Newcomers are now eligible to apply for the Employer Job Offer. Here is the list of jobs in the In-Demand Occupations Stream of Ontario PNP.
On July 4, the Ministry of Labor, Training, Immigration, and Skills Development declared that it had added professions under 35 National Occupation Classification codes to the list of jobs that will be considered when the province issues Expressions of Interest under the stream. They include:
- Shippers and Receivers
- Production logistics workers
- Dry cleaning, laundry, and related occupations
- Railway yard and track maintenance workers
- Automotive and heavy truck and equipment parts installers and servicers
- Utility maintenance workers
- Public works maintenance equipment operators and related workers
- Material handlers
- Other trade helpers and laborers
- Railway and motor transport laborers
- Public works and maintenance laborers
- Aquaculture and marine harvest laborers
- Foundry workers
- Glass forming and finishing machine operators and glass cutters
- Concrete, clay, and stone-forming operators
- Inspectors and testers, mineral and metal processing
- Rubber processing machine operators and related workers
- Sawmill machine operators
- Pulp mill, papermaking, and finishing machine operators
- Lumber graders and other wood processing inspectors and graders
- Fish and seafood plant workers
- Testers and graders, food and beverage processing
- Motor vehicle assemblers, inspectors, and testers
- Assemblers and inspectors, electrical appliance, apparatus, and equipment manufacturing
- Assemblers, fabricators and inspectors, industrial electrical motors and transformers
- Machine operators and inspectors, electrical apparatus manufacturing
- Assemblers and inspectors of other wood products
- Plastic product assemblers, finishers, and inspectors
- Laborers in mineral and metal processing
- Laborers in metal fabrication
- Laborers in wood, pulp, and paper processing
- Laborers in rubber and plastic products manufacturing
- Laborers in food and beverage processing
- Laborers in fish and seafood processing
An applicant’s job offer must be located outside of the Greater Toronto Area unless the employment offer is for NOC 75119 – Other trades helpers and laborers.
These jobs are added following consultations between Ministry and Provincial stakeholders in Fall 2023.
Other Eligibility Criteria
The above section mentions the list of jobs in the In-Demand Occupations Stream of Ontario PNP. Interestingly, the Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Occupations stream is one of the several streams in Ontario’s Provincial Nominee Program.
The stream is specifically designed to fill urgent job vacancies throughout the province. These professions include those in agriculture, construction, manufacturing, trade, etc.
The employment offer should be from an Ontario employer and be full-time, implying a minimum of 1,560 hours a year and a minimum of 30 hours a week. Jobs with an end date are not eligible.
Moreover, applicants also need a minimum of nine months of cumulative, paid, full-time work experience in Ontario in a position that carries the same NOC code as their job offer. Experience can be gained over three years prior to the date an application is submitted.
They also need a minimum Canadian Language Benchmark score of four in reading, writing, listening, and speaking in either French or English and a Canadian high school diploma or credential. Those with no Canadian education will be required to submit an Educational Credential Assessment.
Lastly, if an applicant’s job offer is in a licensed profession, they need a license from the appropriate provincial regulatory authority before they apply for nomination.
About OINP
Every Canadian territory and province, except for Nunavut and Quebec, has a PNP. These enable provincial governments to select economic immigration applicants who are best suited to the local economy and nominate them. This implies that the applicant will have a much stronger application if they decide to apply to IRCC for permanent residence.
In 2023, Ontario issued over 16,506 nominations to OINP applicants. Of these, 463 went to those in the Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Occupations Stream.
The federal government has increased the number of nominations for 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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