The 17th PNP draw is out now on 1 September that allows 635 candidates to apply for the permanent residency of Canada. The CRS score cut was 764 which was based on the tie-breaking rule on April 12th, 2021 at 12:21:45 UTC. These draws are conducted under the “Express Entry Round of Invitations” program every month almost 4 times. Including this latest provincial nominee program draw, Canada has so far invited through express entry a total of 106,414 candidates and it is expected that it would reach the target of 108,500 in 2021 till the end of September.
PNP candidates automatically qualify for the 600 extra points in a PNP draw. This means the invited ones had to score only 164 to get the ITA.
| CRS score range | Number of candidates |
| 601-1200 | 540 |
| 501-600 | 2,584 |
| 451-500 | 37,010 |
| 491-500 | 1,500 |
| 481-490 | 4,218 |
| 471-480 | 11,415 |
| 461-470 | 10,538 |
| 451-460 | 9,339 |
| 401-450 | 40,267 |
| 441-450 | 8,131 |
| 431-440 | 8,488 |
| 421-430 | 6,285 |
| 411-420 | 7,890 |
| 401-410 | 9,473 |
| 351-400 | 54,512 |
| 301-350 | 31,522 |
| 0-300 | 5,696 |
| Total | 172,131 |
How PNP programs are progressing?
Canadian provinces invited through PNP programs, about 3,400 immigration candidates to apply for permanent residency. The provincial nominee programs are doing a great job. For example, Alberta has released the details for two of its biggest draws of the year:
- On August 23, the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) held its largest draw to date, with 450 invitations to Express Entry candidates with a CRS score of 300,
- On August 30, Alberta held its biggest draw since 2019 with 400 invitations to Express Entry candidates who had scores of at least 301,
- Ontario holds the first PNP invitation round for Masters and Ph.D. grads and invited 479 international student graduates to apply for a provincial nomination on August 18,
- SomeCanadian provinces invited the following number of candidates in:
- August:Ontario:875
- Saskatchewan: 948
- British Columbia: 900
Quebec released the results of a third PNP draw that took place last month on August 26 by inviting 585 immigration candidates with a score of at least 517 in the Arrima pool.
Express Entry Rounds of Invitation in 2021
| 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 |
| 20/05/2021 (CEC) | 18 | 1,842 | 397 |
| 26/05/2021 (PNP) | 19 | 500 | 713 |
| 31/05/2021 (CEC) | 20 | 5,956 | 380 |
| 09/06/2021 (PNP) | 21 | 940 | 711 |
| 10/06/2021 (CEC) | 22 | 6,000 | 368 |
| 23/06/2021 (PNP) | 23 | 1,002 | 742 |
| 24/06/2021 (CEC) | 24 | 6,000 | 357 |
| 07/07/2021 (PNP) | 25 | 627 | 760 |
| 08/07/2021 (CEC) | 26 | 4,500 | 369 |
| 21/07/2021 (PNP) | 27 | 462 | 734 |
| 22/07/2021 (CEC) | 28 | 4,500 | 357 |
| 04/08/2021 (PNP) | 29 | 512 | 760 |
| 05/08/2021 (CEC) | 30 | 3,000 | 404 |
| 18/08/2021 (PNP) | 31 | 463 | 751 |
| 19/08/2021 (CEC) | 32 | 3,000 | 403 |
| 01/09/2021 (PNP) | 33 | 635 | 764 |
Courtesy: Canada.ca
PNP was launched in 1998 and since then the PNP has become the second most important route to permanent residence in Canada. Between now and 2023, PNPs alone are expected to result in more than 80,000 immigrants per year being admitted as permanent residents.