Care, Build & Innovate, explained
Worked example for Care, Build & Innovate, explained: take the category, TEER, and wage facts on this page and enter them in the BC PNP calculator with your years of skilled work and language level. The result is a SIRS estimate out of 200 points. Compare it with recent invitation ranges for your pillar. It does not guarantee an invitation.
The single most important thing to get right before running any BC PNP calculator is which pillar and category your occupation sits in. Two candidates with an identical 100-point SIRS score can face completely different odds if one is in a category that cleared at 68 points and the other needs 138. That's why this calculator asks for your category before it asks for anything else.
Care
Health, childcare (ECE), education and veterinary occupations. 2026 minimums ranged from 68 (Education) to 115 (Childcare).
Build
Nine priority certified construction trades. 2026 minimum ranged 88–121.
Innovate
High economic impact occupations across all sectors, including tech. A score route (132–138) and a separate no-minimum-score wage route ($55–70/hr).
Why a wage route exists inside Innovate
Not everyone in a high-impact occupation wants to compete on the SIRS score. The Innovate wage route lets TEER 0–3 candidates skip score competition entirely if a validated job offer clears a published hourly wage bar. On BC's largest 2026 round (20 August), 337 of 602 invitations went through the wage route, more than the score route's 265.
The regional target
BC has committed to nominating at least 35% of candidates from outside Metro Vancouver. That policy goal is separate from, and additional to, the flat regional bonus points scored in the calculator (see the region pages), and it's one reason settling outside the metro core can be a genuinely useful lever, not just a points trick.
What replaced the old system
Before 23 April 2026, Skills Immigration ran on NOC-list-based streams (Skilled Worker, International Graduate, Entry Level and Semi-Skilled, and a separate Tech pilot). Those lists are gone; every occupation now maps to Care, Build, or Innovate, or falls outside the calculator's scope entirely (Health Authority stream, Entrepreneur Immigration).
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What should I know about Care, Build & Innovate, explained?
On 23 April 2026, BC replaced its old NOC-list Skills Immigration streams with three pillars: Care (health, childcare, education, veterinary), Build (construction trades), and Innovate (high economic impact, including tech, via either a score route or a no-minimum-score wage route). About 36 priority occupations sit across the three pillars, and BC targets at least 35% of nominations outside Metro Vancouver.
How do I use this with the calculator?
Read the direct answer, check the facts, then open the score calculator. Enter the usual TEER for this page plus your own wage, experience, education, and language. The calculator applies the SIRS grid in force since 4 December 2025 and the 23 April 2026 Care, Build, and Innovate categories.
Does this replace an official BC PNP result?
No. This is an estimate from published SIRS figures and WelcomeBC announcements. Only WelcomeBC produces an official category placement or invitation.