The Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) was introduced in all Canadian provinces (except Quebec) and most territories in the period from 1998 to 2005. It was designed primarily to distribute more immigrants outside the three largest Canadian cities and to help meet the workforce needs of employers in the provinces and territories.
Different characteristics of the PNP were examined in various articles in Economic and Social Reports over the last several months, including in the fourth article in the series published today, "The Provincial Nominee Program: Provincial differences." The research was done in collaboration with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and examined the program's expansion, retention and earnings outcomes. The analysis used the Longitudinal Immigration Database, which enables the geographic mobility and earnings trajectories of immigrants to be examined by admission program.
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