What Ontario published
On July 20, 2026, the government of Ontario published the pages with the eligibility criteria for the Ontario Workforce Priority stream. This is the program that, since June 25, replaced eight former OINP pathways: the three Employer Job Offer streams (Foreign Worker, International Student and In-Demand Skills), the Masters Graduate stream, the PhD Graduate stream, and the three Express Entry streams (Human Capital Priorities, French-Speaking Skilled Worker and Skilled Trades).
In their place are three categories: TEER 0-3, TEER 4-5 and self-employed physician.
What changed in practice
The points grid changed: it now goes up to 130 points for those with a job offer and up to 115 for self-employed physicians, who do not score on wage. The requirements also changed, and much of the weight shifted from the candidate to the employer.
What the employer must meet
- Three years of operation before the application date, with an establishment in Ontario.
- Minimum annual gross revenue, based on the job location: $1,000,000 in the Greater Toronto Area, $500,000 in fourteen named census divisions (including Ottawa, Waterloo, Hamilton, Niagara and Thunder Bay), and $250,000 in the rest of the province, required here in each of the last two completed fiscal years.
- Full-time employees who are citizens or permanent residents, at the job location: five within the Greater Toronto Area, three outside it.
- No outstanding orders under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 or the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
- Local recruitment effort when required, with at least two advertising channels and a public posting of at least four weeks. Recruitment carried out by an immigration representative is not accepted and results in refusal.
- Wage at the required level: at least the Job Bank median wage for the occupation and region, or the low wage if the person is a recent Ontario graduate in TEER 0-3.
What the candidate must meet
- Experience: in TEER 0-3, six consecutive months of full-time work in the job offer position within the last twelve months, while legally living and working in Ontario. Three months are enough for a recent Ontario graduate, and two cumulative years in the same NOC within the last five years also qualify. In TEER 4-5, nine cumulative months in the position within the last two years.
- Language: CLB 6 in all four skills in TEER 0-3, CLB 5 in the listed skilled trades and CLB 4 in TEER 4-5. A recent Ontario graduate is exempt from the test in TEER 0-3.
- Education: a post-secondary credential of one year or more in TEER 0-3, a high school diploma in TEER 4-5. A credential obtained outside Canada requires an ECA less than five years old.
- Occupational license mandatory when required by law. In TEER 0-3 it replaces the experience and education requirements, but not in TEER 4-5.
- No ownership stake: neither the candidate nor family members may hold equity in the employer's business, unless it was received as compensation and totals less than 10 per cent.
The NOC 73300 (transport truck drivers) and 73301 (bus, subway and transit operators) occupations follow their own rule: only the six consecutive months path, post-secondary education and CLB 6, without the skilled trades flexibilities. And the employer must also hold a valid CVOR with a safety rating of Excellent or Satisfactory.
The tool we built
To make this easier to understand, we built a free, self-explanatory tool: imigrando.com/calculadora-oinp.
It shows three things. Your profile's estimated score, item by item, so you can see where each point comes from. Which requirements you already meet and which you do not, with the reason for each one. And what the employer needs to meet on their end, which is the part that usually stalls the process.
The entire calculation happens in your browser. Nothing you enter is sent or saved.
Two things we want to state plainly
The tool is not official. It has no connection to the government of Ontario or to IRCC, and nothing it shows is confirmed by the program. It is an estimate based on what you enter, without document review.
There has not been a single draw yet. According to the latest published information, the EOI system opens later this summer. This means no one knows what the pace of invitations will be or the cutoff score for each one. Anyone claiming to know that today is guessing.
What you can do today
You can find out whether your profile is likely to be competitive and where the weak points are that you can already work on: the correct NOC for the duties you actually perform, the language test that is still worth retaking, the credential that needs an ECA, and whether the employer meets the company requirements or not.
We strongly recommend that you check the tool before moving forward. In some cases, the employer simply does not qualify. In others, your profile is not yet competitive. In both situations, the path is the same: stop, understand where the problem is, and put together another strategy. Finding this out now takes a few minutes. Finding it out later takes months. If you would like us to take a careful look at your case, contact our team.