Alberta nominee stream · AAIP-THS
AAIP Tourism and Hospitality Stream (Alberta)
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Workers already employed by an approved Alberta tourism or hospitality employer.
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How it works
About the tourism and hospitality stream
A retention stream for hotels, restaurants, ski resorts, museums and similar employers, who must belong to an eligible sector association and hold valid workers' compensation coverage.
Applying from outside Canada: Not available from abroad: it requires an existing Alberta work permit and six months with the employer.
Source: the province's own page for this stream. Last checked September 11, 2026. Provinces change stream criteria without notice, so confirm the detail before you rely on it.
Requirements
What this stream asks for
- A valid work permit based on a positive labour market impact assessment
- Six consecutive months, at least 780 hours, with the same employer in an eligible occupation
- A full-time job offer from that employer
- Language at CLB 4 in each ability
- A high school education or its Canadian equivalent, assessed if foreign
Programme
The Alberta programme right now
Open, with no structural overhaul. Changes this year have been administrative: a fee to submit a worker expression of interest from April 2026, editable profiles from May, and an extra 200 nominations in August taking the year's allocation to 6,603.
Alberta's only expired streams are the employer-driven and strategic recruitment categories, which ended in 2018. Note that Alberta does not stamp its stream pages with a last-updated date, and one page still refers to priorities for 2024 and early 2025, so treat undated Alberta detail with care.
Official AAIP page Official draw results
Checked against the province's own pages on September 11, 2026. Streams change through the year, so confirm on the official page before you apply.
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