program is for workers who:

• have the skills, education and work experience to contribute to the economy of a specific province or territory
• want to live in that province

Each province and territory has its own “streams. For example, in a program stream, provinces and territories may target:

• students
• business people
• skilled workers
• semi-skilled workers

Understand the application options

How you will apply depends on which Provincial Nominee Program stream you’re applying to. You might need to apply using the paper-based process, or by the online process through Express Entry.

Paper-based process

• Once you have been nominated, you submit a paper application for permanent residence to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
• Application processing times are longer than through Express Entry.

Express Entry process, there are 2 ways to apply:

• If the province or territory agrees to nominate you, you create an Express Entry profile (or update your profile if you already have one) and show you have been nominated.

OR

You create an Express Entry profile and show the provinces and territories you’re interested in.

• If a province or territory sends you a “notification of interest” to your account, you contact them directly.

List of province or territory

To be nominated by a province or territory, you must follow the instructions on their website and contact them directly:

• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Manitoba
• New Brunswick
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Northwest Territories
• Nova Scotia
• Ontario
• Prince Edward Island
• Saskatchewan
• Yukon

The criteria by province and territory vary and can change without notice.