MPNP Annual Report – 2018 | Manitoba Immigration and Economic Opportunities

Overview

1. Nominations by Stream

5,207 total nominations across all program streams
- 4.0% increase from 2017 and an MPNP record number of nominations
5,119 Skilled Worker nominations across all program streams
- 4,101, or 78.6%, of nominees had a job or job offer when nominated, a 51.2% increase from 2017 and an MPNP record
- 1,923, or 37.6%, of nominees completed post-secondary education in Manitoba; another MPNP record
88 Business nominations
- 67.1% decrease from 2017 due to program renewal
- $12.7 million invested in Manitoba by Business Investor nominees
- 182 jobs create/maintained in Manitoba
- The Business Investor Stream requires candidates to present a business concept with their expression of interest, and the renewed Entrepreneur Pathway now requires applicants to operate their business and meet the terms of a performance agreement before nomination

Stream	Applications Received	Nominations	Refusals	Total Processed	Approval Rate
Skilled Worker in Manitoba	3,362	3,399	63	3,462	98%
Skilled Worker Overseas	2,666	1,720	181	1,901	90%
Business	15	88	103	191	46%
Total	6,043	5,207	347	5,554	94%

2. Nominations by Connection to Manitoba

Connection	Nominations	% of Total	Approval Rate
Manitoba Graduate	1,923	36.9%	98.6%
Employment in Manitoba	1,481	28.4%	97.6%
Skilled Worker Overseas	789	15.2%	82.5%
Invitation to Apply to MPNP	926	17.8%	98.5%
Business	88	1.7%	46.1%
Total	5,207	100%	93.8%

Provincial Nominee Details

3. Intended Destination in Manitoba

A. Skilled Worker Nominees

Intended Destination	Nominations	% of Nominees
Winnipeg	3,643	71.2%
Brandon	294	5.7%
Neepawa	248	4.8%
Morden	125	2.4%
Winkler	112	2.2%
Thompson	106	2.1%
Steinbach	102	2.0%
Portage la Prairie	40	0.8%
Selkirk	38	0.7%
Altona	34	0.7%

B. Business Nominees

In 2018, twenty Business Investor nominees created a new business or acquired an existing business in a community outside of Winnipeg. However, as no community outside of Winnipeg received five or more BIS nominees and counts of fewer than five nominees are suppressed to protect nominee identity, Business Investor rural destinations are not listed here.

4. Principal Applicant Country of Citizenship

The MPNP issued nominations to citizens from 113 different countries in 2018; listed below are the top ten.

Country of Citizenship	Nominations	% of Total Nominations
India	1,780	34.2%
China, People’s Republic	825	15.8%
The Philippines	617	11.8%
Nigeria	306	5.9%
Brazil	191	3.7%
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)	190	3.6%
Pakistan	130	2.5%
Algeria	84	1.6%
Ukraine	80	1.5%
Vietnam	66	1.3%

Skilled Worker Nominee Details

5. Nominations by Occupation Category (NOC 2016)

Skill type	Nominations
0 Management occupations	402
1 Business, finance and administration occupations	728
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations	499
3 Health occupations	87
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services	225
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport	49
6 Sales and service occupations	1,885
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations	599
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations	90
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities	555

6. Nominations by NOC Skill Level

NOC Skill level	Nominations
0	402
A	562
B	1,847
C	1,659
D	649

Business Nominee Details

7. Business Nominations by Sector (NAICS)

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code and Sector	Nominations
11 – Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	5
23 – Construction	7
31-33 – Manufacturing	9
41 – Wholesale trade	– –²
44-45 – Retail trade	22
48-49 – Transportation and warehousing	– –²
51 – Information and cultural industries	– –²
53 – Real estate and rental and leasing	– –²
54 – Professional, scientific and technical services	12
56 – Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services	– –²
61 – Educational services	– –²
62 – Health care and social assistance	– –²
71 – Arts, entertainment and recreation	– –²
72 – Accommodation and food services	15
81 – Other services (except public administration)	– –²

Additional Details

8. Processing Times

The MPNP assesses complete applications within 6 months. Applications which are not complete or with Expressions of Interest discrepancies may exceed this processing standard.

Overall Average

Processing Times (from submission to decision date)	Approved Applications	Refused Applications	Overall Average
Skilled Worker in Manitoba	2.8	5.6	2.8
Skilled Worker Overseas	3.0	6.8	3.0
Business

9. Expression of Interest Pool

10. Francophone Nominations

Stream	Nominations	% of Total Nominations
Skilled Worker in Manitoba	69	1.3%
Skilled Worker Overseas	166	3.2%
Business	0	0%
Total	235	4.5%

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.