IRCC issues 4,000 ITAs to Canadian Experience Class candidates in latest Express Entry draw

Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued invitations to apply (ITAs) in the latest Express Entry draw.

 

The department issued 4,000 ITAs in a draw for candidates in the Canadian Experience Class (CEC)-only.

Candidates required a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 509 to be considered.

 

Today’s draw was the third of the month and follows two last week in which 911 candidates were invited from the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) and 1,000 candidates were invited in a category-based selection draw for French-language proficiency.

This was the largest CEC draw since 5,000  candidates were issued ITAs in a draw on July 31.

The draw today features a slight increase in CRS score over the last CEC draw. In the most recent one, on August 27, candidates needed a minimum score of 507.

Summary of Express Entry draw results in 2024

 

Date Draw Type Number of ITAs Minimum CRS
September 19 Canadian Experience Class 4,000 509
September 13 French language proficiency 1,000 446
September 9 Provincial Nominee Program 911 732
August 27 Canadian Experience Class 3,300 507
August 26 Provincial Nominee Program 1,121 694
August 15 French language proficiency 2,000 394
August 14 Canadian Experience Class 3,200 509
August 13 Provincial Nominee Program 763 690
July 31 Canadian Experience Class 5,000 510
July 30 Provincial Nominee Program 964 686
July 18 French language proficiency 1,800 400
July 17 Canadian Experience Class 6,300 515
July 16 Provincial Nominee Program 1,391 670
July 8 French proficiency 3,200 420
July 5 Healthcare occupations 3,750 445
July 4 Trade occupations 1,800 436
July 2 Provincial Nominee Program 920 739
June 19 Provincial Nominee Program 1,499 663
May 31 Canadian Experience Class 3,000 522
May 30 Provincial Nominee Program 2,985 676
April 24 French 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

 

What is Express Entry?

Express Entry is an application management system that was launched in 2015. It oversees three of Canada’s most prominent economic immigration programs; the Federal Skilled Worker Program, the Federal Skilled Trades Program and the Canadian Experience Class.

These programs all use the Comprehensive Ranking System to assign a point value to several in-demand human capital factors such as language ability, education, work experience, age, and occupation. Candidates may also get points for having a sibling in Canada, immigrating with a spouse or partner, or having a high Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) score in both English and French.

Taken together, the scores for these factors add up to a candidate’s overall CRS score. Those who have the highest scores are the most likely to recieve an ITA in an upcoming Express Entry draw.

Last year, IRCC also introduced category-based selection draws for Express Entry candidates with specific attributes such as their work experience or language ability. Six categories were chosen including:

  • Healthcare
  • Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions
  • Trades
  • Transport
  • Agriculture and agri-food
  • French language proficiency

IRCC says these categories were chosen after consulting with multiple stakeholders and reflect Canada’s need to fill gaps in high-demand sectors of the national workforce, as well demographic targets. For example, French language proficiency was selected to help the department meet its target for newcomers settling outside of Quebec in French-minority communities.

Once a candidate recieves their ITA, they have 60 days to submit their final application to IRCC. The department has a service standard of six months for processing a finalized Express Entry application.

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