Provincial Nominee Program
Northwest Territories Provincial Nominee Program
The Northwest Territories is the only jurisdiction in Canada that publishes the score range of every draw, and those ranges have fallen with each round this year as the allocation grew. Be careful with two of its own pages, which still carry a notice saying the 2025 intake is closed; that text is out of date and contradicted by the territory's own draw record.
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- Streams currently listed
- 3
- Usable from outside Canada
- 2
Status
The Northwest Territories Nominee Program right now
Open. The employer-driven stream moved to an expression of interest model in March 2026, while the francophone and business streams stay first come, first served. The 2026 allocation was raised from 197 to 300 in August. The last draw currently scheduled is 25 September 2026, with a cut-off of 22 September for entering the pool.
Exactly two official pages still display a notice saying the programme has closed its 2025 intake because it received enough applications to fill a nomination cap of 300. They are the Immigrate Here landing page and the Francophone Stream page. That text is stale: the territory has run and published expression of interest draws on 25 March, 25 June and 26 August 2026, and has scheduled the next for 25 September 2026. No such notice appears on the Business Stream, Employer-Driven Stream, Skilled Worker, Entry Level and Semi-Skilled, or NWT Express Entry pages.
Official NTNP page Official draw results
Checked against the province's own pages on September 18, 2026. Streams change through the year, so confirm on the official page before you apply.
Streams
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