Canada New Brunswick Province Occupations in Demand 2023

The New Brunswick Skilled Worker Stream is designed for Foreign Nationals who possess the skills, education and work experience needed to contribute to New Brunswick’s economy.

Candidates must meet the program’s minimum eligibility requirements, have a genuine offer of employment from a New Brunswick Employer and have the full intent to live and work in the province on a permanent basis.

This program will also help New Brunswick employers, unable to fill job vacancies with a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, recruit foreign nationals and international graduates whose skills are needed in the province.

Provincial immigration pathways are dependent upon federal immigration allocations, application volumes and provincial labour market needs.

For this reason, ONB immigration will process applications at its discretion and in a manner that best supports the goals of the NBPNP.

Effective immediately, ONB Immigration has been implementing specific measures to manage the New Brunswick Skilled Worker stream inventory through to the end of 2022.

Application processing priority is being given to the following categories of applications in their inventory:

• Francophone applicants
• New Brunswick graduates
• NOC 2147, Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers)
• NOC 2172, Database analysts and data administrators
• NOC 2173, Software engineers and designers
• NOC 2174, Computer programmers and interactive media developers
• NOC 2175, Web designers and developers
• NOC 2281, Computer network technicians
• NOC 2282, User support technicians
• NOC 2283, Information systems testing technicians,
• NOC 3012, Registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses and graduates of a nursing program who are awaiting registration (graduate nurses)
• NOC 3233, Licensed practical nurses
• NOC 3413, Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
• NOC 4412, Home Support Workers, Housekeepers and Related Occupations

Applications that do not fall under the above categories will be finalized at a later date, and processing delays can be expected.