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OINP Workforce Priority EOI score, explained
Ontario replaced all eight of its former OINP streams with a single Workforce Priority stream in mid-2026. Here's how the new Expression of Interest (EOI) score actually works, and the details that trip people up.
130
Max points (job offer)
115
Max points (physicians)
11
Scored factors
What changed
Until May 30, 2026, Ontario ran eight separate OINP streams — Human Capital Priorities, Skilled Trades, French-Speaking Skilled Worker, and others — each with its own rules. All eight were retired and replaced by one unified stream: Ontario Workforce Priority (OWP). If you're reading older articles or a general-purpose AI assistant's answer that still describes the old eight-stream system, it's out of date — that system no longer exists.
The EOI score, at a glance
The score runs out of 130 points for candidates with a qualifying job offer, across eleven factors. Self-employed physicians are scored out of 115 instead, because the wage factor doesn't apply to them.
Physicians: the hourly-wage bar above doesn't apply — their score is calculated out of 115 instead of 130.
Two different experience paths
The work-experience factor is scored differently depending on your situation, and it's easy to apply the wrong table. If you've worked at least 6 months in the exact position your job offer covers, your tenure in that specific role is scored (up to 18 points). If you haven't — you're newer to the role, or you're being scored on general background rather than a specific offer — your general qualifying Ontario experience is scored instead, on a lower scale (up to 12 points). Self-employed physicians use a third variant: cumulative practice experience, scored on the same scale as the job-offer-position table.
A score isn't a guarantee
The EOI score ranks a candidate within Ontario's pool — it doesn't by itself confirm eligibility. Candidate, employer, job offer, wage, education, and language requirements are all still assessed separately before a nomination is issued. Treat the score as a competitiveness estimate, not a pass/fail result.
Calculate your own EOI score
Canadian PRLedger's OINP calculator uses the same point tables described here — free, no account needed to try it, and it walks through both experience paths for you instead of leaving you to guess which one applies.
Canadian PRLedger is an independent project, not affiliated with the Government of Ontario or Canada. This guide is informational only — not legal or immigration advice. If it disagrees with the official OINP system, the official system governs.