Express Entry: Category-based selection

To be eligible for an invitation through a category-based round, you must:

• Meet the minimum criteria for Express Entry, including being eligible for 1 of the 3 immigration programs it covers

Worker

Senior managers with Canadian experience occupations / NOC (Added to the list on 18 Feb 2026)

1. Senior managers - construction, transportation, production and utilities / 00015

2. Senior managers - trade, broadcasting and other services / 00014

3. Senior managers - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations / 00013

4. Senior managers - financial, communications and other business services / 00012

Researchers with Canadian work experience occupations / NOC (Added to the list on 18 Feb 2026)

1. Post-secondary teaching and research assistants / 41201

2. University professors and lecturers / 41200

Skilled military recruits occupations / NOC (Added to the list on 18 Feb 2026)

1. Operations Members of the Canadian Armed Forces / 43204

2.  Specialized members of the Canadian Armed Forces / 42102

3.  Commissioned officers of the Canadian Armed Forces / 40042

Transport occupations / NOC (Added to the list on 18 Feb 2026)

1. Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors / 72600

2. Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics, and mechanical repairers / 72410

3. Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors / 72404

4. Aircraft instrument, electrical and avionics mechanics, technicians and inspectors / 22313

Healthcare and social services occupations / NOC

1. Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians 32104

2. Audiologists and speech language pathologists 31112

3. Cardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists 32123

4. Chiropractors 31201

5. Dental hygienists and dental therapists 32111

6. Dentists 31110

7. Dieticians and nutritionists 31121

8. General practitioners and family physicians 31102

9. Licensed practical nurses 32101

10. Massage therapists 32201

11. Medical laboratory assistants and related technical occupations 33101

12. Medical laboratory technologists 32120

13. Medical radiation technologists 32121

14. Medical sonographers 32122

15. Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates 33102

16. Nurse practitioners 31302

17. Nursing co-ordinators and supervisors 31300

18. Occupational therapists 31203

19. Optometrists 31111

20. Other medical technologists and technicians 32129

21. Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating 31209

22. Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment 32109

23. Paramedical occupations 32102

24. Pharmacists 31120

25. Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants 33103

26. Pharmacy technicians 32124

27. Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals 31303

28. Physiotherapists 31202

29. Psychologists 31200

30. Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses 31301

31. Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists 32103

32. Social and community service workers 42201

33. Social workers 41300

34. Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine 31100

35. Specialists in surgery 31101

36. Therapists in counselling and related specialized therapies 41301

37. Veterinarians 31103

Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) occupations/NOC

1. Civil engineering technologists and technicians 20011

2. Civil Engineers 22300

3. Cybersecurity specialists 21220

4. Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians 22310

5. Electrical and electronics engineers 21310

6. Geological Engineers 21331

7. Industrial and manufacturing engineers 21321

8. Insurance agents and brokers 63100

9. Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians 22301

10. Mechanical Engineers 21301

Trade occupations/NOC

1. Contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services 82021

2. Floor covering installers 73113

3. Painters and decorators (except interior decorators) 73112

4. Roofers and shinglers 73110

5. Concrete finishers 73100

6. Other technical trades and related occupations 72999

7. Water well drillers 72501

8. Electrical mechanics 72422

9. Heating, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics 72402

10. Heavy-duty equipment mechanics 72401

11. Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics 72400

12. Bricklayers 72320

13. Cabinetmakers 72311

14. Carpenters 72310

15. Gas fitters 72302

16. Plumbers 72300

17. Industrial electricians 72201

18. Electricians (except industrial and power system) 72200

19. Welders and related machine operators 72106

20. Sheet metal workers 72102

21. Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors 72100

22. Home building and renovation managers 70011

23. Construction managers 70010

24. Cooks 63200

25. Construction estimators 22303

Agriculture and agri-food occupations/NOC

1. Butchers - retail and wholesale 63201

Education occupations/NOC

1. Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants 43100

2. Instructors of persons with disabilities 42203

3. Early childhood educators and assistants 42202

4. Elementary school and kindergarten teachers 41221

5. Secondary school teachers 41220