(BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA) — British Columbia issued 484 invitations on April 22, 2026, selecting candidates in the BC PNP Skills Immigration stream who officials said would create high economic impact for the province.

The latest provincial immigration draw targeted skilled workers across several occupational categories rather than a single group. Tech received the largest share with 69 invitations, followed by Childcare with 40, Construction with 31, Healthcare with 18, and Veterinary Care with fewer than 5.

Minimum scores also split sharply across those categories. Tech candidates needed 118, Healthcare required 99, Construction needed 88, Childcare required 83, and Veterinary Care had the lowest threshold at 80.

The draw offered a fresh snapshot of how the province is using the BC PNP to channel nominations toward jobs it considers economically important. The sector breakdown showed a clear concentration in technology, while the lower cutoffs in several other fields suggested a wider spread of demand across the labor market.

Registration data from the same date showed a large pool competing for those invitations. As of April 22, the BC PNP Skills Immigration registration pool contained 11,202 total registrations.

Most candidates clustered well below the highest score bands. The largest concentration sat in the 100-109 range with 2,194 registrations, while 1,714 candidates were in the 110-119 range.

At the very top of the pool, the numbers thinned quickly. Only 19 candidates had scores of 150 or higher.

Those figures matter because the April 22 draw cutoffs reached into the upper part of the registration pool in some occupations and much lower in others. A tech score of 118 placed that category near one of the densest score bands, while the 80 threshold for Veterinary Care sat far below the most crowded ranges shown in the pool snapshot.

Healthcare and Construction landed between those points. The minimum score of 99 for Healthcare came just below the 100-109 band that held the largest number of registrations, and Construction’s cutoff of 88 fell lower still.

Childcare stood out as another category with a comparatively modest threshold and a meaningful number of invitations. The province issued 40 invitations there, with a minimum score of 83.

The selection process runs through the Skills Immigration Registration System (SIRS), which assigns points based on education level, years of direct work experience, and a valid BC employment offer. That scoring system shapes where candidates fall in the registration pool and whether they clear a draw’s cutoff.

Current processing times for BC PNP applications stand at 12-15 months. That means candidates who received invitations in the latest provincial immigration draw still face a process measured in months rather than weeks.

The April 22 results also highlighted how selective the stream remains. Even with 484 invitations issued, the pool held more than 11,000 registrations, and the highest-demand category in this round, Tech, set the steepest score requirement at 118.

Sector by sector, the numbers pointed to a program trying to balance broad labor needs with tight selection standards. Tech led on invitation volume, Childcare and Construction followed, Healthcare remained in the mix, and Veterinary Care drew the smallest share with fewer than 5 invitations.

British Columbia’s latest use of Skills Immigration left a clear picture of the program’s current priorities: a large candidate pool, targeted invitations across several sectors, and score thresholds that varied widely depending on where the province chose to pull talent on April 22, 2026.