Between April 15\u201327, the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) issued more invitations to apply, through four provincial immigration pathways.<\/p>\n
The province extended no less than 185 invitations to healthcare, law enforcement, tourism, and hospitality professionals.<\/p>\n
Assess your eligibility for enhanced PNP streams As of the time of this writing, Alberta has conducted a total of 32 draws in 2026.<\/p>\n Draw details<\/p>\n The AAIP<\/a>\u2019s four latest draws targeted candidates through the following provincial immigration streams:<\/p>\n Alberta Express Entry Stream<\/a> \u2013 Priority Sectors (Health Care); Cutoff scores and the number of invitations issued varied by draw\u2014with the largest share of invitations extended through the April 27 Tourism and Hospitality Stream selection.<\/p>\n \tDate of drawStream\/pathwayInvitations issuedMinimum score<\/p>\n \tApril 27, 2026Tourism and Hospitality Stream9871<\/p>\n \tApril 23, 2026Alberta Express Entry Stream \u2013 Law Enforcement Pathway<1058<\/p>\n \tApril 16, 2026Dedicated Health Care Pathway \u2013 non-Express Entry3746<\/p>\n \tApril 15, 2026Alberta Express Entry Stream \u2013 Priority Sectors (Health Care)5055<\/p>\n The April 15 and April 16 draws, both of which targeted healthcare professionals, align with the AAIP\u2019s 2026 key priorities announced earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n To date, the province has issued no fewer than 5,218 invitations to AAIP candidates, with the majority (3,025) extended through the Alberta Opportunity Stream<\/a>.<\/p>\n Provincial nomination figures<\/p>\n The federal government granted Alberta a total of 6,403 nomination slots for its Provincial Nominee Program<\/a> in 2026.<\/p>\n As of April 29, the province has issued a total of 1,849 nominations\u2014leaving 4,554 nominations still available.<\/p>\n Alberta notes that it has 1,469 provincial nomination<\/a> applications in its inventory currently awaiting processing.<\/p>\n The AAIP shares data outlining how its nomination allocation is divided among its various streams and pathways, in addition to the number of nominations already issued and those still available.<\/p>\n The table below features updated figures as of April 29, 2026:<\/p>\n \tStream\/pathway2026 nomination allocationNominations issuedRemaining nomination slots<\/p>\n \tAlberta Opportunity Stream3,4251,0942,331<\/p>\n \tRural Renewal Stream1,000298702<\/p>\n \tTourism and Hospitality Stream1505595<\/p>\n \tDedicated Health Care Pathways (EE + non-EE)50061439<\/p>\n \tAlberta Express Entry \u2013 Accelerated Tech Pathway600194406<\/p>\n \tAlberta Express Entry \u2013 Law Enforcement Pathway38<10N\/A<\/p>\n \tAlberta Express Entry \u2013 Priority sector draws\/initiatives600136464<\/p>\n \tEntrepreneur streams90<10N\/A<\/p>\n The province also notes that it has used some of the nominations allotted to provinces and territories (in addition to those granted through PNPs) to bring in practice-ready physicians<\/a> and francophone speakers<\/a>.<\/p>\n So far this year, Alberta has issued the following number of nominations for each group:<\/p>\n Practice-ready physicians: 50 Expressions of Interest and applications are awaiting processing<\/p>\n Alberta also publishes stream-by-stream data on the number of EOIs and provincial nomination applications it has in its inventory\u2014the only province to do so.<\/p>\n As of April 29, 2026, there were 41,763 worker EOIs in its candidate pool, with the majority (about 63.8%) being for the Alberta Opportunity Stream.<\/p>\n \tStream\/pathwayEOIs in the poolApplications awaiting processing<\/p>\n \tAlberta Opportunity Stream26,625583<\/p>\n \tRural Renewal Stream2,137254<\/p>\n \tTourism and Hospitality Stream4,08813<\/p>\n \tDedicated Health Care Pathways (EE + non-EE)1,54321<\/p>\n \tAlberta Express Entry \u2013 Accelerated Tech Pathway2,554128<\/p>\n \tAlberta Express Entry \u2013 Law Enforcement Pathway74<10<\/p>\n \tAlberta Express Entry \u2013 Priority sector draws\/initiatives4,742205<\/p>\n \tEntrepreneur streamsN\/A*251<\/p>\n *The worker EOI pool excludes the AAIP\u2019s entrepreneur streams, as these follow a different consideration process.<\/p>\n For 2026, Alberta is prioritizing<\/a> rural immigration and workers in the following sectors:<\/p>\n Healthcare;
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\nDedicated Health Care Pathway \u2013 non- Express Entry<\/a>;
\nAlberta Express Entry Stream \u2013 Law Enforcement Pathway; and
\nTourism and Hospitality Stream.<\/p>\n
\nFrancophones: 12<\/p>\n
\nTechnology;
\nConstruction;
\nManufacturing;
\nAviation; and
\nAgriculture.<\/p>\n