Northwest Territories nominee stream · NTNP-ED
NTNP Employer-Driven Stream (Northwest Territories)
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Workers with a Northwest Territories job offer whose employer applies on their behalf.
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How it works
About the employer-driven stream
Covers three categories: skilled worker, an Express Entry route carrying the nomination boost, and entry level and semi-skilled. Since March 2026 candidates enter a pool, are scored, and wait for a draw. Score ranges have fallen through the year: 597 to 417 on 25 March, 590 to 386 on 25 June, and 555 to 346 on 26 August.
Applying from outside Canada: Effectively closed from abroad. A valid work permit is required, and the scoring rewards time already worked in the territory, so an overseas candidate would score near the floor and well below recent cut-offs.
Source: the province's own page for this stream. Last checked September 18, 2026. Provinces change stream criteria without notice, so confirm the detail before you rely on it.
Requirements
What this stream asks for
- A full-time, permanent job offer from an employer operating in the territory for at least a year and in good standing with the workers' compensation authority
- A valid work permit covering the processing period
- Language from CLB 4 to CLB 7 depending on the category and skill level
- An educational credential assessment for foreign qualifications
- For the Express Entry category, a pool acceptance letter, profile number and job seeker code
Programme
The Northwest Territories programme 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.
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