Alberta has completed one of its biggest immigration selections of the year, distributing a total of 1,125 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) for provincial nomination through the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) between November 10 and 14, 2025.
These invitations were issued across two targeted draws focused on attracting skilled workers with strong ties to the province, high-ranking profiles, and professionals working in critical healthcare roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest activity demonstrates Alberta\u2019s intention to utilize its expanded 2025 nomination quota and address ongoing labour shortages across essential sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This round marked Alberta\u2019s second-largest draw of the year, with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Alberta Opportunity Stream (AOS) supports temporary foreign workers who are already contributing to Alberta\u2019s labour market. To qualify, applicants must:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The AOS remains the AAIP\u2019s biggest pathway, with an annual nomination capacity exceeding 3,656 spots. As of November 19, the province had granted 3,120 nominations<\/strong>, leaving 536 spots remaining<\/strong> for 2025. A separate targeted round was held for professionals in priority healthcare occupations. This draw issued:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This was the second healthcare-focused draw under the AAIP\u2019s Express Entry Stream this year. These draws are essential for filling shortages across Alberta\u2019s healthcare system, targeting candidates already in the federal Express Entry pool who can integrate more quickly into the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To date, Alberta has issued 494 nominations<\/strong> through priority sector selections under this stream, from a total 2025 allocation of 660 spots<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Express Entry Stream is an enhanced PNP pathway, allowing Alberta to directly select high-potential candidates from Canada\u2019s federal pool. The province operates several dedicated sub-streams targeting fields including technology, aviation, construction, agriculture, law enforcement, and healthcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2025, Alberta secured a significant increase in its annual nomination quota from the federal government. The province\u2019s cap rose by 1,728<\/strong> spots\u2014from 4,875<\/strong> to a new total of 6,603<\/strong> nominations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This restored roughly 67%<\/strong> of Alberta\u2019s previous 2024 allocation of 9,750 spots, following the nationwide reductions introduced last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, provincial authorities confirmed that this expanded allocation will not<\/strong> carry over into 2026. Alberta intends to utilize the full quota this year, suggesting more frequent and possibly larger draws for the remainder of 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alberta has completed one of its biggest immigration selections of the year, distributing a total of 1,125 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) for provincial nomination through the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) between November 10 and 14, 2025.These invitations were issued across two targeted draws focused on attracting skilled workers with strong ties to the province, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":3940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[79,83,49,3,78,76,77,57,70,36],"class_list":["post-3939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cicnews","tag-cad-immigration","tag-cad-immigration-news","tag-cadimmigration","tag-canadaimmigration","tag-immigration-canada","tag-immigration-new-rules","tag-immigration-new-updates","tag-immigration-trend","tag-immigration-updates-canada","tag-immigrationupdates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cadimmigration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cadimmigration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cadimmigration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cadimmigration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cadimmigration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cadimmigration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3941,"href":"https:\/\/cadimmigration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3939\/revisions\/3941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cadimmigration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cadimmigration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cadimmigration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cadimmigration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
More than 1,100 applications<\/strong> are currently waiting in the AOS processing inventory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n2. Alberta Express Entry Stream \u2013 Priority Healthcare Sector \u2013 November 14<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nAlberta Receives Major Increase in 2025 Nomination Allocation<\/mark><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n