Ontario Sends Out ITAs In The First Immigration Draws Of 2026

Ontario sends out ITAs in the first immigration draws of 2026, i.e., the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) conducted its first set of immigration draws for 2026 on February 2. On this day, the province held six separate draws and issued a total of 1,825 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) for provincial nomination.

All of the draws were held under Ontario’s Employer: Job Offer streams. They focused on specific groups, including physicians, candidates under the Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI) pilot, health care workers, and early childhood educators and assistants.

These selections mark the first time Ontario has invited candidates through the OINP in 2026, following several months without any draws.

Details Of The OINP Draws

For all draws listed below, Ontario considered candidate profiles created between July 2, 2025, and January 28, 2026.

Occupations Targeted Under Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream Draw

• NOC 31100 – Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine
• NOC 31101 – Specialists in surgery
• NOC 31102 – General practitioners and family physicians

Occupations Targeted Under Employer Job Offer Streams: Regional Economic Development Through Immigration (REDI) Draw

Candidates only obtained an invitation under the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream if they had a score of 44 and above, and a job offer in one of the following National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes:

• NOC 12200 – Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
• NOC 21222 – Information systems specialists
• NOC 21231 – Software engineers and designers
• NOC 31301 – Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
• NOC 33102 – Nurse aides, orderlies, and patient service associates
• NOC 42202 – Early childhood educators and assistants

Applicants only received an invitation under the Employer Job Offer: International Student stream if they had a score of 69 and above, and a job offer in one of the following National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes:

• NOC 12111 – Health information management occupations
• NOC 12200 – Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
• NOC 13111 – Legal administrative assistants
• NOC 22232 – Occupational health and safety specialists
• NOC 22310 – Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians
• NOC 32101 – Licensed practical nurses
• NOC 33102 – Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
• NOC 33103 – Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants
• NOC 42201 – Social and community service workers
• NOC 42202 – Early childhood educators and assistants
• NOC 52120 – Graphic designers and illustrators

Candidates only received an invitation under the Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills stream if they had a score of 34 and above, and a job offer in one of the following National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes:

• NOC 44101 – Home support workers, housekeepers and related occupations
• NOC 75101 – Material handlers
• NOC 94100 – Machine operators, mineral and metal processing
• NOC 94111 – Plastics processing machine operators
• NOC 94140 – Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing

Occupations Targeted Under Employer Job Offer: Employer Job Offer Streams: Healthcare Occupations And Early Childhood Educators And Assistants

• NOC 31300 – Nursing co-ordinators and supervisors
• NOC 31301 – Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
• NOC 31302 – Nurse practitioners
• NOC 31303 – Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals
• NOC 32101 – Licensed practical nurses
• NOC 33102 – Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
• NOC 42202 – Early childhood educators and assistants

Explanation Of The REDI Pilot And Its Role In OINP

The Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI) pilot is an Ontario program created to support employers in smaller, rural, and northern communities. Its goal is to help these areas hire skilled workers when local workers are not available.

REDI is not a separate immigration stream. Instead, it works within Ontario’s existing Employer: Job Offer streams. Candidates must already qualify for one of these streams and must also have a full-time job offer in a designated REDI region.

The eligible regions under the pilot are Lanark County, Leeds and Grenville, Sarnia-Lambton, and Thunder Bay. There are no extra application steps for REDI. Eligible candidates may be selected directly through targeted OINP draws.

Next Steps For Invited Candidates

Candidates who received an ITA must submit a complete application to the OINP within 60 days, following all program rules and document requirements.

After receiving a provincial nomination from Ontario, successful applicants can then apply to the federal government of Canada for permanent residence (PR).

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