How Manitoba's EOI ranking works
Everyone who wants to apply to the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) through the Skilled Worker or International Education streams starts by submitting an Expression of Interest. Manitoba gives it ranking points and invites the highest-scoring candidates.
An Expression of Interest is an online profile, not an application. You answer a series of questions and receive ranking points based on your answers. Your profile is valid for one year, and you can have only one active profile at a time. You can update it if your situation changes.
Manitoba regularly draws the highest-scoring candidates and sends them a Letter of Advice to Apply, which is the invitation to submit a full application. Submitting a profile does not guarantee an invitation.
MPNP ranking points by factor
The ranking system has six factors. The first five add points, to a combined maximum of 1,000. The sixth, risk assessment, takes points away.
| Factor | Ranking points |
|---|---|
| First official language, per band (each of reading, writing, listening, speaking) | |
| CLB 8 or higher | 25 |
| CLB 7 | 22 |
| CLB 6 | 20 |
| CLB 5 | 17 |
| CLB 4 | 12 |
| CLB 3 or lower | 0 |
| Second official language at CLB 5 or higher overall, with a valid test | 25 |
| Factor | Ranking points |
|---|---|
| Your age when you submit your Expression of Interest | |
| Under 18 | 0 |
| 18 | 20 |
| 19 | 30 |
| 20 | 40 |
| 21 to 45 | 75 |
| 46 | 40 |
| 47 | 30 |
| 48 | 20 |
| 49 | 10 |
| 50 or older | 0 |
| Factor | Ranking points |
|---|---|
| Full years of work experience in the last 5 years | |
| Less than one year | 0 |
| One year | 40 |
| Two years | 50 |
| Three years | 60 |
| Four years or more | 75 |
| Fully recognized by the provincial licensing body for your profession or trade | 100 |
| Factor | Ranking points |
|---|---|
| Highest level of completed education | |
| Master's degree or doctorate | 125 |
| Two post-secondary programs of at least two years each | 115 |
| One post-secondary program of three years or more | 110 |
| One post-secondary program of two years | 100 |
| One-year post-secondary program | 70 |
| Trade certificate | 70 |
| No formal post-secondary education | 0 |
| Factor | Ranking points |
|---|---|
| Your highest-scoring connection (maximum 500, highest one counts) | |
| Connection to Manitoba | |
| None of these | 0 |
| Close relative in Manitoba | 200 |
| Previous authorized work experience in Manitoba (six months or more) | 100 |
| Completed post-secondary program in Manitoba (two years or more) | 100 |
| Completed post-secondary program in Manitoba (one year) | 50 |
| Close friend or distant relative in Manitoba | 50 |
| Manitoba Demand | |
| None of these | 0 |
| Ongoing employment in Manitoba for six months or more, with a long-term job offer from the same employer | 500 |
| Invitation to Apply under a Strategic Initiative | 500 |
| Regional development: you will settle in Manitoba outside Winnipeg | 50 |
| Factor | Ranking points |
|---|---|
| You or your spouse have work experience in another province | -100 |
| You or your spouse have studied in another province | -100 |
Language is scored band by band
Unlike most provincial grids, Manitoba awards language points for each of the four bands separately: reading, writing, listening and speaking. CLB 8 or higher earns 25 points per band, so four bands at that level earn 100.
You earn 25 more points if you have CLB 5 or higher overall in your second official language, the one of English or French in which you are less proficient. You need a valid test to claim it. Convert your results with the CLB calculator.
Adaptability: your connection to Manitoba
Every candidate must have at least one connection to Manitoba. If you have more than one, only your highest-scoring connection counts.
- A close relative in Manitoba is worth 200 points.
- Six months or more of authorized work in Manitoba, or a completed post-secondary program there of two years or more, is worth 100.
- A one-year program in Manitoba, or a close friend or distant relative there, is worth 50.
- Manitoba Demand is worth 500: ongoing employment in Manitoba for six months or more with a long-term job offer from the same employer, or an Invitation to Apply under a Strategic Initiative.
Planning to settle outside Winnipeg adds 50 regional development points, but only together with another Manitoba connection, and not with Manitoba Demand.
Risk assessment: points that are deducted
Manitoba deducts 100 points if you or your spouse have work experience in another province, and another 100 if either of you has studied in another province. A close relative in another province, or a previous immigration application to another province, must be declared but does not reduce your points.
Ranking points are not the eligibility test
Ranking points decide who is invited. They are separate from eligibility. For the Skilled Worker Overseas pathway, for example, you must have a connection to Manitoba and also score at least 60 points on a separate assessment of five factors: language, age, work experience, education and adaptability. Check the eligibility rules for your pathway on the Immigrate Manitoba website before you submit a profile.