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Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued invitations to apply (ITAs) in the latest Express Entry draw
The department issued 6,300 ITAs in a draw for Canadian Experience Class (CEC) candidates.
Candidates required a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 515 to be considered.
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Today’s minimum CRS score represent’s the lowest score of the year in a non-category based selection draw and is also lower than the last CEC-only draw on May 31 (522).
So far this month IRCC has issued 17,361 ITAs over six seperate draws.
Yesterday, IRCC invited 1,391 candidates in a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)-only draw with a minimum CRS of 670. Before that, IRCC most recently invited 3,200 candidates in a category-based selected draw for French proficiency on July 8.
CRS scores for PNP-only Express Entry draws tend to be higher than average because Express Entry candidates who have been successfully nominated for the PNP automatically receive an additional 600 CRS points on top of their existing score. For example, an Express Entry candidate with a score of 300 that is successfully nominated will then have an overall CRS of 900.
Summary of Express Entry draw results in 2024
DateDraw TypeNumber of ITAsMinimum CRS
July 17Canadian Experience Class6,300515
July 16Provincial Nominee Program1,391670
July 8French proficiency3,200420
July 5Healthcare occupations3,750445
July 4Trade occupations1,800436
July 2Provincial Nominee Program920739
June 19Provincial Nominee Program1,499663
May 31Canadian Experience Class3,000522
May 30Provincial Nominee Program2,985676
April 24French proficiency1,400410
April 23General2,095529
April 11STEM occupations4,500491
April 10General1,280549
March 26French language proficiency1,500388
March 25General1,980524
March 13Transport occupations975430
March 12General2,850525
February 29French language proficiency2,500336
February 28General1,470534
February 16Agriculture and agri-food occupations150437
February 14Healthcare occupations3,500422
February 13General1,490535
February 1French language proficiency7,000365
January 31General730541
January 23General1,040543
January 10General1,510546
What is Express Entry?
Express Entry is an application management system for three economic immigration programs in Canada: the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) and the Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP). Each program is a pathway to permanent residency in Canada.
These programs use the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) to evaluate immigration candidates based on human capital factors such as occupation, age, education, language ability and work experience. Each factor receives a score, and the total creates a candidate’s CRS score.
The system was introduced in 2015 as a means for IRCC to speed up processing time for successful applicants. The department has a published service standard of six months for these applications.
What is category-based selection?
Category-based selection was launched in 2023 as a way for IRCC to further target the Express Entry candidates who are the most likely to help Canada fill urgent gaps in it’s workforce, or strengthen a demographic.
To that end, the department introduced six possible categories in 2023 and earlier this year announced that they would remain in place into 2025. They are:
Healthcare occupations
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions
Trades occupations, such as carpenters, plumbers, and contractors
Transport occupations
Agriculture and agri-food occupations
French-language proficiency
Draws for this category are not program-specific and permanent resident applicants must be in the Express Entry application pool to be eligible.
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