What types of profiles have ITAs received in the latest health care and social provisions draw?
Healthcare and social services were declared priority category in 2025, which gives people in these professions a much better chance of permanent stay due to express access.
In 2025, immigration, refugees and citizenship Canada (IRCC) already issued 5,000 invitations to apply (ITAS) in the Healthcare and Social Service category.
In the most recent category-based draw, the Crequent Ranking System (CRS) Cut-Off Score 475 was.
Here is a look at some fictional profiles that would have qualified for an ITA in the latest draw.
Example 1
Kasun Perera is a 28-year-old from Sri Lanka.
Kasun has a bachelor’s degree in social work and a master’s degree in psychology. After this he worked for three years in a community and social agency in Sri Lanka as a social worker.
Kasun speaks English fluently and has Canadian language benchmark (CLB) level 10 about all skills, but no knowledge of French.
He has no Canadian work experience or educational qualifications.
His CRS score is as follows:
| Factors that determine the CRS score | Qualifications | Built points |
| Age | 28 | 110 |
| Level of education | Master’s degree | 135 |
| First official language | CLB 10 | 136 |
| Transferability of skills (education) | Official language skills + training | 50 |
| Transferability of skills (foreign work experience) | Official language skills + foreign work experience | 50 |
| Total CRS score | 481 |
Based on the score of Kasun, he would have a CRS score of 481, which qualifies him for the most recent Healthcare and Social Provisions.
*Social work is regulated at provincial level in Canada. So if Kasun wants to continue to practice as a social worker, he must be registered. For example, if he wants to practice in Ontario, he should meet the requirements of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSSWSW)
Example 2
Camille Holmes is a 26-year-old from the United Kingdom.
After completing a high school diploma in the UK, she worked there for a year as a hairdresser.
She moved to Ontario and followed a two -year diploma in massage therapy.
After this she finds a job in a wellness clinic and works there for two years Work permit after graduation (PGWP).
Camille has CLB level 9 in English in all skills. She doesn’t speak French.
Camille’s CRS score is as follows:
| Factors that determine the CRS score | Qualifications | Built points |
| Age | 26 | 110 |
| Level of education | Two years of diploma | 98 |
| Official | CLB 9 | 124 |
| Canadian work experience | 2 years | 53 |
| Transferability factors of skills (education) | CLB 9 + two years diploma + 2 years Canadian work experience | 50 |
| SHIPPERE FACTORS (Foreign work experience) | CLB 9 + 1 year foreign work experience + two years of Canadian work experience | 50 |
| Extra points | Studied in Canada | 15 |
| Total | 500 |
With a CRS score of 500, Camille is said to have easily qualified for the last category -based health and social services.
Example 3
Salma Tatar is a 27-year-old woman from Algeria.
She has high school education in Algeria and worked there for a year as an administrative assistant.
She moved with her husband to Canada on one Real open work permit.
During that time in Canada she received a study permit and then registered for an eight -month personal support program in Toronto, and then got a job in a hospital as a nurse assistant. She continued to work there for two years.
Salma has CLB level 8 about all skills in English and NCLC level 7 in French.
She applies with her husband, who has a bachelor’s degree, CLB Level 8 in all skills in English and three years of Canadian work experience.
Her CRS score is as follows:
| Factors that determine the CRS score | Qualifications | Built points |
| Age | 27 | 100 |
| Level of education | PSW program | 84 |
| Official | CLB 8 in English + CLB 7 in French | 100 |
| Canadian work experience | 2 years | 46 |
| Transferability factors of skills (education) | Language skills + certificate diploma + 2 years Canadian work experience | 38 |
| SHIPPERE FACTORS (Foreign work experience) | Language skills + 2 years of foreign work experience + 2 years Canadian work experience | 38 |
| Extra points | Studied in Canada | 15 |
| Extra points | French language skills | 50 |
| Marital factors | ||
| The training of the spouse | Bachelor’s degree | 8 |
| The language capacity of the spouse | CLB level 8 | 12 |
| The Canadian work experience of the spouse | three years old | 8 |
| Total | 499 | |
Salma’s CRS score of 499 would qualify for the latest category-based draw on health and social services.
Qualification for category -based draws
To be eligible for a category-based draw-based draw, you must have continuous full-time work experience for at least six months in one profession within an Express access category, in addition to complying with all other express access requirements.
You can also qualify with an equivalent amount of part -time work experience.
