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Express Entry Draws

Introduced in 2015, Canada’s Express Entry system organizes immigration applications for three federal immigration programs: Federal Skilled Worker (FSW), Federal Skilled Trades (FST), and Canadian Experience Class (CEC). To be considered for these programs, a candidate first submit an Express Entry profile to the pool of candidates. All Express Entry profiles are ranked against one another through the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) which assigns each candidate a CRS score out of 1200 points.

Find out if you qualify to immigrate to Canada

Approximately every two weeks, the Canadian government conducts an Express Entry draw. Each draw has a CRS cut-off score, which represents the CRS score of the lowest-ranking candidate to receive an Invitation to Apply (ITA) for permanent residence. Once a candidate receives an ITA, they are given 60 days to complete and submit an official electronic Application for Permanent Residence (eAPR).

Most Recent Express Entry Draws

Below are the results from the most recent rounds of invitations issued during Express Entry draws:

Draw	Date	Number of ITAs	CRS Cut Off	Tie-Breaking Rule
229	17 August 2022	2,250	525	December 28, 2021
228	3 August 2022	2,000	533	January 6, 2022
227	20 July 2022	1,750	542	December 30, 2021
226	6 July 2022	1,500	557	November 13, 2021
225	22 June 2022	636	752	April 19, 2022
224	8 June 2022	923	796	October 10, 2021
223	25 May 2022	589	741	February 2, 2021
222	11 May 2022	545	753	December 15, 2021
221	27 April 2022	829	772	March 24, 2022
220	13 April 2022	787	782	April 07, 2022
219	30 March 2022	919	785	November 15, 2021
218	16 March 2022	924	754	February 10, 2022
217	2 March 2022	1047	761	January 05, 2022
216	16 February 2022	1082	710	October 07, 2021
215	2 February 2022	1070	674	February 18, 2021
214	19 January 2022	1036	745	July 05, 2021
213	5 January 2022	392	808	March 04, 2021
212	22 December 2021	746	720	November 24, 2021
211	10 December 2021	1,032	698	September 10, 2021
210	24 November 2021	613	737	June 22, 2021
209	10 November 2021	775	685	August 12, 2021
208	27 October 2021	888	744	October 7, 2021
207	13 October 2021	681	720	March 16, 2021
206	29 September 2021	761	742	July 29, 2021
205	14 September 2021	521	732	February 24, 2021
204	14 September 2021	2,000	462	September 11, 2021
203	1 September 2021	635	764	April 12, 2021
202	19 August 2021	3,000	403	August 1, 2021
201	18 August 2021	463	751	April 13, 2021
200	5 August 2021	3,000	404	August 3, 2021
199	4 August 2021	512	760	March 5, 2021
198	22 July 2021	4,500	357	February 14, 2021
197	21 July 2021	462	734	April 11, 2021
196	8 July 2021	4,500	369	June 10, 2021
195	7 July 2021	627	760	June 14, 2021
194	24 June 2021	6,000	357	February 17, 2021
193	23 June 2021	1,002	742	February 18, 2021
192	10 June 2021	6,000	368	April 28, 2021
191	9 June 2021	940	711	February 16, 2021
190	31 May 2021	5,956	380	May 28, 2021
189	26 May 2021	500	713	April 6, 2021
188	20 May 2021	1,842	397	April 24, 2021
187	13 May 2021	4,147	401	April 29, 2021
186	12 May 2021	557	752	April 29, 2021
185	29 April 2021	6,000	400	April 24, 2021
184	28 April 2021	381	717	March 16, 2021
183	16 April 2021	6,000	417	March 1, 2021
182	14 April 2021	266	753	March 1, 2021
181	1 April 2021	5,000	432	February 16, 2021
180	31 March 2021	284	778	March 16, 2021
179	18 March 2021	5,000	449	March 17, 2021
178	17 March 2021	183	682	March 04, 2021
177	8 March 2021	671	739	February 16, 2021
176	13 February 2021	27,332	75	September 12, 2020
175	10 February 2021	654	720	August 14, 2020
174	21 January 2021	4,626	454	July 23, 2020
173	20 January 2021	374	741	September 5, 2020
172	7 January 2021	4,750	461	September 12, 2020
171	6 January 2021	250	813	November 2, 2020
170	23 December 2020	5,000	468	June 4, 2020
169	9 December 2020	5,000	469	June 4, 2020
168	25 November 2020	5,000	469	October 15, 2020
167	18 November 2020	5,000	472	October 27, 2020
166	5 November 2020	4,500	478	October 26, 2020
165	14 October 2020	4,500	471	September 1, 2020
164	30 September 2020	4,200	471	March 2, 2020
163	16 September 2020	4,200	472	March 9, 2020
162	2 September 2020	4,200	475	August 16, 2020
161	20 August 2020	3,300	454	July 27, 2020
160	19 August 2020	600	771	July 24, 2020
159	6 August 2020	250	415	June 2, 2020
158	5 August 2020	3,900	476	July 27, 2020
157	23 July 2020	3,343	445	July 12, 2020
156	22 July 2020	557	687	November 11, 2019
155	8 July 2020	3,900	478	February 11, 2020
154	25 June 2020	3,508	431	April 3, 2020
153	24 June 2020	392	696	April 23, 2020
152	11 June 2020	3,559	437	May 25, 2020
151	10 June 2020	341	743	April 14, 2020
150	28 May 2020	3,515	440	March 7, 2020
149	27 May 2020	385	757	April 27, 2020
148	14 May 2020	3,371	447	December 23, 2019
147	13 May 2020	529	718	March 19, 2020
146	1 May 2020	3,311	452	October 10, 2019
145	29 April 2020	589	692	March 11, 2020
144	16 April 2020	3,782	455	January 20, 2020
143	15 April 2020	118	808	March 18, 2020
142	9 April 2020	3,294	464	January 4, 2020
141	9 April 2020	606	698	December 18, 2019
140	23 March 2020	3,232	467	November 25, 2019
139	18 March 2020	668	720	March 19, 2020
138	4 March 2020	3,900	471	February 24, 2020
137	19 February 2020	4,500	470	January, 13th 2020
136	5 February 2020	3,500	472	January, 30th 2020
135	22 January 2020	3,400	471	May 9, 2019
134	8 January 2020	3,400	473	27 December 2019
133	19 December 2019	3,200	469	14 November 2019
132	11 December 2019	3,200	472	6 December 2019
131	27 November 2019	3,600	471	11 November 2019
130	13 November 2019	3,600	472	8 October 2019
129	30 October 2019	3,900	475	29 August 2019
128	16 October 2019	500	357	4 March 2019
127	2 October 2019	3,900	464	20 September 2019
126	18 September 2019	3,600	462	29 August 2019
125	4 September 2019	3,600	463	23 August 2019
124	20 August 2019	3,600	457	24 March 2019
123	12 August 2019	3,600	466	6 August 2019
122	24 July 2019	3,600	459	25 May 2019
121	10 July 2019	3,600	460	11 June 2019
120	26 June 2019	3,350	462	11 May 2019
119	12 June 2019	3,350	465	6 June 2019
118	29 May 2019	3,350	470	23 May 2019
117	15 May 2019	500 (Federal Skilled Trades Specific Draw)	332	29 August 2018
116	1 May 2019	3,350	450	5 November 2018
115	17 April 2019	3,350	451	2 April 2019
114	3 April 2019	3,350	451	9 January 2019
113	20 March 2019	3,350	452	7 February 2019
112	6 March 2019	3,350	454	11 February 2019
111	20 February 2019	3,350	457	6 December 2018
110	30 January 2019	3,350	438	26 April 2018
109	23 January 2019	3,900	443	2 January 2019
108	10 January 2019	3,900	449	2 January 2019
107	19 December 2018	3,900	439	6 February 2018
106	12 December 2018	3,900	445	28 November 2018
105	28 November 2018	3,900	445	22 October 2018
104	15 November 2018	3,900	449	16 September 2018
103	29 October 2018	3,900	442	16 October 2018
102	15 October 2018	3,900	440	18 September 2018
101	3 October 2018	3,900	445	2 October 2018
100	24 September 2018	400 (Federal Skilled Trades Specific Draw)	284	18 February 2018
99	18 September 2018	3,500	441	6 September 2018
98	5 September 2018	3,900	440	29 April 2018
97	22 August 2018	3,750	440	21 February 2018
96	8 August 2018	3,750	440	31 January 2018
95	25 July 2018	3,750	441	31 December 2017
94	11 July 2018	3,750	442	26 June 2018
93	25 June 2018	3,750	442	28 January 2018
92	13 June 2018	3,750	451	21 July 2017
91	30 May 2018*	700	288	*PNP and FST only
90	23 May 2018	3500	440	30 December 2017
89	9 May 2018	3500	441	12 December 2017
88	25 April 2018	3500	441	8 December 2017
87	11 April 2018	3500	444	26 March 2018
86	26 March 2018	3000	446	23 February 2018
85	14 March 2018	3000	456	3 March 2018
84	21 February 2018	3000	442	11 February 2018
83	7 February 2018	3000	442	29 May 2017
82	24 January 2018	2750	444	17 January 2018
81	10 January 2018	2750	446	18 November 2017
80	20 December 2017	2750	446	2 October 2017
79	6 December 2017	2750	452	16 November 2017
78	15 November 2017	2750	439	19 October 2017
77	8 November 2017	2000	458	23 October 2017
76	1 November 2017	505	241	n/a
75	1 November 2017	290	673	n/a
74	18 October 2017	2757	436	n/a
73	4 October 2017	2801	438	n/a
72	20 September 2017	2871	433	n/a
71	6 September 2017	2772	435	n/a
70	23 August 2017	3035	434	n/a
69	9 August 2017	2991	433	n/a
68	2 August 2017	3264	441	n/a
67	12 July 2017	3202	440	n/a
66	28 June 2017	3409	449	n/a
65	31 May 2017	3877	413	n/a
64	26 May 2017	400	199	n/a
63	26 May 2017	143	775	n/a
62	19 May 2017	3687	415	n/a
61	4 May 2017	3796	423	n/a
60	19 April 2017	3665	415	n/a
59	12 April 2017	3923	423	n/a
58	5 April 2017	3753	431	n/a
57	24 March 2017	3749	441	n/a
56	1 March 2017	3884	434	n/a
55	22 February 2017	3611	441	n/a
54	8 February 2017	3664	447	n/a
53	25 January 2017	3508	453	n/a
52	11 January 2017	3334	459	n/a
51	4 January 2017	2902	468	n/a
50	22 December 2016	2878	475	n/a
49	16 December 2016	1936	497	n/a
48	30 November 2016	559	786	n/a
47	16 November 2016	2427	470	n/a
46	2 November 2016	2080	472	n/a
45	19 October 2016	1518	484	n/a
44	12 October 2016	1518	484	n/a
43	21 September 2016	1288	483	n/a
42	7 September 2016	1000	491	n/a
41	24 August 2016	750	538	n/a
40	10 August 2016	754	490	n/a
39	27 July 2016	755	488	n/a
38	13 July 2016	747	482	n/a
37	29 June 2016	773	482	n/a
36	15 June 2016	752	488	n/a
35	1 June 2016	762	483	n/a
34	18 May 2016	763	484	n/a
33	6 May 2016	799	534	n/a
32	20 April 2016	1018	468	n/a
31	6 April 2016	954	470	n/a
30	23 March 2016	1014	470	n/a
29	9 March 2016	1013	473	n/a
28	24 February 2016	1484	453	n/a
27	10 February 2016	1505	459	n/a
26	27 January 2016	1468	457	n/a
25	13 January 2016	1518	453	n/a
24	6 January 2016	1463	461	n/a
23	18 December 2015	1503	460	n/a
22	4 December 2015	1451	461	n/a
21	27 November 2015	1559	472	n/a
20	13 November 2015	1506	484	n/a
19	23 October 2015	1502	489	n/a
18	2 October 2015	1530	450	n/a
17	18 September 2015	1545	450	n/a
16	8 September 2015	1517	459	n/a
15	21 August 2015	1523	456	n/a
14	7 August 2015	1402	471	n/a
13	17 July 2015	1581	451	n/a
12	10 July 2015	1516	463	n/a
11	26 June 2015	1575	469	n/a
10	12 June 2015	1501	482	n/a
9	22 May 2015	1361	755	n/a
8	17 April 2015	715	453	n/a
7	10 April 2015	925	469	n/a
6	27 March 2015	1637	453	n/a
5	20 March 2015	1620	481	n/a
4	27 February 2015	1187	735	n/a
3	20 February 2015	849	808	n/a
2	7 February 2015	779	818	n/a
1	31 January 2015	779	886	n/a

Tie Breaking Rule: In the event that multiple candidates score at the CRS cut-off score, IRCC makes use of the tie-breaking rule to better control the number of ITAs issued in each draw. Only candidates who score at or above the CRS cut-off score and submitted a profile before the tie-breaking rule will be issued an ITA. The tie-breaking rule was only instituted in November, 2017.

Composition of the Express Entry Pool

IRCC published information regarding the composition of the Express Entry pool in the days shortly before each draw. Below is the CRS score distribution of candidates in the Express Entry pool:

CRS Score Range	Number of Candidates
601-1200	538
501-600	8,221
451-500	62,753
491-500	5,435
481-490	9,129
471-480	18,831
461-470	16,465
451-460	12,893
401-450	58,113
441-450	12,200
431-440	9,801
421-430	9,770
411-420	11,138
401-410	12,253
351-400	68,440
301-350	35,745
0-300	5,137
TOTAL	238,947
Updated	August 15, 2022

What type of Express Entry Draws are there?

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) conducts 3 types of Express Entry Draws. These are:

• Canadian Experience Class (CEC) draws: These draws target candidates in the Express Entry pool who have at least 1 year of Canadian Work Experience.
• Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) draws: These draws target candidates in the Express Entry pool who have been nominated by a Canadian province to receive Canadian permanent residence.
• Federal Skilled Trade Worker (FST) draws: These draws target candidates in the Express Entry pool who qualify under the Federal Skilled Trade Program. Generally, these candidates have a lower CRS score in comparison to others in the pool.
• All Program Draws: All program draws are not program specific. Instead, they focus on the overall CRS score of the applicant, irrespective of the program they qualify under.

What do I need to do to have my profile selected in an Express Entry Draw?

Most Express Entry Draws focus on an applicant’s Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score. For this reason, once you have submitted your Express Entry profile to the pool, you should examine all the ways you may increase your CRS score ranking within the pool.

What is the lowest CRS score accepted in an Express Entry Draw?

The lowest accepted CRS score varies with each Express Entry draw.

Since the Express Entry system was introduced in 2015, the lowest ever accepted CRS score has been 75. This was from a CEC Draw that took place in February 2021.

The lowest CRS score from an all program draw, targeting Federal Skilled Workers was 413.

How many profiles are selected in each Express Entry Draw?

There is no set number of Express Entry Profiles selected in each Express Entry draw. How many profiles selected with each draw depends on the number  of candidates in the pool, the quality of candidates in the pool and the Canadian labour market needs at the time of the draw.

What do you do if your profile has been selected from an Express Entry Draw?

If your profile has been selected from an Express Entry Draw, you will receive an Invitation to Apply (ITA). With an ITA, you have 60 days to submit a full Application for Permanent Residence (eAPR). Please refer to our guide to receiving an ITA and submitting an eAPR for more information.

How often are there Express Entry Draws?

There is no set schedule for Express Entry Draws to happen, however, you can expect an Express Entry Draw at least every 2 weeks. Since the start of the COVID 19 pandemic, IRCC have generally conducted 2 Express Entry draws every 2 weeks. These Express Entry draws have focused on CEC and PNP applicants.

Am I more likely to be selected during an Express Entry Draw if I have a job offer?

Having an approved Canadian job offer does not guarantee that you will receive an ITA from an Express Entry Draw. It will however increase your chances. When you apply to the Express Entry pool with an approved Canadian job offer, you will receive either 50 or 200 points CRS points.

In addition to this, a Canadian job offer may make your profile more desirable to the province where the job offer is located.

How can you improve your CRS score to make sure you receive an invitation in the next Express Entry Draw?

If a candidate’s CRS score is significantly lower than the minimum cut-off in the pool, they should consider trying to improve their score. For more information on improving ranking, please refer to Canadim’s guidelines for improving the CRS score and ranking.

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