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.

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% |
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 |
|
|
|
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.