The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) seeks recent graduates, skilled workers, business people and their families with the intention and ability to successfully settle and economically establish in Manitoba as permanent residents.

MPNP for Skilled Workers

Manitoba looks for trained and experienced workers who have the skills needed in the local labor market and nominate them to receive Canadian permanent resident visas to settle and work in Manitoba. There are two streams for this category:

• Skilled Workers in Manitoba:

This is locally driven and based on the needs of Manitoba Employers. Internationally trained and experienced workers who have the skills needed for the local labor market are selected and nominated to receive a Canadian permanent resident visa to settle and work in Manitoba. Immigration through the MPNP for this stream is a three-step process: 1) submit an expression of interest; 2) high-scoring candidates are invited to submit an MPNP application; and 3) successful candidates need to make a separate application to the Government of Canada for permanent resident visas for you and your family.

• Skilled Workers Overseas:

The MPNP for Skilled Workers Overseas nominate applicants who demonstrate an established connection to Manitoba though: the support of family members or friends, though previous education or work experience in the province or through an invitation to Apply received directly from the MPNP as part of the Strategic Recruitment Initiative. Like the Skilled Workers in Manitoba Stream, this stream involves the same three-step process of 1) submit an expression of interest; 2) high-scoring candidates are invited to submit an MPNP application; and 3) successful candidates need to make a separate application to the Government of Canada for permanent resident visas for you and your family.

Business Investors Stream

The renewed Business Investors Stream will replace the current PNP – business immigration category. This allows the province to recruit and nominate qualified investors and entrepreneurs from around the world who have the intent and ability to start or purchase businesses in Manitoba within the first 24 months of arrival to Canada on a temporary work permit. There are two pathways for this category:

• The Entrepreneur Pathway

This is for applicants seeking to open, purchase, or become partners in an existing business within the first 24 months of arrival to Canada on a temporary work permit. There are several minimum requirements for this stream. Please refer to the following chart to see if you qualify with this stream.

• The Farm Investor Pathway

This pathway is intended for individuals with proven farm business experience, sufficient available capital to invest, and who intend to establish and operate a farm operation in rural Manitoba. This type of investment and operation must correlate with Provincial statistics and be relevant to Manitoba’s farm industry. Agri-business operations not producing primary products may qualify under the Entrepreneur pathway. Like the previous pathway, there are several minimum requirements needed to qualify. Please refer to the following chart if you are interested in this category.

Who Can’t Apply to MPNP?

The following are not eligible to submit an application for this program:

• Refugee claimants, or individuals involved in a federal appeal or removal process
• Live-in Caregivers currently living in Canada
• Temporary foreign workers currently working and residing in a province other than Manitoba
• Spouses of Canadian citizens or permanent residents
• Individuals who have been refused by the MPNP within the last six months and who are not able to address the reason(s) for refusal
• Individuals who have an active immigration application with any other provincial immigration program in Canada