Immigration Guide

OINP Draws 2026: Latest OINP Draw Results and EOI Scores

By Alex Francisco Updated Sep 30, 2026 Figures checked Oct 11, 2026 9 min read

What was the latest OINP draw, and when is the next one?

The latest OINP draw listed on ontario.ca was held on April 30, 2026: Ontario invited 786 Foreign Worker candidates scoring 57 and above and 277 International Student candidates scoring 81 and above, all with GTA job offers in listed occupations. No Ontario Workforce Priority stream draws have been published since its EOI portal opened on August 4, 2026.

The most recent OINP draws on ontario.ca are from April 30, 2026: 786 Foreign Worker invitations (lowest score 57) and 277 International Student invitations (lowest score 81) for job offers in listed occupations in the GTA.
On June 25, 2026 Ontario removed its 8 former streams, closed the EOI system to new registrations and stopped inviting candidates under those streams.
The only open stream is now the Ontario Workforce Priority stream. Its EOI portal opened on August 4, 2026, and as of October 11, 2026 no draws under it have been listed.
Workforce Priority EOIs are scored on 11 factors, including wage, Ontario work experience, language, education and job location. A job in Northern Ontario earns 15 regional points; a job in the City of Toronto earns 0.
Ontario gives no advance notice of draws. After an invitation, the employer has 14 calendar days and the candidate 17 calendar days to submit applications, and the candidate pays the fee at that point.
Scores from pre-June 2026 draws used the old stream grids, so they are a rough guide only and cannot be compared point for point with Workforce Priority scores.

— YieldMaple, figures checked against official sources on October 11, 2026. Sources

An OINP draw is a round in which the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) ranks the expressions of interest (EOIs) in its pool and invites the top-scoring candidates to apply for a provincial nomination. Every figure on this page comes from official ontario.ca pages (the invitations page, the 2026 program updates, the stream page and the application-process page), plus IRCC for Express Entry rounds. The page tracks results and explains the scoring; it is not immigration advice, and the OINP e-Filing Portal is the only place that shows whether a specific EOI has been invited.

What was the latest OINP draw?

The latest OINP draws listed on ontario.ca were held on April 30, 2026. They were targeted at candidates with job offers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in occupations listed in the announcement: 786 invitations in the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream for scores of 57 and above, and 277 in the International Student stream for scores of 81 and above. Candidates had to be living in Canada on a valid work or study permit.

Those were the last invitations under the old system. On June 25, 2026 Ontario removed its 8 former streams and closed the EOI system to new EOIs, and the new Ontario Workforce Priority stream opened for EOIs on August 4, 2026. The invitations page was last updated on August 11, 2026 and, as of October 11, 2026, lists no Workforce Priority draws. The timeline below shows where things stand.

OINP draw status in 2026: what happened and when

How to read this table: the first Ontario Workforce Priority draw will be added here as soon as ontario.ca lists it.

Date	What happened
April 30, 2026	Last invitations listed on ontario.ca: GTA-targeted draws in the Foreign Worker and International Student streams
June 25, 2026	Regulation changes in force: the 8 former streams removed, the EOI system closed to new EOIs, no further invitations under former streams
July 20, 2026	OINP web pages updated with the Ontario Workforce Priority stream criteria
August 4, 2026	EOI portal opened for the Ontario Workforce Priority stream
August 11, 2026	Invitations page last updated; no Ontario Workforce Priority invitations listed
October 5, 2026	Earnings history scoring factor updated: $80,000 or more in a year now earns 10 points; applied automatically to existing EOIs
October 11, 2026	Checked again: still no Ontario Workforce Priority invitations listed

The final week of draws under the former streams covered every region of Ontario plus the Masters and PhD streams. The table shows each round, newest first.

Latest OINP draws: April 22 to April 30, 2026

How to read this table: 'Lowest score invited' is the bottom of the score range Ontario published (for example, '57 and above'). Only EOIs created in the date window shown were eligible for that draw, and the regional and GTA draws were also limited to the occupations (NOC codes) listed in each announcement on the 2026 program updates page.

Date issued	Stream	Draw target	Invitations	Lowest score invited	EOIs created between
April 30, 2026	Foreign Worker	Greater Toronto Area (GTA)	786	57	July 2, 2025 – April 28, 2026
April 30, 2026	International Student	Greater Toronto Area (GTA)	277	81	July 2, 2025 – April 28, 2026
April 23, 2026	Foreign Worker	Eastern Ontario	318	63	July 2, 2025 – April 21, 2026
April 23, 2026	Foreign Worker	Northern Ontario	57	60	July 2, 2025 – April 21, 2026
April 23, 2026	Foreign Worker	Southwestern Ontario	194	60	July 2, 2025 – April 21, 2026
April 23, 2026	Foreign Worker	Central Ontario (excluding GTA)	128	60	July 2, 2025 – April 21, 2026
April 23, 2026	International Student	Eastern Ontario	173	87	July 2, 2025 – April 21, 2026
April 23, 2026	International Student	Northern Ontario	167	87	July 2, 2025 – April 21, 2026
April 23, 2026	International Student	Southwestern Ontario	173	84	July 2, 2025 – April 21, 2026
April 23, 2026	International Student	Central Ontario (excluding GTA)	173	84	July 2, 2025 – April 21, 2026
April 23, 2026	In-Demand Skills	Eastern Ontario	48	34	July 2, 2025 – April 21, 2026
April 23, 2026	In-Demand Skills	Northern Ontario	79	34	July 2, 2025 – April 21, 2026
April 23, 2026	In-Demand Skills	Southwestern Ontario	430	34	July 2, 2025 – April 21, 2026
April 23, 2026	In-Demand Skills	Central Ontario (excluding GTA)	162	34	July 2, 2025 – April 21, 2026
April 22, 2026	Masters Graduate	General draw	674	61	April 22, 2025 – April 20, 2026
April 22, 2026	PhD Graduate	General draw	244	56	April 22, 2025 – April 20, 2026

Across the 16 rounds from April 22 to April 30, the invitations table lists 4,083 invitations.

When is the next OINP draw?

Ontario has not announced it. It states on the invitations page that it gives no advance notice before it issues invitations, and the 2026 draws did not follow a fixed calendar. They came in bursts: February 2, February 18, March 18, March 25, then six draw days in April.

What is known is the order of events. The Workforce Priority EOI portal opened on August 4, 2026, so candidates have been able to register EOIs since then. Employers submit job offers first, candidates register EOIs within 30 days, and Ontario then ranks the pool. Under the former streams, each draw was posted on two ontario.ca pages: the invitations page (with the score range) and the 2026 program updates page (with the occupations and regions targeted). This page is re-checked against both and updated when a Workforce Priority draw is listed.

For context on pace, Ontario’s 2026 nomination allocation is 14,119, announced on February 6, 2026. In 2025 Ontario issued 10,750 nominations and reached its allocation on December 17, 2025. Nominations are not the same as invitations: some invited candidates never apply, and some applications are refused.

Which OINP streams are open in 2026?

Only one stream is open: the Ontario Workforce Priority stream. It covers foreign workers with a full-time, permanent job offer from an eligible Ontario employer in any TEER 0 to 5 occupation, plus self-employed physicians who can bill OHIP. The 8 former streams, including the Masters and PhD Graduate streams and all three Express Entry streams, closed on June 25, 2026. Applications already submitted after an invitation under a former stream are still assessed under the rules in effect when they were submitted.

OINP streams and their status in 2026

How to read this table: 'closed' means Ontario no longer accepts EOIs or issues invitations under that stream.

Stream	Status	Details
Ontario Workforce Priority stream	open	EOI portal opened August 4, 2026.
Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream	closed	Closed in the June 25, 2026 redesign.
Employer Job Offer: International Student stream	closed	Closed in the June 25, 2026 redesign.
Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills stream	closed	Closed in the June 25, 2026 redesign.
Masters Graduate stream	closed	Closed in the June 25, 2026 redesign.
PhD Graduate stream	closed	Closed in the June 25, 2026 redesign.
Express Entry: Human Capital Priorities stream	closed	Closed in the June 25, 2026 redesign.
Express Entry: French-Speaking Skilled Worker stream	closed	Closed in the June 25, 2026 redesign.
Express Entry: Skilled Trades stream	closed	Intake suspended November 14, 2025 (outstanding applications returned with fees refunded); stream closed in the June 25, 2026 redesign.

Source: Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) — ontario.ca; Ontario Workforce Priority stream — ontario.ca; Ontario Workforce Priority stream (Express Entry option) — ontario.ca; OINP application process (fees) — ontario.ca; 2026 Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program updates — ontario.ca; 2025 Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program updates — ontario.ca; Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program streams (archived closed-streams page) — ontario.ca; Immigrate as a provincial nominee — how to apply (IRCC). In effect from June 25, 2026; checked September 29, 2026.

The full eligibility rules for the new stream (language, education, work experience and employer requirements) are in the Ontario PNP guide to the Workforce Priority stream. This page sticks to draws and scores.

How do OINP EOI scores work?

An OINP EOI score is the total of points Ontario assigns to the answers in an EOI, and draws invite the highest scores in the pool (or in a targeted slice of it). Under the Ontario Workforce Priority stream, the score is built from 11 factors published on the stream page. The job offer’s NOC TEER category, broad occupational category and hourly wage are filled in automatically from the job offer the employer submitted.

Ontario Workforce Priority stream: EOI scoring factors

How to read this table: points are published by ontario.ca. Scoring factors are separate from the stream's eligibility criteria: a high score does not help if a minimum requirement, such as CLB 6 for most TEER 0 to 3 jobs, is not met.

Group	Factor	Maximum points	Points by answer
Employment	NOC TEER category of the job offer	9	TEER 0 or 1: 9; TEER 2 or 3: 6; TEER 4 or 5: 0
Employment	NOC broad occupational category	10	Category 3: 10; Category 7: 8; Category 2: 6; Categories 0, 1, 4, 8, 9: 4; Categories 5, 6: 2
Employment	Hourly wage of the job offer	15	$40 per hour or higher: 15; $35 to $39.99: 12; $30 to $34.99: 10; $25 to $29.99: 8; $20 to $24.99: 5; less than $20: 0 (not used for self-employed physicians)
Employment	Ontario work experience	18	In the job offer position: over 24 months 18, 13 to 24 months 15, 6 to 12 months 12; if under 6 months in the position, Ontario work overall: over 24 months 12, 13 to 24 months 9, 6 to 12 months 6
Employment	Canadian earnings history (a CRA Notice of Assessment from the last 5 years)	10	$80k or more in a year: 10; $70k to $79,999: 8; $50k to $69,999: 6; $30k to $49,999: 4; under $30k: 0
Status	Legal status in Canada	10	Valid work permit: 10; valid study permit: 5; neither: 0
Education	Highest level of education (Canadian credential or ECA)	10	Doctorate or degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry: 10; master's: 8; bachelor's or above-bachelor certificate: 6; Ontario College Graduate Certificate, college diploma, below-bachelor university certificate or trades certificate: 5; less: 0
Education	Number of Canadian post-secondary credentials (1 year or longer)	10	More than one: 10; one: 5; none: 0
Language	Official language ability (lowest CLB of the 4 skills)	15	CLB 9 or higher: 15; CLB 8: 12; CLB 7: 8; CLB 6: 4; CLB 5 or lower: 0
Language	Knowledge of official languages	10	Both English and French at CLB 6 or higher in all 4 skills: 10; one language: 5
Regional	Work location of the job offer (or OHIP practice address)	15	Northern Ontario: 15; Eastern, Central (outside GTA) or Southwestern Ontario: 10; GTA except Toronto: 5; City of Toronto: 0

Adding the top option of each factor gives a maximum possible score of 132. Self-employed physicians do not get wage points, so their ceiling is 117. The earnings factor changed on October 5, 2026: $80,000 or more in a year now earns 10 points, $70,000 to $79,999 earns 8, and Ontario applied the change to existing EOIs automatically. Language points use the lowest of the four CLB scores, so one weak skill caps the whole factor; the IELTS to CLB conversion guide shows where a test result lands.

Where the job is located matters more than in most provincial programs. The regional factor alone moves a score by up to 15 points.

Workforce Priority regional points by job location

How to read this table: for a job offer, the region is the work location the employer entered. For a self-employed physician, it is the Ontario practice address on the OHIP billing registration.

Region	EOI points	Census divisions included
Northern Ontario	15	Muskoka, Haliburton, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Manitoulin, Sudbury, Greater Sudbury, Timiskaming, Cochrane, Algoma, Thunder Bay, Rainy River, Kenora
Eastern Ontario	10	Frontenac, Hastings, Kawartha Lakes, Lanark, Leeds and Grenville, Lennox and Addington, Northumberland, Ottawa, Peterborough, Prescott and Russell, Prince Edward, Renfrew, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
Central Ontario outside the GTA	10	Dufferin, Grey, Simcoe, Waterloo, Wellington
Southwestern Ontario	10	Brant, Bruce, Chatham-Kent, Elgin, Essex, Haldimand-Norfolk, Hamilton, Huron, Lambton, Middlesex, Niagara, Oxford, Perth
Inside the GTA, except Toronto	5	Regional municipalities of Durham, Halton, Peel and York
Toronto	0	City of Toronto

Worked example: one candidate, four job locations

A hypothetical candidate has a job offer as a software developer (NOC 21232, TEER 1, broad category 2) paying $38 an hour, has worked in that job for 14 months on a work permit, earned $62,000 on the latest Notice of Assessment, holds one Canadian master’s degree and scored CLB 8 in English only.

From the grid: TEER 1 gives 9, category 2 gives 6, the wage band gives 12, 13 to 24 months in the position gives 15, the earnings band gives 6, the work permit gives 10, the master’s gives 8, one Canadian credential gives 5, CLB 8 gives 12 and one official language gives 5. That is 88 points before location. With the job in Brampton (Peel, inside the GTA) the score is 93; in the City of Toronto it stays at 88; in Ottawa it is 98; and in Sudbury it is 103. The OINP score calculator adds up these factors from a reader’s own answers, and the hourly to salary calculator converts an annual offer into the hourly wage the grid uses.

Other provinces score their pools differently. Saskatchewan, for example, ranks expressions of interest on its own points grid, set out in the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) guide.

How do targeted and general OINP draws differ?

A general draw ranks every EOI in a stream’s pool; a targeted draw ranks only EOIs with a particular attribute, such as an occupation, a region or French ability, and invites the highest scorers in that group. Ontario’s application-process page describes both types. Nearly every 2026 draw was targeted, which is why cut-offs ranged so widely: the April 8 healthcare and early childhood education draw for the Foreign Worker stream went down to 20, while the March 25 GTA draw for the International Student stream stopped at 90.

The regional draws show the pattern clearly. The table compares the two rounds of regional draws held in spring 2026.

Lowest score invited in OINP regional draws, March vs April 2026

How to read this table: scores are from the ontario.ca invitations table and the former streams' grids, which differ from the Workforce Priority grid. For the April 23 Central Ontario International Student draw, the program updates page gives 85 instead of 84. Treat these as a sign of competition by region, not as a target for a new EOI.

Job offer region	Foreign Worker, March 25	Foreign Worker, April	International Student, March 25	International Student, April	April draw date
Greater Toronto Area (GTA)	61	57	90	81	April 30, 2026
Eastern Ontario	57	63	83	87	April 23, 2026
Northern Ontario	54	60	80	87	April 23, 2026
Southwestern Ontario	53	60	81	84	April 23, 2026
Central Ontario (excluding GTA)	55	60	82	84	April 23, 2026

Outside the GTA, April cut-offs were higher than in March in every region and both streams, while the GTA cut-offs fell. Draw size alone does not explain it: the April regional draws were also bigger than the March ones, yet their cut-offs rose. A cut-off depends on how many high-scoring EOIs sit in the targeted slice of the pool on draw day, and the eligible occupation lists could change from one draw to the next. Ontario does not publish the score spread of its pool, so past cut-offs cannot predict the next one.

All OINP draws in 2026 before the April 22 round

These are the remaining 2026 rounds from the ontario.ca invitations page, newest first. Together with the April 22 to 30 table above, they make up all 55 rows of the 2026 invitations table. One April 15 group is missing from that table (see the caution further down).

OINP draws from February 2 to April 15, 2026

How to read this table: REDI draws were for job offers in Lanark or Leeds and Grenville under the Regional Economic Development through Immigration pilot.

Date issued	Stream	Draw target	Invitations	Lowest score invited	EOIs created between
April 15, 2026	In-Demand Skills	Other priority occupations	1,024	36	July 2, 2025 – April 13, 2026
April 8, 2026	Foreign Worker	Physicians	15	43	July 2, 2025 – April 6, 2026
April 8, 2026	Foreign Worker	Francophone candidates	81	35	July 2, 2025 – April 6, 2026
April 8, 2026	Foreign Worker	Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI)	9	46	July 2, 2025 – April 6, 2026
April 8, 2026	Foreign Worker	Healthcare and early childhood education occupations	512	20	July 2, 2025 – April 6, 2026
April 8, 2026	International Student	Francophone candidates	41	63	July 2, 2025 – April 6, 2026
April 8, 2026	International Student	Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI)	16	57	July 2, 2025 – April 6, 2026
April 8, 2026	International Student	Healthcare and early childhood education occupations	1,123	46	July 2, 2025 – April 6, 2026
April 8, 2026	In-Demand Skills	Francophone candidates	24	25	July 2, 2025 – April 6, 2026
April 8, 2026	In-Demand Skills	Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI)	7	33	July 2, 2025 – April 6, 2026
April 1, 2026	Foreign Worker	Priority occupations in the mining sector	372	56	July 2, 2025 – March 30, 2026
April 1, 2026	International Student	Priority occupations in the mining sector	355	85	July 2, 2025 – March 30, 2026
April 1, 2026	In-Demand Skills	Priority occupations in the mining sector	32	34	July 2, 2025 – March 23, 2026
March 25, 2026	Foreign Worker	Eastern Ontario	64	57	July 2, 2025 – March 23, 2026
March 25, 2026	Foreign Worker	Northern Ontario	28	54	July 2, 2025 – March 23, 2026
March 25, 2026	Foreign Worker	Southwestern Ontario	99	53	July 2, 2025 – March 23, 2026
March 25, 2026	Foreign Worker	Central Ontario (excluding GTA)	51	55	July 2, 2025 – March 23, 2026
March 25, 2026	Foreign Worker	Greater Toronto Area (GTA)	355	61	July 2, 2025 – March 23, 2026
March 25, 2026	International Student	Eastern Ontario	79	83	July 2, 2025 – March 23, 2026
March 25, 2026	International Student	Northern Ontario	29	80	July 2, 2025 – March 23, 2026
March 25, 2026	International Student	Southwestern Ontario	152	81	July 2, 2025 – March 23, 2026
March 25, 2026	International Student	Central Ontario (excluding GTA)	82	82	July 2, 2025 – March 23, 2026
March 25, 2026	International Student	Greater Toronto Area (GTA)	76	90	July 2, 2025 – March 23, 2026
March 25, 2026	In-Demand Skills	Eastern Ontario	31	34	July 2, 2025 – March 23, 2026
March 25, 2026	In-Demand Skills	Central Ontario (excluding GTA)	66	32	July 2, 2025 – March 23, 2026
March 18, 2026	Foreign Worker	Physicians	97	36	July 2, 2025 – March 16, 2026
March 18, 2026	Foreign Worker	Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI)	11	47	July 2, 2025 – March 16, 2026
March 18, 2026	International Student	Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI)	17	61	July 2, 2025 – March 16, 2026
March 18, 2026	In-Demand Skills	Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI)	11	30	July 2, 2025 – March 16, 2026
March 18, 2026	Masters Graduate	Targeted draw	582	30	March 18, 2025 – March 16, 2026
March 18, 2026	PhD Graduate	Targeted draw	525	49	March 18, 2025 – March 16, 2026
February 18, 2026	Foreign Worker	Skilled trades-related occupations	951	50	July 2, 2025 – February 16, 2026
February 18, 2026	International Student	Skilled trades-related occupations	453	80	July 2, 2025 – February 16, 2026
February 2, 2026	Foreign Worker	Physicians	129	33	July 2, 2025 – January 28, 2026
February 2, 2026	Foreign Worker	Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI)	14	44	July 2, 2025 – January 28, 2026
February 2, 2026	Foreign Worker	Healthcare and early childhood education occupations	634	36	July 2, 2025 – January 28, 2026
February 2, 2026	International Student	Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI)	26	69	July 2, 2025 – January 28, 2026
February 2, 2026	International Student	Healthcare and early childhood education occupations	1,015	56	July 2, 2025 – January 28, 2026
February 2, 2026	In-Demand Skills	Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI)	7	34	July 2, 2025 – January 28, 2026

How many OINP invitations were issued in 2025 and 2026?

For 2026, before the redesign, the ontario.ca invitations table lists 13,278 invitations: 4,905 in the Foreign Worker stream, 4,427 in the International Student stream, 1,921 in the In-Demand Skills stream, 1,256 in the Masters Graduate stream and 769 in the PhD Graduate stream. For 2025, ontario.ca publishes totals for the three Employer Job Offer streams.

OINP invitations issued in 2025 by stream

How to read this table: totals as published on the ontario.ca invitations page. Ontario did not publish a 2025 total for the Masters, PhD or Express Entry streams on that page.

Stream	Invitations in 2025
Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker	4,860
Employer Job Offer: International Student	6,605
Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills	1,063

One caution on the 2026 figures: the program updates page and the invitations table do not always agree. The biggest gap is April 15, when the program updates page reports a larger In-Demand Skills draw that included an agriculture-related group with no row in the table. Two April 23 regional draws also have different invitation totals, and two April 23 cut-offs differ by one point. The tables on this page follow the invitations table row by row, so the 2026 totals above are what that table lists, not a complete count.

Where the two ontario.ca sources disagree on 2026 OINP draws

How to read this table: both figures are as published on ontario.ca. Ontario has not explained the differences.

Date	Draw	Program updates page	Invitations table	What differs
April 15, 2026	In-Demand Skills: agriculture-related and other priority occupations	1,334	1,024	The table has one row (other priority occupations, 36 and above). The agriculture-related group invited at 35 and above has no row.
April 23, 2026	Southwestern Ontario (Foreign Worker, International Student, In-Demand Skills)	886	797	The three stream rows add up to 797.
April 23, 2026	Northern Ontario (Foreign Worker, International Student, In-Demand Skills)	303	303	Same total. The updates page gives 35 and above for In-Demand Skills; the table gives 34 and above.
April 23, 2026	Central Ontario excluding GTA (Foreign Worker, International Student, In-Demand Skills)	428	463	The three stream rows add up to 463. The updates page also gives 85 and above for International Student; the table gives 84 and above.

What happens after an OINP invitation to apply?

An invitation starts two short clocks. The candidate and the employer both get an email, and the invitation shows up in the OINP e-Filing Portal with a new application file number (the old EOI number is greyed out, which is normal).

OINP deadlines from job offer to nomination

How to read this table: all deadlines are in calendar days, not business days. Missing an invitation deadline removes the EOI from the pool, and a new EOI needs a new job offer from the employer.

Step	Deadline
Register an EOI after the employer submits the job offer	Within 30 calendar days, or the job offer expires
EOI waits in the selection pool	Valid for 12 months, then removed automatically
Employer applies for approval of the employment position after an invitation	Within 14 calendar days of the invitation
Candidate submits the application and pays the fee	Within 17 calendar days of the invitation
Accept an Express Entry nomination in the IRCC account (if chosen)	Within 30 calendar days

The Workforce Priority application fee is $1,500 for a job offer outside the GTA and $2,000 inside it, paid with the application. Candidates who asked for an Express Entry nomination (TEER 0 to 3 job offers and self-employed physicians) must keep a valid federal profile the whole time. Once Ontario enters the nomination, IRCC’s Provincial Nominee Program rounds pick it up; the most recent one listed when this page was checked, on September 28, 2026, invited 733 candidates with a minimum CRS score of 725. Those rounds are tracked on the Express Entry draws page, and the CRS calculator shows a profile’s score with and without the nomination points. The federal fees that follow a nomination are covered in the Canada PR fees guide.

If a candidate thinks an invitation was missed, the first stop is the OINP e-Filing Portal. Ontario asks candidates not to contact the program after registering an EOI; for problems with an application, the OINP webform and phone line are listed on ontario.ca.

What mistakes cost candidates an OINP invitation?

Registering an EOI without meeting the stream criteria. Ontario refuses the application and keeps the fee. Scoring factors and eligibility are separate lists; both have to be met.
Claiming points that cannot be documented. Every point in the EOI has to be backed up after an invitation. Inaccurate claims can lead to refusal, penalties or prosecution.
Letting the 30-day EOI window lapse. If the EOI is not registered within 30 days of the employer’s job offer, the employer has to submit a new job offer.
Counting on old cut-offs. Former-stream scores do not carry over to the Workforce Priority grid.
Missing the 14-day or 17-day deadline. Ontario says an invited EOI that misses the candidate’s deadline cannot be reinstated, and starting over needs a new job offer.
Letting a work permit lapse while waiting. Legal status is worth 10 points, and the 2026 regional and GTA draws only invited candidates living in Canada on a valid work or study permit. Graduates relying on a post-graduation work permit can check timing in the PGWP guide.
Using a self-appointed representative. Ontario treats applications submitted by self-appointed representatives as invalid and withdraws them.

For a province-by-province comparison of nominee programs, see the Provincial Nominee Program guide by province. Many OINP candidates already work in Ontario on an employer-specific work permit, and the LMIA guide explains how those permits are approved.

Frequently asked questions

When is the next OINP draw?

Ontario does not announce draw dates in advance. The invitations page on ontario.ca says it gives no advance notice and asks candidates to watch the page. The Ontario Workforce Priority stream EOI portal opened on August 4, 2026, and no draws under it had been listed as of October 11, 2026. Draws under the former streams were posted on both the invitations page and the program updates page, so those are the two pages to watch.

What was the latest OINP draw?

The latest OINP draws listed on ontario.ca took place on April 30, 2026. Ontario invited 786 candidates in the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream with scores of 57 and above and 277 in the International Student stream with scores of 81 and above. Both draws targeted job offers in listed occupations in the Greater Toronto Area, and candidates had to be living in Canada with a valid work or study permit.

Has the OINP held a Workforce Priority draw yet?

None had been published as of October 11, 2026. The Ontario Workforce Priority stream replaced the 8 former streams on June 25, 2026, and its EOI portal opened on August 4, 2026. The invitations page, last updated August 11, 2026, lists no Workforce Priority invitations. Candidates who registered an EOI stay in the selection pool for up to 12 months while they wait.

What OINP score do you need to get invited?

There is no fixed pass mark. Each draw invites the highest-ranking candidates in the pool it targets, so the lowest score invited changes every time. In 2026 the lowest scores ranged widely by stream and target: 20 in an April 8 healthcare draw for the Foreign Worker stream, and 90 in the March 25 GTA draw for the International Student stream. Workforce Priority draws will set new cut-offs on a new scoring grid.

How are OINP EOI points calculated?

Under the Ontario Workforce Priority stream, points come from 11 factors published on ontario.ca: TEER category, broad occupational category, hourly wage, Ontario work experience, Canadian earnings, legal status, education level, number of Canadian credentials, language ability, knowledge of both official languages, and the job's region. The NOC and wage are filled in automatically from the employer's job offer. Every point claimed has to be proven with documents if invited.

How long is an OINP EOI valid?

An EOI registration stays valid for 12 months until an invitation arrives. After 12 months it is removed from the selection pool automatically, and the candidate has to register a new EOI to stay in the running. With a job offer, the candidate also has to register the EOI within 30 calendar days of the employer submitting the job offer, or the job offer expires.

What happens after you receive an OINP invitation to apply?

The invitation appears in the OINP e-Filing Portal. The employer then has 14 calendar days to apply for approval of the employment position, and the candidate has 17 calendar days to submit the nomination application and pay the fee. The candidate cannot submit until the employer has applied. Missing either deadline removes the EOI from the pool, and a new EOI needs a new job offer from the employer.

Does an OINP invitation guarantee permanent residence?

No. Ontario states that an invitation to apply does not guarantee approval or a nomination certificate. The application is assessed against the stream criteria and every point claimed in the EOI has to be supported with documents. A nomination is also not permanent residence: the nominee then applies to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), which makes the final decision.

Is the OINP connected to Express Entry?

Partly. Workforce Priority applicants with a TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 job offer and self-employed physicians can ask to be nominated through Express Entry. A nomination entered there adds 600 CRS points, and IRCC then invites nominees in its Provincial Nominee Program rounds. The candidate must meet a federal Express Entry program's criteria and keep a valid profile throughout. The other applicants apply to IRCC outside Express Entry.

How much does it cost to apply after an OINP draw?

Registering an EOI is free. After an invitation, the Ontario Workforce Priority stream application fee is $1,500 for a job offer outside the Greater Toronto Area and $2,000 for a job offer inside it (City of Toronto, Durham, Halton, Peel and York). The fee is paid with the application within the 17-day window, and IRCC's permanent residence fees come later.

How many OINP invitations were issued in 2025?

The 2025 totals on ontario.ca are 4,860 invitations for the Foreign Worker stream, 6,605 for the International Student stream and 1,063 for the In-Demand Skills stream. Ontario reached its 2025 nomination allocation on December 17, 2025, with 10,750 nominations issued. Its 2026 allocation, announced February 6, 2026, is 14,119 nominations.

How did the 2026 regional OINP draws work?

On March 25 and April 23, 2026 Ontario held separate draws for Eastern, Northern, Southwestern and Central Ontario, plus GTA draws on March 25 and April 30. Each invited only candidates living in Canada on a valid work or study permit with a job offer in that region and in an occupation on the list published with the draw. The Workforce Priority grid now scores location directly: 15 points for a Northern Ontario job, 0 for the City of Toronto.

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Rules, rates and sources

Last verified: September 29, 2026
Next scheduled check: November 10, 2026

Rule or table	In effect from	Verified
OINP invitations to apply (draws) and Ontario Workforce Priority EOI scoring	October 5, 2026	October 11, 2026
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) streams and fees	June 25, 2026	September 29, 2026
Recent Express Entry rounds of invitations	October 1, 2026	October 11, 2026

Official sources

Invitations to apply to the OINP — ontario.ca — Government of Ontario
2026 Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program updates (June 26, 2026) — ontario.ca — Government of Ontario
Ontario Workforce Priority stream (earnings history points) — ontario.ca — Government of Ontario
OINP application process (expression of interest system) — ontario.ca — Government of Ontario
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) — ontario.ca — Government of Ontario
2025 Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program updates — ontario.ca — Government of Ontario
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program streams (archived closed-streams page) — ontario.ca — Government of Ontario
Immigrate as a provincial nominee — how to apply (IRCC) — Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
IRCC Express Entry rounds of invitations data file (ee_rounds_123_en.json) - Canada.ca — Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Express Entry: Rounds of invitations - Canada.ca — Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

How we check figures: our methodology and editorial policy.

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