Latest AAIP draws

The latest AAIP draw was on September 23, 2026: Alberta Opportunity Stream, 113 invitations, minimum score 58. The draw before it was on September 22, 2026 (Express Entry Stream: Accelerated Tech Pathway). These figures come from alberta.ca, checked on September 26, 2026.

No one knows the date in advance: Alberta publishes no draw schedule. In the rows on this page, AAIP held draws on 60 dates between March 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026, and the gap between draw dates ran from 1 to 14 days. That is past pace, not a forecast. New rounds appear first on alberta.ca.

It depends on the stream and changes every round. Alberta uses its own Expression of Interest score and does not publish a maximum. In the rounds on this page, minimums ran: Alberta Opportunity Stream 50 to 65, Express Entry Stream 46 to 66, Dedicated Health Care Pathway 45 to 64, Rural Renewal Stream 50 to 55, and Tourism and Hospitality Stream 71. None of these is a CRS score.

Alberta draws its Express Entry stream by targeted pathway, each one separately. In the rows on this page it held 29 rounds in that stream: Accelerated Tech Pathway (8), Law Enforcement Pathway (4), and Priority Sectors (17). The priority sector rounds targeted health care, agriculture, manufacturing, construction, aviation, and skilled trades. The table shows each pathway’s minimum score.

It is Alberta’s wording for a small round whose exact size it does not publish. In the rows on this page, 4 rounds carry it, all in the Law Enforcement Pathway. The table shows the phrase as Alberta printed it, with no number made up, and those rounds are left out of every total on this page.

It depends on the stream. A nomination from a stream linked to Express Entry adds 600 CRS points once it is in your profile, and IRCC then invites nominees in rounds held only for them: 18 in 2026, with cutoffs from 697 to 805. A nomination from a base stream leads to a permanent residence application made directly to IRCC. An IRCC officer makes the final decision.