Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program · unofficial
Estimate your expression-of-interest score from the official point tables, see why each factor scores what it does, and find the changes that would raise it. Your answers stay in this browser.
Ontario's only open OINP stream since July 2026. It needs a qualifying job offer in any NOC occupation.
The 2nd digit of the job offer's 5-digit NOC code.
TEER (Training, Education, Experience and Responsibilities) ranks how much training an occupation usually needs. It is prepopulated from the job offer, or from your practice if you are a self-employed physician.
Set by the job offer Only a job offer in a higher-TEER occupation changes this.
The 1st digit of the job offer's NOC code.
Ontario weights occupations by labour need. Health (3) scores highest, then trades and transport (7), then natural and applied sciences (2). The category is prepopulated from the job offer.
Set by the job offer Only a job offer in a different occupational category changes this.
For salaried offers, divide the annual salary by the yearly hours.
The wage the employer entered for the approved position. It is prepopulated from the job offer and is not scored for self-employed physicians.
Set by the job offer A higher offered wage (a raise written into the offer, or a new offer) raises this.
Full-time months in the job-offer position. If under 6, total Ontario work counts instead.
If you have at least 6 months full-time in the job-offer position, those months score up to 18. Otherwise, full-time (or part-time equivalent) work anywhere in Ontario scores up to 12.
Improves with time Keep working in the job-offer position. Each threshold (6, 13, 25 months) adds points.
Your highest year on a CRA Notice of Assessment from the last 5 years.
Based on total income on a Notice of Assessment issued by the Canada Revenue Agency in the last 5 years. Only your best single year counts.
You can improve this A tax year with higher earnings counts once its Notice of Assessment is issued.
The permit must give you legal status when you register.
A valid work permit scores highest, a study permit scores half. Visitor status or no status scores 0.
You can improve this Holding a valid work permit (for example a post-graduation work permit) gives the full 10.
A Canadian credential, or an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) for foreign study.
Your single highest completed credential. Foreign credentials need an ECA. A bachelor's and a graduate diploma both score 6. A doctorate or a professional health degree scores 10.
You can improve this Completing a higher credential, or getting an ECA for a foreign degree you have not yet claimed.
Post-secondary, at least 1 year full-time, from an eligible Canadian institution.
Counts separate Canadian post-secondary credentials that each took at least one year of full-time study. Two or more score double.
You can improve this Completing a second eligible Canadian credential of at least one year doubles this.
Your lowest CLB across reading, writing, listening and speaking.
From an approved English or French test (no Academic or One Skill Retake tests). Your weakest skill sets the level. With both an English and a French test, the higher result counts.
You can improve this Retake the test and lift your weakest skill. The lowest band is what counts.
Two languages needs CLB 6 or higher in all 4 skills on both an English and a French test.
Everyone with one tested official language gets 5. Proving both English and French at CLB 6+ gets 10.
You can improve this Pass a test in your second official language at CLB 6 or higher in every skill.
Where the job-offer position is located (physicians: OHIP practice address).
Ontario favours jobs outside Toronto. Northern Ontario includes Sudbury, Thunder Bay and Muskoka. Eastern includes Ottawa and Kingston. Central includes Waterloo, Guelph and Simcoe. Southwestern includes Hamilton, London, Windsor and Niagara. The GTA band covers Durham, Halton, Peel and York.
Set by the job offer Only a job offer (or practice) in a different region changes this.