*Includes previous MPNP-B Business Immigration category nominations (direct-to-permanent model).
**Applicants with a Business Approval must meet the terms of their Business Performance Agreement before nomination (temporary-to-permanent model).
Express Entry Nominations
In 2019, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada permitted Manitoba to nominate up to 750 Express Entry candidates.
Month
Total
January
62
February
61
March
50
April
48
May
63
June
51
July
48
August
50
September
91
October
85
November
77
December
123
Grand Total
809*
*Manitoba sought permission to nominate above the allotted 750 Express Entry spaces in 2019.
Refusals
Month
SW
BIS*
Total
January
41
0
41
February
26
0
26
March
59
0
59
April
42
0
42
May
65
0
65
June
36
0
36
July
0
1
1
August
142
3
145
September
29
3
32
October
40
0
40
November
76
1
77
December
85
1
86
Grand Total
641
9
650
*Includes previous MPNP-B Business Immigration category nominations (direct-to-permanent model).
Expressions of Interest
The number of Expressions of Interest drawn and issued a letter of advice to apply, as well as the number of business concepts submitted. For further details on Skilled Worker draws, see SW Expression of Interest draw data.
Month
SW LAAs
BIS BCs
BIS LAAs
January
1,082
18
8
February
772
26
5
March
1,398
14
6
April
702
19
16
May
366
14
9
June
603
10
6
July
527
16
5
August
360
9
9
September
571
12
9
October
350
23
10
November
323
9
7
December
404
10
7
Grand Total
7,458
180
97
Applications Received
Month
SW
BIS
Total
January
493
3
496
February
520
8
528
March
764
15
779
April
815
12
827
May
766
8
774
June
477
6
483
July
381
7
388
August
488
6
494
September
329
8
337
October
397
6
403
November
373
8
381
December
391
3
394
Grand Total
6,194
90
6,284
Applications in Assessment and Pending Assessment
The numbers in the table below reflect data available as of the start of the first business day of each month. Application “in assessment” means an MPNP officer has been assigned to the file, but a final decision has not been communicated to the applicant yet. Please note that these numbers may change throughout the day based on program operations.
Month
In Assessment
Pending
Total
November
676
2,033
2,709
December
641
1,980
2,621
Grand Total
1,317
4,013
5,330
Information Sessions
The number of attendees at in-house information sessions delivered by the MPNP. See the Information Sessions section for further details.
Month
SW
BIS
Total
January
53
19
72
February
40
22
62
March
34
26
60
April
28
23
51
May
24
16
40
June
25
26
51
July
33
25
58
August
44
24
68
September
26
35
61
October
27
25
52
November
59
14
73
December
50
2
52
Grand Total
443
257
700
MPNP Application Totals
Stream
Applications Received
Applications Approved
Applications Refused
Skilled Worker in Manitoba (SWM)
2,856
2,441
34
Skilled Worker Overseas (SWO)
3,056
2,185
341
International Education Stream (IES)
398
190
3
Grand Total
6,310
4,816
378
Top five source countries for each stream:
SWM – India, China, Brazil, Nigeria, and Korea
SWO – India, Nigeria, Philippines, Ukraine, and Algeria
IES – China, India, Nigeria, Brazil, and Pakistan
MPNP Business Immigration Stream
Number of applications pending at the end of 2019: 36
Country
Letters of Advice to Apply Issued
China
55
India
31
Nigeria
12
Saudi Arabia
11
UAE
10
South Africa
10
Top five source countries that received Letters of Advice to Apply in 2019.
Country
Business Concept Received
India
85
China
82
Iran
39
Nigeria
26
UAE
22
Top five source countries that submitted Business Concepts in 2019.
Country
MPNPApplications Received
China
44
India
16
UAE
7
Saudi Arabia
6
South Africa
5
Top five source countries that submitted an MPNP application in 2019.
