The new “Canadian Experience Class” (CEC) draw has been released. A total of 4,147 candidates have been invited to apply for permanent residency. The CRS score minimum required to be invited was 401. This is the 8th CEC draw of 2021. Canada Experience Class requires the candidates to have at least one year’s work experience in Canada. Furthermore, according to IRCC data from March 8, about 77% of Express Entry candidates in Canada are eligible for the CEC. The draws of CEC especially require lower CRS scores because these candidates are not competing with other candidates for invitations which allows more candidates with a lower score to get ITA.
Details of latest “Express Entry” (Canadian Experience Class) round of invitations
Ministerial Instructions respecting invitations to apply for permanent residence under the Express Entry system number 187 – May 13, 2021:
- Number of invitations issued: 4,147
- Rank required to be invited to apply: 4,147th or above
- Date and time of round: May 13, 2021, at 16:50:04 UTC
- CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 401
- Tie-breaking rule: April 29, 2021, at 11:48:14 UTC (If more than one candidate has the lowest score, the cut-off is based on the date and time they submitted their Express Entry profiles.)
CRS score distribution of candidates in the Express Entry pool as of May 10th, 2021
| CRS score range | Number of candidates |
| 601-1200 | 451 |
| 501-600 | 1,782 |
| 451-500 | 32,171 |
| 491-500 | 1,042 |
| 481-490 | 2,990 |
| 471-480 | 8,195 |
| 461-470 | 10,125 |
| 451-460 | 9,819 |
| 401-450 | 40,239 |
| 441-450 | 8,466 |
| 431-440 | 8,506 |
| 421-430 | 6,476 |
| 411-420 | 7,700 |
| 401-410 | 9,091 |
| 351-400 | 57,711 |
| 301-350 | 29,922 |
| 0-300 | 5,305 |
| Total | 167,581 |
Including this latest 17th express entry draw of 2021, Canada has so far invited 66,475 total candidates from PNP and CEC stream to apply for PR. This simply means Canada is really going on the right path for completing the target of 108,500 candidates through express entry this year. CEC class for Express Entry has been a special factor to achieve this target. In the 6th draw of Express Entry on 13 February, the biggest number of candidates (27,332) were invited in a single draw with the least ever CRS score cut of 75.
Express Entry Draws for 2021 so far:
| Date | Draw | Number of ITA’s | Lowest CRS Scores |
| 6/1/2021 (PNP) | 1 | 250 | 813 |
| 7/1/2021 (CEC) | 2 | 4,750 | 461 |
| 20/1/2021 (PNP) | 3 | 374 | 741 |
| 21/1/2021 (CEC) | 4 | 4,626 | 454 |
| 10/2/2021 (PNP) | 5 | 654 | 720 |
| 13/2/2021 (CEC) | 6 | 27,332 | 75 |
| 08/3/2021 (PNP) | 7 | 671 | 739 |
| 17/03/2021 (PNP) | 8 | 183 | 682 |
| 18/03/2021 (CEC) | 9 | 5,000 | 449 |
| 31/03/2021 (PNP) | 10 | 284 | 778 |
| 01/04/2021 (CEC) | 11 | 5,000 | 432 |
| 14/04/2021 (PNP) | 12 | 266 | 753 |
| 16/04/2021 (CEC) | 13 | 6,000 | 417 |
| 28/04/2021(PNP) | 14 | 381 | 717 |
| 29/04/2021 (CEC) | 15 | 6,000 | 400 |
| 12/05/2021 (PNP) | 16 | 557 | 752 |
| 13/05/2021 (CEC) | 17 | 4,147 | 401 |
What is CEC program?
Canada Experience Class PR program is one of the three famous programs of Express Entry. Over the past few months, this permanent residency category has received much space as far as immigration quota is concerned. Among the first 17 draws of Express Entry in 2021, 8 have been from Canada Experience Class. This program helps those who have Canadian work experience and want to settle permanently in Canada. Certain language abilities, educational requirements, and admissibility in Canada are the main factors that can help you get PR through this program.
Eligibility criteria for CEC
Following are the major requirements for the CEC program:
- Canadian work experience
- Language proficiency
- Your education
- Your settlement location in Canada
- Admissibility
Read here complete details of CEC program.