The Canadian Immigration Department released the most recent Express Entry draw in the round of invitations on 7 October. The draw stream is program-based which is Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) with the following details:
- Number of invitations issued: 1,613
- Rank required to be invited to apply: 1,613 or above
- Date and time of round: October 7, 2024 at 15:02:50 UTC
- CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 743
- Tie-breaking rule: March 22, 2024 at 18:36:54 UTC
Express Entry Pool as of 7.10.2024: CRS Score distribution
CRS score range | Number of candidates |
601-1200 | 1,656 |
501-600 | 11,800 |
451-500 | 62,853 |
491-500 | 11,815 |
481-490 | 12,236 |
471-480 | 14,729 |
461-470 | 12,818 |
451-460 | 11,255 |
401-450 | 54,313 |
441-450 | 10,845 |
431-440 | 11,804 |
421-430 | 10,340 |
411-420 | 10,707 |
401-410 | 10,617 |
351-400 | 50,741 |
301-350 | 23,155 |
0-300 | 5,374 |
Total | 209,892 |
This is the first draw of October as the previous one was released on 19 September for the Canadian Experience Class with 4,000 invitations. In 2024 so far, IRCC has issued 9 PNP draws resulting in 12,167 ITAs to candidates.
The last PNP draw was released back on 9 September in which 911 ITAs were issued with a CRS score of 732. For a Provincial Nominee Program, the candidates get 600 extra points once nominated.
Express Entry Round of Invitations in 2024
Date of issue | Draw Category | Number of ITAs issued | Minimum CRS |
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 |