20% of all OINP nominations in 2020 were issued to the IT sector
Every fifth Ontario nominee in 2020 represented the IT sector. According to the annual report about the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP), the province nominated 1,604 persons out of 8,054, whose main occupation was one of the following:
Software engineers and designers – 528
Computer programmers and interactive media developers – 374
Computer and information systems managers – 172
Database analysts and data administrators – 162
Web designers and developers – 96
Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers) – 63
In addition, OINP nominated 209 candidates […]