudeau, proposed liberal reforms to Canada's immigration system with a support of 500,000,ooo dollars increase in budget for these changes.

The Government of Canada held its largest Express Entry draw of 2018 on September 5, issuing 3,900 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence.
This is the fourth all-program draw in 2018 with a minimum score of 440, which is the lowest (CRS) score drawn in 2018 to date.

The province of British Columbia issued 225 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination in a draw that was held April 18. In a news update, the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) said the invitations were issued to qualified registrants who had a job offer in one of its, Technology Pilot program's 32 key technology occupations.

IRCC has issued invitations to apply for the second time during August for Canadian Experience class applicants.

IRCC issued 3,500 Invitations to Apply in a large category-based Express Entry draw for healthcare and social services candidates on November 14.

In the latest draw on September 19, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued 4,000 invitations to apply (ITAs) for Canadian Experience Class (CEC) candidates.

FSWP candidates were included in today's draw. Canada has now issued 69,950 invitations to apply for permanent residence to Express Entry candidates in 2020.

Number of invitations issued: 4,147

133 Express Entry candidates among those invited in Manitoba's June 20 Expression of Interest draw

The Immigration department invited 5,000 candidates in a Canadian Expereince Class (CEC)- only draw in the last day of July 2024 with minimum CRS of 510.

The number of job vacancies in Canada rose again in the first three months of 2019 compared to the same period in 2018, with increases reported in six provinces and the territory of Nunavut.

Five hundred and forty-six invitations to apply for a provincial nomination were issued to skilled workers and international graduates in the latest British Colombia (BC PNP) draw, which took place on September 3, 2019.

With the closure of BC’s main PNP graduate streams and a 50% reduction in nominations, international students in British Columbia face new challenges for permanent residency (PR).
But strong alternatives still exist if you plan carefully.

Candidates needed a minimum CRS score of 520 and had to create their Express Entry profile before July 15, 2025.

British Columbia nominated 3,100 candidates in the federal Express Entry system for Canadian permanent residence in 2018 through its provincial nominee program, the BC PNP.