Provincial Nominee Program
Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program
Newfoundland and Labrador keeps the freshest public draw record of any province, updated within a day of each round. Two things catch applicants out. Every worker route requires a job offer, with no exceptions, and anyone who lived in another province before arriving must complete a full year of work in Newfoundland before they can be nominated.
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- Streams currently listed
- 5
- Usable from outside Canada
- 3
- Occupations in demand
- 2
Status
The Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program right now
Open and inviting regularly, with the most recent round on 10 September 2026. The province moved to an expression of interest model in February 2025 after demand outstripped the spaces available.
Priority Skills NL no longer appears among the province's current pathways, though no formal closure was announced. Selection is discretionary rather than scored: meeting the criteria does not guarantee an invitation, and the province notes that applications tied to the St John's area may be given lower priority where a route is already heavily used.
Official NLPNP 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.
Streams
Streams you can use from outside Canada
International Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurs starting or buying a business in the province.
Open to applicants outside Canada
Express Entry Skilled Worker
Candidates already in the federal Express Entry pool with a job offer in the province.
Open to applicants outside Canada
Skilled Worker
Workers with a job offer from a Newfoundland and Labrador employer, at any skill level.
Open to applicants outside Canada
Streams
Streams that need you to be here already
International Graduate Entrepreneur
Memorial University and College of the North Atlantic graduates already running a business in the province.
Requires you to already be in the province
International Graduate
Graduates staying in the province on a post-graduation work permit.
Requires you to already be in the province
Occupations
Occupations in demand in Newfoundland and Labrador
From the blog
Related reading
- Provincial nomineesProvincial nominee streams that still take you without a job offerThe list of provincial streams open to candidates with no Canadian job offer is far shorter than the internet says. Ontario closed eight of them in 2026.September 24, 2026
- Provincial nomineesThe provincial pool you are sitting in is not an applicationRegistering an expression of interest with a province is not applying for a nomination. What the pools are, and what an invitation actually starts.September 24, 2026
- BusinessProvincial entrepreneur streams: how they really workA province does not hand you permanent residence for money. It hands you a work permit and a contract. The nomination comes later, if you deliver.September 19, 2026
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