The third draw of April of the Express Entry Program, in Canada is out now. Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued 2,095 candidates the ITAs (invitations to apply) for the permanent residency program.
This is the general draw where no specified category of PR has been chosen. This means it may include invitations from all categories. The CRS (comprehensive ranking system) score this time remained 529. Candidates holding this score and above have been chosen to send invitations to apply for the permanent residency program. They will have an overall 60 days to complete the process.
This year so far, IRCC has issued 16 Express Entry Draws. There have been:
- General: 9
- Transport occupations: 1,
- Healthcare Occupations: 1,
- STEM: 1,
- Agriculture and agri-food occupations: 1,
- French language proficiency categories: 3.
Insight into the latest Express Entry Draw
- Draw type: General
- Number of invitations issued: 2,095
- Rank required to be invited to apply: 2,095 or above
- Date and time of round: April 23, 2024 at 16:54:59 UTC
- CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 529
- Tie-breaking rule: November 08, 2023 at 17:50:29 UTC
Express Entry Pool as of 23.04.2024: Candidates’ CRS score distribution
A few days before an invitation round of the Express Entry Draw, the numbers in this table show the total number of people in the pool overall. This is subject to change however when new profiles become its part or the old ones expire.
| CRS score range | Number of candidates |
| 601-1200 | 1,057 |
| 501-600 | 10,625 |
| 451-500 | 60,933 |
| 491-500 | 7,520 |
| 481-490 | 11,495 |
| 471-480 | 16,928 |
| 461-470 | 13,558 |
| 451-460 | 11,432 |
| 401-450 | 52,475 |
| 441-450 | 10,646 |
| 431-440 | 10,645 |
| 421-430 | 9,645 |
| 411-420 | 10,740 |
| 401-410 | 10,799 |
| 351-400 | 56,383 |
| 301-350 | 27,740 |
| 0-300 | 5,484 |
| Total | 214,697 |
Express Entry All Draws in 2024
| Date of issue | Draw Category | Number of ITAs issued | Minimum CRS |
| 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 |