February

February 18, 2026

February 6, 2026

February 2, 2026

February 18, 2026

Employer Job Offer streams: candidates invited in skilled trades-related occupations

On February 18, 2026, we issued 1,404 invitations to apply to candidates who may qualify for the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker or International Student streams who work in skilled trades-related occupations. Candidates must currently reside in Canada with a valid work or study permit.

Candidates with a score of 50 and above received an invitation under the Foreign Worker stream, and 80 and above under the International Student stream. Candidates must have a job offer in one of the following National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes:

  • NOC 72010 - Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations
  • NOC 72011 - Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations
  • NOC 72012 - Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades
  • NOC 72013 - Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades
  • NOC 72014 - Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers
  • NOC 72020 - Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades
  • NOC 72021 - Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews
  • NOC 72022 - Supervisors, printing and related occupations
  • NOC 72023 - Supervisors, railway transport operations
  • NOC 72025 - Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations
  • NOC 72100 - Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors
  • NOC 72101 - Tool and die makers
  • NOC 72102 - Sheet metal workers
  • NOC 72103 - Boilermakers
  • NOC 72104 - Structural metal and platework fabricators and fitters
  • NOC 72105 - Ironworkers
  • NOC 72106 - Welders and related machine operators
  • NOC 72200 - Electricians (except industrial and power system)
  • NOC 72201 - Industrial electricians
  • NOC 72202 - Power system electricians
  • NOC 72203 - Electrical power line and cable workers
  • NOC 72204 - Telecommunications line and cable installers and repairers
  • NOC 72205 - Telecommunications equipment installation and cable television service technicians
  • NOC 72300 - Plumbers
  • NOC 72301 - Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers
  • NOC 72302 - Gas fitters
  • NOC 72310 - Carpenters
  • NOC 72311 - Cabinetmakers
  • NOC 72320 - Bricklayers
  • NOC 72321 - Insulators
  • NOC 72400 - Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics
  • NOC 72401 - Heavy-duty equipment mechanics
  • NOC 72402 - Heating, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics
  • NOC 72403 - Railway carmen/women
  • NOC 72404 - Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors
  • NOC 72405 - Machine fitters
  • NOC 72406 - Elevator constructors and mechanics
  • NOC 72410 - Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers
  • NOC 72411 - Auto body collision, refinishing and glass technicians and damage repair estimators
  • NOC 72420 - Oil and solid fuel heating mechanics
  • NOC 72421 - Appliance servicers and repairers
  • NOC 72422 - Electrical mechanics
  • NOC 72423 - Motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle and other related mechanics
  • NOC 72429 - Other small engine and small equipment repairers
  • NOC 72500 - Crane operators
  • NOC 72501 - Water well drillers
  • NOC 72999 - Other technical trades and related occupations
  • NOC 73100 - Concrete finishers
  • NOC 73101 - Tilesetters
  • NOC 73102 - Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers
  • NOC 73110 - Roofers and shinglers
  • NOC 73111 - Glaziers
  • NOC 73112 - Painters and decorators (except interior decorators)
  • NOC 73113 - Floor covering installers
  • NOC 73200 - Residential and commercial installers and servicers
  • NOC 73201 - General maintenance workers and building superintendents
  • NOC 73202 - Pest controllers and fumigators
  • NOC 73209 - Other repairers and servicers
  • NOC 73301 - Bus drivers, subway operators and other transit operators
  • NOC 73310 - Railway and yard locomotive engineers
  • NOC 73311 - Railway conductors and brakemen/women
  • NOC 73400 - Heavy equipment operators
  • NOC 73401 - Printing press operators
  • NOC 73402 - Drillers and blasters - surface mining, quarrying and construction
  • NOC 82010 - Supervisors, logging and forestry
  • NOC 82020 - Supervisors, mining and quarrying
  • NOC 82021 - Contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services
  • NOC 82030 - Agricultural service contractors, farm supervisors and specialized livestock workers
  • NOC 82031 - Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services
  • NOC 83100 - Underground production and development miners
  • NOC 83101 - Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers
  • NOC 83110 - Logging machinery operators
  • NOC 83120 - Fishing masters and officers
  • NOC 83121 - Fishermen/women
  • NOC 93100 - Central control and process operators, mineral and metal processing
  • NOC 93101 - Central control and process operators, petroleum, gas and chemical processing
  • NOC 93102 - Pulping, papermaking and coating control operators

Eligible profiles must have been created and attested to by February 16, 2026, 11:59 p.m.

To apply:

  1. Review the Employer Job Offer stream page to determine if you meet the requirements and ensure you have the mandatory documents.
  2. Your employer must review the employer guide and submit their application within 14 calendar days.
  3. Log in to the OINP e-Filing Portal and click the newly created file number with the prefix JOXX. You must submit your application and payment within 17 calendar days from the date we issued the invitation.

February 6, 2026

Ontario’s 2026 nomination allocation

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) has received its 2026 nomination allocation from the federal government. The province’s 2026 allocation is 14,119 nominations.

Please monitor this page for news, announcements, and program developments.

February 2, 2026

Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream: physicians invited

On February 2, 2026, we issued 129 invitations to apply to who may qualify for the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream who work as physicians in NOC codes 31100, 31101 and 31102.

Candidates with a score of 33 and above received an invitation. Candidates must have a job offer in one of the following National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes:

  • NOC 31100 - Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine
  • NOC 31101 - Specialists in surgery
  • NOC 31102 - General practitioners and family physicians

Please refer to the January 5 program update for more details.

Eligible profiles must have been created and attested to by January 28, 2026, 11:59 p.m.

To apply:

  1. Review the Employer Job Offer stream page to determine if you meet the requirements and ensure you have the mandatory documents.
  2. Log in to the OINP e-Filing Portal and click the newly created file number with the prefix JOXX. You must submit your application and payment within 17 calendar days.

Employer Job Offer streams: candidates invited under the Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI) pilot

On February 2, 2026, we issued 47 invitations to apply to candidates who may qualify for the REDI pilot under the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker, International Student or In-Demand Skills streams. Candidates must currently reside in Canada with a valid work or study permit and have a job offer in Lanark or Leeds and Grenville.

Candidates with a score of 44 and above received an invitation under the Foreign Worker stream. Candidates must have a job offer in one of the following National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes:

  • NOC 12200 - Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
  • NOC 21222 - Information systems specialists
  • NOC 21231 - Software engineers and designers
  • NOC 31301 - Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
  • NOC 33102 - Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
  • NOC 42202 - Early childhood educators and assistants

Candidates with a score of 69 and above received an invitation under the International Student stream. Candidates must have a job offer in one of the following National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes:

  • NOC 12111 - Health information management occupations
  • NOC 12200 - Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
  • NOC 13111 - Legal administrative assistants
  • NOC 22232 - Occupational health and safety specialists
  • NOC 22310 - Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians
  • NOC 32101 - Licensed practical nurses
  • NOC 33102 - Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
  • NOC 33103 - Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants
  • NOC 42201 - Social and community service workers
  • NOC 42202 - Early childhood educators and assistants
  • NOC 52120 - Graphic designers and illustrators

Candidates with a score of 34 and above received an invitation under the In-Demand Skills stream. Candidates must have a job offer in one of the following National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes:

  • NOC 44101 - Home support workers, housekeepers and related occupations
  • NOC 75101 - Material handlers
  • NOC 94100 - Machine operators, mineral and metal processing
  • NOC 94111 - Plastics processing machine operators
  • NOC 94140 - Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing

Eligible profiles must have been created and attested to by January 28, 2026, 11:59 p.m.

To apply:

  1. Review the Employer Job Offer stream page to determine if you meet the requirements and ensure you have the mandatory documents.
  2. Your employer must review the employer guide and submit their application within 14 calendar days.
  3. Log in to the OINP e-Filing Portal and click the newly created file number with the prefix JOXX. You must submit your application and payment within 17 calendar days from the date we issued the invitation.

Employer Job Offer streams: candidates invited in healthcare and early childhood education occupations

On February 2, 2026, we issued 1,649 invitations to apply to candidates who may qualify for the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker or International Student streams who work in healthcare or early childhood education occupations. Candidates must currently reside in Canada with a valid work or study permit.

Candidates with a score of 36 and above received an invitation under the Foreign Worker stream, and 56 and above under the International Student stream. Candidates must have a job offer in one of the following National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes:

  • NOC 31300 - Nursing co-ordinators and supervisors
  • NOC 31301 - Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
  • NOC 31302 - Nurse practitioners
  • NOC 31303 - Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals
  • NOC 32101 - Licensed practical nurses
  • NOC 33102 - Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
  • NOC 42202 – Early childhood educators and assistants

Eligible profiles must have been created and attested to by January 28, 2026, 11:59 p.m.

To apply:

  1. Review the Employer Job Offer stream page to determine if you meet the requirements and ensure you have the mandatory documents.
  2. Your employer must review the employer guide and submit their application within 14 calendar days.
  3. Log in to the OINP e-Filing Portal and click the newly created file number with the prefix JOXX. You must submit your application and payment within 17 calendar days from the date we issued the invitation.

January

January 5, 2026

January 5, 2026

Changes to eligibility for self-employed physicians under the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) has made changes to the classes of certificates of registration from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) that physicians can hold if applying as self-employed to the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream.

These changes aim to broaden eligibility for foreign national internationally educated physicians and are in alignment with changes to regulations made under the Medicine Act,1991, which came into effect on January 1, 2026.

Physicians under National Occupational Classification codes 31100, 31101 and 31102 who are members in good standing with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, and hold a provisional certificate of registration, are now eligible to apply as self-employed to the OINP for a certificate of nomination provided they have an Ontario Health Insurance Plan OHIP billing number.

The amendments also remove the postgraduate license from the list of eligible licenses since postgraduate license-holders are unable to meet the requirement of having an OHIP billing number. Postgraduate education license-holders may be eligible under the OINP’s Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream if they have a job offer with an Ontario employer.

The amendments came into effect on January 1, 2026.

These changes are reflected on the program requirements webpage. For more information, please visit:

The updated regulations can be found on Ontario’s e-Laws Website: