What changed, when, and what it means for your application. We cover the Ontario nominee program specifically, not general immigration news.
Updated Aug 2026Draw announcementsPolicy changes
These notes cover Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program draws, scoring changes, and stream rules. Read the date on each item, then open the calculator or the matching guide. A news note describes a published change. It is not an official Ontario decision, and it does not tell you whether you will be invited.
Ontario opened the expression of interest portal for the Ontario Workforce Priority stream on August 4, 2026. Pathways cover job offers across all TEER categories, plus self-employed physicians. Review stream criteria before you register.
Every OINP calculator online still scores streams that closed in June. Ours now runs the Workforce Priority grid, all 11 factors, with a built in NOC finder and CLB converter.
The province released the 11 factor, 130 point Expression of Interest grid under Regulation 422/17. Wage, Ontario experience and work region carry the most weight, and age is not scored at all.
Ontario shut the Employer Job Offer, Graduate and Express Entry streams and launched the single Ontario Workforce Priority stream. Pending expressions of interest were withdrawn rather than migrated.
The EOI portal is open, but no invitation rounds have been held yet. We publish each draw with date, pathway, minimum score and invitation volume on the day it is announced.