{"id":770466,"date":"2026-06-30T06:07:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T06:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/770466\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T06:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T06:07:35","slug":"alberta-invites-workers-in-healthcare-manufacturing-and-agriculture-to-apply-for-provincial-nomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/770466\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta invites workers in healthcare, manufacturing, and agriculture to apply for provincial nomination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) has extended a total of 743 invitations to apply for provincial nomination to AAIP candidates working in sectors such as healthcare, manufacturing, and agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>The AAIP issued these invitations over the course of seven provincial immigration draws over the period of June 5\u2013June 15, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bottom-btn\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff; background: #e52237;\" href=\"https:\/\/canadavisaplus.com\/assessment?utm_source=cicnews.com&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-27_alberta-invites-workers-in-healthcare-manufacturing-and-agriculture-to-apply-for-provincial-nomination_77343&amp;utm_content=Assess+your+eligibility+for+enhanced+PNP+streams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-utm-content=\"Assess your eligibility for enhanced PNP streams\">Assess your eligibility for enhanced PNP streams<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As of June 15, Alberta has held 50 selection rounds in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Draw summary<\/p>\n<p>In its latest series of draws, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/alberta-provincial-nominee-program.html?utm_source=cicnews.com&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-27_alberta-invites-workers-in-healthcare-manufacturing-and-agriculture-to-apply-for-provincial-nomination_77343\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AAIP<\/a> issued invitations through the following streams and pathways, three of which targeted healthcare workers:<\/p>\n<p>The greatest share of invitations was issued through the Alberta Opportunity Stream, accounting for about 62.2% of all invites.<\/p>\n<p>Cutoff scores and number of invitations issued varied by draws:<\/p>\n<p>\tDraw dateStream\/pathwayInvitations issuedMinimum score<\/p>\n<p>\tJune 15, 2026Alberta Express Entry Stream \u2013 Priority Sectors (Manufacturing)5650<\/p>\n<p>\tJune 12, 2026Alberta Express Entry Stream \u2013 Priority Sectors (Agriculture)3752<\/p>\n<p>\tJune 11, 2026Alberta Express Entry Stream \u2013 Priority Sectors (Health Care)5063<\/p>\n<p>\tJune 10, 2026Rural Renewal Stream5451<\/p>\n<p>\tJune 9, 2026Dedicated Health Care Pathway \u2013 non-Express Entry3545<\/p>\n<p>\tJune 8, 2026Dedicated Health Care Pathway \u2013 Express Entry4960<\/p>\n<p>\tJune 5, 2026Alberta Opportunity Stream46250<\/p>\n<p>Alberta\u2019s June 8\u2013June 15 selections directly align with its \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2026\/01\/these-are-the-candidates-alberta-is-prioritizing-for-permanent-residence-in-2026-0169580.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">highest priorities for 2026<\/a>,\u201d which include health care, manufacturing, agriculture, and Rural Renewal Stream invitations.<\/p>\n<p>The June 11 health care and June 12 agriculture Priority Sector draws were each the third of their kind in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>As of its latest draw date (June 15), the province has issued no fewer than 8,453 to apply for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/base-and-enhanced-provincial-nominations.html?utm_source=cicnews.com&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-27_alberta-invites-workers-in-healthcare-manufacturing-and-agriculture-to-apply-for-provincial-nomination_77343\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">provincial nomination<\/a> in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The AAIP\u2019s provincial nomination figures<\/p>\n<p>The federal government was granted a nomination allocation of 6,403 nominations in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>As of June 16 (the date of AAIP\u2019s last webpage update), Alberta has used 2,869 of its nomination slots, leaving 3,534 remaining.<\/p>\n<p>The following table provides a stream-specific breakdown of AAIP nominations:<\/p>\n<p>\tStream\/pathway2026 nomination allocationNominations issuedRemaining nomination slots<\/p>\n<p>\tAlberta Opportunity Stream3,4251,5261,899<\/p>\n<p>\tRural Renewal Stream1,000533467<\/p>\n<p>\tTourism and Hospitality Stream15011436<\/p>\n<p>\tDedicated Health Care Pathways (EE + non-EE)500131369<\/p>\n<p>\tAlberta Express Entry \u2013 Accelerated Tech Pathway600292308<\/p>\n<p>\tAlberta Express Entry \u2013 Law Enforcement Pathway38&lt;10N\/A<\/p>\n<p>\tAlberta Express Entry \u2013 Priority sector draws\/initiatives600249351<\/p>\n<p>\tEntrepreneur streams901971<\/p>\n<p>Alberta has also used nomination spaces outside its regular PNP allocation to attract targeted groups, including 50 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/12\/immigration-minister-announcement-for-healthcare-workers-1263152.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">practice-ready physicians<\/a> and 12 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2026\/01\/breaking-canada-adds-5000-pr-selection-spaces-for-french-speaking-immigrants-0168624.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">francophone<\/a> candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Expressions of Interest and applications awaiting processing<\/p>\n<p>The province also provides a stream-specific breakdown of the number of worker expressions of interest (WEOIs) and nomination applications currently it has in its inventory.<\/p>\n<p>As of June 16, Alberta had 38,353 WEOIs in its pool. The Alberta Opportunity Stream made up about 63.1% of that total; 1,536 provincial nomination applications were listed as awaiting processing.<\/p>\n<p>The following table shows how these figures are distributed:<\/p>\n<p>\tStream\/pathway2026 nomination allocationNominations issuedRemaining nomination slots<\/p>\n<p>\tAlberta Opportunity Stream3,4251,5261,899<\/p>\n<p>\tRural Renewal Stream1,000533467<\/p>\n<p>\tTourism and Hospitality Stream15011436<\/p>\n<p>\tDedicated Health Care Pathways (EE + non-EE)500131369<\/p>\n<p>\tAlberta Express Entry \u2013 Accelerated Tech Pathway600292308<\/p>\n<p>\tAlberta Express Entry \u2013 Law Enforcement Pathway38&lt;10N\/A<\/p>\n<p>\tAlberta Express Entry \u2013 Priority sector draws\/initiatives600249351<\/p>\n<p>\tEntrepreneur streams901971<\/p>\n<p class=\"bottom-btn\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff; background: #e52237;\" href=\"https:\/\/canadavisaplus.com\/assessment?utm_source=cicnews.com&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-27_alberta-invites-workers-in-healthcare-manufacturing-and-agriculture-to-apply-for-provincial-nomination_77343&amp;utm_content=Assess+your+eligibility+for+enhanced+PNP+streams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-utm-content=\"Assess your eligibility for enhanced PNP streams\">Assess your eligibility for enhanced PNP streams<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) has extended a total of 743 invitations to apply for provincial nomination&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":770467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[273559,224847,273560,243512,224855,243514,243515,252591,49,48,35888,84,392,243516,149640,144434],"class_list":["post-770466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-2026-aaip-draws","tag-aaip","tag-aaip-dedicated-healthcare-pathway","tag-aaip-draws","tag-aaip-rural-renewal-stream","tag-alberta-advantage-immigration-program","tag-alberta-express-entry-stream","tag-alberta-opportunity-stream","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-immigration","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-immigrating-to-alberta","tag-provincial-nomination","tag-provincial-nominee-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}