Made-up story · Step 04 of 05

Opportunities for Ravi

Ravi is a skilled worker already in Canada, so Jobs is the category that connects to his plan: what an Ontario job offer would and wouldn’t change for him.

Ravi, an AI-generated fictional character

The Marketplace

Which kinds of opportunity fit Ravi’s goal

The Marketplace has jobs, Canadian education and businesses for sale, each explained against the rules. Not every kind fits every goal, and a story never forces one in.

Jobs

Fits the goal

He is a software developer in Ontario. A permanent, full-time Ontario job offer is what Ontario’s Workforce Priority stream asks for, and the open data shows demand and pay for his occupation.

Jobs in the Marketplace

Education

Doesn’t fit the goal

He has already studied in Canada, and more study isn’t part of his plan.

Businesses

Doesn’t fit the goal

He isn’t planning to buy or start a business.

What an opportunity would mean for Ravi

His sample assessment found no full-time, permanent Ontario job offer, which is what Ontario’s only open nominee stream, Ontario Workforce Priority, needs. Official source
From November 3, 2026, the CRS counts a high-wage job offer or Canadian work experience, whichever gives more points, never both. With his two years of Canadian work, an offer wouldn’t raise his estimate (see the cards below). Official source
His post-graduation work permit is an open work permit, which needs no job offer or LMIA, so he can change employers while it lasts (except for the few employers IRCC bars). Official source

Software developers and programmers in Ontario

Government open data

NOC 21232, TEER 1: usually a university degree. Government open data: what employers posted on Job Bank, and which employers received a positive LMIA. Counts and medians of what was published, not predictions. This part is real data, not made up, and it describes the market, not Ravi.

Postings: 105September 2026, 108 vacancies
Yearly pay, as posted: $98,750Median of 30 salaried postings
Hourly pay, as posted: $65.00Median of 29 hourly postings
Positive LMIAs: 315 employers505 positions, 8 quarters between April 2024 and March 2026

Employers with a positive LMIA for this occupation in Ontario, most positions first

Epsilon Solutions LTD.3 positions · January to March 2026
SOTI Inc3 positions · January to March 2026
Avenza Systems Inc2 positions · January to March 2026
Autodesk Canada Co.2 positions · January to March 2026
Zurich Canadian Holdings Limited2 positions · January to March 2026

A positive LMIA is not a vacancy today, not a promise to hire anyone, and not a work permit. It says nothing about whether any of these employers would hire Ravi.

Sources: Job Postings Advertised on Canada’s National Job Bank Website, and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program’s Positive LMIA Employers List, Employment and Social Development Canada, Open Government Licence - Canada. Newest month: September 2026, read October 19, 2026. LMIA list read October 19, 2026. All of this occupation’s data in the Marketplace

Made-up listings

Examples, explained against Ravi’s answers

Each listing is invented, and each is run through the Marketplace’s own matcher: the same rules engine behind an assessment, re-run with the listing’s facts. One is a public listing from a feed; the other was registered directly by the organization. The reasons are worded as the Marketplace would show them to Ravi.

Made-up listingPublic listingPosted 3 days ago, seen at the source today

Software developer

Example Fintech Ltd. · Toronto, Ontario$105,000 a year

Public listing: From a feed that permits it; we infer nothing about immigration support. Source: A job board feed (made up), so there is no original to link to.

Permanent, full time
37.5 hours a week
NOC 21232, TEER 1
Work in English

Why it’s in Ravi’s story: The same occupation as Ravi’s, in Toronto, permanent and full time.

Read as if this posting became a written job offer for Ravi: a posting is not an offer.

Ravi’s post-graduation work permit is an open work permit, so this job wouldn’t need an LMIA while it lasts; the checks for an employer-specific work permit are left out here. Official source

For Ravi’s immigration plan, from the requirements this listing’s own facts decide:

8Why this fits

Looks good
Based on your answers, you appear to intend to live outside Quebec or, as a nominee, in the province or territory that nominated you, as these programs require.
Express Entry: FSW, CEC and FST; Provincial Nominee Program · Official source
Looks good
Based on your answers, your estimated Federal Skilled Worker selection score is 67 or more out of 100, the pass mark. The estimate is only as accurate as your answers, so check each factor against your documents; a lawyer can review them with you in a consultation.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker Program · Official source
Looks good
Based on your answers, you appear to earn FSW adaptability points (up to 10) from Canadian work or study, a close relative in Canada, a qualifying job offer, or your accompanying spouse's factors.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker Program · Official source
Looks good from November 3, 2026
From November 3, 2026, the only announced change to the Federal Skilled Worker selection factors is to arranged employment: a qualifying job offer no longer needs an LMIA for candidates invited to apply on or after that date who meet the conditions of IRCC's temporary public policy.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker Program · Official source

Show 4 more

Looks good from November 3, 2026
From November 3, 2026, candidates invited to apply on or after that date who meet the conditions of IRCC's temporary public policy do not need an LMIA for a qualifying job offer, and the 5 adaptability points come with arranged-employment points; no change to the other adaptability factors has been announced.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker Program · Official source
Looks good
Based on your answers, your settlement funds appear to meet IRCC's amount for your family size, or you appear exempt as someone authorized to work in Canada with a valid job offer. Applicants invited under the Canadian Experience Class don't need proof of funds either.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker and Federal Skilled Trades Programs · Official source
Looks good from November 3, 2026
From November 3, 2026, IRCC says a job offer used to meet Federal Skilled Worker or Federal Skilled Trades eligibility no longer needs an LMIA. IRCC's proof-of-funds page still describes the exemption as being authorized to work in Canada with a valid job offer and does not yet mention this change, so confirm that an offer without an LMIA qualifies before relying on the exemption.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker and Federal Skilled Trades Programs · Official source
Looks good
States both former-stream transition provisions, the updates page and O. Reg. 422/17, s. 3(5), and keeps those applications for individual review.
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program: Ontario Workforce Priority stream · Official source

6What we don’t know

To confirm from November 3, 2026
From November 3, 2026, a job offer that is valid under Express Entry and is in an occupation on IRCC's high-wage list earns 50, 70 or 100 CRS points instead of none, without needing an LMIA, and you get these points or your Canadian work experience points, whichever is higher.
Express Entry: Comprehensive Ranking System · Official source
Unknown
We need to confirm your job offer is full-time, non-seasonal, for at least one year in TEER 0 to 3, and backed by an LMIA already issued or a qualifying LMIA-exempt work permit.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker Program · Official source
To confirm from November 3, 2026
From November 3, 2026, a valid job offer can earn the 10 FSW arranged-employment points without an LMIA or an LMIA-exempt work permit, for candidates invited to apply on or after that date who meet the conditions of IRCC's temporary public policy; the offer must still meet the program's other requirements, such as full-time work for at least 1 year in a TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 job.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker Program · Official source
Unknown
Names the driver CLB conflict for legal review, reconciles the post-nomination promotion guidance with the stream page, and links the OINP employer guide.
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program: Ontario Workforce Priority stream · Official source

Show 2 more

Unknown
Fresh application and language evidence; historical, missing-date and conflicting driver cases remain unknown.
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program: Ontario Workforce Priority stream · Official source
Unknown
Accepts a Canadian secondary-school diploma or credential as the regulation does, matching the reworded question.
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program: Ontario Workforce Priority stream · Official source

0What could rule it out

Nothing the rules engine checked rules it out.

The job itself, which is Ravi’s own judgment to make, not an immigration requirement:

3Matches what they asked for

Looks good
The same occupation as one you told us about.
Looks good
TEER 1: skilled work for Express Entry purposes. A year in it in Canada could count toward the Canadian Experience Class.
Official source
Looks good
In Ontario, where you are now.

Good to know (5)

Note
Until November 2, 2026, job offers earn no CRS points. From November 3, 2026, a job offer that is valid under Express Entry and is in an occupation on IRCC's high-wage list earns 50, 70 or 100 CRS points, depending on the occupation's level, and it no longer needs an LMIA; you get these points or your Canadian work experience points, whichever is higher, not both. Even if its occupation is not on the high-wage list, a valid offer can still help with FSW arranged-employment points, the proof-of-funds exemption, FST eligibility and some provincial streams.
Express Entry: Comprehensive Ranking System · Official source
Note
A written offer is not by itself entitlement. From November 3, 2026 an officer has to be satisfied that a qualifying job offer is genuine: that the employer is actively engaged in the business the offer is made for, that the offer reflects its reasonable employment needs, that the employer can reasonably meet the terms, that you are qualified and able to do the work and likely to accept and carry it out, and that the employer has followed employment and recruitment law. An offer that is revoked no longer qualifies, and a work permit on its own is not a job offer. Where you or a family member owns part of the employer or takes part in the hiring, expect those questions to be examined closely, and keep the incorporation, financial and recruitment records for the position to hand.
Express Entry: system and pool · Official source
Note from November 3, 2026
From November 3, 2026, no change has been announced to which funds count or how to prove them; only who is exempt may change, as set out for the settlement funds amount.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker and Federal Skilled Trades Programs · Official source
Note
States both earnings look-backs, a notice issued in the last 5 years and earnings in a single year within the past 5 years, and asks for the earnings year to be confirmed.
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program: Ontario Workforce Priority stream · Official source
Note
Ontario’s new Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI) round, running to the end of 2027, sets aside nomination spaces for partner communities including Greater Sudbury, Kenora, Nipissing, Rainy River, Renfrew and Thunder Bay. There is no separate application: you apply through Ontario’s nominee program and must meet its requirements.
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program: Ontario Workforce Priority stream · Official source

If this became a qualifying job offer for Ravi, the Express Entry estimate would be:

Today: 466 → 466 (no change)From November 3, 2026: 506 → 506 (no change)

Scores are estimates from IRCC’s published points tables applied to these made-up answers. IRCC calculates the real score from a profile and documents, and cut-offs change with every round, so no score guarantees an invitation.

Made-up listing: invented for this story, not a real job, program or business, and not an offer. A job posting is not a job offer. It doesn’t mean the employer will hire someone from abroad or support a work permit or permanent residence.

Made-up listingRegistered with usPosted 5 days ago, 25 days left

Mobile developer

Example Health Apps Inc. · Mississauga, Ontario$52 an hour

Registered with us: Posted directly by the organization itself, and labelled that way.

Temporary, full time
40 hours a week
NOC 21232, TEER 1
Work in English

Why it’s in Ravi’s story: Posted directly by the employer, who says in its own words that it is open to candidates on a post-graduation work permit. It is a fixed-term contract rather than a permanent job, which several rules read differently from the first listing.

The employer says: “We are open to candidates who hold a post-graduation work permit.”

In the organization’s own words, not checked by us and not a promise.

Read as if this posting became a written job offer for Ravi: a posting is not an offer.

Ravi’s post-graduation work permit is an open work permit, so this job wouldn’t need an LMIA while it lasts; the checks for an employer-specific work permit are left out here. Official source

For Ravi’s immigration plan, from the requirements this listing’s own facts decide:

7Why this fits

Looks good
Based on your answers, you appear to intend to live outside Quebec or, as a nominee, in the province or territory that nominated you, as these programs require.
Express Entry: FSW, CEC and FST; Provincial Nominee Program · Official source
Looks good
Based on your answers, your estimated Federal Skilled Worker selection score is 67 or more out of 100, the pass mark. The estimate is only as accurate as your answers, so check each factor against your documents; a lawyer can review them with you in a consultation.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker Program · Official source
Looks good
Based on your answers, you appear to earn FSW adaptability points (up to 10) from Canadian work or study, a close relative in Canada, a qualifying job offer, or your accompanying spouse's factors.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker Program · Official source
Looks good from November 3, 2026
From November 3, 2026, the only announced change to the Federal Skilled Worker selection factors is to arranged employment: a qualifying job offer no longer needs an LMIA for candidates invited to apply on or after that date who meet the conditions of IRCC's temporary public policy.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker Program · Official source

Show 3 more

Looks good from November 3, 2026
From November 3, 2026, candidates invited to apply on or after that date who meet the conditions of IRCC's temporary public policy do not need an LMIA for a qualifying job offer, and the 5 adaptability points come with arranged-employment points; no change to the other adaptability factors has been announced.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker Program · Official source
Looks good
Based on your answers, your settlement funds appear to meet IRCC's amount for your family size, or you appear exempt as someone authorized to work in Canada with a valid job offer. Applicants invited under the Canadian Experience Class don't need proof of funds either.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker and Federal Skilled Trades Programs · Official source
Looks good from November 3, 2026
From November 3, 2026, IRCC says a job offer used to meet Federal Skilled Worker or Federal Skilled Trades eligibility no longer needs an LMIA. IRCC's proof-of-funds page still describes the exemption as being authorized to work in Canada with a valid job offer and does not yet mention this change, so confirm that an offer without an LMIA qualifies before relying on the exemption.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker and Federal Skilled Trades Programs · Official source

6What we don’t know

To confirm from November 3, 2026
From November 3, 2026, a job offer that is valid under Express Entry and is in an occupation on IRCC's high-wage list earns 50, 70 or 100 CRS points instead of none, without needing an LMIA, and you get these points or your Canadian work experience points, whichever is higher.
Express Entry: Comprehensive Ranking System · Official source
Unknown
We need to confirm your job offer is full-time, non-seasonal, for at least one year in TEER 0 to 3, and backed by an LMIA already issued or a qualifying LMIA-exempt work permit.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker Program · Official source
To confirm from November 3, 2026
From November 3, 2026, a valid job offer can earn the 10 FSW arranged-employment points without an LMIA or an LMIA-exempt work permit, for candidates invited to apply on or after that date who meet the conditions of IRCC's temporary public policy; the offer must still meet the program's other requirements, such as full-time work for at least 1 year in a TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 job.
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker Program · Official source
Unknown
Names the driver CLB conflict for legal review, reconciles the post-nomination promotion guidance with the stream page, and links the OINP employer guide.
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program: Ontario Workforce Priority stream · Official source

Show 2 more

Unknown
Fresh application and language evidence; historical, missing-date and conflicting driver cases remain unknown.
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program: Ontario Workforce Priority stream · Official source
Unknown
Accepts a Canadian secondary-school diploma or credential as the regulation does, matching the reworded question.
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program: Ontario Workforce Priority stream · Official source

1What could rule it out

Not met
For the current new-application job-offer pathway, your answers show a missing Ontario full-time, permanent offer. A possible self-employed physician exception, historical application or nomination must be reviewed separately.
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program: Ontario Workforce Priority stream · Official source

The job itself, which is Ravi’s own judgment to make, not an immigration requirement:

3Matches what they asked for

Looks good
The same occupation as one you told us about.
Looks good
TEER 1: skilled work for Express Entry purposes. A year in it in Canada could count toward the Canadian Experience Class.
Official source
Looks good
In Ontario, where you are now.

1Not stated

Length not stated
The job is not permanent and how long it runs is not given, so whether it counts as arranged employment for Express Entry (at least a year of continuous full-time work) cannot be decided.

Good to know (4)

Note
Until November 2, 2026, job offers earn no CRS points. From November 3, 2026, a job offer that is valid under Express Entry and is in an occupation on IRCC's high-wage list earns 50, 70 or 100 CRS points, depending on the occupation's level, and it no longer needs an LMIA; you get these points or your Canadian work experience points, whichever is higher, not both. Even if its occupation is not on the high-wage list, a valid offer can still help with FSW arranged-employment points, the proof-of-funds exemption, FST eligibility and some provincial streams.
Express Entry: Comprehensive Ranking System · Official source
Note
A written offer is not by itself entitlement. From November 3, 2026 an officer has to be satisfied that a qualifying job offer is genuine: that the employer is actively engaged in the business the offer is made for, that the offer reflects its reasonable employment needs, that the employer can reasonably meet the terms, that you are qualified and able to do the work and likely to accept and carry it out, and that the employer has followed employment and recruitment law. An offer that is revoked no longer qualifies, and a work permit on its own is not a job offer. Where you or a family member owns part of the employer or takes part in the hiring, expect those questions to be examined closely, and keep the incorporation, financial and recruitment records for the position to hand.
Express Entry: system and pool · Official source
Note
States both earnings look-backs, a notice issued in the last 5 years and earnings in a single year within the past 5 years, and asks for the earnings year to be confirmed.
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program: Ontario Workforce Priority stream · Official source
Note
Ontario’s new Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI) round, running to the end of 2027, sets aside nomination spaces for partner communities including Greater Sudbury, Kenora, Nipissing, Rainy River, Renfrew and Thunder Bay. There is no separate application: you apply through Ontario’s nominee program and must meet its requirements.
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program: Ontario Workforce Priority stream · Official source

If this became a qualifying job offer for Ravi, the Express Entry estimate would be:

Today: 466 → 466 (no change)From November 3, 2026: 506 → 506 (no change)