GTA workers receive invitations to apply for provincial nomination
On April 30, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) held two draws under two of its Employer Job Offer streams, targeting candidates in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
The province issued a total of 997 Invitations to Apply (ITAs), primarily to healthcare, construction and trades, administration, and tech and IT professionals.
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To have been considered in these draws, OINP candidates need to currently be residing in Canada with a valid work or study permit and have a job offer in the GTA.
The GTA includes the following Census Divisions: Durham, Peel, Toronto, and York.
Draw details
Ontario’s end-of-April draw saw candidates invited through its Foreign Worker and International Student job offer streams.
The majority (72.2%) of the 997 invitations were issued through its Foreign Worker Stream.
To see the minimum score and number of invitations issued varied by draw, see below:
StreamInvitations issuedCutoff score
Foreign Worker72057
International Student27781
Only profiles created and attested to by April 28, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. were considered in these draws; profiles submitted before July 2, 2025, were not considered.
This draw marks the province’s sixth round of selections in April alone, following a recent series of draws held on April 23—which saw over 2,000 OINP candidates invited to apply for provincial nomination.
This draw also represents only the second targeted selection for the GTA conducted by the OINP this year, with the previous one having occurred on March 25.
Let’s see how this latest GTA-focused set of draws compares to the previous March 25 selection round, which saw 431 candidates invited:
StreamInvitations issuedCutoff score
Foreign Worker35561
International Student7690
As you can see, the April 30 draw saw a far greater number of candidates invited (566 more) but notably featured lower cutoff scores than the March 25 draw targeting candidates in the GTA.
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Which occupations were targeted?
The OINP targeted a total of 52 unique occupations across both the Foreign Worker and International Student streams.
Across these draws, the OINP targeted
17 occupations falling under TEER 0;
14 occupations falling under TEER 1;
19 occupations falling under TEER 2; and
2 occupations falling under TEER 3.
You can find more details on which National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes were eligible in each draw below.
In many cases, the same NOC was targeted in both draws—such as 21200 (architects), web designers (21233), and 30010 (managers in healthcare).
The list below outlines the full list of occupations that were targeted in both draws (21 in total), indicating a high demand for workers in these NOCs across the GTA. Most of these were tech-related and engineering roles.
Next steps after receiving an invitation
Both the OINP candidate and the employer of the invited candidate will need to take action after an ITA has been issued.
Those who received an invitation in these draws should take the following steps:
Step 1: Have their employer review the employer guide and submit their application for the approval of their position within 14 calendar days of invitation issuance.
Step 2: Once their employer has submitted their application, the prospective nominee should log in to the OINP e-Filing Portal and select the newly created file number featuring the “JOXX” prefix.
The prospective nominee must submit their application within 17 calendar days of the issuance of the invitation.
Those who successfully receive a provincial nomination from the OINP can then apply to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) for permanent residence.
Upcoming changes to the OINP
These draws are being held in advance of a sweeping overhaul of Ontario’s immigration system, which is likely a primary reason behind the OINP’s busy April draw season.
Amendments to the Ontario Immigration Act, coming into force on May 30, 2026, will see all existing nomination streams abolished, including those for Foreign Workers, International Students, and In-Demand Skills candidates.
Ontario has proposed a consolidated Employer Job Offer stream, as well as three new provincial immigration pathways to replace existing categories, but at this time there is no confirmation when replacement streams will be launched—or guidance for transitioning existing candidates.
