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Ontario tore its own program down this summer. On 26 June 2026 all eight older OINP streams closed under O. Reg. 422/17 — Human Capital Priorities, Skilled Trades, Masters and PhD Graduate, and the Employer Job Offer streams — and uninvited profiles were withdrawn. In their place is one stream, Ontario Workforce Priority, whose expression-of-interest portal reopened on 4 August 2026.
The practical effect is blunt: unless you are a self-employed physician, Ontario now needs a full-time permanent job offer from an Ontario employer, and the employer registers before you do. If you were sitting in the pool waiting for a Human Capital Priorities notification, that route no longer exists.
The one thing Ontario does better than almost anyone else is TEER 4 and 5. Most provinces will not nominate a cook, a cashier or a labourer at all. The Essential Worker pathway does, which makes Ontario worth a serious look for people the rest of the system ignores — as long as an employer is willing to sign.
A second phase, adding Exceptional Talent and Priority Healthcare pathways, has been signalled but has not launched. Per-pathway language and education thresholds are new and this tool does not model them yet, so treat every Ontario result here as a starting point and read the official page.
Ontario · OINP
TEER 0–3 jobs with a full-time permanent Ontario offer. Your employer registers first, then you submit an EOI.
What it asks for
Ontario · OINP
The same stream for TEER 4 and 5 work — the jobs most programs shut out entirely.
What it asks for
Ontario · OINP
The one Ontario pathway with no job offer, for self-employed physicians practising in Ontario.
What it asks for
These are the conditions we are able to summarise. What decides your actual outcome is the province's own points grid, its current in-demand occupation list, and whether intake is even open this week — none of which we can verify for you. Read the current rules on the official Ontario page →