Latest BC PNP draw: 2026 rounds, cut-offs and what they mean

As of 22 September 2026, the latest BC PNP draw was on 17 September 2026, a small Temporary Rural and Remote Health Support Initiative round of 33 invitations at a minimum score of 60. Before that, on 10 September, the province ran four targeted rounds on one day: Care: Childcare (182 invitations, cut-off 99), Care: Health (143, cut-off 76), Care: Veterinary Care (fewer than five, cut-off 90) and Build: Construction Trades (104, cut-off 94). The last Innovate rounds on 20 August invited 265 points-based candidates at 132 and 337 wage-based candidates. WelcomeBC publishes the official record of every round.

A BC PNP draw is a selection round operated by British Columbia's Provincial Nominee Program. The province selects one or more categories, ranks the registrations in its Skills Immigration Registration System pool, where every registration carries a score out of 200, and issues invitations to apply for nomination to all candidates in that category whose score sits at or above the round's cut-off. Holding a nomination is not the same as having permanent residence, yet it is the decisive milestone on the provincial route, and an Express Entry BC nomination adds 600 CRS points.

Roughly every two to four weeks, in targeted rounds rather than the general weekly rounds of earlier years. In 2026 the province groups its Care categories, health, childcare and veterinary care, on one date, and runs Build rounds for construction trades and Innovate rounds for high economic impact roles on their own schedule, roughly monthly. The old separate weekly tech round ended in December 2024. The pace depends on BC's nomination allocation, 6,254 for 2026, and on demand in each category, so it can shift within the year.

There is no permanent threshold; the cut-off is the SIRS total of the last candidate invited in that round. In the September 2026 rounds the line fell at 76 for Care: Health, 90 for Veterinary Care, 94 for Construction Trades and 99 for Childcare, while the August Innovate points-based round required 132. So a score in the 90s is competitive in the targeted Care and Build rounds, whereas a general Innovate invitation needs 130 or more. Always read a cut-off against the exact category and date.

They are the three priorities the BC PNP has used to target invitations since 2026. Care covers healthcare, childcare, veterinary care and certain French-language teaching roles, and has produced the lowest cut-offs. Build covers nine priority construction trades and requires a SkilledTradesBC certificate for the trade. Innovate covers high economic impact roles across occupations, including technology, in two forms: a points-based round with the steepest cut-off, and a wage-based round that selects the highest-paid offers without a points threshold. Which round you can be invited in depends on the occupation and wage in your registration.

That depends on the route you registered through. British Columbia operates both an Express Entry BC channel and base, SIRS-only channels. A nomination secured via the Express Entry BC channel adds 600 points to your federal Comprehensive Ranking System total, which carries virtually every profile past the federal Express Entry cut-off. A nomination from a base channel adds nothing to CRS; what it does is underpin a direct, paper-based PR application to IRCC. We pin down which channel suits your profile before any registration is filed.

Yes, for every worker stream open in 2026. The Skilled Worker stream requires a full-time, indeterminate offer from an eligible BC employer in a TEER 0 to 3 occupation, and the Health Authority stream requires an offer from a BC public health authority. The International Graduate streams, which once allowed some graduates to register without an offer, closed in 2025. Only Entrepreneur Immigration works without an employer, and it draws separately on its own grid.

It is not. This is an independent tracker kept up by Wild Mountain Immigration, with no connection to the Government of British Columbia. WelcomeBC publishes the official ledger of every BC PNP round, covering the dates, categories, invitation totals and SIRS cut-off scores. We refresh this page after rounds, yet you should always cross-check the current figures on the official WelcomeBC site before you act.