OINP: Choose Candidates – the EOI Scoring Factors

The answers you provide to each question in your expression of interest registration will be scored based on several scoring factors. Once submitted, your expression of interest registration will then be entered into a selection pool. Each OINP stream has its own selection pool. All candidates registering for the same stream will be placed in the same selection pool.

Scoring factors

We will score your answers using the National Occupational Classification (NOC) system to assign points to your job offer and Canadian work experience.

Find your job’s NOC to determine its skill level and type.

If you are invited to apply, you will be required to submit specific documents to support each scoring factor for which you received points. Scoring factors are not the same as stream criteria. You must meet all the criteria for the stream you wish to apply and provide the mandatory documents with your application. Refer to the document checklist for each stream.

Employment / labour market factors

Job offer: NOC TEER

  • NOC TEER category 0 or 1 – 10 Points
  • NOC TEER category 2 or 3 – 8 Points
  • NOC TEER category 4 – 0 Points
  • NOC TEER category 5 – 0 Points

Job offer: broad occupational category

  • Occupational Category 0,2,3 – 10 points
  • Occupational Category 7 – 7 points
  • Occupational Category 1,9 – 5 points
  • Occupational Category 4,8 – 4 points
  • Occupational Category 5,6 – 3 points

Job offer: wage

  • $40 per hour or higher – 10 points
  • $35 to $39.99 per hour – 8 points
  • $30 to $34.99 per hour – 7 points
  • $25 to $29.99 per hour – 6 points
  • $20 to $24.99 per hour – 5 points
  • Less than $20 per hour – 0 points

Work or study permit status

  • With valid work or study permit – 10 points
  • Without valid work or study permit – 0 points

The work or study permit must confer legal status.

Job tenure with job offer employer

  • 6 months or more working in job offer position – 3 points
  • Less than 6 months working in job offer position or not currently working in position – 0 points

The work in the job offer position must have occurred within Ontario.

Canadian work experience: earnings history

Based on a Notice of Assessment issued by the Canada Revenue Agency in the last five years.

$40k or more earnings in a year – 3 points
Less than $40k earnings in a year – 0 points

Education

Highest level of education

Canadian credential or Educational Credential Assessment required.

  • PhD – 10 points
  • Masters – 8 points
  • Bachelors or equivalent – 6 points
  • Graduate diploma or certificate – 6 points
  • Undergraduate diploma or certificate – 5 points
  • Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma – 5 points
  • Less than college or trade certificate – 0 points

Field of study

Points are awarded based on the field of study of the eligible education credential being used for the OINP application.

  • STEM/health (engineering, health, math, computer science) and trades (agriculture and natural resources operations and management, mechanics and repair, architecture, construction and precision production) – 12 points
  • Business and administration, social, legal, education, behavioral science, personal, security and transport services, social work and related programs – 6 points
  • Arts and humanities, business, humanities, arts, social science and education (BHASE) programs, not elsewhere classified (n.e.c) – 0 points

For more information about Fields of Study please review the Statistics Canada website.

Canadian education experience

Credential must be for a post-secondary education credential from an eligible Canadian institution that takes at least one year to complete on a full-time basis.

  • More than one Canadian credential – 10 points
  • One Canadian credential – 5 points

Language

Official language ability

  • CLB 9 or higher – 10 points
  • CLB 8 – 6 points
  • CLB 7 – 4 points
  • CLB 6 or lower – 0 points

Knowledge of official languages

  • 2 Official Languages – 10 points (a minimum Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) score of 7 in one official language and a minimum CLB 6 in the second official language)
  • 1 Official Language – 5 points

Regionalization

Regional immigration: location of job offer

  • Northern Ontario – 10 points
  • Other areas outside GTA (except Northern Ontario) – 8 points
  • Inside GTA (except Toronto) – 3 points
  • Toronto – 0 points

Regional immigration: location of study (where you physically attended classes)

  • Northern Ontario – 10 points
  • Other areas outside GTA (except Northern Ontario) – 8 points
  • Inside GTA (except Toronto) – 3 points
  • Toronto – 0 points
  • Credential was completed without physically attending (in-person) classes – 0 points

For Regionalization scoring factors, the regions are defined as follows:

  • Northern Ontario – includes the following Census Divisions: Muskoka Haliburton, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Manitoulin, Sudbury, Greater Sudbury/Grand Sudbury, Timiskaming, Cochrane, Algoma, Thunder Bay, Rainy River and Kenora
  • Other areas outside of Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), except Northern Ontario – includes all Ontario regions except those listed as part of Toronto, the Greater Toronto Area and Northern Ontario
  • Greater Toronto Area (except Toronto) – includes the regional municipalities of Durham, Halton, Peel and York
  • Toronto – includes the City of Toronto

 

How The EOI Scoring Is Applied To Each Stream

Scoring factor EJO: Foreign Worker EJO: In-Demand Skills EJO: Intl Student Masters Graduate PhD Graduate
Job offer: NOC TEER category Scored Not applied Scored Not applied Not applied
Job offer: NOC broad occupational category Scored Scored Scored Not applied Not applied
Job offer: wage Scored Scored Scored Not applied Not applied
Work permit status Scored Scored Scored Scored Scored
Job tenure with job offer employer Scored Scored Scored Not applied Not applied
Earnings history Scored Scored Scored Scored Scored
Highest level of education Not applied Not applied Scored Scored Scored
Field of study Not applied Not applied Scored Scored Scored
Canadian education experience Not applied Not applied Scored Scored Scored
Official language ability Scored Not applied Scored Scored Scored
Knowledge of official languages Scored Not applied Scored Scored Scored
Regional immigration: location of job offer Scored Scored Scored Not applied Not applied
Regional immigration: location of study Not applied Not applied Scored Scored Scored