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- Manan Gupta
- 2025/02/27
Express Entry: Category-based selection
In category-based rounds of invitations, IRCC invites candidates in the Express Entry pool who are eligible for a specific category established by the Minister to meet an identified economic goal.
Current categories
- French-language proficiency
- Healthcare and social services occupations
- Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) occupations
- Trade occupations
- Agriculture and agri-food occupations
- Education occupations
Who’s eligible for the healthcare and social services occupations category
To be eligible, you must:
- have accumulated, within the past 3 years, at least 6 months of full-time, continuous work experience (or an equal amount of part-time experience)
- in a single occupation listed in the table below
- in Canada or abroad
- meet all requirements in the instructions for that round
|
Occupation |
2021 NOC code |
2021 TEER category |
|
Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians |
32104 |
2 |
|
Audiologists and speech language pathologists |
31112 |
1 |
|
Cardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists |
32123 |
2 |
|
Chiropractors |
31201 |
1 |
|
Dental hygienists and dental therapists |
32111 |
2 |
|
Dentists |
31110 |
1 |
|
Dieticians and nutritionists |
31121 |
1 |
|
General practitioners and family physicians |
31102 |
1 |
|
Licensed practical nurses |
32101 |
2 |
|
Massage therapists |
32201 |
2 |
|
Medical laboratory assistants and related technical occupations |
33101 |
3 |
|
Medical laboratory technologists |
32120 |
2 |
|
Medical radiation technologists |
32121 |
2 |
|
Medical sonographers |
32122 |
2 |
|
Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates |
33102 |
3 |
|
Nurse practitioners |
31302 |
1 |
|
Nursing co-ordinators and supervisors |
31300 |
1 |
|
Occupational therapists |
31203 |
1 |
|
Optometrists |
31111 |
1 |
|
Other medical technologists and technicians |
32129 |
2 |
|
Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating |
31209 |
1 |
|
Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment |
32109 |
2 |
|
Paramedical occupations |
32102 |
2 |
|
Pharmacists |
31120 |
1 |
|
Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants |
33103 |
3 |
|
Pharmacy technicians |
32124 |
2 |
|
Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals |
31303 |
1 |
|
Physiotherapists |
31202 |
1 |
|
Psychologists |
31200 |
1 |
|
Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses |
31301 |
1 |
|
Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists |
32103 |
2 |
|
Social and community service workers |
42201 |
2 |
|
Social workers |
41300 |
1 |
|
Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine |
31100 |
1 |
|
Specialists in surgery |
31101 |
1 |
|
Therapists in counselling and related specialized therapies |
41301 |
1 |
|
Veterinarians |
31103 |
1 |
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