The full list of occupations for Canada’s Express Entry Category-Based Draw in 2025

The Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship announced the 2025 Express Entry categories, which include a new education category, to align the selection of federal economic immigrants with Canada’s long-term labor shortages.

Since 2023, Canada has been conducting occupation-specific draws to attract skilled workers under the Express Entry System.

The Minister added today that the focus of the federal economic class draws will be to invite candidates with experience working in Canada (Canadian Experience Class) to apply for permanent residence.

Additionally, to meet Francophone immigration targets and meet the acute needs in health, trades, and education, IRCC will conduct category-based invitation rounds in the following categories:

strong French language skills, or
work experience in the following fields:
- health care and social services, such as family physicians, nurse practitioners, dentists, pharmacists, psychologists and chiropractors
- trades, such as carpenters, plumbers and contractors
- education, such as teachers, child care educators and instructors of persons with disabilities

In Summary, the list of categories for the Express Entry Category-based selection are:

1. French-language proficiency

To be eligible, you must:

have French-language test results that show a minimum score of 7 in all 4 language abilities on the Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens
meet all of the requirements in the instructions for that round

2. Healthcare and social services occupations

To be eligible, you must:

have accumulated, within the past 3 years, at least 6 months of full-time, continuous work experience (or an equal amount of part-time experience) in a single occupation listed below. The experience can also be from inside or outside Canada.

The healthcare and social services category has 37 occupations.

Occupation	2021 NOC code	2021 TEER category
Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians	32104	2
Audiologists and speech language pathologists	31112	1
Cardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists	32123	2
Chiropractors	31201	1
Dental hygienists and dental therapists	32111	2
Dentists	31110	1
Dieticians and nutritionists	31121	1
General practitioners and family physicians	31102	1
Licensed practical nurses	32101	2
Massage therapists	32201	2
Medical laboratory assistants and related technical occupations	33101	3
Medical laboratory technologists	32120	2
Medical radiation technologists	32121	2
Medical sonographers	32122	2
Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates	33102	3
Nurse practitioners	31302	1
Nursing co-ordinators and supervisors	31300	1
Occupational therapists	31203	1
Optometrists	31111	1
Other medical technologists and technicians	32129	2
Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating	31209	1
Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment	32109	2
Paramedical occupations	32102	2
Pharmacists	31120	1
Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants	33103	3
Pharmacy technicians	32124	2
Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals	31303	1
Physiotherapists	31202	1
Psychologists	31200	1
Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses	31301	1
Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists	32103	2
Social and community service workers	42201	2
Social workers	41300	1
Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine	31100	1
Specialists in surgery	31101	1
Therapists in counselling and related specialized therapies	41301	1
Veterinarians	31103	1

3. Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) occupations

To be eligible, you must:

have accumulated, within the past 3 years, at least 6 months of full-time, continuous work experience (or an equal amount of part-time experience) in a single occupation listed below. The experience can also be from inside or outside Canada.

The Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) category has 11 occupations.

Occupation	2021 NOC code	2021 TEER category
Architecture and science managers	20011	0
Civil engineering technologists and technicians	22300	2
Civil Engineers	21300	1
Cybersecurity specialists	21220	1
Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians	22310	2
Electrical and electronics engineers	21310	1
Geological Engineers	21331	1
Industrial and manufacturing engineers	21321	1
Insurance agents and brokers	63100	3
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	22301	2
Mechanical Engineers	21301	1

4. Trade occupations

To be eligible, you must:

have accumulated, within the past 3 years, at least 6 months of full-time, continuous work experience (or an equal amount of part-time experience) in a single occupation listed below. The experience can also be from inside or outside Canada.

The Trade category has 25 occupations

Occupation	2021 NOC code	2021 TEER category
Contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services	82021	2
Floor covering installers	73113	3
Painters and decorators (except interior decorators)	73112	3
Roofers and shinglers	73110	3
Concrete finishers	73100	3
Other technical trades and related occupations	72999	2
Water well drillers	72501	2
Electrical mechanics	72422	2
Heating, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics	72402	2
Heavy-duty equipment mechanics	72401	2
Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics	72400	2
Bricklayers	72320	2
Cabinetmakers	72311	2
Carpenters	72310	2
Gas fitters	72302	2
Plumbers	72300	2
Industrial electricians	72201	2
Electricians (except industrial and power system)	72200	2
Welders and related machine operators	72106	2
Sheet metal workers	72102	2
Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors	72100	2
Home building and renovation managers	70011	0
Construction managers	70010	0
Cooks	63200	3
Construction estimators	22303	2

5. Agriculture and agri-food occupations

To be eligible, you must:

have accumulated, within the past 3 years, at least 6 months of full-time, continuous work experience (or an equal amount of part-time experience) in a single occupation listed below. The experience can also be from inside or outside Canada.

The Agriculture and agri-food category has 1 occupation

Occupation	2021 NOC code	2021 TEER category
Butchers – retail and wholesale	63201	3

6. Education occupations

To be eligible, you must:

have accumulated, within the past 3 years, at least 6 months of full-time, continuous work experience (or an equal amount of part-time experience) in a single occupation listed below. The experience can also be from inside or outside Canada.

The Education category has 5 occupations

Occupation	2021 NOC code	2021 TEER category
Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants	43100	3
Instructors of persons with disabilities	42203	2
Early childhood educators and assistants	42202	2
Elementary school and kindergarten teachers	41221	1
Secondary school teachers	41220	1