Yukon moves to a new system for PR nominations. Employers and foreign nationals can no longer submit applications directly to the Yukon Nominee Program.
All applications to the YNP must now go through an Expression of Interest (EOI) system.
Under this new pool-based system, an employer should obtain an invitation from the YNP before being able to submit an application for territorial nominations for a foreign worker.
Prior to this change, employers could submit applications to the YNP directly.
Under this new EOI system, it will be more difficult to obtain a territorial nomination for Canadian permanent residency from the YNP.
The new EOI intake will open at 9 am. Yukon Standard Time on March 31, 2025, and will remain open until 4:30 pm YST on April 22, 2025.
How Does The New System Work?
Under the new EOI system, employers must submit a simple web form with information about the foreign worker they wish the YNP to consider for nomination.
The YNP will then review the EOIs, select its top-pick applicants, and invite those to submit full applications to the YNP.
What Applicants Is The YNP Prioritizing?
Yukon moves to a new system for PR nominations. The YNP will prioritize applicants in the following situations for 2025:
- Applicants living and working in the Yukon for a minimum of one year
- French-speaking applicants
- Yukon University graduates
- Temporary Measure Letter of Support recipients
Temporary Measure Letter Of Support
Some applicants can apply for Yukon-supported work permits, which can be issued for up to two years.
To be eligible, a foreign national must:
- Have been living and working in Yukon on May 16, 2024
- Have a Yukon employer who plans to nominate them to PR through the YNP in 2025 or 2026
- Have a work permit that has expired since January 1, 2025, or that will expire before December 31, 2025
Yukon will provide eligible applicants with letters of support to include in their work permit applications.
Intake for this work permit program opened on March 19, 2025, and will remain open until 4:30 pm YST on April 2, 2025.
Rationale For The Change
Yukon moves to a new system for PR nominations. The federal government has reduced YNP’s allocation of nominations in 2025.
The 2025 allocation is 215 nominations, about half of what the YNP obtained in 2025.
The YNP expects there to be more demand than there are available nomination species.
The YNP has established the EOI system to enable it to focus on the highest priority applicants, rather than to operate on a first-come, first-serve model – as it would have to do if it were to allow direct applications to the YNP and close intake after the cap had been reached.
The reduction of allocation to the YNP aligns with the federal government’s reduction in landings targets for permanent residents through the Provincial Nominee Program under the 2025-2027 Immigration Levels Plan, which cut overall PR landings targets by 20%, and landings targets under the PNP by 50%.
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