Canadian immigration department IRCC releases the latest “Canadian Experience Class” draw. Overall, 3,200 candidates were sent invitations to apply for permanent residence in Canada.
Under this program, the successful applicants had to score 509 or above to be considered for the invitation to apply. They can now apply for the Canadian PR in 60 days.
From the Express Entry Program CEC, IRCC has so far issued four draws this year with the current draw holding the lowest score. Furthermore, it also caused 17,500 candidates to be issued ITAs altogether.
CEC Draw Details
| Draw Program | Number of invitations issued | Date and time of round | CRS score of the lowest-ranked candidate invited | Tie-breaking rule |
| Canadian Experience Class | 3,200 | August 14, 2024 at 14:04:45 UTC | 509 | March 01, 2024 at 19:23:21 UTC |
Express Entry Pool: CRS Score Distribution as of 14 August
| CRS score range | Number of candidates |
| 601-1200 | 125 |
| 501-600 | 11,055 |
| 451-500 | 61,210 |
| 491-500 | 10,883 |
| 481-490 | 11,990 |
| 471-480 | 14,873 |
| 461-470 | 12,747 |
| 451-460 | 10,717 |
| 401-450 | 52,261 |
| 441-450 | 10,303 |
| 431-440 | 11,229 |
| 421-430 | 9,868 |
| 411-420 | 10,619 |
| 401-410 | 10,242 |
| 351-400 | 53,137 |
| 301-350 | 24,690 |
| 0-300 | 5,482 |
| Total | 207,960 |
What is a Canadian Experience Class?
Canada Experience Class PR program is one of the three famous programs of Express Entry. The CEC stream helps those who have Canadian work experience and want to settle permanently in Canada. IRCC is prominently inviting more and more candidates which are holding Canadian experience and temporary residence status.
This helps regularise the candidates with temporary status and gives them a chance to settle permanently in the country as they have more chances to be successful by holding work experience in Canada.
Express Entry Round of Invitations in 2024
| Date of issue | Draw Category | Number of ITAs issued | Minimum CRS |
| 14 August | Canada Experience Class | 3,200 | 509 |
| 13 August | Provincial Nominee Program | 763 | 690 |
| 31 July | Canada Experience Class | 5,000 | 510 |
| 30 July | Provincial Nominee Program | 964 | 686 |
| 18 July | French Language Proficiency | 1,800 | 400 |
| 17 July | Canada Experience Class | 6,300 | 515 |
| 16 July | Provincial Nominee Program | 1,391 | 670 |
| 8 July | French proficiency | 3,200 | 420 |
| 5 July | Health Occupations | 3,750 | 445 |
| 4 July | Trade Occupations | 1,800 | 436 |
| 02 July | Provincial Nominee Program | 920 | 739 |
| 19 June | Provincial Nominee Program | 1,499 | 633 |
| May 31 | Canada Experience Class | 3,000 | 522 |
| May 30 | Provincial Nominee Program | 2,985 | 676 |
| April 24 | French language proficiency | 1,400 | 410 |
| April 23 | General | 2,095 | 529 |
| April 11 | STEM occupations | 4,500 | 491 |
| April 10 | General | 1,280 | 549 |
| March 26 | French language proficiency | 1,500 | 388 |
| March 25 | General | 1,980 | 524 |
| March 13 | Transport occupations | 975 | 430 |
| March 12 | General | 2,850 | 525 |
| February 29 | French language proficiency | 2,500 | 336 |
| February 28 | General | 1,470 | 534 |
| February 16 | Agriculture and agri-food occupations | 150 | 437 |
| February 14 | Healthcare occupations | 3,500 | 422 |
| February 13 | General | 1,490 | 535 |
| February 1 | French language proficiency | 7,000 | 365 |
| January 31 | General | 730 | 541 |
| January 23 | General | 1,040 | 543 |
| January 10 | General | 1,510 | 546 |