Nominations and Approvals – 2019

Month	SW Nominations	BIS Nominations*	Business Approvals**	Total Nominations
January	269	8	0	277
February	298	1	2	299
March	371	0	4	371
April	396	0	5	396
May	603	1	6	604
June	352	0	2	352
July	332	1	4	333
August	299	1	5	300
September	322	0	1	322
October	399	0	5	399
November	402	0	1	402
December	769	1	4	770
Grand Total	4,812	13	39	4,825

*Includes previous MPNP-B Business Immigration category nominations (direct-to-permanent model).

**Applicants with a Business Approval must meet the terms of their Business Performance Agreement before nomination (temporary-to-permanent model).

Express Entry Nominations – 2019

In 2019, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada permitted Manitoba to nominate up to 750 Express Entry candidates.

Month	Total
January	62
February	61
March	50
April	48
May	63
June	51
July	48
August	50
September	91
October	85
November	77
December	123
Grand Total	809*

*Manitoba sought permission to nominate above the allotted 750 Express Entry spaces in 2019.

Refusals – 2019

Month	SW	BIS*	Total
January	41	0	41
February	26	0	26
March	59	0	59
April	42	0	42
May	65	0	65
June	36	0	36
July	0	1	1
August	142	3	145
September	29	3	32
October	40	0	40
November	76	1	77
December	85	1	86
Grand Total	641	9	650

*Includes previous MPNP-B Business Immigration category nominations (direct-to-permanent model).

Expressions of Interest – 2019

The number of Expressions of Interest drawn and issued a letter of advice to apply, as well as the number of business concepts submitted. For further details on Skilled Worker draws, see SW Expression of Interest draw data.

Month	SW LAAs	BIS BCs	BIS LAAs
January	1,082	18	8
February	772	26	5
March	1,398	14	6
April	702	19	16
May	366	14	9
June	603	10	6
July	527	16	5
August	360	9	9
September	571	12	9
October	350	23	10
November	323	9	7
December	404	10	7
Grand Total	7,458	180	97

Applications Received – 2019

Month	SW	BIS	Total
January	493	3	496
February	520	8	528
March	764	15	779
April	815	12	827
May	766	8	774
June	477	6	483
July	381	7	388
August	488	6	494
September	329	8	337
October	397	6	403
November	373	8	381
December	391	3	394
Grand Total	6,194	90	6,284

Applications in Assessment and Pending Assessment – 2019

The numbers in the table below reflect data available as of the start of the first business day of each month. Application “in assessment” means an MPNP officer has been assigned to the file, but a final decision has not been communicated to the applicant yet. Please note that these numbers may change throughout the day based on program operations.

Month	In Assessment	Pending	Total
November	676	2,033	2,709
December	641	1,980	2,621
Grand Total	1,317	4,013	5,330

Information Sessions – 2019

The number of attendees at in-house information sessions delivered by the MPNP. See the Information Sessions section for further details.

Month	SW	BIS	Total
January	53	19	72
February	40	22	62
March	34	26	60
April	28	23	51
May	24	16	40
June	25	26	51
July	33	25	58
August	44	24	68
September	26	35	61
October	27	25	52
November	59	14	73
December	50	2	52
Grand Total	443	257	700

MPNP Application Totals – 2019

Stream	Applications Received	Applications Approved	Applications Refused
Skilled Worker in Manitoba (SWM)	2,856	2,441	34
Skilled Worker Overseas (SWO)	3,056	2,185	341
International Education Stream (IES)	398	190	3
Grand Total	6,310	4,816	378

Top five source countries for each stream:

• SWM – India, China, Brazil, Nigeria, and Korea

• SWO – India, Nigeria, Philippines, Ukraine, and Algeria

• IES – China, India, Nigeria, Brazil, and Pakistan

MPNP Business Immigration Stream – 2019

Number of Applications Pending at the end of 2019: 36

Country	Letters of Advice to Apply Issued
China	55
India	31
Nigeria	12
Saudi Arabia	11
UAE	10
South Africa	10

Country	Business Concept Received
India	85
China	82
Iran	39
Nigeria	26
UAE	22

Country	MPNP Applications Received
China	44
India	16
UAE	7
Saudi Arabia	6
South Africa	5

Nominations – 2018

Month	SW	BIS	Total
January	353	7	360
February	316	5	321
March	394	5	399
April	398	11	409
May	356	6	362
June	332	3	335
July	397	9	406
August	293	10	303
September	328	5	333
October	611	2	613
November	618	14	632
December	723	11	734
Grand Total	5,119	88	5,207

Refusals – 2018

Month	SW	BIS	Total
January	6	10	16
February	17	7	24
March	8	2	10
April	6	7	13
May	1	8	9
June	11	7	18
July	13	4	17
August	15	7	22
September	46	11	57
October	43	8	51
November	41	12	53
December	37	12	49
Grand Total	244	95	339

Inventory – 2018

Month	SW LAAs	BIS BCs	BIS LAAs	Total
January	543	0	0	543
February	446	0	0	446
March	558	0	0	558
April	400	0	0	400
May	1,113	0	0	1,113
June	586	4	4	590
July	651	7	7	658
August	515	17	9	524
September	824	28	9	833
October	354	22	11	365
November	472	19	17	489
December	1,022	21	10	1,032
Grand Total	7,484	118	67	7,551

Information sessions – 2018

Month	SW*	BIS	Total
January	36	7	43
February	30	5	35
March	54	2	56
April	38	9	47
May	20	20	40
June	26	48	74
July	26	40	66
August	49	52	101
September	38	42	80
October	33	53	86
November	27	35	62
December	40	12	52
Grand Total	417	325	742

*Number of registrations for SW information sessions. These numbers may not reflect the number of attendees as not all who register attend the session.