For 2025, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada allocated the Yukon a maximum of 215 nominations for the Yukon Nominee Program. This is half the allocation we received in 2024.
We expect demand for the Yukon Nominee Program to significantly exceed the number of available nominations. To manage this, we’re introducing a new, strategic approach to nominate foreign workers in 2025. Read the announcement.
We held an Expression of Interest intake for employers interested in applying to the Yukon Nominee Program in 2025. The intake is now closed and we are no longer accepting submissions.
Expression of Interest intake dates
- March 31, 2025: intake opened at 9 am Yukon Standard Time
- April 22, 2025: intake closed at 4:30 pm Yukon Standard Time
How it works
Submitting an Expression of Interest is not an application to the Yukon Nominee Program. It’s a simple online form for employers to provide basic information about the foreign worker they want to nominate without requiring a full application.
After the intake is closed, we’ll invite selected employers from the Expression of Interest pool to apply. These invitations are based on whether their candidate falls into 1 or more of the priority areas.
Priorities for 2025
We’ll prioritize applications for the following foreign workers for the Yukon Nominee Program in 2025:
- Those who have lived and worked in the Yukon for at least 1 year
- Yukon University graduates
- Those who are francophone or French-speaking and take their required language test in French
- Temporary Measure Letter of Support recipients
Eligibility
The Expression of Interest must be completed by an employer, not a foreign worker.
We’ll only accept Expressions of Interest to nominate foreign workers who:
- are currently in Canada on temporary resident status; or
- are not currently in Canada if they:
- are francophone or French-speaking and take their required language test in French;
- fill a position in a regulated health care profession; or
- fill a position in a rural Yukon community.
Required information
The Expression of Interest online form will ask employers to provide basic information about the foreign worker they want to nominate.
We’ll ask you for the following information:
- Business name
- Employer contact information
- Where the position is located
- Foreign worker’s name
- Foreign worker’s citizenship
- Whether the foreign worker is currently in Canada
- How long the foreign worker has lived and worked in the Yukon
- Whether the foreign worker speaks French
- Whether the foreign worker has a Temporary Measure Letter of Support
Multiple foreign workers or employers
You must submit 1 Expression of Interest for each foreign worker you want to nominate.
If the foreign worker has multiple employers, only the primary employer should submit an Expression of Interest.
Available nominations
For 2025, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada allocated the Yukon a maximum of 215 nominations. From the allocation:
- 10 are initially reserved for regulated health care professionals, subject to demand;
- some will be used for 2024 applicants to the Yukon Nominee Program that were carried over and align with 2025 priorities; and
- the remaining can be nominated through the Expression of Interest process.
Submit an Expression of Interest
The deadline to submit an Expression of Interest was 4:30 pm Yukon Standard Time on April 22, 2025. We are no longer accepting submissions.
The Expression of Interest intake closed on April 22, 2025, at 4:30 pm Yukon Standard Time.
Selection process
We’ll invite employers who submit Expressions of Interest that align with our 2025 priorities to apply to the Yukon Nominee Program.
The priorities for 2025 are foreign workers who:
- have lived and worked in the Yukon for at least 1 year;
- are Yukon University graduates;
- are francophone or French-speaking and take their required language test in French; or
- received a Temporary Measure Letter of Support in 2024 or 2025.
If there are nominations available after these candidates are invited, we’ll randomly draw from the remaining Expressions of Interest. Of those remaining, we’ll select:
- 15 per cent from rural Yukon communities; and
- 85 per cent from Whitehorse-based employers.
We may receive more Expressions of Interest that meet 2025 priorities than we have nominations available. In this case, we’ll select employers to apply in the following order until all allocations are used:
- Applications for Temporary Measure Letters of Support recipients
- Random draw from the remaining Expressions of Interest that meet 2025 priorities
You do not need to submit an Expression of Interest if you’re already in the queue from 2024. We’ll contact you with more information.
In 2024, we received more applications for the Yukon Nominee Program than we had allocations. We used all our allocations and nominated 430 people in 2024. We carried over 167 applications to 2025.
We’ll process carried over applications that align with our priorities for 2025. The 2025 priorities for foreign workers are those who:
- have lived and worked in the Yukon for at least 1 year;
- are Yukon University graduates;
- are francophone or French-speaking and take their required language test in French; or
- received a Temporary Measure Letter of Support in 2024 or 2025.
The remaining carry-over applications will be considered with applications from the 2025 Expression of Interest if they’re for:
- Foreign nationals who are currently within Canada
- Foreign nationals who are currently outside Canada but who will fill positions in rural communities
We will not process carry-over applications in 2025 if they do not align with any of these areas.
For more information, you can read the operational guidance. In this document, you’ll find detailed information on:
- the priority categories for 2025;
- requirements to prioritize existing temporary residents;
- the phased approach for the Yukon Nominee Program in 2025;
- future selection; and
- compliance and monitoring.
For questions about immigration, email [email protected] or phone 867-667-5131 or toll free in Yukon 1-800-661-0408, extension 5131.
We offer drop-in sessions at 303 Alexander Street (1st floor) in Whitehorse on Thursdays from 10 am to 1 pm. When visiting our office, keep in mind it is a scent-free workplace.