The Canadian Experience Class Draw has finally been announced by IRCC after a delay of almost 3 months. The Immigration Department has issued 500 invitation to the selected candidates with a minimum CRS score of 547.
IRCC has focused a lot on the CEC program draws at the beginning of this year, but later on not. The last draw before 13 May was held back on 5 February, in which 4,000 candidates received invitations to apply for permanent residence in Canada.
IRCC, most of the time, releases four to five thousand invitations under the CEC programs through the round of invitations. This is the lowest number of invitations under this program in 2025.
This is the back-to-back draw by IRCC, as on 12 May, it also released a draw from PNP by inviting 511 candidates with a minimum CRS score of 706.
CEC Draw 13 May Details
- Date and time: May 13, 2025
- Number of invitations issued: 500
- CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 547
- Rank needed: 500 or above
- Tie-breaking rule: May 21, 2024, at 17:26:27 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.
Express Entry Pool as of 13 May: CRS Score Distribution
| CRS score range | Number of candidates |
| 601-1200 | 28 |
| 501-600 | 22,435 |
| 451-500 | 73,741 |
| 491-500 | 12,429 |
| 481-490 | 12,704 |
| 471-480 | 16,641 |
| 461-470 | 16,691 |
| 451-460 | 15,276 |
| 401-450 | 69,673 |
| 441-450 | 14,439 |
| 431-440 | 15,241 |
| 421-430 | 13,718 |
| 411-420 | 13,589 |
| 401-410 | 12,686 |
| 351-400 | 53,684 |
| 301-350 | 22,069 |
| 0-300 | 8,452 |
| Total | 250,082 |
Express Entry Round of Invitations in 2025
| Date of issue | Draw Category | Number of ITAs issued | Minimum CRS |
| 13 May | Canadian Experience Class | 500 | 547 |
| 12 May | Provincial Nominee Program | 511 | 706 |
| 02 May | Healthcare and social services occupations | 500 | 510 |
01 May | Education | 479 | 1,000 |
| 28 April | Provincial Nominee Program | 421 | 727 |
| 14 April | Provincial Nominee Program | 825 | 764 |
| 21 March | French Language Proficiency | 7,500 | 379 |
| 17 March | Provincial Nominee Program | 536 | 736 |
| 06 March | French Language Proficiency | 4,500 | 410 |
| 03 March | Provincial Nominee Program | 725 | 667 |
| 19 February | French Language Proficiency | 6,500 | 428 |
| 17 February | Provincial Nominee Program | 646 | 750 |
| 05 February | Canadian Experience Class | 4,000 | 521 |
| 04 February | Provincial Nominee Program | 455 | 802 |
| 23 January | Canadian Experience Class | 4,000 | 527 |
| 08 January | Canadian Experience Class | 1,350 | 542 |
| 07 January | Provincial Nominee Program | 471 | 793 |