2020 has been record-breaking for Canadian immigration numbers. On 18 November, Canada issued new 5,000 invitations by surpassing the year’s target of 91,800, It has till the latest draw, issued a total of 92,350 invitations that are meant to be a 100K by the end of 2020.
The candidates had to score 472, a 6 less than last time where it was 478. This is called a comprehensive ranking system. Points are awarded to candidates based on human capital such as age, education, work experience, and proficiency in English or French – these programs score candidates as well as some Provincial Nominated Programs (PNPs) based on CRS.
The CRS cut score has continuously been more than 470 for the last 6 ITA draws for express entry.
- Number of invitations issued: 5,000
- Rank required to be invited to apply: 5,000th or above
- Date and time of round: November 18, 2020, at 15:27:32 UTC
- CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 472
- Tie-breaking rule: October 27, 2020, at 06:18:11 UTC
CRS score distribution of candidates in the Express Entry pool as of November 16, 2020
| CRS score range | Number of candidates |
| 601-1200 | 348 |
| 501-600 | 345 |
| 451-500 | 27,172 |
| 491-500 | 233 |
| 481-490 | 518 |
| 471-480 | 3,668 |
| 461-470 | 11,778 |
| 451-460 | 10,975 |
| 401-450 | 44,017 |
| 441-450 | 10,180 |
| 431-440 | 10,355 |
| 421-430 | 7,247 |
| 411-420 | 7,676 |
| 401-410 | 8,559 |
| 351-400 | 47,302 |
| 301-350 | 24,519 |
| 0-300 | 3,262 |
| Total | 146,965 |
Express entry programs
The following are Canada’s immigration application management system for federal economic-class programs through the Express Entry system.
- Federal Skilled Trades Program
- Canadian Experience Class
- Federal skilled Worker Program
Canada has been able to receive almost 128,186 immigrants so far during the first eight months of 2020. This seems well behind the set-aside target of 341,000 but according to ongoing pandemic issues, this still is being considered a big success. On the other hand, if Canada continues to receive new permanent residents at the rate it did in 2019, it will be able to finally have almost 241,000 new PR holders by the end of 2020.
What is CRS?
“The Comprehensive Rating System (CRS) is used by the Express Entry System to score candidates who apply through the federal government’s Skilled Worker Programs. These programs include the Federal Skilled Workers Program, the Federal Skilled Trade Program, and the Canada Experience Class.”
Invitation to Apply (ITA)
The standard procedure used to issue ITA is the Comprehensive Ranking System Score. Express entry is a competitive immigration selection system and the CRS score is a points system used to rank candidates against each other. Only the most competitive candidates get ITA.
What is a tie-breaking rule?
If there comes a tie between candidates in terms of gained score, IRCC applies the tie-breaking rule. For example, candidates who had a CRS score of 478 or more, need to have submitted their Express Entry profile before October 27 at 06:18:11 UTC in order to receive an invitation.
Canada travel restrictions
Canada has announced for the 5th time in a row the new travel restrictions. The country will have a travel ban until November 30. Canada has issued a new order to the council stating that travel restrictions that have been in place since March are being extended.
Canada immigration overview from last year
More than 190,000 immigrants arrived in Canada in 2019 under the economic class. Of these immigrants, only just over 90,000 arrived by express entry. Canada welcomes about 60% of its permanent residents in economic class. This will be the case as well under the 2021-2023 Immigration Levels Plan. The PNP program also contributed to the main immigration stream. Almost 71% of immigrants made it through Ontario. The ratio has been 8% for Alberta whereas 17% for British Columbia. There were 68,647 people selected through the Provincial Nominee Program in 2019, the highest number since the program’s launch.
Category wise list of immigrants reaching Canada in 2019
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| Immigration category | NL | PE | NS | NB | QC | ON | MB | SK | AB | BC | YT | NT | NU | TOTAL | |
| ECONOMIC | |||||||||||||||
| Federal economic Skilled | 194 | 89 | 736 | 364 | 0 | 64229 | 1037 | 1074 | 7540 | 14928 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 90242 |
| Federal economic Category | 27 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 644 | 4942 | 46 | 110 | 1884 | 2090 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 9807 |
| Federal economic Business | 5 | 70 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 635 | 21 | 10 | 95 | 469 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1336 |
| Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program | 398 | 344 | 1572 | 1827 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4141 |
| Provincial Nominee Program | 569 | 1727 | 3513 | 2849 | 0 | 12341 | 12545 | 10962 | 11236 | 12575 | 267 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 68647 |
| Quebec Skilled Workers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19098 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19098 |
| Quebec Business Immigrants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3387 |
| Economic Total | 1193 | 2230 | 5877 | 5059 | 23129 | 82147 | 13649 | 12156 | 20755 | 30062 | 291 | 99 | 11 | 0 | 196658 |
New and popular immigration programs that contributed to Canadian immigration in 2019
- Canada wants to ease tensions of one-sided immigration towards densely populated urban areas. This is why IRCC launched the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot in 2019 to support smaller and more remote communities to access the economic benefits of immigration.
- The Department continued to work in partnership with the Atlantic provinces to enhance the effectiveness of the Atlantic Immigration Pilot, an employer- and retention-driven approach to responding to the economic development and labor needs of Atlantic Canada.
- The best option introduced for the temporary workers was the three-year Agri-Food Pilot. It was launched on May 15, 2020, and provides a new pathway to permanent residence for experienced non-seasonal workers in specific agri-food industries and occupations.
Read here the complete report for Canada visa stats.
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