
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) have published a list of occupations that are eligible for applications in the Express Entry program. This list is updated as at June 2018.
Accommodation service managers Accommodation, travel, tourism and related services supervisors Accounting technicians and bookkeepers Actors and comedians Administrative assistants Administrative officers Administrators – post-secondary education and vocational training Advertising, marketing and public relations managers Aerospace engineers Agricultural and fish products inspectors Agricultural representatives, consultants and specialists Agricultural service contractors, farm supervisors and specialized livestock workers Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors Air traffic controllers and related occupations Aircraft instrument, electrical and avionics mechanics, technicians and inspectors Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors Allied primary health practitioners Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians Announcers and other broadcasters Appliance servicers and repairers Architects Architectural technologists and technicians Architecture and science managers Archivists Artisans and craftspersons Assessors, valuators and appraisers Athletes Audio and video recording technicians Audiologists and speech-language pathologists Authors and writers Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers Bakers Banking, credit and other investment managers Biological technologists and technicians Biologists and related scientists Boilermakers Bricklayers Broadcast technicians Business development officers and marketing researchers and consultants Butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers – retail and wholesale Cabinetmakers Cable television service and maintenance technicians Cardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologist. Carpenters Central control and process operators, mineral and metal processing Chefs Chemical engineers Chemical technologists and technicians Chemists Chiropractors Civil engineering technologists and technicians Civil engineers Cleaning supervisors Coaches College and other vocational instructors Commissioned officers of the Canadian Forces Commissioned police officers Computer and information systems managers Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers) Computer network technicians Computer programmers and interactive media developers Concrete finishers Conductors, composers and arrangers Conference and event planners Conservation and fishery officers Conservators and curators Construction estimators Construction inspectors Construction managers Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades Contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades Cooks Corporate sales managers Court officers and justices of the peace Court reporters, medical transcriptionists and related occupations Crane operators Customer and information services supervisors Customs, ship and other brokers Dancers Database analysts and data administrators Deck officers, water transport Dental hygienists and dental therapists Dental technologists, technicians and laboratory assistants Dentists Denturists Dietitians and nutritionists Drafting technologists and technicians Drillers and blasters – surface mining, quarrying and construction Early childhood educators and assistants Economists and economic policy researchers and analysts Editors Education policy researchers, consultants and program officers Educational counsellors Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians Electrical and electronics engineers Electrical mechanics Electrical power line and cable workers Electricians (except industrial and power system) Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment) Elementary school and kindergarten teachers Elevator constructors and mechanics Employment counsellors Employment insurance, immigration, border services and revenue officers Engineer officers, water transport Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers Engineering managers Executive assistants Executive housekeepers Facility operation and maintenance managers Family, marriage and other related counsellors Film and video camera operators Financial and investment analysts Financial auditors and accountants Financial managers Financial sales representatives Fire chiefs and senior firefighting officers Firefighters Fishermen/women Fishing masters and officers Floor covering installers Food service supervisors Forestry professionals Forestry technologists and technicians Funeral directors and embalmers Gas fitters General practitioners and family physicians Geological and mineral technologists and technicians Geological engineers Geoscientists and oceanographers Glaziers Government managers – economic analysis, policy development and program administration Government managers – education policy development and program administration Government managers – health and social policy development and program administration Graphic arts technicians Graphic designers and illustrators Hairstylists and barbers Health information management occupations Health policy researchers, consultants and program officers Heavy-duty equipment mechanics Home building and renovation managers Human resources and recruitment officers Human resources managers Human resources professionals Industrial and manufacturing engineers Industrial designers Industrial electricians Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics Information systems analysts and consultants Information systems testing technicians Inspectors in public and environmental health and occupational health and safety Instructors of persons with disabilities Insulators Insurance adjusters and claims examiners Insurance agents and brokers Insurance underwriters Insurance, real estate and financial brokerage managers Interior designers and interior decorators Ironworkers Jewellers, jewellery and watch repairers and related occupations Journalists Judges Land survey technologists and technicians Land surveyors Landscape and horticulture technicians and specialists |
Landscape architects Lawyers and Quebec notaries Legal administrative assistants Legislators Librarians Library and public archive technicians Library, archive, museum and art gallery managers Licensed practical nurses Logging machinery operators Machine fitters Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors Managers – publishing, motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts Managers in agriculture Managers in aquaculture Managers in customer and personal services. Managers in health care Managers in horticulture Managers in natural resources production and fishing Managers in social, community and correctional services Managers in transportation Manufacturing managers Massage therapists Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians Mechanical engineers Medical administrative assistants Medical laboratory technicians and pathologists’ assistants Medical laboratory technologists Medical radiation technologists Medical sonographers Metallurgical and materials engineers Meteorologists and climatologists Mining engineers Motor vehicle body repairers Motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle and other related mechanics Musicians and singers Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers Non-commissioned ranks of the Canadian Forces Non-destructive testers and inspection technicians Nursing co-ordinators and supervisors Occupational therapists Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers Oil and solid fuel heating mechanics Opticians Optometrists Other administrative services managers Other business services managers Other financial officers Other instructors Other managers in public administration Other medical technologists and technicians (except dental health) Other performers. Other professional engineers. Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating Other professional occupations in physical sciences Other professional occupations in social science. Other professional occupations in therapy and assessment Other religious occupations Other services supervisors Other small engine and small equipment repairers Other technical and co-ordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting and the performing arts Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment Other trades and related occupations. Painters and decorators (except interior decorators) Painters, sculptors and other visual artists Paralegal and related occupations Paramedical occupations Patternmakers – textile, leather and fur products Petroleum engineers Petroleum, gas and chemical process operators Pharmacists Photographers Physicists and astronomers Physiotherapists Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers Plumbers Police officers (except commissioned) Postal and courier services managers Post-secondary teaching and research assistants Power engineers and power systems operators Power system electricians Practitioners of natural healing Printing press operators Probation and parole officers and related occupations Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations Professional occupations in business management consulting Professional occupations in religion Program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport and fitness Program officers unique to government Property administrators Psychologists Pulping, papermaking and coating control operators Purchasing agents and officers Purchasing managers Railway and yard locomotive engineers Railway Carmen/women Railway conductors and brakemen/women Railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators Real estate agents and salespersons Records management technicians Recreation, sports and fitness policy researchers, consultants and program officers Recreation, sports and fitness program and service directors Refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists Restaurant and food service managers Retail and wholesale buyers Retail and wholesale trade managers Retail sales supervisors Roofers and shinglers School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education Secondary school teachers Securities agents, investment dealers and brokers Senior government managers and officials Senior managers – construction, transportation, production and utilities Senior managers – financial, communications and other business services Senior managers – health, education, social and community services and membership organizations Senior managers – trade, broadcasting and other services Setters Sheet metal workers Shoe repairers and shoemakers Social and community service workers Social policy researchers, consultants and program officers Social workers Software engineers and designers Specialist physicians Sports officials and referees Statistical officers and related research support occupations Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers Structural metal and platework fabricators and fitters Supervisors, electrical products manufacturing Supervisors, electronics manufacturing Supervisors, finance and insurance office workers Supervisors, food, beverage and associated products processing Supervisors, forest products processing Supervisors, furniture and fixtures manufacturing Supervisors, general office and administrative support workers Supervisors, library, correspondence and related information workers Supervisors, logging and forestry Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations Supervisors, mineral and metal processing Supervisors, mining and quarrying Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators Supervisors, motor vehicle assembling Supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing Supervisors, other products manufacturing and assembly Supervisors, petroleum, gas and chemical processing and utilities Supervisors, plastic and rubber products manufacturing Supervisors, printing and related occupations Supervisors, railway transport operations Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling co-ordination occupations Supervisors, textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing Support occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting, photography and the performing arts Tailors, dressmakers, furriers and milliners Technical occupations in geomatics and meteorology Technical occupations related to museums and art galleries Technical sales specialists – wholesale trade Telecommunication carriers managers Telecommunications installation and repair workers Telecommunications line and cable workers Theatre, fashion, exhibit and other creative designers Tool and die makers Translators, terminologists and interpreters Underground production and development miners University professors and lecturers Upholsterers Urban and land use planners User support technicians Utilities managers Veterinarians Water and waste treatment plant operators Water well drillers Web designers and developers Welders and related machine operators |