Latest AAIP Draws: Current Cut-Off Scores, Recent Rounds, and What Changed (2026, Continuously Updated)
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AAIP draws are the selection rounds the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) uses to invite candidates from its worker Expression of Interest (EOI) pool to apply for a provincial nomination. This page tracks every 2026 AAIP draw in one place: the latest round, the minimum score of invited candidates, the number of invitations, nomination spaces still available, and the program changes that shape who gets picked. All figures below were verified against the Government of Alberta’s official AAIP processing page, which was last updated July 30, 2026. Because AAIP draws are not on a fixed schedule, treat this as a living reference and confirm the current numbers on the official page before you act.
Why AAIP draw numbers matter for your file
A provincial nomination is worth 600 additional points in a federal Express Entry profile, and for many applicants an AAIP nomination is the difference between waiting in a pool and receiving an invitation to apply for permanent residence. As of the July 30, 2026 update, 2,711 of Alberta’s 6,603 nomination spaces for 2026 remain, with 1,585 applications still to be processed. If you are already in the worker EOI pool, that number is your opportunity: the practical move this month is to confirm your EOI is complete and accurate (wage and hours fields included), make sure your score reflects your real profile, and line up your documents so you can act fast if you are invited. Getting a detail wrong on the EOI, or misreading a low sector cut-off as an easy target, is exactly the kind of error that costs candidates a round.
In this guide:
The latest AAIP draw and current cut-off score
Every 2026 AAIP draw (full results table)
How to read AAIP draw scores
2026 nomination allocation and spaces remaining
The worker EOI pool: your competition by stream
What changed in AAIP in 2026
How AAIP draws affect your application
If your situation does not fit the standard case
How Amir reads AAIP draw data
Frequently asked questions about AAIP draws
The latest AAIP draw and current cut-off
The most recent AAIP draw on record is July 21, 2026, an Alberta Express Entry Stream draw targeting Priority Sectors (Construction). It invited candidates with a minimum score of 65 and issued 53 invitations. The round before it was July 16, 2026 (Priority Sectors, Agriculture) at a minimum score of 56 with 29 invitations.
A few things stand out in the current rounds. AAIP’s largest recent draw was the July 15, 2026 Alberta Opportunity Stream round (833 invitations at a minimum score of 53), which reflects Alberta Opportunity Stream’s role as the program’s highest-volume stream. The Express Entry sector draws, by contrast, are small and targeted: construction, agriculture, manufacturing, health care, aviation, and technology rounds routinely invite a few dozen candidates at a time, and their minimum scores swing widely depending on how deep the pool is in that specific sector. We broke down the June manufacturing, tech, and Rural Renewal rounds separately.
Source: Alberta Advantage Immigration Program, Processing information (alberta.ca), last updated July 30, 2026. Verified August 2026.
Every 2026 AAIP draw: full results table
The table below lists every AAIP draw conducted in 2026, most recent first, with the stream or pathway, the minimum score of invited candidates, and the number of invitations. Alberta does not publish AAIP draws on a fixed calendar, so new rows appear as rounds are held.
Draw date | Stream / pathway / focus | Minimum score | Invitations |
|---|---|---|---|
July 21, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Construction) | 65 | 53 |
July 16, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Agriculture) | 56 | 29 |
July 15, 2026 | Alberta Opportunity Stream | 53 | 833 |
July 14, 2026 | Dedicated Health Care Pathway – non-Express Entry | 52 | 51 |
July 10, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Law Enforcement Pathway | 52 | Less than 10 |
July 8, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Accelerated Tech Pathway | 55 | 149 |
July 7, 2026 | Rural Renewal Stream | 55 | 42 |
July 3, 2026 | Dedicated Health Care Pathway – Express Entry | 55 | 92 |
June 29, 2026 | Dedicated Health Care Pathway – non-Express Entry | 63 | 75 |
June 24, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Aviation and skilled trade) | 47 | 35 |
June 22, 2026 | Dedicated Health Care Pathway – Express Entry | 64 | 46 |
June 19, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Accelerated Tech Pathway | 59 | 100 |
June 18, 2026 | Tourism and Hospitality Stream | 71 | 61 |
June 17, 2026 | Alberta Opportunity Stream | 58 | 720 |
June 15, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Manufacturing) | 50 | 56 |
June 12, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Agriculture) | 52 | 37 |
June 11, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Health Care) | 63 | 50 |
June 10, 2026 | Rural Renewal Stream | 51 | 54 |
June 9, 2026 | Dedicated Health Care Pathway – non-Express Entry | 45 | 35 |
June 8, 2026 | Dedicated Health Care Pathway – Express Entry | 60 | 49 |
June 5, 2026 | Alberta Opportunity Stream | 50 | 462 |
June 2, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Manufacturing) | 53 | 49 |
May 29, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Accelerated Tech Pathway | 55 | 200 |
May 27, 2026 | Alberta Opportunity Stream | 51 | 993 |
May 25, 2026 | Rural Renewal Stream | 50 | 83 |
May 22, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Agriculture) | 48 | 76 |
May 21, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Manufacturing) | 56 | 99 |
May 20, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Construction and skilled trade) | 61 | 50 |
May 13, 2026 | Dedicated Health Care Pathway – Express Entry | 57 | 61 |
May 7, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Accelerated Tech Pathway | 57 | 146 |
May 6, 2026 | Alberta Opportunity Stream | 54 | 832 |
May 1, 2026 | Rural Renewal Stream | 50 | 12 |
April 27, 2026 | Tourism and Hospitality Stream | 71 | 98 |
April 23, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Law Enforcement Pathway | 58 | Less than 10 |
April 16, 2026 | Dedicated Health Care Pathway – non-Express Entry | 46 | 37 |
April 15, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Health Care) | 55 | 50 |
April 14, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Construction and skilled trade) | 60 | 50 |
April 13, 2026 | Dedicated Health Care Pathway – Express Entry | 59 | 62 |
April 10, 2026 | Alberta Opportunity Stream | 65 | 447 |
April 9, 2026 | Rural Renewal Stream | 50 | 74 |
April 8, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Accelerated Tech Pathway | 59 | 146 |
March 27, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Law Enforcement Pathway | 46 | Less than 10 |
March 26, 2026 | Rural Renewal Stream | 50 | 60 |
March 24, 2026 | Dedicated Health Care Pathway – non-Express Entry | 54 | 102 |
March 19, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Construction) | 59 | 109 |
March 17, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Manufacturing) | 50 | 27 |
March 16, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Health Care) | 63 | 50 |
March 13, 2026 | Rural Renewal Stream | 51 | 349 |
March 12, 2026 | Dedicated Health Care Pathway – non-Express Entry | 47 | 47 |
March 6, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Accelerated Tech Pathway | 56 | 139 |
March 5, 2026 | Alberta Opportunity Stream | 61 | 832 |
February 26, 2026 | Rural Renewal Stream | 55 | 30 |
February 24, 2026 | Tourism and Hospitality Stream | 73 | 68 |
February 20, 2026 | Alberta Opportunity Stream – Priority Sectors | 56 | 831 |
February 19, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Construction) | 61 | 50 |
February 17, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Agriculture) | 49 | Less than 10 |
February 12, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority Sectors (Manufacturing) | 50 | 32 |
February 11, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Accelerated Tech Pathway | 59 | 147 |
February 10, 2026 | Rural Renewal Stream | 54 | 212 |
February 6, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Law Enforcement Pathway | 50 | Less than 10 |
February 2, 2026 | Alberta Opportunity Stream | 57 | 915 |
January 29, 2026 | Alberta Express Entry Stream – Accelerated Tech Pathway | 63 | 148 |
January 27, 2026 | Dedicated Health Care Pathway – non-Express Entry | 45 | 43 |
January 26, 2026 | Dedicated Health Care Pathway – Express Entry | 61 | 63 |
Source: Alberta Advantage Immigration Program, Processing information (alberta.ca), Table 10, last updated July 30, 2026. Verified August 2026. AAIP figures can change without notice; confirm current rounds on the official page.
How to read AAIP draw scores
The minimum score in each AAIP draw is the lowest worker EOI score among the candidates invited in that round. Your EOI score is calculated from the worker Expression of Interest points grid, which rewards factors like your Alberta connection, work experience, language, education, and job offer. But a critical caveat sits on the official page: EOI score is not the only factor AAIP uses to select candidates. AAIP weighs a range of information in your EOI to meet program priorities, and to protect program integrity it does not disclose the full parameters of recent draws.
That means the published minimum score tells you where the bar landed for one specific stream on one specific day, not a guaranteed threshold you can target. A construction draw at 65 and an aviation draw at 47 in the same month do not mean aviation is easier in general; they mean the eligible pool in each sector was different that week. Read the scores as a trend and a rough gauge of competitiveness within a stream, not a fixed cut-off you can bank on.
2026 nomination allocation and spaces remaining
Alberta receives a set number of provincial nominations to issue each year, distributed across its streams. The table below shows the 2026 program totals as published on the official processing page.
2026 figure | Number |
|---|---|
2026 nomination allocation | 6,603 |
Nominations issued | 3,892 |
Nomination spaces remaining | 2,711 |
Applications to be processed | 1,585 |
Source: Alberta Advantage Immigration Program, Processing information (alberta.ca), Table 1, last updated July 30, 2026. Verified August 2026.
Beyond the 6,603 base allocation, Alberta also has access to additional federal spaces reserved for practice-ready physicians and Francophones (up to 10,000 such spaces exist across all provincial nominee programs). As of the July 30, 2026 update, AAIP had issued 50 nominations to physicians and 12 to Francophones under that separate initiative, and those do not count against the 6,603.
The allocation is split across streams, and AAIP reserves the right to move spaces between streams at any time. As of the latest update, spaces remaining by stream included roughly 1,477 in the Alberta Opportunity Stream, 444 in the Rural Renewal Stream, 27 in the Tourism and Hospitality Stream, 298 across the Dedicated Health Care Pathways, and a combined pool across the Alberta Express Entry Stream pathways (Accelerated Tech, Law Enforcement, and priority sector draws). Because AAIP redistributes allocations as needed, these stream-level numbers move; the official processing page is the place to check the current split.
The worker EOI pool: your competition by stream
The worker Expression of Interest pool is the group of candidates eligible to be selected in AAIP draws. Its size by stream tells you how much competition you are up against. As of July 30, 2026, the pool held 36,948 eligible expressions of interest.
Stream or pathway | Expressions of interest in the pool |
|---|---|
Alberta Opportunity Stream | 23,056 |
Dedicated Health Care Pathways (EE and non-EE) | 1,332 |
Rural Renewal Stream | 1,850 |
Tourism and Hospitality Stream | 3,558 |
Alberta Express Entry Stream – Accelerated Tech Pathway | 2,136 |
Alberta Express Entry Stream – Law Enforcement Pathway | 53 |
Alberta Express Entry Stream – Priority sector draws and other | 4,963 |
Total | 36,948 |
Source: Alberta Advantage Immigration Program, Processing information (alberta.ca), Table 9, last updated July 30, 2026. Verified August 2026.
The Alberta Opportunity Stream pool is by far the largest, which is why its draws are also the largest in volume: the program moves a lot of candidates through it. A niche pathway like Law Enforcement has a tiny pool (and its draws invite fewer than 10 at a time), so a single strong profile can matter far more there than in a stream with tens of thousands of candidates.
If one row in that table made you rethink your position in the pool, that hesitation is worth an eligibility check with Ansari Immigration’s licensed RCIC.
What changed in AAIP in 2026
Several 2026 program changes affect how draws run and who is eligible. These come from the Government of Alberta’s official AAIP updates page:
June 17, 2026: AAIP launched an Eligibility Explorer tool to help candidates check which streams they may qualify for.
May 26, 2026: A worker EOI edit function was added, expressions of interest are valid for one year, and candidates can reject an invitation and return to the pool before the invitation period ends.
April 7, 2026: A new $135 fee to submit a worker Expression of Interest took effect; other AAIP fees were unchanged. Confirm the current EOI fee on the official Alberta fee schedule before you pay.
March 11, 2026: Wage and hours-of-work fields were added to the worker EOI. Expressions of interest missing this information may be excluded from some draws, which makes EOI accuracy a direct eligibility issue.
Two earlier changes still shape 2026 draws. Effective January 1, 2026, the Rural Renewal Stream moved to per-community endorsement allocation limits, one-year validity for Endorsement of Candidate Letters, and a TEER-based endorsement model, and in-Canada applicants must hold a valid work permit when they apply and are assessed. And in September 2025, IRCC increased Alberta’s nomination allocation, which is reflected in the current 2026 total on the processing page. Alberta also stated that, for 2025, it was not participating in the federal temporary public policy that facilitates work permits for prospective provincial nominee candidates, and the Alberta Opportunity Stream still carries a note excluding applicants who received a work permit support letter under that policy.
How AAIP draws affect your application
For most candidates, the practical sequence is straightforward. You submit a worker Expression of Interest to the stream or pathway that fits your profile. If AAIP selects you in a draw, you receive an invitation to apply for a provincial nomination and a limited window to submit a complete application. A provincial nomination then adds 600 points to a federal Express Entry profile (for the Express Entry-aligned pathways) or supports a non-Express Entry paper-based permanent residence application, depending on the stream.
Three things follow directly from the draw data on this page. First, the stream you enter matters more than the headline score, because each stream draws from its own pool on its own timing. Second, AAIP can invite you to a stream other than the one you submitted your EOI to, so a complete, accurate profile keeps more doors open. Third, because draws are unscheduled and parameters are undisclosed, the only part you fully control is the strength and accuracy of your EOI and your readiness to respond quickly when invited.
Have your documents, language results, and Alberta job offer details ready before a draw, not after. Candidates who scramble to assemble a package after an invitation are the ones who run up against the deadline. For the federal side of the picture, our latest Express Entry draws hub tracks the CRS cut-offs a 600-point nomination pushes you past, and our latest provincial nominee program draws page rounds up rounds from other provinces.
If your situation does not fit the standard case
Not every candidate maps cleanly onto a single stream. A few common edge cases:
You qualify for more than one stream. Your EOI can position you for the pathway where your profile is most competitive, but the pools and cut-offs differ. Choosing the stream where you score highest relative to that pool, not just the one with the lowest recent number, is the real decision.
Your EOI is missing the newer wage or hours fields. Because those fields were added in 2026, an older or incomplete EOI may be excluded from some draws. Review and update it.
You are in Canada on a work permit that is expiring. Timing between your permit, your EOI, and a possible nomination can get complicated, and some streams (like the updated Rural Renewal Stream) require a valid work permit at application and assessment.
You are a physician or Francophone. You may fall under the separate federal-space initiative rather than the main allocation, with its own criteria.
Your score sits just below recent cut-offs. Because parameters are undisclosed and pools shift, a profile that misses one round can be selected in the next; the fix is usually improving the controllable factors in your EOI, not guessing at a target number.
For anything outside the standard path, confirm the current rule on the official AAIP stream pages, and consider a professional review before you submit.
How Amir reads AAIP draw data
A low sector cut-off is a rear-view mirror, not a target: it means the pool in that narrow sector was small that week, and AAIP does not publish the other factors it weighed.
As a licensed RCIC who reviews provincial nominee files, the mistake I see most often with AAIP is candidates treating a low sector cut-off as an open door. A 47 in an aviation draw or a 50 in a manufacturing round does not mean the bar is low for you. It means the eligible pool in that narrow sector was small that week, and AAIP does not publish the other factors it weighed. The score is a rear-view mirror, not a target.
The second thing I tell people: with the 2026 wage and hours fields now on the worker EOI, accuracy is not a formality, it is eligibility. An EOI that is missing or vague on those fields can be quietly left out of a draw you would otherwise have made. Before you worry about your score, make sure your expression of interest is complete and truthful down to the details, and that your Alberta job offer is documented the way an officer would expect to see it. That is the part you control, and it is the part that decides whether you are even in the room when a draw runs.
Frequently asked questions about AAIP draws
When is the next AAIP draw?
There is no fixed schedule. AAIP states that draws are not regularly scheduled and are held as needed to meet sector needs and provincial priorities. The most recent recorded draw was July 21, 2026. Check the official AAIP processing page for the latest round.
Is AAIP still open?
Yes. As of the July 30, 2026 update, AAIP was actively conducting draws and had 2,711 nomination spaces remaining for 2026. Individual streams can pause or change intake, so confirm the current status of your specific stream on the official Alberta pages.
Is AAIP paused?
The program as a whole is not paused as of the latest update, and draws are ongoing. However, individual streams have had intake pauses in the past, and AAIP can redistribute allocations at any time, so check the stream you are interested in on the official site.
What does AAIP stand for?
AAIP stands for the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program, Alberta’s provincial nominee program. It was previously known as the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP).
How do I check my AAIP application status?
Applicants track their file through the AAIP online portal. If the portal has not updated for a long time, you can contact AAIP through its official online contact form. Processing progress by stream is also published on the AAIP processing page.
What is the AAIP program in Canada?
The Alberta Advantage Immigration Program is how Alberta nominates workers and entrepreneurs for permanent residence. A provincial nomination supports a permanent residence application, and for Express Entry-aligned pathways it adds 600 points to your federal Express Entry score.
Related Posts
Latest Express Entry draws: current CRS cut-off and recent rounds: The federal companion to this hub, tracking every Express Entry round and CRS cut-off for 2026.
Alberta AAIP draw June 2026: A closer look at what the June manufacturing, tech, AOS, and Rural Renewal rounds meant for candidates.
PR pathways in Canada 2026: The five most accessible routes to permanent residence, including where provincial nominee programs fit.
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