Canada holds first-ever category-based Express Entry draw for healthcare workers
IRCC Holds First-Ever Category-Based Express Entry Draw on June 28, 2023: IRCC has invited 500 healthcare workers under the new Express Entry category-based selection draws. Candidates required a minimum comprehensive ranking system (CRS) score of 476.
The Latest Express Entry draw #252 was held on June 28, 2023, saw invitations being issued to a total of 500 Healthcare workers under the new category-based selection draw. Candidates required a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 476 to be eligible.
- This is the very first category-based selection draw since the six new categories were announced on May 31. A second round, inviting 1,500 healthcare workers to apply, will take place on July 5.
A draw inviting eligible candidates from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions is also expected to occur in the same week.
IRCC Holds First-Ever Category-Based Express Entry Draw (2023-1)
Date of Draw: June 28, 2023
Number of Invitations Issued: 500
Minimum CRS: 476
Program Specified: Healthcare occupations (2023-1)
Tie-breaking rule: November 12, 2023 12:47:27 UTC
If more than one candidate has the lowest score, the cut-off is based on the date and time they submitted their Express Entry profiles.
Categories chosen for Express Entry Category Based Selection in 2023
For 2023, IRCC targeted draws chose the below categories:
- French-language proficiency
- Healthcare occupations
- Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) occupations
- Trade occupations such as carpenters, plumbers, and contractors
- Transport occupations
- Agriculture and agri-food occupations
Healthcare Occupations For Category-Based Draws
On May 31, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that it had finalized a new category-based selection for Express Entry.
Among the six new categories, healthcare occupations make up the largest number of eligible occupations, with 35 in total:
- Audiologists and speech language pathologists
- Chiropractors
- Dentists
- Dieticians and nutritionists
- Education counsellors
- General practitioners and family physicians
- Instructors of persons with disabilities
- Kinesiologists and other professional occupation in therapy and assessment
- Licensed practical nurses
- Massage therapists
- Medical laboratory assistants and related technical occupations
- Medical laboratory technologists
- Medical radiation technologists
- Medical sonographers
- Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
- Nurse practitioners
- Nursing coordinators and supervisors
- Occupational therapists
- Optometrists
- Other assisting occupations in support of health services
- Other practitioners of natural healing
- Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating
- Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment
- Paramedical occupations
- Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants
- Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals
- Physiotherapists
- Psychologists
- Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
- Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists
- Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine
- Specialists in surgery
- Therapists in counselling and related specialized therapies
- Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists
- Veterinarians
Healthcare worker shortage in Canada
The demand for Healthcare workers in Canada has increased tremendously after the global pandemic. The Health occupations are facing the most severe labour market shortages of any field in Canada.
Recent job vacancy data from Statistics Canada shows that there were 144,500 vacant positions within the healthcare and social assistance sector as of March 2023, or 17.7% of all unfilled positions.
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