Latest Ontario Express Entry HCP Draw Issues Record ITAs!

Surya Rathee
[Published 19 Aug, 2023 | 05:20 AM]
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Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) has conducted its first Express Entry linked draw of the month.

The latest Ontario draw held on August 16, 2023, saw invitations being issued to 2,835 candidates under the Express Entry Human Capital Priorities (HCP) stream with a minimum CRS score of 473. This invitation round also recorded the highest number of invitations issued in a single OINP draw in 2023.

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Latest Ontario Draw: Who was invited?

Draw 1

• Date of NOIs issued: August 11 - 16, 2023
• Number of NOIs issued: 2084
• CRS score range: 473-516
• Profiles created in IRCC’s Express Entry system: August 11, 2022 - July 8, 2023
• Type of draw: Targeted (Tech and Health)

Draw 2

• Date of NOIs issued: August 16, 2023
• Number of NOIs issued: 751
• CRS score range: 473-495
• Profiles created in IRCC’s Express Entry system: August 16, 2022 - August 2, 2023
• Type of draw: Targeted (Tech and Health)

Occupations Targeted

Invited candidates in both Draw 1 and Draw 2 were required to have work experience in one of the following National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes:

Health Occupations

NOC 30010 - Managers in healthcare
NOC 31100 - Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine
NOC 31101 - Specialists in surgery
NOC 31102 - General practitioners and family physicians
NOC 31103 - Veterinarians
NOC 31110 - Dentists
NOC 31111 - Optometrists
NOC 31112 - Audiologists and speech-language pathologists
NOC 31120 - Pharmacists
NOC 31121 - Dietitians and nutritionists
NOC 31201 - Chiropractors
NOC 31202 - Physiotherapists
NOC 31203 - Occupational therapists
NOC 31204 - Kinesiologists and other professional occupations in therapy and assessment
NOC 31209 - Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating
NOC 31300 - Nursing coordinators and supervisors
NOC 31301 - Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
NOC 31302 - Nurse practitioners
NOC 31303 - Physician assistants, midwives, and allied health professionals
NOC 32100 - Opticians
NOC 32101 - Licensed practical nurses
NOC 32102 - Paramedical occupations
NOC 32103 - Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists, and cardiopulmonary technologists
NOC 32104 - Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians
NOC 32109 - Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment
NOC 32110 - Denturists
NOC 32111 - Dental hygienists and dental therapists
NOC 32112 - Dental technologists and technicians
NOC 32120 - Medical laboratory technologists
NOC 32121 - Medical radiation technologists
NOC 32122 - Medical sonographers
NOC 32123 - Cardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists
NOC 32124 - Pharmacy technicians
NOC 32129 - Other medical technologists and technicians
NOC 32200 - Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists
NOC 32201 - Massage therapists
NOC 32209 - Other practitioners of natural healing
NOC 33100 - Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants
NOC 33101 - Medical laboratory assistants and related technical occupations
NOC 33102 - Nurse aides, orderlies, and patient service associates
NOC 33103 - Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants
NOC 33109 - Other assisting occupations in support of health services

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Tech Occupations

NOC 20012 - Computer and information systems managers
NOC 21211 - Data scientists
NOC 21223 - Database analysts and data administrators
NOC 21230 - Computer systems developers and programmers
NOC 21231 - Software engineers and designers
NOC 21232 - Software developers and programmers
NOC 21233 - Web designers
NOC 21234 - Web developers and programmers
NOC 21311 - Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers)

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) regularly searches Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) Express Entry pool to find candidates who may meet the criteria of one of Ontario’s Express Entry immigration streams. You may apply to this stream if you received a notification of interest between August 11 and 16, 2023.

Source: ontario.ca