MPNP Annual Report – 2017 | Manitoba Immigration and Economic Opportunities

Overview

1. Nominations by Stream

A pie chart depicting MPNP Nominations by Stream - 2017

5,008 total nominations across all program streams
- 8.4% increase from 2016
- 54.2% with labour market attachment at time of nomination.
- Increase of 797 job offers (12.7% increase of nominations)
- 1,292 Manitoba graduates nominated
268 Business nominations
- 14% increase from 2016
- The most nominations since 2010

Stream	Applications Received	Nominations	Refusals	Total Processed	Approval Rate
Skilled Worker in Manitoba	2,817	2,351	54	2,405	98%
Skilled Worker Overseas	720	2,389	1,081	3,470	69%
Business	398	268	116	384	70%
Total	3,935	5,008	1,251	6,259	80%

2. Nominations by Connection to Manitoba

Connection	Nominations	% of Total	Approval Rate
Manitoba Graduate	1,292	25.8%	98%
Employment in Manitoba	1,059	21.1%	97%
Close Family	1,340	26.8%	67%
Family-like	250	5.0%	40%
Invitation to Apply to MPNP	725	14.5%	96%
Previous Manitoba Employment or Education	72	1.4%	96%
Business	268	5.4%	70%
Other¹	– –²	– –²	– –²
Total	5,008	100%	80%

Provincial Nominee Details

3. Intended Destination in Manitoba

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.

4. Principal Applicant Country of Citizenship

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%

Skilled Worker Nominee Details

5. Nominations by Occupation Category (NOC 2011)

Skill type	Nominations
0 Management occupations	729
1 Business, finance and administration occupations	767
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations	541
3 Health occupations	243
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services	336
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport	56
6 Sales and service occupations	1356
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations	459
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations	86
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities	431

A pie chart depicting MPNP Nominations by Occupation Category - 2017

6. Nominations by NOC Skill Level

NOC Skill level	Nominations
0	729
A	837
B	1552
C	1484
D	402

Business Nominee Details

7. Business Nominations by Sector (NAICS)

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code and Sector	Nominations
44-45 – Retail trade	58
54 – Professional, scientific and technical services	49
31-33 – Manufacturing	27
72 – Accommodation and food services	25
23 – Construction	19
41 – Wholesale trade	17
56 – Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services	15
11 – Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	12
61 – Educational services	10
81 – Other services (except public administration)	10
48-49 – Transportation and warehousing	6
53 – Real estate and rental and leasing	6
22 – Utilities	– –²
51 – Information and cultural industries	– –²
62 – Health care and social assistance	– –²
52 – Finance and insurance	– –²
71 – Arts, entertainment and recreation	– –²
21 – Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	– –²
Unknown/Blank	– –²

A pie chart depicting MPNP Business Nominations by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) - 2017

Additional Details

8. Processing Times

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

9. Expression of Interest Pool

10. Francophone Nominations

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.

Footnotes

¹ Includes individuals affected by changes in federal policy, such as the maximum age of accompanying dependants.

² Counts of fewer than five nominees have been suppressed and are reported as “- -” to protect the identities of those nominees.