Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada have released the new Provincial Nominee Program draw on on 16 December. 1,085 candidates in the pool with a minimum score of 727 have been issued invitations in the latest round of invitations.
The successful candidates will now have 60 days to apply for permanent residence in Canada. This is the second PNP draw of December. In the previous draw of 2 December, 676 candidates got ITAs with a Comprehensive Ranking System Score of 705.
Due to the newly announced “Immigration Level Plan 2025-2027“, we may see more and more In-Canada Express Entry System draws either through “Program” or “Category” based. For the same period, the PNP quota has been significantly decreasing and set at 55,000 for each year.
This simply means candidates with Canadian work experience will be given priority so that the population of temporary residents can be decreased in the county(from 6 to 5 percent of the overall population).
Provincial Nominee Program Draw Details:
- Date and time: December 16, 2024
- CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 727
- Number of invitations issued: 1,085
- Rank needed: 1,085 or above
- Tie-breaking rule: September 18, 2024 at 13:39:10 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.
CRS Score Distribution: Express Entry Pool as of 16 December 2024
| CRS score range | Number of candidates |
| 601-1200 | 1,203 |
| 501-600 | 19,885 |
| 451-500 | 63,369 |
| 491-500 | 12,355 |
| 481-490 | 11,984 |
| 471-480 | 14,379 |
| 461-470 | 12,610 |
| 451-460 | 12,041 |
| 401-450 | 58,543 |
| 441-450 | 11,456 |
| 431-440 | 12,511 |
| 421-430 | 11,400 |
| 411-420 | 11,788 |
| 401-410 | 11,388 |
| 351-400 | 50,506 |
| 301-350 | 22,183 |
| 0-300 | 5,621 |
| Total | 221,310 |
Express Entry Round of Invitations in 2024
| Date of issue | Draw Category | Number of ITAs issued | Minimum CRS |
| 16 December | Provincial Nominee Program | 1,085 | 727 |
| 3 December | French language proficiency | 800 | 466 |
| 2 December | Provincial Nominee Program | 676 | 705 |
| November 20 | Healthcare occupations | 3,000 | 463 |
| November 19 | Canada Experience Class | 400 | 539 |
| November 18 | Provincial Nominee Program | 174 | 816 |
| November 13 | Canada Experience Class | 400 | 547 |
| November 12 | Provincial Nominee Program | 733 | 812 |
| October 23 | Trade occupations | 1,800 | 433 |
| October 22 | Canada Experience Class | 400 | 539 |
| October 21 | Provincial Nominee Program | 648 | 791 |
| October 10 | French language proficiency | 1,000 | 444 |
| October 9 | Canada Experience Class | 500 | 539 |
| 7 October | Provincial Nominee Program | 1,613 | 743 |
| 19 September | Canada Experience Class | 4,000 | 509 |
| 13 September | French Language Proficiency | 1,000 | 446 |
| 09 September | Provincial Nominee Program | 911 | 732 |
| 27 August | Canada Experience Class | 3,300 | 507 |
| 26 August | Provincial Nominee Program | 1,121 | 694 |
| 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 |