A. Skilled Worker Nominees
Intended Destination |
Nominations |
% of Nominees |
Winnipeg |
3596 |
75.9% |
Neepawa |
234 |
4.9% |
Morden |
171 |
3.6% |
Brandon |
167 |
3.5% |
Thompson |
79 |
1.7% |
Winkler |
76 |
1.6% |
Steinbach |
47 |
1.0% |
Landmark |
38 |
0.8% |
Russell |
31 |
0.7% |
Portage la Prairie |
30 |
0.6% |
B. Business Nominees
Due to differences in data collection between MPNP for Business and MPNP for Skilled Workers, Business nominee intended destination is not available.
The MPNP issued nominations to citizens from 107 different countries in 2017; listed below are the top ten.
Country of Citizenship |
Nominations |
% of Total Nominations |
India |
1,550 |
31.0% |
The Philippines |
854 |
17.1% |
China, People’s Republic |
686 |
13.7% |
Nigeria |
326 |
6.5% |
Korea, Republic of (South Korea) |
179 |
3.6% |
Ukraine |
139 |
2.8% |
Brazil |
139 |
2.8% |
Pakistan |
107 |
2.1% |
Israel |
97 |
1.9% |
Iran |
58 |
1.2% |
The MPNP implemented a backlog reduction strategy in 2017. The backlog included applications received before the Expression of Interest (EOI) system was put into place as well as more recently submitted applications that exceeded a 6-month processing time. The table below includes applications from the backlog as well as applications received after the EOI system was introduced.
Processing Times from submission to decision date |
Months |
Skilled Worker in Manitoba |
4.2 |
Skilled Worker Overseas |
7.8 |
Business |
5.5 |
Stream |
Nominations |
% of Total Nominations |
Skilled Worker in Manitoba |
48 |
2.04% |
Skilled Worker Overseas |
104 |
4.35% |
Business |
0 |
0% |
Total |
152 |
3.04% |
Note: Francophone nominees are counted as principal applicants who selected French as their preferred communication language with the MPNP.