BC PNP June 2, 2026 Draw: 357 Invitations Across Care, Build, and Entrepreneur Streams

The first BC PNP draw of June landed on June 2, 2026, and the headline number was 357 invitations — 342 through Skills Immigration under the Care and Build pillars, plus another 15-plus to entrepreneurs through the Base and Regional streams. It's BC's 12th selection round of 2026 (six SI, six EI) and the second straight Care-plus-Build pairing under the Look West framework. If you were watching to see whether the May rhythm would hold into June, this draw is the answer: yes, with construction trades getting the biggest single slice of any Care-Build round so far this year.

What happened

Per CIC News and the official BC PNP invitations page, the June 2 round was a bundled event covering two of BC's three Look West pillars — Care (healthcare, early childhood education, veterinary care) and Build (construction trades). The Innovate pillar, which targets high-economic-impact and tech-adjacent candidates, did not run on June 2.

The Skills Immigration breakdown:

On the Entrepreneur side, 15 invitations went to the Base Stream and fewer than 5 to the Regional Stream — both at a minimum score of 117. The Base figure is the largest single Base-Stream draw of 2026 so far.

Year-to-date through June 2, BC has now issued 2,485 SI invitations and 64 EI invitations.

Construction trades got the biggest slice — and that's new

The 128 construction-trades ITAs are the headline. That's 37.4% of the June 2 SI round and the largest single Build allocation of 2026. By comparison, the May 6 Care-plus-Build draw issued a smaller share to trades; the May 14 Innovate draw didn't touch trades at all.

Two things to read into that. First, BC is leaning harder into its housing and infrastructure labour gap — the nine targeted construction NOCs (welders, electricians, plumbers, carpenters, HVAC mechanics, heavy-duty equipment mechanics, millwrights, steamfitters, industrial electricians) all map directly to occupations with sustained labour shortages flagged in provincial workforce planning. Second, the trades threshold of 101 points is the lowest Build cutoff BC has run since adopting Look West — meaning a candidate with mid-tier language scores and a journeyperson certification could realistically be sitting on top of the trades queue.

The catch, and it's a hard one: every invited trades candidate has to hold a valid trade certificate or a registered apprenticeship issued by SkilledTradesBC that matches the NOC of the job offer. Foreign credentials don't qualify on their own — the SkilledTradesBC certification or registered apprenticeship is the gating step before the federal nomination application even gets reviewed.

The Care pillar is still doing the heavy lifting in total numbers

Even with construction trades getting the largest single bucket, Care delivered 214 ITAs combined (91 ECE + 117 health + 6 veterinary) — about 63% of the SI round.

A few specific reads:

• Health at 117 ITAs and a minimum score of 100 is the lowest health threshold BC has used in 2026. The 31 targeted NOCs span the full clinical spectrum: family physicians (NOC 31102), nurse practitioners (NOC 31302), licensed practical nurses (NOC 32101), paramedical occupations (NOC 32102), dental hygienists (NOC 32111), social workers (NOC 41300), and nurse aides under NOC 33102 — the last with the additional requirement of registration with the BC Care Aide & Community Health Worker Registry.
• ECE at 91 ITAs and a minimum score of 111 continues to be the tightest Care threshold. Only NOC 42202 (Early Childhood Educators) is targeted, and only candidates with a one-year or five-year ECE certificate issued by BC's ECE Registry are eligible — the federal NOC code alone isn't enough.
• Veterinary remains the smallest bucket with just 6 ITAs at a minimum score of 92, targeting NOC 31103 (veterinarians) and NOC 32104 (animal health technologists and veterinary technicians) with a valid professional designation.

How June 2 fits with the rest of BC's 2026 SI draws

That rhythm — Care+Build, then Innovate, then back to Care+Build — is starting to look deliberate. The May 14 Innovate round was 437 ITAs (bigger). The June 2 Care+Build was 342 ITAs (smaller, but in the same band as May 6's 333). If the alternation continues, the next round to watch is an Innovate draw between June 9 and June 16, with score thresholds likely in the 138 area or wage-based selection on TEER 0-3 occupations.

What's expected next

Three signals to watch over the next two weeks.

Will Innovate hold its 138 floor? May 14 invited candidates at the 138 registration score (or qualifying high-wage TEER 0-3 job offer). If BC drops that to 130 or 125 in the next Innovate round, the implication is that the federal candidate flow into Innovate-eligible profiles has slowed and BC needs to reach deeper into the registration pool to fill its monthly allocation. If it stays at 138, expect Innovate to keep absorbing the role that the old High Economic Impact stream used to play.

Will construction trades stay weighted at 128+? The June 2 trades allocation is materially larger than May 6's Build slice. If the next Care+Build round (mid-to-late June) also hands out 100+ ITAs to construction occupations, that signals BC has reorganized its annual allocation to favour Build more than the original Look West framework hinted.

Will the EI Base score hold at 117? Base entrepreneurs have been invited at 115 in May and 117 in early June. The same shift happened in mid-2024, when minimum entrepreneur scores climbed by 2-4 points across the year as more high-net-worth candidates entered the pool. A continued climb to 119 or 120 by July would push out lower-investment business profiles.

If you got invited on June 2

You have 30 days — until July 2, 2026 — to submit a complete BC PNP application through BCPNP Online. The Care+Build pillars use the standard Skills Immigration documentation set plus pillar-specific supporting evidence:

• Care - Health: valid job offer from a BC employer with NOC code and duties matching one of the 31 targeted health NOCs; provincial licence or registration where required (e.g., College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC for physicians; BCCNM for nurses; College of Pharmacists of BC for pharmacists; BC Care Aide & Community Health Worker Registry for NOC 33102).
• Care - ECE: valid ECE certificate (one-year or five-year) issued by BC's ECE Registry — this is non-negotiable and must be in hand at submission, not pending.
• Care - Veterinary: for NOC 32104, valid professional designation; for NOC 31103, registration with the College of Veterinarians of BC.
• Build: valid SkilledTradesBC trade certificate or registered apprenticeship matching the offered NOC. Foreign equivalency assessments alone do not satisfy this requirement.
• Provincial registration fee: $1,150 CAD, paid through BCPNP Online at submission.
• Federal Express Entry profile (if applicable): must remain active and accurate; after BC issues the nomination, your federal account receives a Notification of Interest confirming the 600-point CRS boost.

If you weren't invited

Three honest reads, depending on where you sit.

Construction trades candidate without SkilledTradesBC certification: This is the single most important gap to close. A foreign welder, electrician, or plumber with strong job offer and 100+ registration score will still get filtered out without the SkilledTradesBC step. Start that process now — the SkilledTradesBC certification pathway for foreign-trained workers typically runs 6-14 weeks depending on the trade.

Healthcare candidate just below 100: The Health threshold of 100 on June 2 is the lowest BC has run all year. If your score is 95-99, the most movable lever is language (CLB 9 versus CLB 8 in English is usually worth 5-10 BC PNP points), followed by accumulated BC work experience if you're already in-province. Review the BC PNP 2026 guide for the full registration-score formula.

Tech, finance, or senior-management candidate: None of the June 2 invitations touched the Innovate pillar where your profile would compete. Watch for the next Innovate draw (expected mid-June). In the meantime, if your federal CRS is in the 510+ range, federal Canadian Experience Class draws may be the faster path — recent CEC cutoffs have landed at 521-547 with draw sizes of 1,000-3,000 ITAs.

Where you stand

Run your federal score against this week's pool: CRS Calculator | Express Entry Draws | BC PNP 2026 Guide | BC PNP Look West Overhaul | BC PNP Innovate Draw May 14 | BC PNP First Look West Draws | PNP Guide