Manitoba has a moderately strong economy based largely on natural resources.The cost of living in Manitoba is generally lower than other Provinces in Canada. Manitoba is known for the high quality of free public health care and school systems and has been welcoming immigrants for well over a century.
The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) seeks recent graduates, skilled workers, business people and their families with the intention and ability to successfully settle and economically establish in Manitoba as permanent residents. The province offers three pathways for eligible immigrants to settle in the province.
1) Skilled Workers Stream – MPNP selects internationally trained and experienced workers who have the skills needed in the local labor market, and nominate them to receive Canadian permanent resident visas to settle and work in Manitoba.
2) Skilled Workers Overseas - All applicants must demonstrate an established connection to Manitoba either through the support of family members or friends, through previous education or work experience in the province or through an invitation to apply received directly from the MPNP as part of a Strategic Recruitment Initiative.
3) International Education Stream – This pathway is dedicated to providing faster pathways for nomination to international students graduating in Manitoba and meeting the needs of industry and has been further sub-divided into:
i. Career Employment Pathway
ii. Graduate Internship Pathway
iii. International Student Entrepreneur Pilot
With the various pathways offered, each of them has unique requirements to be fulfilled in terms of eligibility criteria.
The renewed Business Investor Stream will replace the current PNP-B business immigration category. BIS allows Manitoba to recruit and nominate qualified business investors and entrepreneurs from around the world who have the intent and ability to start or purchase businesses in Manitoba. Applicants will no longer be required to submit a deposit of $100,000 to the Manitoba government. There are two pathways:
The Entrepreneur Pathway for applicants seeking to open a business in Manitoba; and
The Farm Investor Pathway for those intending to establish and operate a farm operation in rural Manitoba.