British Columbia ran four Skills Immigration draws between 10 September and 8 October 2026: eleven rounds in all. Nine of them invited 1,459 people; for the other two, both veterinary, BC publishes only "fewer than five".
BC selects by category, so a single draw date produces several minimum scores. Each table below is BC's own, newest first.
8 October
| Category | Selected on | Minimum score | Invited | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Care: Childcare | Early childhood educators only | 99 | 86 | unchanged (99 on 2026-09-10) |
| Care: Health | All priority health care occupations | 76 | 82 | unchanged (76 on 2026-09-10) |
| Care: Veterinary Care | All priority veterinary care occupations; Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians (NOC 32104) with valid professional designation | 86 | <5 | down 4 from 90 on 2026-09-10 |
| Build: Construction Trades | All priority construction occupations | 94 | 115 | unchanged (94 on 2026-09-10) |
283 invited, plus a veterinary round of fewer than five. Three of the four minimums did not move from 10 September.
24 September
| Category | Selected on | Minimum score | Invited | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovate: High Economic Impact | Minimum wage of $52/hour and $105,000/year, and NOC 0, 1, 2, or 3 | — | 426 | wage floor, no score |
| Innovate: High Economic Impact | Points | 131 | 288 | down 1 from 132 on 2026-08-20 |
714 invited. The larger of the two rounds had no minimum score: BC selected on the job offer's wage and occupation level alone. The wage lane explains how that works.
17 September
| Category | Selected on | Minimum score | Invited | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temporary Rural/Remote Health Support Initiative | Points | 60 | 33 | up 10 from 50 on 2026-07-23 |
33 invited.
10 September
| Category | Selected on | Minimum score | Invited | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Care: Childcare | Early childhood educators only | 99 | 182 | down 3 from 102 on 2026-08-06 |
| Care: Health | All priority health care occupations | 76 | 143 | down 8 from 84 on 2026-08-06 |
| Care: Veterinary Care | All priority veterinary care occupations; Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians (NOC 32104) with valid professional designation | 90 | <5 | up 18 from 72 on 2026-08-06 |
| Build: Construction Trades | All priority construction occupations | 94 | 104 | up 6 from 88 on 2026-08-06 |
429 invited, plus a veterinary round of fewer than five.
What moved
Health stopped falling. Its minimum was 108 on 6 May and fell in four straight rounds to 76 on 10 September. On 8 October it stayed at 76.
The wage floor kept falling. The High Economic Impact wage round asked for $62 an hour on 18 June, $58 on 16 July, $55 on 20 August and $52 on 24 September. That is three cuts in a row, and the round invited 426 people, its largest since at least May, which is as far back as BC's current page goes.
Construction rose, then held. 88 on 6 August, 94 on 10 September, 94 again on 8 October.
What this does not mean
A minimum score is the lowest score BC invited in that round. It is not a pass mark, and BC publishes no schedule, so none of these numbers says what the next round will ask. These scores are on BC's own 200-point grid and cannot be compared with another province's.
Veterinary counts under five are shown as BC shows them, and left out of the totals above.
Sources
Every row is read from WelcomeBC's invitations to apply page on 2026-10-12. "Change" compares each round with the previous round in the same category and the same selection factors. Where BC's page disagrees with this one, BC is right; tell us and it gets fixed.
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