Manitoba issued 124 Letters of Advice to Apply on June 18, 2026, through the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. The draw targeted candidates under the Skilled Worker in Manitoba and Skilled Worker Overseas pathways who were connected to strategic recruitment initiatives or Manitoba-supported work permits.
This was Manitoba’s 12th provincial immigration draw of 2026, with all draws so far conducted through the Skilled Worker Stream.
Draw Results
The invitations were distributed across five strategic recruitment initiatives:
| Strategic recruitment initiative | Letters of Advice to Apply |
|---|---|
| Employer Services | 49 |
| Temporary Public Policy to Facilitate Work Permits for Prospective Provincial Nominee Program Candidates | 32 |
| Regional Communities | 19 |
| Francophone Community | 15 |
| Ethnocultural Communities | 9 |
The Employer Services initiative received the largest number of invitations, with 49 LAAs.
Of the 124 candidates invited, 22 had a valid Express Entry profile number and job seeker validation code.
Eligibility Factors
Candidates needed to indicate in their Expression of Interest profile that they had been invited through either:
- a recruitment mission; or
- the now-expired Temporary Public Policy to Facilitate Work Permits for Prospective Provincial Nominee Program Candidates.
On May 1, 2026, the MPNP announced that it would conduct targeted EOI draws for people issued Support Letters under the temporary public policy. The province said it would begin with candidates whose letters were approved between April 22 and June 30, 2025.
Some candidates may have been excluded even if they appeared to meet the draw criteria. Manitoba cited two possible reasons:
- the candidate listed an approved third-party English or French language test, but the test identification number was missing or invalid, or the results were no longer valid; or
- the candidate claimed a strategic recruitment invitation but did not provide a valid invitation number.
Manitoba’s 2026 Nomination Activity
As of June 18, 2026, Manitoba had issued 1,833 invitations to apply for provincial nomination in 2026.
The federal government granted Manitoba a 2026 nomination allocation of 6,239. As of May, Manitoba had nominated 2,165 skilled workers, according to provincial data.
The difference between invitations issued and approved nominations is likely because many nomination applications came from LAAs issued in 2025.
Recent MPNP Changes
Manitoba closed the Career Employment Pathway under the International Education Stream on June 11, 2026, effective immediately. Former Career Employment Pathway candidates with at least six months of Manitoba work experience were encouraged to move to the Skilled Worker in Manitoba pathway and update their EOI profiles for future draw consideration.
Manitoba also introduced temporary measures on April 14, 2026, to expand access to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program for employers outside the Winnipeg census metropolitan area.
The measures allow eligible rural Manitoba employers to:
- retain their current proportion of low-wage temporary foreign worker positions above the standard cap; and
- use a higher 15% cap on low-wage positions, instead of the usual 10%.
These measures are scheduled to remain in effect until March 31, 2027. They operate under a federal temporary public policy for participating provinces that began on April 1, 2026.
Source article: www.cicnews.com
