Posted on April 01 2021

Canada immigration update: All draws in March 2021

By
Anshul Singhal
, Editor

Updated November 08 2024

401,000 are to be welcomed by Canada in 2021. Many of these will be through economic immigration.

In 2021, while 108,500 will find their way into Canada through the federal express Entry system, another 80,800 will take the provincial route, that is, the Provincial Nominee Program [PNP].

Another up to 47,500 are expected to get their Canadian residence in 2021 through the province of Quebec, the only Canadian province that is not a part of the PNP of Canada.

Judging by the total number of Canada immigration hopefuls that have received an invitation to apply so far in 2021, the federal government of Canada is well on its way to meet the ambitious induction target that it had set for itself under the 2021-2023 Immigration Levels Plan.

Here, we shall see all the draws – federal and provincial – conducted by Canada in March 2021.

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[I] Federal Draws in March 2021

A total of 4 federal Express Entry draws were held this month.

	In 2020	In 2021
Invitations issued by date [March 31]	22,600	44,124

Express Entry Draws held in March 2021 – 4

Total ITAs issued by IRCC in March 2021 – 6,138

Sl. No.	Draw No.	Invited	Date of Draw	CRS cut-off	ITAs issued	For details
1	#177	PNP	March 08, 2021	CRS 739	671	Canada invites 671 PNP candidates in latest EE draw
2	#178	PNP	March 17, 2021	CRS 682	183	Express Entry: 183 ITAs issued in latest draw by IRCC
3	#179	CEC	March 18, 2021	CRS 449	5,000	Express Entry: Another draw held in 2 days, CEC invited
4	#180	PNP	March 31, 2021	CRS 778	284	--

[II] Provincial Draws in March2021

Consisting of a nomination through any of the participating provincial and territorial [PT] governments, the Canadian PNP offers a much sought-after expedited route to Canada immigration.

An individual taking the PNP route to Canada permanent residence would be expected to live within the nominating province/territory on being granted their Canadian permanent residence.

There are nearly 80 immigration pathways available under the PNP, many linked with the federal Express Entry system. An Express Entry candidate that is able to secure a PNP nomination is automatically allotted 600 points towards their ranking score.

This ranking of profiles in the Express Entry pool of candidates is as per the Comprehensive Ranking System [CRS].

As on March 29, 2021, there were 269 profiles with their CRS in the score range of 601 to 1,200. The total number of Express Entry profiles, on the other hand, were 165,476.

Hence, a PNP nomination is a guarantee of that Express Entry candidate being issued an invitation to apply in the next federal draw to be held.

[A] By Quebec

No draw was held by Quebec in March 2021.

Latest draw by Quebec: January 26, 2021.

Recently, the government of Quebec announced 3 new permanent immigration pilot programs.Of these, Quebec’s Pilot Program for Food Processing Workers has come into force.

[B] Provincial Nominee Program [PNP] invitations in February 2021

Number of PNP invitations issued, by province –

PNP Province/Territory	Total invitations in January 2021	Total invitations in February 2021	Total invitations in March 2021
Alberta	150	359	500
British Columbia	523	871	1,514
Manitoba	490	503	634
New Brunswick	0	0	0
Newfoundland and Labrador	0	0	0
Northwest Territories	0	0	0
Nova Scotia	Not disclosed	43	0
Ontario	484	1,469	880
Prince Edward Island	211	121	150
Saskatchewan	887	840	666
Yukon	0	0	0

Details of the PNP draws held in March 2021 –

Province/Territory	Category/Stream	Status	Information of draw[s]
Alberta	Express Entry	2 draws	· March 26 – invitations issued: 300 · March 2 – invitations issued: 200 [minimum score required: 301]
British Columbia	Skills Immigration [SI], Express Entry BC [EEBC]	8 draws	· March 30 – invitations issued: 330 · March 30 – invitations issued: 44 [only to NOC* 0621, NOC 0631] · March 23 – invitations issued: 95 [Tech Pilot draw] · March 16 – invitations issued: 428 · March 16 – invitations issued 78 [only to NOC0621, NOC 0631] · March 9– invitations issued: 95 [Tech Pilot draw] · March 2–invitations issued: 418 · March 2–invitations issued: 26 [only to NOC0621, NOC 0631]
Manitoba	Skilled Workers in Manitoba, International Education Stream, Skilled Workers Overseas	2 draws	· March 25 [EOI Draw #111]: invitations issued – 335 [includes 49 Express Entry candidates] · March 11 [EOI Draw #110]: invitations issued –299 [includes 35 Express Entry candidates]
New Brunswick	Express Entry	No update for this month	-
Newfoundland and Labrador	Express Entry & Other Program	No update for this month	No invitations issued so far this year A new stream – Priority Skills Newfoundland and Labrador – launched in January 2021.
Northwest Territories	-	-	-
Nova Scotia	-	-	-
Ontario	French-Speaking Skilled Worker [FSSW] Stream, Human Capital Priorities [HCP] stream	2 draws	· March 3– invitations issued: 126 · March 2– invitations issued: 754 Ontario PNP has introduced an EOI system for 5 OINP streams.
Prince Edward Island [PEI]	Labour & Express Entry, Business Work Permit	1 draw held	March 18 – invitations issued: 150
Saskatchewan	Express Entry and Occupation In-Demand	2 drawsheld	· March 24 – invitations issued: 418 · March 11 – invitations issued: 248
Yukon	-	-	-