Positions Exempt from Labour Market Testing

The following list of in-demand occupations are exempt from provincial labour market testing processes, such as the Job Vacancy Assessment and Atlantic Immigration Program labour market testing requirements, such as advertising, and will receive priority processing in the Office of Immigration and Multiculturalism.

In-demand Health Care sector occupations for public and private healthcare providers:

  1. Physician
    • Family Medicine; Psychiatry; Pathology; General Internal Medicine; Radiology; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Anesthesia; Pediatric Intensivists (PICU); Neonatologists (NICU); Pathology (Hemopathology)
  2. Nurse Practitioner (NP)
  3. Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
  4. Personal Care Attendant (PCA)
  5. Clinical Psychologist
  6. Medical Physicist
  7. Radiation Therapist
  8. Dosimetrist

In-demand Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector occupations:

Engineers and Developers

  1. Software Developer
  2. Biomedical Engineer
  3. UI/UX Developer
  4. Electrical Engineer
  5. AI Developer
  6. Mechanical Engineer
  7. Python Developer
  8. Web Developer
  9. .NET Developer
  10. Infrastructure Engineer

Technical Specialists

  1. Security Specialist
  2. Cloud Specialist
  3. Bioinformatician
  4. Computer Network Support
  5. Research Associate
  6. Data Analytics
  7. Offshore Technician
  8. ROV Operator
  9. Ocean Mapping Specialist
  10. Technical Writer

In-demand aquaculture sector occupations:

  1. Captain (FM4 certification required)
  2. Farming and Feeding Manager
  3. Facility Technician
  4. Assistant Manager
  5. Cage Site Technician
  6. Site Manager (with water quality expertise)
  7. Area Manager