Rural Renewal Stream draws: minimum score history
The latest Rural Renewal Stream draw, on September 24, 2026, invited 131 candidates in the Rural Renewal Stream with a minimum score of 51.
AAIP has held 11 draws in this stream in 2026, issuing 1,174 invitations.
Source: Government of Alberta (alberta.ca), data as of (AAIP page last updated ).
- Latest minimum score
- 51 Sep 24, 2026
- Draws in 2026
- 11 1,174 invitations
- Lowest minimum score, 2026
- 50 May 25, 2026
- Highest minimum score, 2026
- 55 Jul 7, 2026
Minimum score per draw, 2026
Each point is one draw. The draw history table below lists the same values.
Rural Renewal Stream draw history
11 draws since February 10, 2026, newest first. Change compares each minimum score with the previous draw that had the same focus.
| Date | Minimum score | Change from the previous draw with the same focus | Invitations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 0 | 131 | |
| 51 | −4 | 127 | |
| 55 | +4 | 42 | |
| 51 | +1 | 54 | |
| 50 | 0 | 83 | |
| 50 | 0 | 12 | |
| 50 | 0 | 74 | |
| 50 | −1 | 60 | |
| 51 | −4 | 349 | |
| 55 | +1 | 30 | |
| 54 | No earlier draw with this focus | 212 |
2026 nominations and processing
As of October 27, 2026, AAIP was assessing Rural Renewal Stream applications received on or before September 4, 2026, 53 days (about 1.7 months) earlier. That date shows where the queue stands, not a guaranteed processing time. AAIP notes that its Rural Renewal Stream processing figures are estimates that can vary, for example with application volumes from designated communities.
- 2026 nomination allocation
- 1,057
- Nominations issued
- 813
- Spaces remaining
- 244
- Applications to be processed
- 39
- Assessing applications received on or before
- Sep 4, 2026 53 days (1.7 months) before Oct 27, 2026
Figures as published on the AAIP page last updated October 21, 2026. Every stream: AAIP processing times.
Expressions of interest in the pool
As of October 27, 2026, 1,527 of the 33,291 worker expressions of interest in AAIP’s selection pool name the Rural Renewal Stream as their stream or pathway of interest. Candidates may be invited to a stream or pathway other than the one they named.
All streams: AAIP expression of interest pool.
Other AAIP streams
- Alberta Express Entry Stream draws (latest Oct 20, 2026)
- Tourism and Hospitality Stream draws (latest Oct 14, 2026)
- Dedicated Health Care Pathway draws (latest Oct 13, 2026)
- Alberta Opportunity Stream draws (latest Oct 2, 2026)
Also in the Express Entry pool?
AAIP minimum scores are expression of interest scores, not Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores, so they cannot be compared with Express Entry cutoffs. For an Express Entry profile, the CRS calculator estimates a CRS score under the grid in force before November 3, 2026 and under the rules from that date, and compares it with the latest federal cutoffs.
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