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Alberta — Dedicated Health Care Pathway

Alberta's Dedicated Health Care Pathway uses extra federal allocation to nominate health workers.

Who it's for

  • Physicians, nurses, and other in-demand health occupations.
  • Often no minimum-score barrier in dedicated draws.

Key requirements

  • Work or study in Healthcare

Requirements are simplified for planning. Always confirm the full, current criteria on the official page before you apply.

Recent draws

Dedicated Health Care Pathway
2026-05-01
No cutoff published
25 invitations

Showing a committed snapshot — refreshed automatically as new draws are published.

Estimated processing time

Federal PR stage: about 6 months if nominated through Express Entry, about 13 months for a base (non-Express Entry) nomination — plus the province's own nomination time.

Official source
Open the official program page

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