Express Entry, the immigration system of Canada, conducts frequent draws for immigration to Canada. The Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) selects candidates from the express entry pool through the periodically held express entry draw.
The latest Canada Express Entry 2023 Draw was held on September 21, 2023. It issued 1,000 invitations to all express entry programs. And the CRS cut-off was 435 points.
What is the Canada Express Entry draw?
The Express Entry draw is a pathway to becoming a permanent resident in Canada. It is a point-based system in which candidates who have higher points and are required for Canada’s labour market are selected to get an Invitation to Apply (ITA) for the permanent residency.
How often does Canada Express Entry take place? It is one of the common questions asked by a Canadian immigrant. The Express Entry draw is usually held on a bi-weekly schedule. If there is a gap between two successive draws, the draw comes out to be larger with issuing more invitations. And each express entry draw has a tie-break date and time. This means that candidates must have submitted their profiles before the tie-break date and time in order to have received an Invitation to Apply.
Visa applicants who wish to immigrate to Canada are selected for immigration through the following programs:
- Canadian Experience Class
- Federal Skilled Worker
- Federal Skilled Trades
- Provincial Nominee Program – Express Entry aligned streams
The Express Entry system is developed by the Canadian government to help a large number of people around the world move to Canada. And, to sustain the Canadian economy which is largely dependent on new immigrants. Foreign nationals are invited from all the programs that come under the express entry including the express entry aligned stream of the nominee program.
What is an Invitation to Apply?
To enter the immigration process through the Express Entry system, a foreign worker must create and submit his/her profile in the express entry pool. The candidates who have higher points as per the Comprehensive Ranking System are invited by the IRCC to apply for Canadian permanent residence. Consequently, this invitation makes a candidate eligible to apply for permanent resident status.
What is a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) Score?
To apply for the express entry immigration system and get resident status, a candidate has to submit his/her profile in the Express Entry pool. This profile acts as an Expression of Interest shown by the candidate for applying for permanent residence in Canada.
Once a profile is submitted, the candidate is awarded a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score, which is eventually the deciding factor for securing an Invitation to Apply for permanent residence.
CRS score is dependent on the following factors:
- Age;
- Education;
- Post-secondary degree;
- Language proficiency;
- Foreign work experience;
- Canadian work experience;
- Canadian certificate of education
How can you increase your express entry score?
The major factors that are considered in the Express Entry system are age, language skills, education, and work experience.
You can have a good CRS score by following these tips:
- Try to fetch the maximum number of points with the help of human capital factors, like age, education qualification, and language test results.
- Good proficiency in French can help you earn additional points
- A Canadian citizen or a permanent resident as your sibling can make you get extra points
- If applicable, human capital factors of your spouse can also help you increase your points
- A provincial nomination from provinces of Canada makes you earn 600 additional points
Increase your CRS score for the next Express Entry Draw!
If a candidate has got a low CRS score in the latest draw, he/she does have a chance to improve his/her score in order to be invited to apply for residency application in the subsequent express entry draw.
An applicant can increase his/her score by re-appearing for the language test, for example, IELTS. In addition to this, the spouse of a candidate can also be beneficial to get additional points to the total CRS score.
The candidate should apply to a Provincial Nominee Program of the province he/she would like for immigration. This will fetch him/her an additional 600 points which will effectively guarantee an ITA in the next express entry draw.
If an applicant has a valid job offer from a Canadian employer, he/she can earn additional points depending on the chosen NOC.
Canada’s Immigration Target for 2020-2023
The Immigration Minister of Canada has recently expressed his wish to welcome more than one million residents in the next three years. The Minister has stated that immigration will help Canada to boost its economy, have labour market growth, and support new businesses.
Thus, as a candidate, you can expect a large number of ITAs being issued in the coming years, giving a great opportunity to aspirants to settle their base in Canada.
Have a look at the latest express entry draw trend with the following list:
January
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 81 | 10 January 2018 | 2750 | 446 |
Draw 82 | 24 January 2018 | 2750 | 444 |
February
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 83 | 7 February 2018 | 3000 | 442 |
Draw 84 | 21 February 2018 | 3000 | 442 |
March
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 85 | 14 March 2018 | 3000 | 456 |
Draw 86 | 26 March 2018 | 3000 | 446 |
April
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 87 | 11 April 2018 | 3500 | 444 |
Draw 88 | 25 April 2018 | 3500 | 441 |
May
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 89 | 09 May 2018 | 3500 | 441 |
Draw 90 | 23 May 2018 | 3500 | 440 |
Draw 91(FSTC) | 30 May 2018 | 500 | 288 |
Draw 91 (PNP) | 30 May 2018 | 200 | 902 |
June
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 92 | 13 June 2018 | 3750 | 451 |
Draw 93 | 25 June 2018 | 3750 | 442 |
July
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 94 | 11 July 2018 | 3750 | 442 |
Draw 95 | 25 July 2018 | 3750 | 441 |
August
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 96 | 08 August 2018 | 3750 | 440 |
Draw 97 |
22 August 2018 | 3750 | 440 |
September
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 98 | 05 September 2018 | 3900 | 440 |
Draw 99 | 19 September 2018 | 3500 | 441 |
Draw 100 (FSTC) | 24 September 2018 | 400 | 284 |
October
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 101 | 03 October 2018 | 3900 | 445 |
Draw 102 | 15 October 2018 | 3900 | 440 |
Draw 103 | 29 October 2018 | 3900 | 442 |
November
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 104 | 14 November 2018 | 3900 | 449 |
Draw 105 | 28 November 2018 | 3900 | 445 |
December
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 106 | 12 December 2018 | 9200 | 445 |
Draw 107 | 19 December 2018 | 3900 | 439 |
January
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 108 | 9 January 2019 | 3900 | 449 |
Draw 109 | 23 January 2019 | 3900 | 443 |
Draw 110 | 30 January 2019 | 3350 | 438 |
February
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 111 | 20 February 2019 | 3350 | 457 |
March
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 112 | 06 March 2019 | 3350 | 454 |
Draw 113 | 20 March2019 | 3350 | 452 |
April
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 114 | 03 April 2019 | 3350 | 451 |
Draw 115 | 17 April 2019 | 3350 | 451 |
May
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 116 | 01 May 2019 | 3350 | 450 |
Draw 117 | 15 May 2019 | 500 (Federal Skilled Trades only) | 332 (Federal Skilled Trades only) |
Draw 118 | 29 May 2019 | 3350 | 470 |
June
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 119 | 12 June 2019 | 3350 | 465 |
Draw 120 | 26 June 2019 | 3350 | 462 |
July
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 121 | 10 July 2019 | 3600 | 460 |
Draw 122 | 24 July 2019 | 3600 | 459 |
August
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 123 | 12 August 2019 | 3600 | 466 |
Draw 124 | 20 August 2019 | 3600 | 457 |
September
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 125 | 04 September 2019 | 3600 | 463 |
Draw 126 | 18 September 2019 | 3600 | 462 |
October
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 127 | 02 0ctober 2019 | 3900 | 464 |
Draw 128 | 16 0ctober 2019 | 500 (Federal Skilled Trades only) | 357 (Federal Skilled Trades only) |
Draw 129 | 30 0ctober 2019 | 3900 | 475 |
November
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 130 | 13 November 2019 | 3600 | 472 |
Draw 131 | 27 November 2019 | 3600 | 471 |
December
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 131 | 11 December 2019 | 3200 | 472 |
Draw 132 | 19 December 2019 | 3200 | 469 |
January
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 134 | 08 January 2020 | 3400 | 473 |
Draw 135 | 22 January 2020 | 3400 | 471 |
February
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 136 | 05 February 2020 | 3500 | 472 |
Draw 137 | 19 February 2020 | 4500 | 470 |
March
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 138 | 04 March 2020 | 3900 | 471 |
Draw 139 | 19 March 2020 | 668 | 720 |
Draw 140 | 23 March 2020 | 3232 | 467 |
April
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 141 | 09 April 2020 | 606 | 698 |
Draw 142 | 09 April 2020 | 3294 | 464 |
Draw 143 | 15 April 2020 | 118 | 808 |
Draw 144 | 16 April 2020 | 3782 | 455 |
Draw 145 | 29 April 2020 | 589 | 692 |
May
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 146 | 01 May 2020 | 3311 | 452 |
Draw 147 | 13 May 2020 | 529 | 718 |
Draw 148 | 15 May 2020 | 3371 | 447 |
Draw 149 | 27 May 2020 | 385 | 757 |
Draw 150 | 28 May 2020 | 3515 | 440 |
June
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 151 | 10 June 2020 | 341 | 743 |
Draw 152 | 11 June 2020 | 3559 | 437 |
Draw 153 | 24 June 2020 | 392 | 696 |
Draw 154 | 25 June 2020 | 3508 | 431 |
July
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 155 | 08 July 2020 | 3900 | 478 |
Draw 156 | 22 July 2020 | 557 | 687 |
Draw 157 | 23 July 2020 | 3343 | 445 |
August
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 158 | 05 August 2020 | 3900 | 476 |
Draw 159 | 06 August 2020 | 250 | 415 |
Draw 160 | 19 August 2020 | 600 | 771 |
Draw 161 | 20 August 2020 | 3300 | 454 |
September
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 162 | 02 September 2020 | 4200 | 475 |
Draw 163 | 16 September 2020 | 4200 | 472 |
Draw 164 | 30 September 2020 | 4200 | 471 |
October
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 165 | 14 October 2020 | 4500 | 471 |
November
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 166 | 05 November 2020 | 4500 | 478 |
Draw 167 | 18 November 2020 | 5000 | 472 |
Draw 168 | 25 November 2020 | 5000 | 469 |
December
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 169 | 09 December 2020 | 5000 | 469 |
Draw 170 | 23 December 2020 | 5000 | 468 |
January
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 171 | 06 January 2021 | 250 | 813 |
Draw 172 | 07 January 2021 | 4,750 | 461 |
Draw 173 | 20 January 2021 | 374 | 741 |
Draw 174 | 21 January 2021 | 4,626 | 454 |
February
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 175 | 10 February 2021 | 654 | 720 |
Draw 176 | 13 February 2021 | 27,332 | 75 |
March
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 177 | 8 March 2021 | 671 | 739 |
Draw 178 | 17 March 2021 | 183 | 682 |
Draw 179 | 18 March 2021 | 5,000 | 449 |
Draw 180 | 31 March 2021 | 284 | 778 |
April
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 181 | 1 April 2021 | 5,000 | 432 |
Draw 182 | 14 April 2021 | 266 | 753 |
Draw 183 | 16 April 2021 | 6,000 | 417 |
Draw 184 | 28 April 2021 | 381 | 717 |
Draw 185 | 29 April 2021 | 6,000 | 400 |
May
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 187 | 12 May 2021 | 557 | 752 |
Draw 188 | 20 May 2021 | 1,842 | 397 |
Draw 189 | 26 May 2021 | 500 | 713 |
Draw 190 | 31 May 2021 | 5,956 | 380 |
June
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 191 | 09 June 2021 | 940 | 711 |
Draw 192 | 10 June 2021 | 6,000 | 368 |
Draw 193 | 23 June 2021 | 1,002 | 742 |
Draw 194 | 24 June 2021 | 6,000 | 357 |
July
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 195 | 07 July 2021 | 627 | 760 |
Draw 196 | 08 July 2021 | 4,500 | 369 |
Draw 197 | 21 July 2021 | 462 | 734 |
Draw 198 | 22 July 2021 | 4,500 | 357 |
August
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 199 | 4 August 2021 | 512 | 760 |
Draw 200 | 5 August 2021 | 3,000 | 404 |
Draw 201 | 18 August 2021 | 463 | 751 |
Draw 202 | 19 August 2021 | 3,000 | 403 |
September
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 203 | 1 September 2021 | 635 | 746 |
Draw 204 | 14 September 2021 | 2,000 | 462 |
Draw 205 | 15 September 2021 | 521 | 732 |
Draw 206 | 29 September 2021 | 761 | 742 |
October
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 207 | 13 October 2021 | 681 | 720 |
Draw 208 | 27 October 2021 | 888 | 744 |
November
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 209 | 10 November 2021 | 775 | 685 |
Draw 210 | 24 November 2021 | 613 | 737 |
December
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 211 | 10 December 2021 | 1,032 | 698 |
Draw 212 | 22 December 2021 | 746 | 720 |
January
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 213 | 05 January 2022 | 392 | 808 |
Draw 214 | 19 January 2022 | 1,036 | 745 |
February
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 215 | 02 February 2022 | 1,070 | 674 |
Draw 216 | 16 February 2022 | 1,082 | 710 |
March
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 217 | 02 March 2022 | 1,047 | 761 |
Draw 218 | 16 March 2022 | 924 | 754 |
Draw 219 | 30 March 2022 | 919 | 785 |
April
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 220 | 13 April 2022 | 787 | 782 |
Draw 221 | 27 April 2022 | 829 | 772 |
May
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 222 | 11 May 2022 | 545 | 753 |
Draw 223 | 25 May 2022 | 589 | 741 |
June
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 224 | 8 June 2022 | 932 | 796 |
Draw 225 | 22 June 2022 | 636 | 752 |
July
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 226 | 6 July 2022 | 1,500 | 557 |
Draw 227 | 20 July 2022 | 1,750 | 542 |
August
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 228 | 3 August | 2,000 | 533 |
Draw 229 | 17 August | 2,250 | 525 |
Draw 230 | 31 August | 2,750 | 516 |
September
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 231 | 14 September | 3,250 | 510 |
Draw 232 | 28 September | 3,750 | 504 |
October
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 233 | 12 October | 4,250 | 500 |
Draw 234 | 26 October | 4,750 | 496 |
November
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 235 | 9 November | 4,750 | 494 |
Draw 236 | 23 November | 4,750 | 491 |
January
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 237 | 11 January 2023 | 5,500 | 507 |
Draw 238 | 18 January 2023 | 5,500 | 490 |
February
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Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 239 | 1 February 2023 | 893 | 733 |
Draw 240 | 2 February 2023 | 3,300 | 489 |
Draw 241 | 15 February 2023 | 699 | 791 |
March
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Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 242 | 1 March 2023 | 667 | 748 |
Draw 243 | 15 March 2023 | 7,000 | 490 |
Draw 244 | 23 March 2023 | 7,000 | 484 |
Draw 245 | 29 March 2023 | 7,000 | 481 |
April
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Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 246 | 12 April 2023 | 3500 | 486 |
Draw 247 | 26 April 2023 | 3500 | 483 |
May
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 248 | 10 May 2023 | 589 | 691 |
Draw 249 | 24 May 2023 | 4800 | 488 |
June
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 250 | 8 June 2023 | 4800 | 486 |
Draw 251 | 27 June 2023 | 4300 | 486 |
Draw 252 | 28 June 2023 | 500 | 476 |
July
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 253 | 4 July 2023 | 700 | 511 |
Draw 254 | 5 July 2023 | 500 | 486 |
Draw 255 | 6 July 2023 | 1,500 | 463 |
Draw 256 | 7 July 2023 | 2300 | 439 |
Draw 257 | 11 July 2023 | 800 | 505 |
Draw 258 | 12 July 2023 | 3800 | 375 |
August
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 259 | 1 August 2023 | 2000 | 517 |
Draw 260 | 2 August 2023 | 800 | 435 |
Draw 261 | 3 August 2023 | 1500 | 388 |
Draw 262 | 15 August 2023 | 4300 | 496 |
September
Draw | Date | Number of ITAs | CRS Cut Off |
---|---|---|---|
Draw 263 | 20 September 2023 | 3,200 | 531 |
Draw 264 | 21 September 2023 | 1,000 | 435 |