Ontario OINP Draw: 918 Masters and PhD Graduate Invitations — April 22, 2026

Ontario held a graduate-focused OINP invitation round on April 22, 2026, issuing invitations under both the Masters Graduate and PhD Graduate streams. The province issued 918 invitations in total.

Draw details

Masters Graduate stream: 674 invitations; score 61 and above.

PhD Graduate stream: 244 invitations; score 56 and above.

Eligible profiles had to be created and attested to by April 20, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.

Ontario stated that candidates had to be residing in Canada with a valid work or study permit for this round.

What this means

This was a general graduate-stream round. The Masters and PhD streams used different score thresholds, so candidates should compare themselves only with the threshold for their own stream. Invitation results are historical and do not guarantee that future rounds will use the same scores or criteria.

Official source

Official source: Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program — 2026 OINP Program Updates: https://www.ontario.ca/page/2026-ontario-immigrant-nominee-program-updates