On September 10, 2026, the Newfoundland and Labrador Office of Immigration and Multiculturalism (OIM) invited 36 candidates to apply for a provincial nomination through the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program (NLPNP) — the province's 14th draw of the year, its smallest round of 2026, and the third round since the Expression of Interest (EOI) model launched in February 2025 in which no Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP) candidate received an invitation, the second such round in a row. The province has now issued 2,592 invitations in 2026, comprising 2,198 through the NLPNP and 394 through the AIP; by comparison, Newfoundland and Labrador issued 3,376 invitations across 13 rounds in all of 2025, meaning that this year's total is 784 lower despite one additional draw, with round sizes contracting steadily since mid-August. The province has still not published its 2026 nomination allocation, and industry media have suggested that the recent pattern of small, frequent draws may reflect a limited pool of remaining spaces, though the province has offered no explanation. For those invited, a federal temporary measure in effect since June 9 allows provincial nominees applying for permanent residence (PR) from inside Canada to apply for a Bridging Open Work Permit (BOWP) before receiving an Acknowledgement of Receipt (AOR), helping them avoid a gap in status during a base provincial nominee processing cycle that currently runs about 13 months.

Newfoundland and Labrador invited 97 candidates to apply for a provincial nomination through the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program (NLPNP) on September 4, 2026, in the province's 13th draw of the year and only the second round since it moved to an Expression of Interest (EOI) model in February 2025 in which no Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP) candidate received an invitation. The province has now issued 2,556 invitations in 2026 — 2,162 through the NLPNP and 394 through the AIP — well behind the 3,376 invitations it issued across 13 rounds in all of 2025, with the AIP's share falling from roughly 27% to about 15%. Candidates who receive an invitation should also note a change at the federal level: since June 9, 2026, provincial nominees who submit a permanent residence (PR) application from inside Canada have been able to apply for a Bridging Open Work Permit (BOWP) before receiving an Acknowledgement of Receipt (AOR), allowing them to maintain status while their application is processed; the temporary measure is currently in place until December 31, 2026. Federal processing currently takes about 13 months for base PNP permanent residence applications and about 7 months for Express Entry-aligned (enhanced) nominations.

On July 28, 2026, the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador issued a combined 445 invitations to prospective immigrants through the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program (NLPNP) and the Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP), of which 400 came through the NLPNP and 45 through the AIP. This was the province's ninth round of selections in 2026, and the total tied the single-round high of 445 set on March 6, a sharp reversal from the previous round on July 10, which issued just 57 invitations, the year's lowest. With this draw, the province has now issued a cumulative 1,989 NLPNP or AIP invitations in 2026, with the Provincial Nominee Program accounting for 83.6% of the total. The large-scale round comes after a turbulent stretch for the program: the federal government cut provincial nominee allocations by roughly half in 2025 and provincial draws contracted for a time, but federal allocations rebounded in 2026, and the July 28 draw is widely read as a clear rebound in the province's selection pace. Candidates who wish to be considered must first enter the pool through the provincial Expression of Interest (EOI) system, after which the province selects and invites candidates according to priority criteria such as healthcare, sales and service, local education, and French-language ability.

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) has published the scoring criteria for applicants to its Ontario Workforce Priority Stream (OWPS), posting the details on its official website on July 20, 2026 and marking a pivotal step in the province's 2026 immigration overhaul. Under the new rules, applicants who hold a job offer are ranked across 11 factors — among them work region, occupational skill level, wages, occupational category, Ontario work experience and language ability — for a maximum of 130 points, with the highest scorers first in line to receive an Invitation to Apply (ITA) for a provincial nomination and, ultimately, a route to Canadian permanent residence (PR) through the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). OWPS is organized into three pathways: one for higher-skilled occupations in National Occupational Classification (NOC) TEER categories 0 to 3, one for lower-skilled TEER 4 and 5 occupations held by work-permit holders, and one for self-employed physicians who can bill through the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP). The grid is the latest operational detail to emerge after Ontario shut down all of its former immigration streams and, on June 26, 2026, laid out the full eligibility requirements for the three OWPS pathways — an overhaul set against Ottawa's sharp cuts to provincial nomination allocations beginning in 2025, which at one point halved Ontario's allotment from its 2024 level. The OINP's Expression of Interest (EOI) system remains closed for now and is expected to reopen later this summer, at which point the province anticipates holding draws and issuing invitations to candidates.

On July 10, 2026, the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador issued a combined 57 immigration invitations through the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program (NLPNP) and the Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP), with 17 invitations going to NLPNP candidates and 40 to AIP candidates. This was the province's eighth draw of 2026 and the smallest of the year, a sharp pullback from the 445 invitations issued in the first round back in March. AIP candidates accounted for 70.2% of this round's invitations, the first time AIP invitations have outnumbered NLPNP invitations since September 2025. As of July 10, the province has issued a cumulative 1,544 invitations so far this year, with more than four-fifths (81.8%) going to NLPNP candidates. Notably, this steady narrowing of draw sizes is unfolding just as the federal government has raised its overall 2026 Provincial Nominee Program allocation by roughly 66%, a striking contrast worth watching.

As Canada moves into the second half of 2026, the Provincial Nominee Programs (PNP) of both Manitoba and Saskatchewan have each used roughly half of their annual allocations, yet the two provinces are structured differently and measure their progress in different ways. As of the end of May, Manitoba had issued 2,167 nominations out of an annual allocation of 6,239, of which 697 were enhanced nominations issued through Express Entry; from January through June the province held 12 selection rounds and issued 1,833 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAA), with the Skilled Worker Stream accounting for 66%, plus two targeted draws aimed at healthcare (192) and education occupations (431). Saskatchewan, meanwhile, had issued 2,628 nominations out of its 4,761 allocation as of June 30, using up 55%; for 2026 it divides its nominations into three sector categories -- priority, capped and other -- with priority sectors (healthcare, agriculture, skilled trades, mining, manufacturing, energy, technology) reserving at least 50% of spots and already 62% used, capped sectors (accommodation and food services, trucking, retail) limited to 25% and about 60% filled, and the next capped-sector application window set for September 7. Both provinces' allocations are sharply smaller than in 2024, an ongoing aftershock of the federal government's overall cut to provincial nomination spots in 2025.

New figures from the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) show that as of June 30, 2026, the province had issued 2,628 nominations this year, about 55% of its 2026 allocation of 4,761 spaces, with priority sectors already 62% used, ahead of capped sectors at 60% and other sectors at 37%, leaving 2,133 spaces still available for the second half of the year; the 4,761-space allocation matches Saskatchewan's finalized 2025 total but remains more than 40% below the 8,000 spaces the province held in 2024, a reminder of the federal government's sharp cuts to provincial nominee allocations in early 2025 followed by a partial restoration late in the year. At the same time, Saskatchewan is opening a new round of capped-sector intakes across four staggered windows on July 6 and 7 for trucking, retail trade, accommodations and food services, splitting accommodations and food services into two separate categories for the first time, with two further intake dates set for September 14 and November 2; capped-sector employers may apply only during these designated windows, and only for workers with six months or less remaining on their work permits, while priority-sector and other-sector employers face no such restriction and may apply at any time.

On June 26, 2026, Ontario formally published regulatory amendments introducing the new Ontario Workforce Priority Stream, marking Phase One of the province's comprehensive overhaul of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP). The new stream contains three pathways, aimed respectively at higher-skilled workers (TEER 0 to 3), lower-skilled workers (TEER 4 to 5), and self-employed physicians eligible to bill through the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP). All three pathways are in effect immediately, but applicants cannot be considered until Ontario reopens its Expression of Interest (EOI) system, which officials say is "expected to open later this summer." The reform follows a plan that Ontario first proposed in December 2025 and that culminated on May 30, 2026, when the province closed all of its former permanent residence streams in a single move. It is being advanced against a backdrop of federal cuts to provincial nomination allocations, which saw Ontario's allocation fall from 21,500 in 2024 to 10,750 in 2025 before recovering to 14,119 in 2026. The goal is to ensure that every nomination is matched more precisely to Ontario's labour shortages. A planned Phase Two would add three further pathways for priority healthcare, entrepreneurs and exceptional talent, none of which yet has a confirmed opening date.

Newfoundland and Labrador held its seventh provincial immigration draw of 2026 on June 10, issuing a combined 108 invitations through the Provincial Nominee Program (NLPNP) and the Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP), with the provincial program accounting for the large majority (89 invitations, or 82.4%) and the Atlantic Immigration Program making up the remaining 19. It was the first June draw ever held by the province's Office of Immigration and Multiculturalism (OIM), and it also broke the steady decline in per-round invitations seen across 2026 so far, with this round's 108 invitations edging up from 103 in the previous draw. As of June 10, the province has issued a cumulative 1,487 invitations this year, 83.8% of which have gone to provincial nominee candidates. This run of draws unfolds against a backdrop in which the federal government sharply tightened provincial nominee allocations beginning in 2025 before partially restoring them for 2026; and even with smaller single-round totals, the province's cumulative invitation volume this year remains well ahead of the same period in 2025.

Newfoundland and Labrador has become the latest province to opt into the federal government's temporary public policy giving rural employers more flexibility to hire low-wage temporary foreign workers under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), according to a federal webpage update on June 2. The policy, in force since April 1, 2026, will see Newfoundland and Labrador adopt both available measures across all sectors: eligible rural employers may retain their existing share of low-wage temporary foreign workers even where it already exceeds the 10% cap, and may apply a 15% cap rather than the standard 10% on the proportion of low-wage positions filled by foreign workers. The measures take effect provincially on June 11 and are expected to remain in place until March 31, 2027. Only employers located outside Statistics Canada–defined census metropolitan areas qualify, and those that fail to meet all regular TFWP requirements—including proving efforts to recruit Canadian citizens and permanent residents first—are excluded; British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Quebec have already opted in, while Alberta and Nunavut are not participating.