IRCC the immigration department of Canada has issued the third draw Express Entry draw of the week which is quite rare. The draw is based on the category-based immigration stream called “French Proficiency”. This means the candidates having French language proficiency were selected from the Express Entry Pool as of 17 July 2024.
The French Language Draw Details
As of the round of invitations from 18 July, the following candidates have been invited to apply for the PR in Canada:
| Draw Program | Number of invitations issued | Date and time of round | CRS score of the lowest-ranked candidate invited | Tie-breaking rule |
| French Language Proficiency | 1,800 | July 18, 2024, at 14:58:28 UTC | 400 | March 08, 2024 at 19:51:40 UTC |
CRS score distribution in the Express Entry Pool as of 17 July 2024
| CRS score range | Number of candidates |
| 601-1200 | 184 |
| 501-600 | 16,968 |
| 451-500 | 60,115 |
| 491-500 | 9,982 |
| 481-490 | 11,852 |
| 471-480 | 15,120 |
| 461-470 | 12,616 |
| 451-460 | 10,545 |
| 401-450 | 52,635 |
| 441-450 | 10,067 |
| 431-440 | 11,020 |
| 421-430 | 9,701 |
| 411-420 | 10,888 |
| 401-410 | 10,959 |
| 351-400 | 54,597 |
| 301-350 | 25,669 |
| 0-300 | 5,567 |
| Total | 215,735 |
The current draw is the sixth from the same category this year. It also had the second-lowest CRS score in its category. The lowest one was observed in the draw on 29 February which was 336.
Overall, IRCC has released 7 draws in July so far with ITAs issued to almost 19,161 candidates in the Express Entry pool. This has covered the backlog of June where only one PNP draw was released.
Express Entry Round of Invitations in 2024
| Date of issue | Draw Category | Number of ITAs issued | Minimum CRS |
| 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 |