A greater number of newcomers may now be eligible to apply for a provincial nomination through the Ontario Immigrant Nomination Program’s (OINP) Employer Job Offerings: In-Demand Skills stream.
On July 4, the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development announced that it had added occupations under 35 National Occupation Classification (NOC) codes to the list of jobs that will be considered by the province when issuing expressions of interest (EOIs) under the section. They include:
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NOC 14400 – Shippers and receivers
NOC 14402 – Production logistics workers
NOC 65320 – Dry cleaning, laundry and related occupations
NOC 74200 – Railway yard and track maintenance workers
NOC 74203 – Automotive and heavy truck and equipment parts installers and servicers
NOC 74204 – Utility maintenance worker
NOC 74205 – Public works maintenance equipment operators and related workers
NOC 75101 – Material handlers
NOC 75119 – Other trade assistants and laborers
NOC 75211 – Railway and motor transport laborers
NOC 75212 – Public construction and maintenance laborer
NOC 85102 – Aquaculture and marine harvesting workers
NOC 94101 – Foundry workers
NOC 94102 – Glass forming and finishing machine operators and glass cutters
NOC 94103 – Concrete, earth and stone construction operators
NOC 94104 – Inspectors and examiners, mineral and metal processing
NOC 94112 – Rubber processing machine operators and related workers
NOC 94120 – Sawmill machine operator
NOC 94121 – Pulp mill, papermaking and finishing machine operators
NOC 94123 – Wood graders and other wood processing inspectors and graders
NOC 94142 – Fish and seafood plant workers
NOC 94143 – Testers and graders, food and beverage processing
NOC 94200 – Motor vehicle assemblers, inspectors and examiners
NOC 94202 – Assemblers and inspectors, electrical equipment, mechanism and tool manufacturing
NOC 94203 – Assemblers, fabricators and inspectors, industrial electric motors and transformers
NOC 94205 – Machine operators and inspectors, electrical equipment manufacturing
NOC 94211 – Assemblers and inspectors of other wood products
NOC 94212 – Plastic product assemblers, finishers and inspectors
NOC 95100 – Workers in mineral and metal processing
NOC 95101 – Workers in metal fabrication
NOC 95103 – Workers in wood, pulp and paper processing
NOC 95104 – Workers in rubber and plastic product manufacturing
NOC 95106 – Workers in food and beverage processing
NOC 95107 – Workers in fish and seafood processing
The candidate’s job offer must be located outside of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), unless the offer is for NOC 75119 – Other trade helpers and labourers.
These jobs were added in the fall of 2023 following consultation between the ministry and provincial stakeholders.
Other Eligibility Criteria
Employer Job Offers: The In-Demand Occupation Stream is one of several streams in Ontario’s Provincial Nominee Program (PNP).
This stream is specifically designed to fill immediate job vacancies across the province. These occupations generally include agriculture, construction, trade, and manufacturing sectors.
The job offer must be from an Ontario employer and must be full-time, i.e. at least 1,560 hours a year and at least 30 hours a week. Jobs with an end date (such as contract positions) are not eligible.
Candidates also need at least nine months of cumulative, paid, full-time work experience in Ontario with the same NOC code as their job offer. Experience can be gained up to three years prior to the date of application submission.
They also need a minimum of four Canadian Language Benchmark scores in reading, writing, listening and speaking in English or French and a Canadian high school diploma or certificate (or its foreign equivalent). Those who have no Canadian education must submit an education certificate assessment.
Finally, if a candidate has been offered a job in a licensed profession, they must obtain a license from the appropriate provincial regulatory authority before applying for enrollment.
About OINP
Every Canadian province and territory (except Quebec and Nunavut) has a PNP. They allow provincial governments to select and nominate economic immigrant candidates best suited to the local economy. This means that if a candidate decides to apply to Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) for permanent residence, he or she has a much stronger application.
Ontario issued 16,506 nominations to OINP candidates in 2023. Of these, 463 went to candidates in the Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Occupation stream.
The federal government has increased the number of nominations for the OINP to 21,500 in 2024, the highest allocation of nominations received by any PNP in Canada. Overall, Canada expects to welcome 110,000 newcomers through the PNP by the end of this year.
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