Québec issued 2,549 invitations on June 4, 2026, through all four streams of its Skilled Worker Selection Program, known as the PSTQ. The selections were made from the Arrima pool on June 1, 2026, at 6:00 a.m., and this was the province’s fifth draw of the year.
Overall Draw Results
The June 4 selection round invited candidates across all four PSTQ streams:
- Stream 1: Highly qualified and specialized skills — 1,094 invitations
- Stream 2: Intermediate and manual skills — 756 invitations
- Stream 3: Regulated professions — 677 invitations
- Stream 4: Exceptional talent — 22 invitations
The largest share of invitations went to Stream 1 candidates, representing 42.9% of the total.
Stream 1: Highly Qualified and Specialized Skills
Stream 1 targeted workers in TEER 0, 1, or 2 occupations who were living in Québec and had 12 months of work experience within the last five years.
A total of 1,094 invitations were issued across four exercises:
- Exercise 1: Qualifying Québec diploma — 459 invitations
- Exercise 2: Qualifying Québec diploma + priority occupation, TEER 1–2 — 239 invitations
- Exercise 3: Qualifying Québec diploma + priority occupation, TEER 0–2 — 165 invitations
- Exercise 4: Qualifying Québec diploma — 231 invitations
All Stream 1 candidates needed French language proficiency of at least level 7 in oral skills and level 5 in written skills. Accompanying spouses, where applicable, needed at least level 4 in oral skills.
Candidates also needed to have completed one year of full-time study in Québec and hold a qualifying Québec diploma, such as a vocational diploma, attestation of vocational specialization, college diploma, technical college diploma, certificate, specialized graduate diploma, minor, major, bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or doctorate.
Additional criteria varied by exercise:
- Exercise 1: minimum score of 677 points and a Québec university, college, or vocational secondary school diploma. The diploma needed at least 30 university credits or 900 hours of study for other levels.
- Exercise 2: minimum score of 379 points in health, education, and early childhood sectors, with a priority occupation in specified NOCs including physician assistants, pharmacy technicians, counsellors, social and community service workers, early childhood educators, and instructors for persons with disabilities.
- Exercise 3: minimum score of 666 points and a priority occupation in specified engineering, construction, trades, aviation, food service, and technical occupations.
- Exercise 4: minimum score of 692 points.
Stream 2: Intermediate and Manual Skills
Stream 2 targeted workers in TEER 3, 4, or 5 occupations who were living in Québec and had 24 months of work experience in the last five years, including 12 months in Québec.
A total of 756 invitations were issued across four exercises:
- Exercise 1: Qualifying Québec diploma — 229 invitations
- Exercise 2: Qualifying Québec diploma + priority occupation, TEER 3 — 256 invitations
- Exercise 3: Qualifying Québec diploma + priority occupation, TEER 3–5 — 90 invitations
- Exercise 4: Qualifying Québec diploma — 181 invitations
All candidates needed French language proficiency of at least level 5 in oral skills. Accompanying spouses, where applicable, needed at least level 4 in oral skills.
Candidates also needed education equivalent to a Québec high school diploma, a two-year full-time general post-secondary program, or a full-time one-year program equivalent to a qualifying Québec credential.
A qualifying Québec credential could include a vocational diploma or attestation of vocational specialization of more than 600 hours in Québec, college or technical diploma, certificate, specialized graduate diploma, minor, major, bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or doctorate.
Additional criteria varied by exercise:
- Exercise 1: minimum score of 624 points and a Québec university, college, or secondary school diploma certifying at least 600 hours of study. For secondary vocational or college-level study, at least 900 hours were required; for university-level study, at least 30 credits were required.
- Exercise 2: minimum score of 330 points and a priority occupation in specified health-related NOCs, including medical laboratory assistants, nurse aides, and pharmacy assistants.
- Exercise 3: minimum score of 653 points and a priority occupation in specified recreation, food service, cleaning, construction, and trades roles.
- Exercise 4: minimum score of 652 points.
Stream 3: Regulated Professions
Stream 3 invited candidates working in a regulated profession and currently living in Québec.
A total of 677 invitations were issued across five exercises:
- Exercise 1: Qualifying Québec diploma + TEER 0–2 occupations — 73 invitations
- Exercise 2: Priority occupation, TEER 1–2 — 393 invitations
- Exercise 3: Priority occupation, TEER 1–2 — 118 invitations
- Exercise 4: TEER 0–2 occupations — 71 invitations
- Exercise 5: TEER 3–5 occupations — 22 invitations
All candidates were required to practise a regulated profession appearing on the Ministère’s List of Regulated Professions.
Criteria varied by exercise:
- Exercise 1: minimum score of 562 points, a Québec university, college, or vocational secondary school diploma, and French proficiency of level 7 or higher in oral skills and level 5 or higher in written skills. Accompanying spouses needed level 4 or higher in oral skills. The diploma needed at least 30 credits at university level or 900 hours at other levels.
- Exercise 2: minimum score of 275 points, French proficiency of level 7 or higher in oral skills and level 5 or higher in written skills, and a priority occupation in specified health, education, and social service NOCs.
- Exercise 3: minimum score of 556 points, French proficiency of level 7 or higher in oral skills and level 5 or higher in written skills, and a priority occupation in specified engineering, construction, skilled trades, and transport-related NOCs.
- Exercise 4: minimum score of 580 points and French proficiency of level 7 or higher in oral skills and level 5 or higher in written skills.
- Exercise 5: minimum score of 637 points and French proficiency of level 5 or higher in oral skills.
For exercises 1 through 4, accompanying spouses needed at least level 4 in oral French. For exercise 5, accompanying spouses also needed level 4 or higher in oral skills.
Stream 4: Exceptional Talent
Stream 4 targeted candidates with at least 36 months of work experience in the last five years.
A total of 22 invitations were issued across two exercises:
- Exercise 1: Positive opinion letter — 17 invitations
- Exercise 2: Exceptional achievement + doctorate — 5 invitations
Under Exercise 1, candidates needed a positive opinion letter issued by a partner of the Ministry of Immigration, Francization and Integration, known as MIFI, in one of the targeted fields listed by the department.
Under Exercise 2, candidates needed a document demonstrating an achievement listed on MIFI’s List of Exceptional Achievements and a level of education equivalent to a Québec doctorate, including undergraduate doctorates.
Main Takeaways
The June 4 draw shows Québec using all four PSTQ streams to invite candidates with different profiles, including highly skilled workers, intermediate and manual workers, regulated professionals, and exceptional talent candidates.
French proficiency remained a central requirement across the first three streams, with oral French thresholds ranging from level 5 to level 7, depending on the stream and exercise. Several exercises also required Québec education credentials, specific TEER categories, priority occupations, minimum scores, Québec residence, and recent work experience.
Candidates selected in this round were invited to apply for permanent selection in Québec.
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