Immigrtation News update October 18, 2026
Express Entry (IRCC)
October 16 — French Language: 5,000 ITAs, CRS 435
October 15 — Canadian Experience Class (CEC): 2,500 ITAs, CRS 519
October 13 — Provincial Nominee Program (PNP): 752 ITAs, CRS 772
October 01 — Trade Occupations: 3,500 ITAs, CRS 476
September 29 — Canadian Experience Class (CEC): 2,000 ITAs, CRS 518
September 28 — Provincial Nominee Program (PNP): 733 ITAs, CRS 725
Ontario Immigration Naminee Program (OINP)
No draws
YTD: 13,663 invited out of 14,119
October 7, Ontario added 10 points to Workforce Priority scoring for candidates with earnings of $80,000 or more in a single year within the past five years
Other Provinces and Territores
Alberta PNP (AAIP)
October 7 — Express Entry, Priority Sectors (Aviation): 22 invitations, minimum score 56
October 2 — Alberta Opportunity Stream: 123 invitations, minimum score 54
September 29 — Express Entry, Priority Sectors (General): 200 invitations, minimum score 64
September 24 — Rural Renewal Stream: 131 invitations, minimum score 51
YTD: 5,541 invited out of 6,603 nominations
BC PNP
October 15 – Rural Health: 16 invited, minimum 54
October 08 – Skills Immigration – Build: 115 invited, 94 min. score. Care: 86 invited, 99 min. score. Health: 82 invited, 76 min. score. Veterinary: 5 invited, 86 min. score.
YTD: 4,223 invited out of 6,403
Manitoba PNP (MPNP)
September 9 – 793 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAAs) in several streams. (#279)
August 27 – 741 LAAs in several streams (#278)
YTD: 6,409 invited out of 6,239 – 18 rounds
Saskatchewan PNP (SINP)
No update – continues to run capped, sector-specific intake – remaining 51 in retail and 55 in trucking. The next window is November 2.
YTD: 2,628 of 4,761
Nova Scotia (NSNP)
Doesn’t publish public draw details.
Priority sectors — Healthcare, skilled trades/construction (Critical Construction Worker Pilot), STEM, manufacturing, natural resources
YTD: 3,242 invited out of 5,300
New Brunswick PNP (NBPNP)
Priority sectors: Healthcare, Education, and Construction trades
New employer designations (AIP): still frozen
New Brunswick continues rolling EOI intake
YTD: 2,738 invited out of 3,603
Prince Edward Island (PEI PNP)
September 17 – 195 invitations
August 20 – 181 invitations
YTD 1,220 invited out of 1,704
Newfoundland & Labrador (NLPNP)
September 18 – 62 invited
September 10 – 36 invited
September 04- 97 invited
August 26 – 140 invited
YTD: 1,714 invited out of 2,537
Yukon territory
July 17 – no results announced
YTD 282 invited
Northwest Territories (NTNP)
No update
YTD 144 invited
The bigger Picture - Temporary / Permanent Resident
Temporary Resident
Number decline: As of July 1, 2026 — 394,220 study permit holders and 1,296,046 work permit holders in Canada. This means around 250 people lost their work permits.
Study without a permit – September 4 – work permit holders can study for up to six months without applying for a study permit.
Permanent Resident
The processing backlog is around 800,000 PR applications as of mid-2026; this confirms improving and faster processing time, as a result of temporary resident intake declines
58% of new PRs this year were already living in Canada as temporary residents
In Canada worker initiative – 13,000 admitted as of July 2026 update
Pilot Programs
Rural Community Immigration Pilot (RCIP) — 14 communities
Francophone Community Immigration Pilot (FCIP) — 6 communities
The cap for both pilot programs is 8,175 – we do not have an update on how many were invited.