OINP points calculator: Ontario PNP EOI score 2026

What does this OINP points calculator estimate?

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) uses an expression of interest system. You register an EOI, Ontario scores your answers on a published grid and places the registration in a selection pool, and from time to time it ranks the pool, either across all candidates or in a targeted round, and invites the highest-ranking candidates to apply (ontario.ca, OINP application process, updated 5 October 2026). This OINP points calculator mirrors that grid so you can see your score before you register.

Since 25 June 2026 the Ontario Workforce Priority stream is the only OINP stream. Ontario removed its eight previous streams that day and opened the stream's EOI portal on 4 August 2026, with routes for a job offer in a TEER 0 to 3 job, a job offer in a TEER 4 or 5 job, and self-employed physicians. With a job offer, your employer first submits the job in the Employer Portal and you then have 30 calendar days to register an EOI with the job offer ID. Our guide to the Ontario Workforce Priority stream sets out the requirements, and the Ontario (OINP) overview covers the program as a whole.

The OINP points grid 2026: every factor and point value

Ontario scores an EOI on 11 factors in four groups. Each table below lists every band of every factor in Ontario's own wording, one row per band with the points it earns, under the factor's highest value. They are copied from the Ontario Workforce Priority stream page on ontario.ca, which was last updated on 6 October 2026 and which we checked on 13 October 2026.

Employment and labour market factors: up to 72 points

Ontario pre-populates the TEER and the broad occupational category in your registration, for a job offer or for a self-employed physician, so you cannot choose them. A physician's occupation (NOC 31100, 31101 or 31102) is TEER 1 in broad category 3, so the grid gives a physician 9 and 10 on those two factors.

Ontario work experience is scored one of two ways for a job offer: by full-time months in the job offer position, or, if you have under 6 months in the position, by full-time months of work in Ontario in general on the lower 12, 9 and 6 scale. Either way the grid gives 0 points if you are not currently working in the position or in Ontario. Work in the position counts only if it was with your job offer employer, in the same occupation and at the same location as the job offer (ontario.ca, applicant checklist, updated 9 October 2026).

The earnings factor reads one Notice of Assessment from the Canada Revenue Agency issued in the last 5 years. You need at least $30,000 earned in a single calendar year to score, T4 slips alone are not accepted, and earnings from different years are not combined (ontario.ca, applicant checklist).

Education: up to 20 points

A Canadian credential for the second factor must be a post-secondary credential from an eligible Canadian institution that takes at least one year to complete full-time. Ontario lists its eligible institutions, and those in the other provinces, on the stream page.

Language: up to 25 points

Ontario scores your lowest CLB level across reading, writing, listening and speaking, and if you took both an English and a French test it scores the test with the higher level. The 10 points for two official languages need CLB 6 or higher in all four abilities on both tests. Language points are claimed with an approved test result from the last 2 years, so a recent Ontario graduate who meets the stream's language requirement without a test has no result to score. Ontario does not state a minimum level for the 5 points for one official language, so the calculator awards them for any approved test result. Convert your test scores to CLB levels with our CLB calculator.

Regionalization: up to 15 points

The region is the location of the job in the job offer or, for a self-employed physician, the Ontario practice address on the OHIP billing number registration. Ontario sorts each location into a region by census division.

How is the maximum OINP score worked out?

Ontario does not print a total for the grid. Adding the highest value of each of the 11 factors gives 132 points: 72 for employment and labour market factors, 20 for education, 25 for language and 15 for region. A self-employed physician is not scored on hourly wage, which lowers that route's maximum to 117. The TEER factor also caps the score a job can reach: a TEER 2 or 3 job earns 6 of the 9 TEER points, so its ceiling is 129, and a TEER 4 or 5 job earns none, so its ceiling is 123.

How do I use this OINP calculator?

Using this OINP calculator takes about two minutes. It asks one question at a time, in the same order as Ontario's grid, and then asks for your name and email to reveal your estimated EOI score with the full breakdown.

1. 01

   Choose your route

   Pick a job offer in a TEER 0 to 3 job, a job offer in a TEER 4 or 5 job, or self-employed physician. The TEER is the second digit of the five-digit NOC code on your job offer, and our NOC code finder shows it.

2. 02

   Answer the grid questions

   Answer about a dozen questions on your job, your Ontario work experience, your earnings, your status, your education, your language results and the region of the job.

3. 03

   Reveal your score

   Add your name and email to reveal your estimated EOI score out of 132, with the breakdown by factor. The same breakdown is emailed to you.

4. 04

   Check the requirements

   A score is not eligibility. Check your work experience, language, education, legal status and your employer's eligibility against the stream requirements before you register.

What are the OINP cut-off scores in 2026?

Ontario had published no invitation round under the Ontario Workforce Priority stream as of 13 October 2026, so no cut-off score exists yet. Ontario's program updates page (updated 7 October 2026) lists no invitation round since the portal opened on 4 August 2026, and the invitations page lists none for the new stream (ontario.ca, checked 13 October 2026).

The last rounds before the redesign ran in April 2026 under the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream, the retired stream closest to the job offer route. Their minimum scores are below. They were scored on a grid with a maximum of 76, not 132, so they show how Ontario targeted its rounds, not what score the new stream needs.

Across all 21 Foreign Worker rounds of 2026, minimums ranged from 20 (health care and early childhood education occupations, 8 April) to 63 (Eastern Ontario, 23 April). Every round, with its invitations and the occupations or region it targeted, is on our OINP draws tracker, and every program change is dated on our OINP updates page.

How the new OINP grid differs from the grid behind the 2026 draws

The retired Foreign Worker grid had nine factors and a maximum of 76 points. The Ontario Workforce Priority grid has 11 factors and a maximum of 132. It adds education and Canadian credentials, which the retired grid did not score, and it weights time in the job (3 points before, up to 18 now), region (up to 10 before, up to 15 now), wage (10 before, 15 now) and earnings history (3 before, up to 10 now) more heavily (ontario.ca, archived Foreign Worker stream page, updated 27 July 2026).

Three worked OINP score examples

Each score below follows the same points grid as the calculator, so you can reproduce every figure by entering the same answers. The nurse is NOC 31301 (TEER 1) at $42 an hour, the developer is NOC 21231 (TEER 1) at $45 an hour and the server is NOC 65200 (TEER 5) at $25 an hour.

The nurse in Sudbury reaches 113 mostly on region and experience: Northern Ontario earns 15 points and 13 to 24 months in the job earns 15. The same job in Toronto at $38 an hour scores 95, because the region factor falls by 15 and the wage factor by 3. The developer in Toronto scores 81 with a strong wage and no points for region or Canadian credentials. The server scores 54 against a ceiling of 123, because a TEER 5 job earns none of the 9 TEER points.

How can you improve your OINP score?

If your estimate is lower than you want, several factors can change with time or effort. These are the moves that carry the most points on the grid:

• Language: CLB 6 earns 4 points, CLB 7 earns 8, CLB 8 earns 12 and CLB 9 or higher earns 15, and CLB 6 or higher in both English and French lifts the second language factor from 5 to 10. A test result is valid for 2 years.
• Experience in the job: 6 to 12 months of full-time work in the job offer position earns 12, 13 to 24 months earns 15 and over 24 months earns 18, counted only for your job offer employer, in the same occupation and at the same location.
• Canadian credentials: one eligible Canadian credential of at least a year earns 5 and more than one earns 10, on top of the 5 to 10 points for the level of your highest education.
• Earnings history: a single Notice of Assessment showing $30,000, $50,000, $70,000 or $80,000 earned in one year earns 4, 6, 8 or 10 points.
• Legal status: a valid work permit earns 10 points and a valid study permit earns 5.
• What your job decides: the TEER, occupational category, wage and region come from your employer's job offer. A job in Northern Ontario earns 15 points for region and one in Toronto earns none, which is a factor to weigh when you choose a job rather than a lever to pull after you register.

A licensed RCIC can tell you which of these are worth pursuing for your profile before you spend money on tests, credentials or assessments.

OINP EOI score vs Express Entry CRS: what is the difference?

Ontario scores your EOI out of 132 on its own grid to rank the OINP pool, while IRCC scores your Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) profile out of 1,200 to rank the Express Entry pool, so a score of 90 here and a CRS of 90 are not comparable. The two connect after an invitation: if you are invited with a TEER 0 to 3 job offer, or as a self-employed physician, and your application is approved, you can choose to be nominated through Express Entry, and a provincial nomination adds 600 points to your CRS score. Estimate the federal score with our CRS calculator.

If you are weighing Ontario against another province, our AAIP calculator scores the Alberta Worker EOI out of 100 on Alberta's own grid, and the Provincial Nominee Program overview compares every province.

Estimate your OINP score, then get a licensed RCIC to check it

Once the calculator gives you a number, the next step is checking that you meet every stream requirement, because a score does not make you eligible. Wild Mountain Immigration is led by a licensed Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC) in good standing with the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC #R706497), and we work online with clients across Canada and abroad. We can check your registration against the grid, your employer's eligibility and your Express Entry options, so get started when you are ready. You can also read the Ontario (OINP) overview, follow every round on the OINP draws tracker and see which pathways fit with the free eligibility check.

Sources for the OINP points grid

Every point value, date and figure on this page comes from the pages below, read on 13 October 2026.

• Ontario Workforce Priority stream, ontario.ca, updated 6 October 2026: the scoring factors, the requirements and the regions.
• OINP application process, ontario.ca, updated 5 October 2026: how candidates are chosen, EOI validity, deadlines and fees.
• Applicant checklist for the Ontario Workforce Priority stream, ontario.ca, updated 9 October 2026: the documents that support each scoring factor.
• 2026 Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program updates, ontario.ca, updated 7 October 2026: the 25 June 2026 redesign, the closed streams and the 4 August portal opening.
• Invitations to apply to the OINP, ontario.ca, updated 11 August 2026: the 2026 round minimums.
• Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream (archived), ontario.ca, updated 27 July 2026: the retired 76-point grid.

Compliance note. This OINP points calculator is an estimate for orientation, not an official Ontario score or legal advice, and Wild Mountain Immigration is not affiliated with the Government of Ontario or the Government of Canada. Ontario scores your actual registration from your documents, the grid and the requirements can change, and neither a score nor eligibility guarantees an invitation, a nomination or permanent residence.