Key takeaways
- The MPNP EOI ranking grid has 6 factors and a maximum of 1,000 points: language (125), age (75), work experience (175), education (125) and adaptability (500). Risk factors can take away up to 200 points.
- Adaptability is the biggest factor. Ongoing work in Manitoba with a long-term job offer from the same employer, or a direct invitation under a Strategic Initiative, gives 500 points.
- Language points are counted for each of your four skills: up to 25 per skill, plus 25 for a second official language at CLB 5 or higher.
- Work experience or studies in another province each take away 100 points. This applies to you or your spouse.
- Manitoba does not publish a minimum EOI ranking score. You must meet your pathway’s requirements to enter the pool, and Skilled Worker Overseas has its own 60-point test. In draws from September 24 to November 5, 2026, the scores of the lowest-ranked candidates invited were 760 to 846, but many selections were by occupation or invitation, not by score.
How the score is used
The Skilled Worker Stream and the International Education Stream (except the International Student Entrepreneur Pilot) follow 5 steps:
- Expression of interest (EOI). You create an EOI profile in MPNP Online. It is free and stays in the pool for one year. Manitoba gives your EOI ranking points using the grid on this page.
- Draw. Manitoba holds EOI draws regularly. Some draws invite the highest-scoring candidates. Others pick people by current employment in an occupation, French language, study in Manitoba or a strategic recruitment invitation. The minimum score is different in each draw.
- Letter of Advice to Apply (LAA) and application. If you are selected, you get a Letter of Advice to Apply. It invites you to submit a full application to the MPNP. You must prove everything you claimed in your EOI.
- Assessment. An MPNP officer assesses your application in detail.
- Nomination. If Manitoba nominates you, you apply to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) for permanent residence within 180 days of the nomination date.
If you also have a valid Express Entry profile, you can declare your profile number and job seeker validation code in your EOI. A provincial nomination through Express Entry gives you 600 extra Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points, and IRCC then invites provincial nominees in its own Express Entry rounds. Check your federal score with the CRS calculator, and compare provinces on our PNP draws tracker.
Your score only decides your place in the pool. It does not show that you meet the pathway requirements, and Manitoba may leave some occupations out of draws.
The full MPNP EOI ranking points grid (Skilled Worker and International Education streams)
Every factor and point value in Manitoba’s published grid, out of 1,000 points. Grid checked November 6, 2026 against Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program: Expression of Interest (EOI) ranking system (immigratemanitoba.com, updated October 2, 2026) and the other official sources listed under Sources.
| Factor and your situation | Points |
|---|---|
| Language proficiency: up to 125 points in total | |
| First official language: Listening (CLB level) (up to 25) | |
| Below CLB 4, or no test | 0 |
| CLB 4 | 12 |
| CLB 5 | 17 |
| CLB 6 | 20 |
| CLB 7 | 22 |
| CLB 8 or higher | 25 |
| First official language: Reading (CLB level) (up to 25) | |
| Below CLB 4, or no test | 0 |
| CLB 4 | 12 |
| CLB 5 | 17 |
| CLB 6 | 20 |
| CLB 7 | 22 |
| CLB 8 or higher | 25 |
| First official language: Writing (CLB level) (up to 25) | |
| Below CLB 4, or no test | 0 |
| CLB 4 | 12 |
| CLB 5 | 17 |
| CLB 6 | 20 |
| CLB 7 | 22 |
| CLB 8 or higher | 25 |
| First official language: Speaking (CLB level) (up to 25) | |
| Below CLB 4, or no test | 0 |
| CLB 4 | 12 |
| CLB 5 | 17 |
| CLB 6 | 20 |
| CLB 7 | 22 |
| CLB 8 or higher | 25 |
| Second official language: CLB 5 or higher overall (up to 25) | |
| Yes | 25 |
| No | 0 |
| Your age when you submit your EOI (up to 75) | |
| 18 | 20 |
| 19 | 30 |
| 20 | 40 |
| 21 to 45 | 75 |
| 46 | 40 |
| 47 | 30 |
| 48 | 20 |
| 49 | 10 |
| 50 or older | 0 |
| Work experience: up to 175 points in total | |
| Full years of full-time work experience in the last 5 years (up to 75) | |
| 4 years or more | 75 |
| 3 years | 60 |
| 2 years | 50 |
| 1 year | 40 |
| Less than 1 year | 0 |
| Fully recognized by the Manitoba licensing body for your regulated job (up to 100) | |
| Yes | 100 |
| No | 0 |
| Highest level of education completed (up to 125) | |
| Master's degree or doctorate | 125 |
| Two post-secondary programs of at least 2 years each | 115 |
| One post-secondary program of 3 years or more | 110 |
| One post-secondary program of 2 years | 100 |
| One-year post-secondary program | 70 |
| Trade certificate | 70 |
| No formal post-secondary education | 0 |
| Adaptability (connection to Manitoba): up to 500 points in total | |
| Your strongest connection to Manitoba (up to 200) | |
| None of these | 0 |
| Close relative in Manitoba | 200 |
| Past authorized work in Manitoba (6 months or more) | 100 |
| Finished a post-secondary program in Manitoba (2 years or more) | 100 |
| Finished a post-secondary program in Manitoba (1 year) | 50 |
| Close friend or distant relative in Manitoba | 50 |
| Manitoba Demand (up to 500) | |
| None of these | 0 |
| Working in Manitoba 6 months or more, with a long-term job offer from the same employer | 500 |
| Invitation to Apply under a Strategic Initiative | 500 |
| Regional development: existing connection to a community outside the Manitoba Capital Region (up to 50) (only together with a connection to Manitoba) | |
| Yes | 50 |
| No | 0 |
| You or your spouse have work experience in another province (deduction) | |
| Yes | −100 |
| No | 0 |
| You or your spouse have studied in another province (deduction) | |
| Yes | −100 |
| No | 0 |
- The EOI ranking grid has six factors: language, age, work experience, education, adaptability and risk. The maximum score is 1,000 points. Risk factors can take away up to 200 points.
- Manitoba does not state an effective date for the grid. The PDF summary was created on February 27, 2018. The EOI page (updated October 2, 2026) shows the same point values.
- The EOI ranking system is used for the pathways of the Skilled Worker Stream (Skilled Worker in Manitoba and Skilled Worker Overseas) and the International Education Stream, except the International Student Entrepreneur Pilot. The Business Investor Stream has a separate process.
- Language: you get points for each of your four skills (listening, reading, writing, speaking) in your first official language, up to 25 per skill. You get 25 more points if you have a valid test at CLB 5 or higher overall in your second official language (the one of English or French that you know less well).
- Work experience: count only full years of full-time work (at least 30 hours a week) in the last 5 years, from jobs you held for 6 months or more. Do not round up: 3 years and 10 months counts as 3 years.
- You get 100 additional work experience points if your job is regulated in Manitoba and you have finished every step to be fully licensed in Manitoba. Sending your papers for review is not enough.
- Adaptability: every candidate must have at least one connection to Manitoba. If you have more than one, you get points only for the highest one. Regional development points (50) are added to another connection to Manitoba (not to Manitoba Demand) when you have an existing social or economic connection to a community outside the Manitoba Capital Region. Adaptability is capped at 500 points.
- Risk: answer yes if the situation applies to you or your spouse. Work experience in another province takes away 100 points, and studies in another province take away 100 points. A close relative in another province (and none in Manitoba) and a previous immigration application to another province take away 0 points, but you must still declare them.
- The grid does not say that a score stops at zero. In this calculator the lowest possible result is −200 (no points and both risk deductions). Real candidates need at least one connection to Manitoba, so a real EOI scores higher.
- Manitoba may limit or exclude EOIs in some occupations from draws, and many draws pick people by occupation, French language, study in Manitoba or a strategic recruitment invitation instead of by score alone.
- Manitoba does not publish a minimum EOI ranking score. To enter the pool you must meet the requirements of your pathway, and Skilled Worker Overseas has its own separate 60-point assessment.
- An EOI is free, stays in the pool for one year, and you can only have one at a time.
Worked example
Example: a 29-year-old Skilled Worker in Manitoba candidate with CLB 7, 6, 6 and 7 in English, 3 years of full-time work, a 2-year college diploma, and 8 months in a Winnipeg job with a long-term offer from the same employer (no other connection to Manitoba). This is the same profile the calculator above starts with.
| Factor | This profile | Points |
|---|---|---|
| First official language: Listening (CLB level) | CLB 7 | 22 |
| First official language: Reading (CLB level) | CLB 6 | 20 |
| First official language: Writing (CLB level) | CLB 6 | 20 |
| First official language: Speaking (CLB level) | CLB 7 | 22 |
| Second official language: CLB 5 or higher overall | No | 0 |
| Your age when you submit your EOI | 21 to 45 | 75 |
| Full years of full-time work experience in the last 5 years | 3 years | 60 |
| Fully recognized by the Manitoba licensing body for your regulated job | No | 0 |
| Highest level of education completed | One post-secondary program of 2 years | 100 |
| Your strongest connection to Manitoba | None of these | 0 |
| Manitoba Demand | Working in Manitoba 6 months or more, with a long-term job offer from the same employer | 500 |
| Total | 819 of 1,000 | |
How Manitoba counts your connection
Every candidate needs at least one connection to Manitoba. Adaptability points work like this:
- Connection to Manitoba (up to 200): a close relative in Manitoba (200), past authorized work in Manitoba for 6 months or more (100), a post-secondary program finished in Manitoba (100 for 2 years or more, 50 for 1 year), or a close friend or distant relative in Manitoba (50).
- Manitoba Demand (500): ongoing work in Manitoba for 6 months or more with a long-term job offer from the same employer, or an Invitation to Apply under a Strategic Initiative.
- Regional development (50): you have an existing social or economic connection to a community outside the Manitoba Capital Region. These points are added to another connection to Manitoba, but not to Manitoba Demand.
If you have more than one connection, you get points for the highest one. Adaptability can never be more than 500 points. If you plan to settle outside Winnipeg, you must show a convincing connection to that region when you apply. See our Winnipeg guide for life in the capital.
Skilled Worker Overseas: a separate 60-point test
This calculator covers the EOI ranking points Manitoba publishes. The Skilled Worker Overseas pathway also has a separate points assessment: you must score at least 60 points on five factors (language, age, work experience, education and adaptability) and have a connection to Manitoba. That is a different grid, and this page does not calculate it. Check it on Manitoba’s Skilled Worker Overseas eligibility page.
Recent Manitoba draws
The latest Manitoba draws, as published on immigratemanitoba.com (checked November 6, 2026). Past lowest scores are not a prediction of future draws.
| Date | Stream | Minimum score | Invitations |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 5, 2026 | Skilled Worker in Manitoba: occupation-specific (broad categories 8 and 9, current Manitoba job) | Not published | 448 |
| November 5, 2026 | Skilled Worker Stream: Strategic Recruitment Initiative invitations | Not published | 78 |
| October 22, 2026 | Skilled Worker in Manitoba: completed post-secondary study in Manitoba | 816 | 734 |
| October 22, 2026 | Skilled Worker in Manitoba: overall top scoring | 846 | 513 |
| October 22, 2026 | Skilled Worker Stream: Strategic Recruitment Initiative invitations | Not published | 57 |
| October 8, 2026 | Skilled Worker in Manitoba: occupation-specific (health occupations) | Not published | 46 |
| October 8, 2026 | Skilled Worker in Manitoba: occupation-specific (teachers, teacher assistants and early childhood educators) | Not published | 211 |
| October 8, 2026 | Skilled Worker Stream: Strategic Recruitment Initiative invitations | Not published | 83 |
| September 24, 2026 | Skilled Worker in Manitoba: occupation-specific (family physicians, current Manitoba job) | Not published | 1 |
| September 24, 2026 | Skilled Worker in Manitoba: top scoring, current Manitoba job in natural and applied sciences | 760 | 417 |
| September 24, 2026 | Francophone selection (French test and French as language of communication) | Not published | 16 |
| September 24, 2026 | Skilled Worker Stream: Strategic Recruitment Initiative invitations | Not published | 40 |
Draws #280 to #283. The minimum score is Manitoba's "ranking score of lowest-ranked candidate invited". "Not published" means Manitoba did not post a score for that selection: it chose people by occupation, French language or a strategic recruitment invitation.
See every province in our PNP draw tracker.
Common questions
How many points is the MPNP EOI ranking out of?
1,000 points. Manitoba uses six factors: language (up to 125), age (up to 75), work experience (up to 175), education (up to 125), adaptability (up to 500) and risk. Risk factors can take away up to 200 points.
Is there a minimum EOI score for Manitoba?
Manitoba does not publish a minimum EOI ranking score. To enter the pool, you must meet the requirements of your pathway, and Skilled Worker Overseas also has its own 60-point test. Some draws invite the highest-scoring candidates. Others select people by current employment in an occupation, French language, study in Manitoba or a strategic recruitment invitation. For draws that rank by score, Manitoba publishes the score of the lowest-ranked candidate invited. See our PNP draws tracker.
How do I count my work experience?
Count the full years of full-time work you finished in the last 5 years before you submit your EOI. Full-time means at least 30 hours a week, and only jobs you held with one employer for 6 months or more count. Do not round up: 3 years and 10 months is 3 years. If you finish another full year before you get a Letter of Advice to Apply, you can update your EOI.
When can I claim points for a second official language?
Your second official language is English or French, the one you know less well. You get 25 points only if you have a valid test in that language at CLB 5 or higher. For example, if you used an English test for your first language, you need a French test such as TEF Canada (Test d’évaluation de français). Convert your results with our CLB converter.
Do risk factors stop me from applying?
No. Manitoba’s FAQ says one or more risk factors do not make a candidate ineligible, and that candidates who lost points for links to other provinces have been considered under every draw to date. Work experience or studies in another province each take away 100 points. A close relative in another province, or a past immigration application to another province, takes away no points, but you must still declare it. These questions apply to you and your spouse.
How long does an MPNP EOI last, and does it cost anything?
An EOI is free and stays valid for one year from the day you submit it. You can only have one active EOI. You can edit it if your situation changes, but editing does not extend the one year. Language tests and credential assessments are paid to other organizations. Plan the full cost with our cost of PR calculator.
Sources
- Expression of Interest (EOI) ranking system, immigratemanitoba.com
- MPNP Expression of Interest Ranking Points Grid (PDF), immigratemanitoba.com
- FAQs: Expression of Interest (EOI), immigratemanitoba.com
- MPNP Expression of Interest draws, immigratemanitoba.com
- Skilled Worker Overseas eligibility, immigratemanitoba.com
- How to apply: Skilled Worker in Manitoba, immigratemanitoba.com
- IRCC: Comprehensive Ranking System criteria (600 points for a provincial nomination)