Posted on June 01 2021

Canada immigration update: All draws in May 2021

By
Anshul Singhal
, Editor

Updated February 27 2024

As per the 2021-2023 Immigration Levels Plan, Canada will be welcoming a total of 401,000 newcomers in 2021.

Of these, 108,500 will be acquiring permanent residence in Canada through the Express Entry system, managed by the federal government of Canada through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada [IRCC].

Another 80,800 will get their Canada PR as nominees under the Provincial Nominee Program [PNP] of Canada.

Here, we shall see all the draws – federal as well as provincial – held by Canada in May 2021.

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[I] Federal Draws in May 2021

A total of 5 federal Express Entry draws were held in May 2021.

As has been more the norm rather than the exception, Canada has continued with holding federal IRCC draws alternating between the Canadian Experience Class [CEC] on one hand and the PNP on the other.

No all-program draws were held this month.

	In 2020	In 2021
Invitations issued by date [May 31]	42,100	74,773

Express Entry Draws held in May 2021 – 5

Total ITAs issued by IRCC in May 2021 – 13,002

Sl. No.	Draw No.	Invited	Date of Draw	CRS cut-off	ITAs issued	For details
1	#186	PNP	May 12, 2021	CRS 752	557	Express Entry: 557 invited with provincial nominations under the PNP
2	#187	CEC	May 13, 2021	CRS 401	4,147	Express Entry: Latest federal draw has a CRS 401 requirement
3	#188	CEC	May 20, 2021	CRS 397	1,842	Express Entry: Latest draw has the second-lowest CRS requirement of 2021
4	#189	PNP	May 26, 2021	CRS 731	500	Express Entry: Latest Draw has 500 PNP Nominees Invited
5	#190	CEC	May 31, 2021	CRS 380	5,956	--

[II] Provincial Draws in May 2021

Canada is made up of 10 provinces and 3 territories.

9 Canadian provinces [with the exception of Quebec], and 2 territories [with the exception of Nunavut] are part of the Provincial Nominee Program, also referred to as Canada PNP.

Quebec, under the Canada-Quebec Accord, has its own immigration program. Nunavut, on the other hand, does not have any immigration program for the induction of newcomers into the territory.

[A] By Quebec

1 provincial draw, also referred to as an Arrima draw, was held by Quebec in the month of May 2021.

Date of Arrima Draw	Invitations issued
May 27, 2021	90

Recently, Quebec announced 3 new permanent immigration pilot programs.

All of the 3 immigration pilot programs are now open and accepting applications.

Quebec’s 3 New Permanent Immigration Pilot Programs
Pilot Program	Effective Date
For workers in food processing	From March 24, 2021 until January 1, 2026.
For orderlies [as per NOC 3413]	From March 31, 2021 until January 1, 2026.
For workers in the artificial intelligence, information technologies and visual effects sectors	From April 22, 2021 until January 1, 2026.

Note. NOC: National Occupational Classification matrix.

[B] Provincial Nominee Program [PNP] invitations in May 2021

Among the notable PNP developments this month was Ontario PNP holding the first Expression of Interest [EOI] draw on May 11, 2021.

Ontario has announced an EOI system for 5 OINP streams. The new EOI system has been launched for 2 of the OINP streams so far.

Number of PNP invitations issued, by province –

PNP Province/Territory	Total invitations in January 2021	Total invitations in February 2021	Total invitations in March 2021	Total invitations in April 2021	Total invitations in May 2021
Alberta	150	359	500	400	500
British Columbia	523	871	1,514	984	914
Manitoba	490	503	634	1,009	382
New Brunswick	0	0	0	0	0
Newfoundland and Labrador	0	0	0	0	0
Northwest Territories	0	0	0	0	0
Nova Scotia	Not disclosed	43	Not disclosed	0	0
Ontario	484	1,469	880	528	479
Prince Edward Island	211	121	150	156	155
Saskatchewan	887	840	666	548	528
Yukon	0	0	0	0	0

Details of the PNP draws held in May 2021 –

Province/Territory	Category/Stream	Status	Information of draw[s]
Alberta	Express Entry	2 draws held	May 18 – invitations issued: 250 May 5 – invitations issued: 250
British Columbia	Skills Immigration [SI], Express Entry BC [EEBC]	6 draws held	May 25 – invitations issued: 323 May 25 – invitations issued: 47 [only to NOC 0621, NOC 0631] May 18 – invitations issued: 82 [BC PNP Tech Pilot Draw] May 11 – invitations issued: 331 May 11 – invitations issued: 48 [only to NOC 0621, NOC 0631] May 4 – invitations issued: 83 {BC PNP Tech Pilot Draw]
Manitoba	Skilled Workers in Manitoba, International Education Stream, Skilled Workers Overseas	2 draws held	May 25 [EOI Draw #116] – invitations issued: 232 May 6 [EOI Draw #115] - invitations issued: 150
New Brunswick	Express Entry	No update for this month	-
Newfoundland and Labrador	Express Entry & Other Program	No update for this month	No invitations issued so far this year A new stream – Priority Skills Newfoundland and Labrador – launched in January 2021.
Northwest Territories	-	-	-
Nova Scotia	-	-	-
Ontario	French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream [FSSW], Employer Job Offer: International Student stream, Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream	4 draws held	May 26 [EOI draw] – invitations issued: 158 May 18 [EOI draw] – invitations issued: 138 May 11 [EOI draw] – invitations issued: 81 [first EOI draw to be held by the OINP] May 4 – invitations issued: 102
Prince Edward Island [PEI]	Labour & Express Entry, Business Work Permit	1 draw held	May 20 – invitations issued: 155
Saskatchewan	Express Entry, Occupation In-Demand	2 draws held	May 25 – invitations issued: 269 May 6 – invitations issued: 259
Yukon	-	-	-