Alberta Advantage Immigration Program – Processing information

Overview

This page provides information on nominations issued and available, applications to be processed, estimated processing times, processing order and priorities and draws..

All information about nominations issued, nomination allocation distribution, spaces remaining and applications to be processed are subject to change without notice. AAIP reserves the right to redistribute allocations to other streams or pathways at any time.

Last updated: September 11, 2025

Processing summary totals

2024 summary

• AAIP issued 9,942 nominations in 2024, meeting its allocation for the year.
  • We also issued some additional nominations under a small IRCC Express Entry administrative overage provided by the Government of Canada.
• Over 85% of the total 2024 nominations went to temporary foreign workers in Alberta.
• This percentage is in line with the Government of Canada’s requirement included in the ‘Temporary Public Policy to Facilitate Work Permits for Prospective Provincial Nominee Program Candidates.’
• AAIP issued 777 work permit support letters for existing foreign workers already contributing to Alberta’s economy and labour market needs under the Temporary Public Policy. These letters support nomination eligibility and IRCC authorization to continue to work in the province. Applicants who received one of these work permit support letters will have their application for nomination assessed in 2025 or 2026.

2025 summary

Table 1. Process summary totals for 2025.

Alberta Opportunity Stream

Table 2. Alberta Opportunity Stream nomination numbers for 2025.

Rural Renewal Stream

Table 3. Rural Renewal Stream nomination numbers for 2025.

Processing information provided below is an estimate. The processing times for Rural Renewal Stream applications may vary based on several factors, including the consideration of application volumes from Designated Communities. 

Tourism and Hospitality Stream

Table 4. Tourism and Hospitality Stream nomination numbers for 2025.

Dedicated Health Care Pathways

Table 5. Dedicated Health Care Pathways (Express Entry and non-Express Entry nomination numbers for 2025.

Alberta Express Entry Stream

The 2025 nomination allocation for the Alberta Express Entry Stream is 1,071.

Table 6. Alberta Express Entry Stream nomination numbers for 2025.

Entrepreneur Streams

Table 7. Entrepreneur Streams nomination numbers for 2025.

Entrepreneur stream processing times and volumes vary due to comprehensive documentation and verification needs. On average, it takes up to four months to assess both an expression of interest and business application. Entrepreneur stream applicants have frequent contact with AAIP staff responsible for assessing eligibility for business application approval and nomination.

Worker expression of interest information

Table 8. Expression of interest pool.

The table below is broken down by the streams or pathways and includes the current number of expressions of interest that are eligible for selection draws.

Candidates may be invited to apply to a stream or pathway other than the one that they submitted their expression of interest to.

Table 9. Draw information.

• Information will be updated as draws are conducted. AAIP draws are not regularly scheduled. They are done as needed to address sector needs and provincial priorities.
• EOI score is not the only factor AAIP uses to select candidates for invitation. AAIP considers a variety of factors provided in Worker EOIs to meet program priorities. To protect program integrity AAIP does not disclose draw parameters.
• Draws under the Alberta Opportunity Stream may be general or may target specific industries or sectors.
• Draw information for 2025 is provided below. AAIP draw information for 2024 is provided in the AAIP Draw History Summary 2024. This document also includes draw information for the Alberta Express Entry Stream under the former Notification of Interest system.

Contact

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