Skilled Worker Stream

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Skilled Workers in Manitoba

This pathway nominates applicants who have a strong connection to Manitoba through ongoing employment and suitable skills, education / training, work experience and official language proficiency to make an immediate and ongoing contribution to Manitoba’s economy and local communities. Ongoing Manitoba employment is a way for skilled workers to demonstrate that they have the connection to Manitoba required to be eligible to apply to the Skilled Workers in Manitoba pathway. 

Skilled Workers Overseas

The Skilled Workers Overseas pathway nominates applicants who demonstrate an established connection to Manitoba via:

  • Support of family members or friends
  • Previous education or work experience in Manitoba
  • An Invitation to Apply received directly from the MPNP as part of a Strategic Recruitment Initiative

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International Education Stream

Career Employment Pathway

This is a quicker pathway to nomination for post-secondary students who graduate and find long-term employment in Manitoba in an in-demand occupation consistent with their training. If you fulfil these conditions, you will be eligible to apply to the MPNP immediately after graduation and securing the job offer.

If you are an international student who graduated in another Canadian province and/or are not working in an in-demand occupation, you may be eligible to apply under the Skilled Worker in Manitoba Stream.

Graduate Internship Pathway

This is a faster pathway to nomination for international student graduates (Masters and Doctoral) through internships contributing to industry innovation in Manitoba. Graduates who complete an Accelerate or Elevate internship with Mitacs in Manitoba can apply to the MPNP immediately after graduation, with or without a job offer.

If you are an international student who graduated in another Canadian province and/or are not working in an in-demand occupation, you may be eligible to apply under the Skilled Worker in Manitoba Stream.

International Student Entrepreneur Pilot

The International Student Entrepreneur Pilot will provide up to 20 (per calendar year) international students who have graduated in Manitoba the opportunity to pursue entrepreneurship instead of employment. Once the applicant meets the conditions of their Business Performance Agreement, they are nominated for permanent residence.

If you are an international student who graduated in another Canadian province, you may be eligible to apply under the Business Investor Stream Entrepreneur Pathway.

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Business Investor Stream

This stream allows Manitoba to recruit and nominate qualified international business investors and entrepreneurs who have the intent and ability to start or buy a business in Manitoba. 

Entrepreneur Pathway

The Entrepreneur Pathway (which replaces the previous MPNP-B stream) allows Manitoba to recruit and nominate qualified businesspeople worldwide who have the intent and capability to move to Manitoba and establish a business or buy a business or become partners in an existing business within the first 24 months of arrival in Canada on a temporary work permit. 

Business Investment

  • Minimum investment required is $250,000 for businesses situated in the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region. 
  • Minimum investment required is $150,000 if a business is situated outside of the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region.
  • Business Investment must be made in an eligible business (as defined by the MPNP).
  • The proposed business must create or maintain at least 1 job for a Canadian Citizen or a Permanent Resident in Manitoba (excluding owners of the business and/or their close relatives).

Farm Investor Pathway

This pathway (which replaces the previous Farm Strategic Recruitment Initiative) is meant for individuals with proven farm business experience, capacity to invest necessary capital, and who intend to establish and operate a farm operation in rural Manitoba.

The expectation is that successful applicants will establish a farm business in rural Manitoba producing primary products that is consistent with the province’s current farm industry. The type of operation and investment must correlate with Provincial statistics and be relevant to Manitoba’s farm industry. Agri-business operations not producing primary products may qualify under the Entrepreneur Pathway.