Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has released the healthcare express entry draw after a delay of 4 months. 3,000 candidates have been issued invitations to apply for permanent residence in Canada.
Healthcare occupations draw 20 November
- Number of invitations issued: 3,000
- Rank required to be invited to apply: 3,000 or above
- Date and time of round: November 20, 2024 at 15:06:25 UTC
- CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 463
- Tie-breaking rule: October 21, 2024 at 16:12:39 UTC
Express Entry Pool as of 20 November: CRS Score Distribution
As confirmed by the IRCC, the current Express Entry Pool stands as follows:
| CRS score range | Number of candidates |
| 601-1200 | 100 |
| 501-600 | 16,495 |
| 451-500 | 64,596 |
| 491-500 | 12,208 |
| 481-490 | 12,318 |
| 471-480 | 15,238 |
| 461-470 | 13,141 |
| 451-460 | 11,691 |
| 401-450 | 57,062 |
| 441-450 | 11,045 |
| 431-440 | 12,196 |
| 421-430 | 11,113 |
| 411-420 | 11,463 |
| 401-410 | 11,245 |
| 351-400 | 51,434 |
| 301-350 | 22,865 |
| 0-300 | 5,615 |
| Total | 218,167 |
Previously, another healthcare occupations draw was held on 5 July 2024 where 3,750 candidates were given ITAs with a minimum CRS score of 445. The current draw of express entry is the third one this week. Before this, the draws of the Provincial Nominee Program and Canada Experience Class have already been announced.
Healthcare occupations are a category-based draw that has been newly started during the past few months. Other category-based draws are:
- trade occupations,
- French language proficiency,
- general,
- STEM occupations,
- Transport occupations, and
- Agriculture and agri-food occupations.
Express Entry Round of Invitations in 2024
| Date of issue | Draw Category | Number of ITAs issued | Minimum CRS |
| November 20 | Healthcare occupations | 3,000 | 463 |
| November 19 | Canada Experience Class | 400 | 539 |
| November 18 | Provincial Nominee Program | 174 | 816 |
| November 13 | Canada Experience Class | 400 | 547 |
| November 12 | Provincial Nominee Program | 733 | 812 |
| October 23 | Trade occupations | 1,800 | 433 |
| October 22 | Canada Experience Class | 400 | 539 |
| October 21 | Provincial Nominee Program | 648 | 791 |
| October 10 | French language proficiency | 1,000 | 444 |
| October 9 | Canada Experience Class | 500 | 539 |
| 7 October | Provincial Nominee Program | 1,613 | 743 |
| 19 September | Canada Experience Class | 4,000 | 509 |
| 13 September | French Language Proficiency | 1,000 | 446 |
| 09 September | Provincial Nominee Program | 911 | 732 |
| 27 August | Canada Experience Class | 3,300 | 507 |
| 26 August | Provincial Nominee Program | 1,121 | 694 |
| 15 August | French Language Proficiency | 2,000 | 394 |
| 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 |