IRCC Canada issued another Express Entry draw this week. Overall, 2,00 invitations to apply have been issued for the French Language Proficiency candidates.
The successful candidates had to score a minimum of 394 to be eligible for the ITA. The draw was released on 15 August which is also the third draw of the week as previous draws from PNP and CEC have been issued as well.
French language proficiency draw is a category-based draw. This is the seventh draw from this category this year. The Comprehensive Ranking System Score remains low in the category such as between 330 to 420.
French language proficiency draw(Version 1)
- Number of invitations issued: 2,000
- Rank required to be invited to apply: 2,000 or above
- Date and time of round: August 15, 2024, at 2024-08-15 15:11:54 UTC
- CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 394
- Tie-breaking rule: July 07, 2024 at 09:46:10 UTC
Express Entry Pool as of 15 August 2024: CRS Score Distribution
| CRS score range | Number of candidates |
| 601-1200 | 125 |
| 501-600 | 11,055 |
| 451-500 | 61,210 |
| 491-500 | 10,883 |
| 481-490 | 11,990 |
| 471-480 | 14,873 |
| 461-470 | 12,747 |
| 451-460 | 10,717 |
| 401-450 | 52,261 |
| 441-450 | 10,303 |
| 431-440 | 11,229 |
| 421-430 | 9,868 |
| 411-420 | 10,619 |
| 401-410 | 10,242 |
| 351-400 | 53,137 |
| 301-350 | 24,690 |
| 0-300 | 5,482 |
| Total | 207,960 |
Express Entry Round of Invitations in 2024
| Date of issue | Draw Category | Number of ITAs issued | Minimum CRS |
| 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 |