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Ontario NEW PR Pathway 2026! ALL Jobs TEER 0 to 5 Now Qualify, Even Cooks & Cleaners

Ontario just made the biggest change to its immigration program in its history.

Get the latest on Ontario permanent residence changes. Find out which streams are closed and how the new program impacts your application.

Ontario has officially closed several key permanent residence streams, including those specifically for Master's graduates, PhD graduates, foreign workers, international students, and skilled trades. If you were planning to apply through these traditional pathways, this update is critical for your immigration strategy.
All eight OINP streams are permanently closed, including the Master's and PhD Graduate streams. In their place stands one new stream: the Ontario Workforce Priority Stream, with pathways covering every skill level from TEER 0 to TEER 5.

For the first time ever, cooks, cleaners, truck drivers, retail workers, farm workers, and personal support workers in Ontario have a dedicated provincial pathway to permanent residence. The requirement: a full-time, permanent job offer and nine months of cumulative experience with that employer in the last two years.
But there are losers too. Graduate degree holders no longer have a job-offer-free route. Old Expressions of Interest are being automatically withdrawn. And the new EOI system opens later this summer, which means the preparation window is right now.
In our latest Canada Immigration Matters video, Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant Pius breaks down all three pathways, every requirement, who wins, who loses, and what to prepare before the system opens.

▶️ Watch here: https://youtu.be/LNbw1_NU0ek

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