Five provinces invited candidates through the Provincial Nominee Program in late October and early November 2026, even as federal Express Entry rounds remained paused. British Columbia issued 772 invitations on 29 October, Manitoba issued 526 letters of advice to apply on 5 November, Alberta issued 425 invitations across five draws between 23 October and 2 November, Prince Edward Island issued 192 invitations in an unscheduled draw on 9 November, and Newfoundland and Labrador issued 132 invitations to apply across three rounds in November — 50 on 2 November, 25 on 4 November and 57 on 9 November.
Each province's figures are given with its own window below, because the draws cover different dates. They should not be read as a single combined total.
November PNP draws at a glance
Province | Draw / window | Invitations | Key figure |
|---|---|---|---|
British Columbia | 29 October 2026 | 772 | 524 wage-based (TEER 0–3, $49/hr); 248 points-based, minimum score 131 |
Manitoba | EOI Draw #283, 5 November 2026 | 526 letters of advice | 448 Skilled Worker in Manitoba; 78 strategic recruitment; 49 with a valid Express Entry profile |
Alberta | Five draws, 23 October–2 November 2026 | 425 | Rural Renewal 173 + 37; Alberta Opportunity 132; Dedicated Health Care 64 + 19 |
Prince Edward Island | 9 November 2026 (unscheduled) | 192 | Labour Impact + PEI Express Entry; 0 Business; 30 days to apply |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 2, 4 and 9 November 2026 | 132 invitations to apply | 109 NLPNP + 23 AIP; 57 on 9 Nov (35 NLPNP + 22 AIP) |
British Columbia: 772 invitations on 29 October
British Columbia's 29 October draw — its latest at the time of writing — issued 772 invitations under its Skills Immigration streams. Of these, 524 went through the wage-based route under Innovate: High Economic Impact, which targets TEER 0–3 occupations with a job offer paying at least $49 per hour and $99,000 per year, with no minimum points score. The remaining 248 invitations went to high-scoring candidates, with a minimum score of 131.
For applicants in India, the wage route is the more open of the two — but it still depends on a qualifying BC job offer at $49 per hour or more in a TEER 0–3 occupation.
BC PNP programme page | Source
Manitoba: 526 letters of advice in EOI Draw #283
Manitoba held Expression of Interest Draw #283 on 5 November 2026, issuing 526 letters of advice to apply. Of these, 448 went to candidates under Skilled Worker in Manitoba through occupation-specific selection, and 78 went to candidates under the Strategic Recruitment Initiative. Of the 526, 49 held a valid Express Entry profile.
Applicants in India should read the 448 carefully: the Skilled Worker in Manitoba invitations went to people currently employed in Manitoba. The more relevant figures from India are the 49 Express Entry-linked letters of advice and the 78 strategic-recruitment invitations.
Manitoba programme page | Source
Alberta: 425 invitations across five draws, 495 nomination spaces left
Alberta held five draws between 23 October and 2 November 2026, issuing 425 invitations in total: 2 November — Rural Renewal Stream, 173 invitations (cut-off 51); 30 October — Alberta Opportunity Stream, 132 (cut-off 59); 29 October — Dedicated Health Care Pathway (non-Express Entry), 64 (cut-off 50); 27 October — Dedicated Health Care Pathway (Express Entry), 19 (cut-off 60); 23 October — Rural Renewal Stream, 37 (cut-off 51). As of 4 November, Alberta had issued 6,108 of its 6,603 nomination spaces for 2026, leaving 495.
From India, both Rural Renewal selections require a job offer from a designated rural community employer and community endorsement, and the Alberta Opportunity Stream requires an Alberta job offer. With 495 spaces left for the year, Alberta's remaining draws are limited, so candidates should not assume further large rounds.
Alberta programme page | Source
Prince Edward Island: 192 invitations in an unscheduled draw on 9 November
Prince Edward Island held an unscheduled draw on 9 November 2026, issuing 192 invitations under Labour Impact and PEI Express Entry, with none under the Business Work Permit Entrepreneur stream. It was the province's 12th draw of 2026, taking its invitations this year to 1,675 — all of them Labour Impact and Express Entry; PEI has issued no Business invitations in 2026. PEI did not disclose how the 192 were split between the two pathways or the occupations selected. Priority went to healthcare, trades and manufacturing workers and graduates of select PEI post-secondary institutions. Selected candidates have 30 days to apply for nomination. PEI's published invitation schedule still lists rounds on 19 November and 17 December 2026; the 9 November round was additional, outside that schedule, and PEI has not said it replaces either round — the dates are indicative only.
From India, the PEI route in this round is narrow: priority went to workers in the province's higher-demand sectors and to graduates of PEI institutions.
Newfoundland and Labrador: 132 invitations in November
Newfoundland and Labrador issued 50 invitations to apply on 2 November, all under the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program, and a further 25 on 4 November — 24 under the NLPNP and 1 under the Atlantic Immigration Program. A third round followed on 9 November, issuing 57 invitations — 35 under the NLPNP and 22 under the Atlantic Immigration Program. That is 132 invitations in November so far (109 NLPNP and 23 AIP), taking the province's 2026 total to 3,289. No minimum score was published for any of the three rounds.
Is Express Entry still paused?
Yes. Express Entry invitation rounds have been paused since 3 November 2026 while IRCC recalculates candidate profiles for Labour Market Integration, and no restart date has been announced. The most recent round was draw #453 on 28 October, a Transport occupations round that issued 150 invitations with a CRS cut-off of 477.
The pause makes provincial nominations more important, not less: a nomination through an Express Entry-aligned provincial stream adds 600 CRS points, which is why the 49 Express Entry-linked Manitoba letters of advice and Alberta's Express Entry health-care draw matter to candidates already in the pool.
What this means if you are applying from India
These draws were not open-application rounds. Most invitations went to people already working in the province concerned, or holding a qualifying job offer. From India, the realistic routes in this round are an Express Entry profile that Manitoba can select (49 letters of advice in Draw #283 went to Express Entry candidates); strategic recruitment, through which Manitoba selected 78 candidates directly; Alberta's Rural Renewal Stream, which needs a designated rural community employer offer and community endorsement; and BC's wage route, which needs a $49-per-hour-plus TEER 0–3 job offer. PEI's 9 November draw prioritised healthcare, trades and manufacturing workers and PEI graduates, so its direct route from India is narrow. A provincial nomination under an Express Entry-aligned stream adds 600 CRS points once Express Entry rounds resume.
Ontario and Saskatchewan held no draws in this window. Our October round-up covers the previous month's provincial results:
Canada PR | October round-up | Ontario programme page
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