ONTARIO PNP (OINP) Calculator
Ontario Workforce Priority Stream — Points Calculator
1. Employment & Labour Market
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- TEER 0Management occupations
- TEER 1Usually requires a university degree
- TEER 2College diploma or apprenticeship 2+ years
- TEER 3College diploma or apprenticeship <2 years
- TEER 4Secondary school + occupation-specific training
- TEER 5Short-term work demonstration
Second digit of your 5-digit NOC code (e.g. NOC 13102 → TEER 3).
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- 0Legislative & senior management
- 1Business, finance and administration
- 2Natural and applied sciences
- 3Health occupations
- 4Education, law, community, government
- 5Art, culture, recreation, sport
- 6Sales and service
- 7Trades, transport and equipment operators
- 8Natural resources and agriculture
- 9Manufacturing and utilities
First digit of your 5-digit NOC code.
Gross hourly wage before deductions.
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Work permit (10 pts) — LMIA-based, PGWP, or spousal open work permits all qualify.
Maintained status from work permit (10 pts) — you applied to renew your work permit before it expired.
Study permit (5 pts) — full-time study at a designated learning institution.
Maintained status from study permit (5 pts) — you applied to renew your study permit before it expired.
Not counted (0 pts): visitor records, maintained status from a visitor record, expired permits without renewal filed, or being outside Canada.
Only permits that confer legal status. Maintained status inherits points from the permit type you held before renewing.
Highest annual earnings on a CRA Notice of Assessment in the last 5 years.
2. Ontario Work Experience
Paid, full-time work experience in the exact employment position your employer is offering.
Only counted when you have less than 6 months in the job offer position above.
3. Education
A Canadian credential or an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) is required.
Each credential must take at least one year to complete full-time.
4. Official Language Ability
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Your CLB score is based on your lowest CLB across all four skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking).
If you took both English and French tests, use whichever scored the higher CLB.
Accepted tests: IELTS General, CELPIP General, PTE Core, TEF Canada, TCF Canada.
Test date must be within 2 years of application. Academic and One Skill Retake tests are not accepted.
If you took both English and French tests, use whichever scored the higher CLB.
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1 valid test = 5 pts — you get these 5 points as long as you submitted a valid language test, no matter what CLB level you scored. Even CLB 3, 4, or 5 in one test still awards the 5 count points.
2 tests = 10 pts — requires both English and French tests at CLB 6 or higher across all four skills.
No test = 0 pts — if you have not taken a valid English or French test, this factor scores zero.
1 test = 5 pts (any CLB). 2 tests = 10 pts (requires CLB 6+ in both).
5. Regional Immigration
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- Northern Ontario · 15 ptsMuskoka, Haliburton, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Manitoulin, Sudbury, Greater Sudbury, Timiskaming, Cochrane, Algoma, Thunder Bay, Rainy River, Kenora
- Eastern Ontario · 10 ptsFrontenac, Hastings, Kawartha Lakes, Lanark, Leeds & Grenville, Lennox & Addington, Northumberland, Ottawa, Peterborough, Prescott & Russell, Prince Edward, Renfrew, Stormont Dundas & Glengarry
- Central Ontario (outside GTA) · 10 ptsDufferin, Grey, Simcoe, Waterloo, Wellington
- Southwestern Ontario · 10 ptsBrant, Bruce, Chatham-Kent, Elgin, Essex, Haldimand-Norfolk, Hamilton, Huron, Lambton, Middlesex, Niagara, Oxford, Perth
- Inside GTA (except Toronto) · 5 ptsDurham, Halton, Peel, York
- Toronto · 0 ptsCity of Toronto
Tap the ? to see which region covers your area.
Your Score Breakdown
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| NOC TEER category | 0 / 9 |
| Broad occupational category | 0 / 10 |
| Hourly wage | 0 / 15 |
| Ontario work experience | 0 / 18 |
| Canadian earnings history | 0 / 8 |
| Legal status in Canada | 0 / 10 |
| Highest education | 0 / 10 |
| Canadian credentials | 0 / 10 |
| Language ability (CLB) | 0 / 15 |
| Number of official languages | 0 / 10 |
| Region | 0 / 15 |
| Total estimated score | 0 / 130 |
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