#noc2021

The government of Canada has added 16 new occupations to its in-demand List. These new occupations will be eligible to apply for permanent residence in Canada through Express Entry point's calculator stream. With the addition of 16 new occupations, Canada brings more skilled workers to the country across critical sectors, including healthcare, education, construction, and transportation.

As Canada continues to struggle with an acute labor shortage, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is taking active measures to invite more skilled workers for vacant jobs.

Healthcare and social assistance alone saw a record-high number of job vacancies, with 15,900 new positions. Year after year, this sector has witnessed a continuous rise of 25% in job vacancies. The advent of the Covid-19 pandemic has further plummeted the demand for skilled healthcare professions across Canada.

In the recent update of the National Occupation Classification (NOC) 2021, IRCC also included occupations such as Nurses, long-term care aides, hospital attendants, elementary and secondary school teacher assistants, and transport truck drivers as part of the new occupation list.

Apart from this, the following occupations also made their place to the new list of occupations now eligible for Canada PR visa:

Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants

Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates

Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants

Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants

Sheriffs and Bailiffs

Correctional service officers

By-law enforcement and other regulatory officers

Estheticians, Electrologists and related occupations

Residential and commercial installers and servicers

Pest controllers and fumigators

Other repairers and servicers

Transport truck drivers

Bus drivers, subway operators, and other transit operators

Heavy equipment operators

Aircraft assemblers

Aircraft assembly inspectors

The National Occupation Classification (NOC) is one of the most critical components of the Canadian immigration system. The system categorizes each job in the Canadian labor market and is updated regularly depending on the country's economic needs. The Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) leverages the NOC system to determine a person's ability to migrate to Canada as a temporary worker or permanent resident.

The latest changes to the NOC system support the Canadian government commitment to expand immigration pathways for temporary workers and international students, as more jobs have become eligible for the express entry system. Through this update, 16 new occupations that were previously not eligible can now apply for permanent residency in Canada.